Video from Fort De Soto Park where Brian Laundrie and parents stayed is turned over to FBI
VIDEO from Fort De Soto Park where Brian Laundrie and his parents stayed earlier this month has been turned over to the FBI, local cops confirmed on Wednesday.
The news comes after said he received a tip that and had visited Fort De Soto Park twice in September, most recently on September 6.
According to , Pinellas County Sheriff's Office officials today confirmed that they turned video from Fort De Soto park over to the .
Officials described the investigation as "open and active," reports.
It came after the network requested surveillance footage from the park for the time that with his parents.
Fox was told that all records were being referred to the FBI Denver office, which is overseeing the Gabby Petito case.
"The surveillance footage is part of that and that's why it is not being released," a spokesperson said.
On Monday, Dog claimed that was not with Chris and Roberta when they checked out of the part two days later, on September 8.
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The reality TV star told : "They were registered, went through the gate. They’re on camera. They were here.
"We think at least if he’s not here right now, we are sure he was caught on camera as he went in the gate — that he was here for sure. Not over in the swamp."
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Dog - real name Duane Chapman - added: "Allegedly, what we’re hearing, is two people left on the 8th. Three people came in on the 6th, and two people left on the 8th. I think he’s been here for sure."
On Wednesday, he was "closing in" on Laundrie and he searched through the campground on foot.
The bounty hunter is reportedly working with a team that includes skilled ground and boat crews.
Law enforcement was also believed to be conducting searches at the park on Wednesday, with helicopters and police cars spotted in the area, WFLA's Josh Benson reported.
When asked by The Sun about police "activity" at Fort De Soto Park, the North Port Police Department said they "can't give any of that information out over the phone."
LAUNDRIE FAMILY CONFIRMS VISIT
The Laundrie family has confirmed that they went camping with Brian on September 6 but denied with them.
In a statement to WPBF, the Laundrie family's lawyer Steven Bertolino wrote: "That dog doesn't know what he's talking about.
"They did go to that campground September 6 and 7 as a family and they all left together."
Bertolino added that Brian and his parents went to "other places on two different dates" which the FBI is allegedly aware of.
"So Brian obviously returned home after camping and what that dog is spewing is nothing but baloney," he wrote.
Still, sources close to Dog have told TMZ that he's confident that Laundrie is alive and that he believes he's close to capturing him.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Sunshine state, law enforcement continued their search for Laundrie in Carlton Reserve, Sarasota, with search teams seen taking to the water.
Investigators have been for several days, but their extensive efforts have so far proved fruitless.
BRIAN'S BURNER PHONE
Brian Laundrie has now been missing for more than two weeks.
He is not currently considered a suspect in Gabby's murder but has been cited as a person of interest. He is also wanted on a warrant for alleged bank fraud after running up $1,000 in that’s believed to have belonged to Gabby.
The couple was around two months into their planned four-month cross-country road trip touring the US’ national parks before Gabby vanished sometime around August 27.
Brian quietly returned home to Florida alone on September 1, failing to alert police or Gabby’s family that she was missing.
On Wednesday, Laundrie's lawyer confirmed that he did buy a burner phone after returning to Flordia but before he went missing.
Agents are said to be looking into security footage taken at a store near his parent's home in North Port, Florida.
A source told that Brian purchased a phone at the AT&T store on September 14 with an "older woman."
CELL PHONE SEIZED
That's the last day Brian's parents Chris and Roberta say they saw their son when he went off for a hike.
They reported him missing three days later on September 17.
The store said in a statement to The Sun: "We're not confirming or denying anything and we're not making any statements, thank you and have a great day."
Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino said: "To my knowledge, they did purchase a new phone and it's the same phone that Brian left home and which the FBI is in possession of."
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Authorities had already seized Brian's cell phone, but mystery surrounds Gabby Petito's mobile.
, previously said they fear their son may hurt himself after
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