Seven key clues spotted by Brian Laundrie sleuths from van sighting, campsite selfie, and new Zion water vid
ONLINE sleuths have revealed numerous key clues that are assisting the search for Gabby Petito’s runaway fiancé Brian Laundrie, who was reported missing on September 17.
Laundrie returned to his parents’ Florida home without on September 1, about three weeks after the 22-year-old vanished on the couple’s cross-country road trip touring national parks around the United States.
As the frantic hunt for Laundrie continues, take a look at these sightings internet sleuths caught of the fugitive.
ZION SPOTTING
A tourist’s video shot in Zion National Park reveals Gabby and Laundrie holding hands nearly five weeks before she was murdered.
Online sleuths were quick to recognize the 22-year-old and her fugitive fiancé, who were visiting the Utah spot at the time.
The Zion National Park location and the couple’s clothes in the video appear to match images uploaded to Laundrie’s Instagram.
One sleuth said: "It is 100 percent them. Just the necklace alone is proof."
Another said: "To me nothing sticks out. Normal behavior, holding hands, guiding through the trail."
It was revealed that the 23-year-old returned to Utah and the couple checked out of the hotel on August 24.
"We just thought they had come back from wherever. We didn’t know they were on a trip. We assumed they went back to their house or wherever they got a house … We didn’t know much about them at all," she added.
‘ACTING WEIRD’ ON CAMPSITE
A graphic designer allegedly spotted Gabby’s white van and a “man acting weird” at a campsite, which she claims helped FBI detectives find the 22-year-old’s body.
Jessica Schultz and her friends camped out at Spread Creek in between August 22-29.
Schultz said she saw the vehicle on August 26 and 27 - days after Gabby had told her family that she and her fiancé had reached Grand Teton National Park.
She also claimed she spotted it a third time after being left surprised that its owners had seemingly not been asked to move it to a parking spot,reports.
The camper said she recognized the straw hat on the dashboard, which prompted her to contact the FBI after speaking to friends.
The FBI investigated Laundrie’s burner phone after investigating the brand new device he left at the house in North Port and reviewing CCTV footage from a cell phone store in North Port.
A screenshot of a Facebook status from a person called Allysun Paulson was shared in the sub-reddit that read: "I believe he purchased the new phone, with the intent to purposefully leave it behind.
"His old phone is now his 'burner phone,''' she added, claiming Brian would simply do a factory reset and use different SIM cards and could not be traced.
"He knows everything that is going on right now. Everything. Leaving the new phone behind was done to throw them off in the beginning to buy time."
MAKESHIFT CAMPSITE
Online sleuths revealed “evidence” of a “makeshift Florida campsite,” which was allegedly found by search teams while hunting for Laundrie.
Internet detectives claim they discovered a Gatorade bottle, small knife cuts in trees, and a pile of pistachio shells while scouring the woods in Fort de Soto earlier this month.
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