Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office says he was asked to help search for laundry in the nature reserve

Although authorities have not explicitly linked Laundrie to Petito’s death, they are looking for him, in part because of a federal arrest warrant accusing him of illegally using another person’s debit card. .

North Port, Fla., Police said Laundrie returned to the couple’s home alone after their trip on September 1 – about 10 days before Petito’s family reported his disappearance. The white van the couple were traveling in was later found at the house.

More than two weeks later, Laundrie’s parents – who had not communicated with the authorities, other than through their lawyer – asked the police to come to their home where they explained that they did not. had not seen their son since September 14.

This week, Bertolino told CNN that after further communication with the FBI, “we now believe the day Brian went for a hike on the reservation was Monday, September 13.”

“The laundries based the date of Brian’s departure on their memories of certain events,” Bertolino said Wednesday. “After further communication with the FBI and confirmation of the Mustang’s presence at the Laundrie residence on Wednesday September 15th, we now believe that the day Brian left for a hike on the reservation was Monday September 13th. “

North Port Police confirmed on Wednesday that an abandoned vehicle notice was placed on a Ford Mustang belonging to the Laundrie family outside the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park on September 14.

Myakkahatchee Park is an entrance to the Carlton Reserve.

Bertolino told CNN on Wednesday that Laundrie’s father Chris picked him up on the night of September 13 when he was not returning from the park.

The next day, September 14, both of Brian’s parents returned to the area to look for Brian and saw the quote on the car, Bertolino said.

The parents returned again the next day, September 15, to collect the vehicle.