FBI searching for Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito following police activity at North Port home, attorney says - FOX 13 Tampa Bay

- Friday night, the family attorney for Brian Laundrie, the 23-year-old North Port man considered a "person of interest" in the disappearance of this fiance, Gabby Petito, said his client had been missing since Tuesday.

The Laundrie family called police and the FBI to their home Friday night, breaking a week of silence in the case of their soon-to-be daughter-in-law, who went missing during a cross-country trip with their son.

Soon after, the Petito family attorney, Rick Stafford issued a statement contradicting reports that Brian was considered missing.

While at the Laundrie home Friday, the FBI and North Port Police said they removed property that may help to locate Brian.

North Port police maintained they thought Brian was at the home at the time they went in, however, his family said he left days before.

For six days, the North Port Police Department and the FBI have been pleading with the family to contact investigators regarding Brian’s fiancée Gabby Petito.

The scene outside the North Port home of Briand Laundrie, where police were meeting with family as a small crowd of people demanded action.

But Laundrie returned home alone to North Port with the van — 10 days before Petito was reported missing by her family, according to the North Port Police Department. .

The couple’s converted camper van was recovered by North Port police at the home shared by Petito, Laundrie and Laundrie’s parents, authorities said. .

On August 12, Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie were pulled over by Utah police.