MELVILLE, N.Y. — The FBI announced Tuesday that the remains found in a national forest in Wyoming on Sunday have been positively identified as Gabrielle Petito, and said the 22-year-old woman’s manner of death was a homicide.
The FBI named Petito’s fiancé, Brian Laundrie, who she had been traveling with on a cross-country road trip, as a "person of interest" in her homicide. The FBI said Petito’s cause of death is pending the final autopsy results.
"The FBI and our parnters remain dedicated to ensuring anyone responsible for or complicit in Ms. Petito’s death is held accountable," said FBI Special Agent in charge Michael Schneider. "Mr. Brian Laudrie has been named a person of interest. Anyone with information concerning Mr. Laundrie’s role in the matter or his current whereabouts should contact the FBI.
