Authorities confirmed that partial human remains were found at the site where US social media influencer Gabby Petito’s fiance Brian Laundrie went missing, as per NBC news. The 23-year old has been missing for over a month and is a person on interest in Petito’s death. 

Only earlier Wednesday FBI found items that are believed to belong to Laundrie in a Florida wilderness park. 

A senior law enforcement official told NBC that the remains have been found in Florida’s Carlton Reserve in a location that was previously under water. However, there is no confirmation the remains belong to Laundrie.

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Laundrie’s parents, Chris and Roberta Laundrie, took part in the search Wednesday with the FBI and police from North Port, Florida, more than a month after Laundrie was reported missing after heading to the vast Carlton Reserve park.

“After a brief search off a trail that Brian frequented some articles belonging to Brian were found,” attorney Steven Bertolino said in a text to The Associated Press. “As of now law enforcement is conducting a more thorough investigation of that area.”

The FBI field office in Tampa also issued a statement on Twitter confirming that “items of interest” were found in the Laundrie search but did not describe them further.

“An FBI Evidence Response team is processing the scene. The reserve is closed to the public and no further details are available at this time,” the statement said.

The Sarasota County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed it had been summoned to the reserve but would not comment further.

 Petito was reported missing September 11 by her parents while the couple was on a cross-country trip out West.

The case generated enormous public interest but also raised uncomfortable questions over the unequal attention given to the hundreds of cases of Native American and other minority women missing or murdered across the United States. Petito is white.

Petito’s body was found September 19 on the edge of Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, which the couple had visited. The coroner there concluded she died of strangulation and her body had been where it was found for three or four weeks.

The couple was stopped August 12 by police in Moab, Utah, after they had a physical altercation, but no charges were filed.

Laundrie returned home alone September 1 in the Ford van the couple took on their trip. He was reported missing after telling his parents on Sept. 14 that he was going for a hike in the Carlton Reserve, a nature preserve in Sarasota County that has for weeks been a key area in the search.

Laundrie is charged in a federal Wyoming indictment with unauthorized use of a debit card, which would allow authorities to arrest him if he is found alive.

It alleges Laundrie used a Capital One Bank card and someone’s personal identification number to make unauthorized withdrawals or charges worth more than $1,000. It does not say to whom the card belonged or what type of charges were made.

With inputs from the Associated Press