Officials tear down Gabby Petito memorial in Brian Laundrie family home's front yard

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Officials tear down Gabby Petito memorial in Brian Laundrie family home's front yard

A makeshift memorial for Gabby Petito built on the Laundrie family's front yard in Florida has been torn down.

Protestors have cleared out from outside the property in North Port following the discovery of the fugitive's remains, CNN reports.

On Thursday, October 21, Laundrie, who had been a person of interest in the homicide of his fiancée Petito, was confirmed dead.

Dental records showed that the body discovered at a Florida park belonged to the 23-year-old fugitive, who had been at the center of a nationwide manhunt for five weeks.

The Laundrie family's attorney Steve Bertolino told Fox News that North Port officials removed the memorial just after 8 PM.

"Everything is gone," he said. "I am the only one here. No photographers. No other video people. Just me."

It follows the removal of another makeshift memorial in North Port earlier this month due to damage from being exposed to the elements, officials said.

The city of North Port is now looking for a permanent place where people can honor Gabby, per CNN.

"Ahead of severe weather today, the City of North Port has received several complaints about signs located on Wabasso Ave," city spokesman told Fox News.

"Per City Sign Code and storm water code, these signs are in violation and are not allowed in the road right-of-way."

It comes as Laundrie's autopsy was inconclusive, Florida authorities have said, and the remains were sent to an anthropologist to try and determine how he died.

No manner or cause of death was determined, Fox13 reports, and his cause of death is not known.

On October 12, authorities revealed that Petito died from strangulation during the couple's two-month cross-country trip across the United States.

Laundrie's family have since said they have no plans to hold a funeral for the 23-year-old.

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Credit: Instagram/Gabspetito

Bertolino said that Laundrie's "remains will be cremated and there will be no funeral service," per Independent. He corroborated that there will be no public service for Laundrie — as there was for Petito.

"The remains will be cremated and turned over to the family," he stated. "There’s no funeral plans at all."

He detailed that there was "nothing new" with the family, other than their personal grieving.

Earlier this month, the Petito family established a foundation in their late daughter's name — and the first fundraiser is scheduled for later this month in her native Long Island.

Featured image credit: JosephPetito/Twitter

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