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Published 15:09 08 Oct 2021 GMT
Dog the Bounty Hunter's daughter is urging people to look out for five of Brian Laundrie's most "distinct features" as the weeks-long manhunt for him continues.
Lyssa Chapman, the 68-year-old reality star's daughter, announced on Twitter last weekend that she was "following up on leads" in the search for the 23-year-old, who is a person of interest in the disappearance of his now-deceased fiancée Gabby Petito.
She wrote on Saturday: "Update: Dads is physically following up on leads today, and I am digitally following up on leads. Keep the info coming !! Persistent is key to getting #justiceforgabbypetito & #BrainLaundrie behind bars."
And earlier this week, she shared another tweet featuring a collage of images of Laundrie's face and hands, captioning the post: "Look for these distinct features- #BrianLaundrie."
The images highlight a little bump on Laundrie's ear, a bump on his forehead, a spot on his cheek, and tattoos on his hand.
Lyssa believes that these "distinct features" could help those who believe they may have spotted the missing 23-year-old, determine whether it truly is him or not.
It has now been 24 days since Laundrie went missing, his parents told investigators.
On September 15, he was named a person of interest in the case, four days after 22-year-old Petito was reported missing by her parents.
Laundrie and Petito had been traveling across the country in her white van, visiting state national parks on the West Coast before she suddenly disappeared.
On September 1, Laundrie returned solo to the North Port home that he shared with both Petito and his parents.
Sixteen days later on September 17, Laundrie's mother and father told authorities that they had not seen their son since he supposedly left for the Carlton Reserve on September 14.
On September 19, human remains were found in Teton County, Wyoming, which the FBI stated were "consistent with the description" of Petito. Two days later, the FBI confirmed that the remains belonged to the travel blogger.
Laundrie has not been charged in connection with the homicide, however, he has been issued a federal arrest warrant for using a debit card that he was not authorized to use, The Guardian reports.
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Published 16:05 11 Oct 2021 GMT
Dog the Bounty Hunter's daughter says he's "not giving up" the search for Brian Laundrie despite getting injured, and said the "bait is set."
Lyssa Chapman shared the update after news broke that Dog was heading back to Colorado from Florida, where the search for Laundrie is still underway.
The 68-year-old reality star, whose real name Duane Chapman, has been searching for the 23-year-old fugitive, who disappeared almost a month ago, for weeks.
"Dad is headed back to Colorado temporarily to handle some business. (Remember, he was in Florida on his honeymoon)," Lyssa confirmed.
"We are still actively searching for #BrianLaundrie, leaving a team in place in Florida. As always, whatever I can share with you, I will."
Replying to a fan who hoped the team wasn't giving up, Lyssa wrote on Twitter: "Not giving up ... It's common that we (include you all) put so much heat on a fugitive they dig down, he will pop up again. Bait is set."
According to WFLA, Dog has put together a "talented team" to continue his hunt while he's away.
Chapman joined the nationwide manhunt for 23-year-old Laundrie, who has been missing since September 14, his parents told law enforcement officials.
Laundrie is a person of interest in the disappearance of his 22-year-old fiancée Gabby Petito, who was confirmed dead on September 21.
Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue has deemed the tragedy a homicide in his preliminary findings. The exact cause of death, however, will become clear once the final autopsy results have been obtained.
Laundrie returned home without Petito after they went on a cross-country road trip in the summer.
Chapman explains below how he plans to find Laundrie:Ten days after returning to the home he shared with his parents and his now-deceased fiancée, Petito was reported missing by her family.
Laundrie later went missing himself and was named a person of interest in the case the day after September 15.
Chapman joined the search when he arrived at the home of his parents, Christopher and Roberta on September 25.
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Published 14:37 05 Oct 2021 GMT
Dog the Bounty Hunter has shared footage of him and his team wading through a swamp in Florida as the hunt for Brian Laundrie continues.
The 68-year-old reality star, whose real name is Duane Chapman, took to Instagram on Sunday, October 3 to share a video with his 713,000 followers that showed him holding onto a boat before heading off into the waist-deep swamp with a team of four other men.
"The search has continued throughout the weekend on the islands off the west coast of Florida," he captioned the video.
Chapman joined the nationwide manhunt for 23-year-old Laundrie, who has been missing since September 14, his parents told law enforcement officials.
Laundrie is a person of interest in the disappearance of his 22-year-old fiancée Gabby Petito, who was confirmed dead on September 21.
Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue has deemed the tragedy a homicide in his preliminary findings. The exact cause of death, however, will become clear once the final autopsy results have been obtained.
Laundrie returned home without Petito after they went on a cross-country road trip in the summer.
Ten days after returning to the home he shared with his parents and his now-deceased fiancée, Petito was reported missing by her family.
Laundrie later went missing himself and was named a person of interest in the case the day after (September 15).
Chapman joined the search when he arrived at the home of his parents, Christopher and Roberta on September 25.
It was reported that he repeatedly knocked on the Laundrie family's door and asked to speak to them, to no avail.
Over the weekend, a spokesperson for the TV personality informed Newsweek that Chapman is personally adding $10,000 to the existing reward money for Laundrie's arrest.
The reward money had previously stood at $170,000, most of which had been donated by supporters of Petito's family.
He also revealed he does not share the many leads he has apparently received since launching his own search operation for Laundrie.
Chapman said he is not able to call law enforcement and ask for leads, and that "they don't call me and say, 'Hey, Dog, where are your leads?'"
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Published 12:36 26 Sep 2021 GMT
Reality star Dog the Bounty Hunter has joined the manhunt for Brian Laundrie.
The 68-year-old reality star, whose real name is Duane Chapman, joined the hunt when he arrived at the home of Brian's parents, Christopher and Roberta on Saturday afternoon (September 27), the Daily Mail reports.
The missing 23-year-old has officially been dubbed a person of interest after his partner, Gabby Petito, disappeared and was later found dead, with an autopsy confirming that it was a homicide.
Chapman said that he knocked on the door of Laundie's parents multiple times, saying: "I need to ask him where his son is. Is he in there?"
The Daily Mail asked Chapman if he believed he'd be able to find Brain, and he replied: "Yes - I will find him."
He added: "I'm chasing several leads. We've got a lot of leads. I can't tell you more but we are getting leads every ten minutes."
In the video below, Chapman explains where he thinks Brian is:Brian has been missing for nearly two weeks now, but according to Petito's best friend, Rose Davis, he has lived off the grid for longer than this before.
"I know he lived in the Appalachians for what I believe was three months, and he did it by himself, so I know he's skilled at it," Davis told the Daily Mail.
"He and Gabby both told me stories about it," Rose added. "And you could see the enthusiasm in his voice when he would talk about his adventures by himself like that trip into the Appalachians," which is over 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine.
Rose, 21, said Brian often preferred to be by himself when she spent time with him and Gabby and described him as jealous and controlling.
"I think that's one reason why Brian rushed into this van trip," Rose said of the cross-country trip the couple began in July. "He saw how close we were getting and he realized that after every fight, she was staying at my house. And he didn't have control over that."
According to Chapman's representative, he has volunteered his services to help Petito's family, and he has vowed to fully cooperate with law enforcement about any information he may receive.
"Dog and Francie have experienced extreme loss themselves," the representative said. "Their hearts go out to Gabby's family and want to help bring justice for her death."
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Published 15:04 06 Oct 2021 GMT
Dog The Bounty Hunter's daughter Cecily Chapman has slammed his search for Brian Laundrie.
Calling it no more than a "publicity stunt", 28-year-old Cecily has told her famous father - Duane Chapman - to "back off".
"It's just a publicity stunt. That's really what it is. He needs to back off and let the FBI handle it," she told The Sun.
"And that in the water stuff- that looks totally staged," she added.
Dog has been sharing daily updates with the world on how the search for Laundrie is going.
Chapman joined the nationwide manhunt for 23-year-old Laundrie, who has been missing since September 14, his parents told law enforcement officials.
Laundrie is a person of interest in the disappearance of his 22-year-old fiancée Gabby Petito, who was confirmed dead on September 21.
Laundrie returned home without Petito after they went on a cross-country road trip in the summer.
Ten days after returning to the home he shared with his parents and his now-deceased fiancée, Petito was reported missing by her family.
Speaking of her father's involvement in the case, Cecily told The Sun: "To be completely honest with you, the FBI is never going to let Dog the Bounty Hunter catch Brian anyway- the FBI is way too prideful for that."
What's more, Cecily is curious as to whom is funding Dog's search - which includes a camera person who has been capturing footage of the reality star looking for Laundrie.
Raising the question, Cecily continued: "Realistically, how is he doing this, what the hell is he doing, and who is funding this nonsense!?
"He's trying to distract everybody from everything, that's what he does. He tries to hide his problems."
Laundrie later went missing himself and was named a person of interest in the case the day after on September 15.
Chapman joined the search when he arrived at the home of his parents, Christopher and Roberta on September 25.
It was reported that he repeatedly knocked on the Laundrie family's door and asked to speak to them, to no avail.
Over the weekend, a spokesperson for the TV personality informed Newsweek that Chapman is personally adding $10,000 to the existing reward money for Laundrie's arrest.
The reward money had previously stood at $170,000, most of which had been donated by supporters of Petito's family.
He also revealed he does not share the many leads he has apparently received since launching his own search operation for Laundrie.
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Published 10:50 02 Oct 2021 GMT
Dog the Bounty Hunter has said he does not share the many tips he says he's received since launching his own search operation for Brian Laundrie.
The 68-year-old reality star, whose legal name is Duane Chapman, was seen knocking on the door of the Laundrie's residence in North Port, Florida, on September 25 and asking to speak to Brian's parents - but to no avail.
In an interview with Newsmax on Thursday, September 30, Dog spoke in further detail about his hunt for Brian and confirmed that he was not working with law enforcement.
He said he is not able to call law enforcement and ask for leads, and that "they don't call me and say, 'Hey, Dog, where are your leads?'"
Dog then went on to say: "Now if someone's in a house and they start firing at us, then we call big brother, and they send out the SWAT and the dogs and get the guy."
Despite him being missing for weeks, Chapman believes Brian is still alive.
"We're getting calls like crazy. I think the success of this bounty hunt is going to be the tip line," Dog told Newsmax. "Over 2,000 calls and about 20% of them are positive leads."
He also explained to the outlet that although the majority of the calls simply express words of encouragement or suggestions, about a fifth of them are useful tips that could potentially be of help in locating Brian, who is a person of interest in his fiancée Gabby Petito's disappearance.
The case had intensified after Gabby, a 22-year-old blogger, was confirmed dead by the FBI on September 21.
Authorities have been trying to find Brian, whose parents said that they had not seen him since September 14. He had returned from his and his Gabby's road trip on his own about two weeks before he disappeared.
The 23-year-old was named a person of interest in the case on September 15.
Dog the Bounty Hunter is uring those with potentially valuable information to continue calling 1-833-TELL-DOG with tips. Alternatively, the FBI is asking the public to get in touch on 1-800-CALL-FBI if they believe they're able to help pin down Brian's whereabouts.
Dog has reportedly added $10,000 of his own fortune to the reward money for Brian Laundrie's arrest.
