Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito's fiancé, has been missing for a week. Here's why it's been so hard to find him - CNN
Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of
Gabby Petito, has been missing for almost a week.
Here's why the search for Laundrie has been so difficult for authorities:
Laundrie had a multiple-day head start
Laundrie's family told police Friday night they have not seen the 23-year-old since Tuesday.
Cheryl Dorsey, a retired Los Angeles police sergeant, told CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday she was
curious why Laundrie's parents did not alert authorities about his leaving Tuesday.
"I get that he's a grown man," Dorsey said, adding that he's still just in his early 20s. "What influence, if any, do (his parents) have over him? He decides to go backpacking and they couldn't stop him?"
Police no longer think Laundrie is in nature reserve
North Port police said Monday they shifted the focus of their search for Laundrie and are
no longer looking for him in the nature reserve.
What makes finding Laundrie difficult, though, is the
distance he could have already traveled before authorities started looking for him.
Laundrie has not been charged with a crime
Laundrie has not cooperated with police in their search for Petito, and because he has not been charged with a crime or been named a suspect, police are unable to do any more than file a search warrant.
The FBI executed a search warrant Monday on Laundrie's parents' home, where he lived with Petito.