\u00ab\u00a0A full forensic identification has not been completed to confirm 100% that we found Gabby,\u00a0\u00bb said Charles Jones, the supervisory senior resident agent for the Denver FBI.<\/b>
\nHuman remains were found in the Spread Creek area of Wyoming \u00ab\u00a0consistent\u00a0\u00bb with 22-year-old Gabby Petito, but a full forensic identification has not yet been completed, authorities said in a press conference on Sunday afternoon. \u00ab\u00a0Earlier today, human remains were discovered, consistent with a description of Gabrielle, Gabby Petito. A full forensic identification has not been completed to confirm 100% that we found Gabby. But her family has been notified of this discovery because of death has not been determined at this time,\u00a0\u00bb Charles Jones, the supervisory senior resident agent for the Denver FBI, said. \u00ab\u00a0The facility around Spread Creek campsite will remain close to the public until further notice,\u00a0\u00bb Jones added. \u00ab\u00a0This is an active and ongoing investigation.\u00a0\u00bb Petito and her fianc\u00e9, Brian Laundrie,23, left for a cross-country road trip on July 2 from Petito’s parents’ residence on Long Island, New York, documenting parts of their trip on social media. On August 12, the couple were stopped by officers from the Moab Police Department in Utah after police received reports that they were \u00ab\u00a0engaged in some sort of altercation.\u00a0\u00bb Moab officers spoke with both Petito and Laundrie about the incident, but police said they did not see a need to file charges against either of them. Laundrie returned to his parents’ residence, where he had been living with Petito, in North Port, Florida, on September 1, according to the North Port Police Department. The white 2012 Ford Transit van the couple were driving was located by police in North Port. Ten days after Laundrie returned home, Petito’s parents reported her disappearance to the Suffolk County Police Department in New York. According to the North Port Police, Petito’s family last spoke with their daughter during the last week of August. Speaking with Fox News on September 13, Petito’s mother, Nichole Schmidt, said: \u00ab\u00a0I did receive a text from her on the 27th and the 30th, but I don’t know if it was technically her or not, because it was just a text. I didn’t verbally speak to her.\u00a0\u00bb Since her disappearance, Laundrie has remained silent. A statement released by his attorney, Steven Bertolino, said: \u00ab\u00a0In my experience, intimate partners are often the first person law enforcement focuses their attention on in cases like this, and the warning that ‘any statement made will be used against you’ is true, regardless of whether my client had anything to with Ms. Petito’s disappearance.\u00a0\u00bb Amid his silence on the matter, social media users have accused Laundrie of being involved in Petito’s disappearance in the comments on his Instagram account. This is a developing story.<\/p>\n