Gabby Petito: Brian Laundrie manhunt continues days after Gabby's remains identified: LIVE UPDATES
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WATCH: Dog the Bounty Hunter pounds on Laundrie door multiple times, says he's on the hunt for tips
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WATCH: Dog the Bounty Hunter arrives at Laundrie home and knocks on front door
Dog the Bounty Hunter is joining the search for Briann Laundrie and says he "wants anyone with information on Brian Laundrie's whereabouts to call me at 833-TELLDOG" and added that "all information will be kept confidential."
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Laundrie family spends National Daughter's Day ducking scrutiny as Petito's parents plan funeral
NORTH PORT, Fla. – Saturday is National Daughters Day – and the parents of New York’s Gabby Petito – who mourners around the country have called "America’s daughter" – spent it preparing for her Sunday funeral.
The parents of Brian Laundrie, who police have named as a person of interest in the activities surrounding Petito's disappearance, also have a daughter. For much of the day they were ducking scrutiny at their home in North Port, Fla., where their son arrived on Sept. 1 in Petito’s van – without her.
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Laundrie's parents could be charged if they gave false information: Former detective
Former D.C. homicide detective Ted Williams reacts to the latest developments in the manhunt for Brian Laundrie.
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Preparations being made for Gabby Petito's funeral Sunday on Long Island
Funeral services for Gabby Petito will be held on New York's Long Island on Sunday, according to an Instagram post from her father.
Services will be held at the Moloney Funeral Home in Holbrook and will be open to the public from 12 to 5 p.m.
"Thank to all for your support and love," he wrote, adding that in lieu of flowers the family requests people make donations to the future Gabby Petito Foundation.
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Florida lawyer, a mom of two, puts $20G bounty on Brian Laundrie
NORTH PORT, Fla. – The slaying of Gabby Petito and subsequent disppearance of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in her case, prompted a prominent Florida attorney to put a $20,000 bounty on his whereabouts.
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Utah officers may not have had all information responding to Moab incident, experts say
NORTH PORT, Fla. – With the City of Moab in Utah announcing an investigation into the police handling of an Aug. 12 domestic dispute involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie, experts say the officers may have acted appropriately — based on incomplete information.
"It's proper if they determine that it's only a mental health situation because now officers are being trained, because people get shot, [to] handle mental health situations differently than they handle regular cases," Susanne Gustin, a Salt Lake City-based defense attorney, told Fox News Friday. "You want to de-escalate. You don't want to necessarily arrest somebody who was having a mental health episode.
"Under Utah law, police are required to either arrest the suspect or issue a citation in a domestic violence situation. They have no discretion in the matter, she said.
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Florida statute may work to advantage of Brian Laundrie's parents
The circumstances surrounding Laundrie's disappearance have prompted speculation about the alleged role his parents may or may or not have played in helping their son elude authorities.
Of particular interest is how Laundrie’s parents, Christopher Laundrie, 62, and Roberta Laundrie, 55, claim they picked up their son's Mustang car on Sept. 14 from the nature preserve that authorities are now sweeping for any trace of Brian Laundrie. Some have speculated as to why they would bring the car home, without their son, leaving him in a large nature reserve full of alligators and snakes.
The parents did not report their son missing until police showed up at their home on Friday, Sept. 17, three days later.
So far, Laundrie’s parents have not been charged with any crime, and experts say that could be a tall order under Florida law.
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Laundrie's parents tailed by undercover officers while driving to Orlando to visit lawyer: report
Brian Laundrie’s parents were followed by undercover law enforcement agents when they drove 150 miles north to speak with their lawyer in Orlando on Thursday, according to the Daily Mail.
The trip came a day after a federal arrest warrant was issued for Laundrie who officers have been searching for since last Saturday.
They were also followed all the way back to their home in North Port, Florida, where they ignored questions from Fox News reporters.
Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino told Fox News on Wednesday his "family is definitely concerned [about his whereabouts] but we don’t want to speculate as to anything more."