FLORIDA cops have denied reports that a body was found in the area they are searching for missing Brian Laundrie.<\/p>\n
\"There are currently false reports of a body being located where we are searching. Completely fake,\" said the official North Port Police Twitter account on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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This news comes a the FBI searches for both Gabby Petito and her fianc Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in her disappearance. <\/p>\n
More than 50 North Port police officers as well as the FBI conducted a vast search in the Carlton Reserve in the Sarasota area on Saturday, a day after Laundrie's family reported he's been missing since Tuesday.<\/p>\n
His family says they believe he entered the area earlier this week,\" North Port police said on Saturday as they searched the area of about 25,000 acres.<\/p>\n
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Nearly a week into the search for Petito, officers with the North Port Police Department enteredLaundrie's Florida home on Friday night after Laundrie's family requested police to come speak with them.<\/p>\n
North Port Police Public Information Officer Josh Taylor told theNew York Post: \"His family has reported that they have not seen Brian as of Tuesday.\"<\/p>\n
Police took some of Laundrie's clothing from his parents' home for K9s to get a scent, according to local reporter Claire Lavezzorio. <\/p>\n
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They have not said if Laundrie is suicidal or carrying a gun.<\/p>\n
Petito, 22, has been missing for two weeks after going on a cross-country road trip with her fianc.<\/p>\n
Read our Gabby Petito live blog for the very latest news and updates...<\/p>\n
She and her boyfriend had planned a road trip through Colorado,Utah, andWyomingthat would finish in Yellowstone.<\/p>\n
The New Yorker was last seen on August 24 after leaving a hotel in Salt Lake City,Utah,withLaundrie. Her family held a joint press conference with Florida police focusing on her disappearance on Thursday.<\/p>\n
While Gabby never returned home,her fianc did and has since made headlinesafter he reportedly hired an attorney and refused to work with the police.<\/p>\n
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