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Florida police say they've 'exhausted all avenues' searching the Carlton Reserve for Brian Laundrie

Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito.
Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito. North Port Police Department
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Florida police said Monday that they have "exhausted all avenues" in searching the sprawling grounds of the state's Carlton Reserve for Gabby Petito's fiancé, Brian Laundrie. 

The North Port Police Department, the lead agency investigating the case, said it "currently has no plans to conduct a major search" of the 25,000-acre Carlton Reserve on Monday. 

Authorities have been searching the area since Saturday morning after Laundrie's family told police on Friday that they believe the 23-year-old man went there for a hike earlier last week. Laundrie remains missing. 

"At this time, we currently believe we have exhausted all avenues in searching of the grounds there. Law enforcement agencies continue to search for Brian Laundrie," North Port police said. 

Meanwhile, authorities said Sunday that they found a body near Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park believed to be Petito. An autopsy to confirm the identity of the remains will be conducted Tuesday. 

The discovery of the human remains was made more than a week after the 22-year-old woman was reported missing by her family in New York. 

Laundrie was named by police as a person of interest in her disappearance after the couple went on a cross-country road trip out west in a white converted camper van on July 2. 

He returned home to Florida with the van and without Petito on September 1, police have said. 

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Natalie is a senior reporter on Business Insider's Business News team covering the AI and data center boom.She was previously on BI's Legal Affairs team, where she handled major cases coming out of state and federal court, as well as bankruptcy. Her coverage often focused on stories at the intersection of law, business, politics, and technology. Natalie has covered Donald Trump’s criminal and civil cases, the wave of lawsuits against the second Trump administration, the indictment and criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and the legal battles facing Elon Musk and his companies. Natalie came to Business Insider in June 2021 as a breaking news reporter, focusing on the most interesting angles on the day's trending news. Natalie largely drove BI’s coverage around the fatal “Rust” shooting involving Alec Baldwin and the disappearance and murder of Gabby Petito.Prior to joining BI, Natalie worked for the New York Post, the New York Daily News, and The Brooklyn Paper. She has an extensive background covering crime and courts. During her more than 12-year journalism career, she did a stint covering the police beat out of the New York Police Department's headquarters. Natalie, a Brooklyn native, graduated from Brooklyn College in 2012 with a degree in journalism.