{"id":802860,"date":"2021-09-22T15:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=802860"},"modified":"2021-09-22T15:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T19:59:18","slug":"dive-team-joins-search-for-brian-laundrie-in-florida-preserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dive-team-joins-search-for-brian-laundrie-in-florida-preserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Dive Team Joins Search For Brian Laundrie In Florida Preserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdive-team-joins-search-for-brian-laundrie-in-florida-preserve%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=802860&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4A0F9BF9-F9F1-4084-866C-60F7244B3657_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">An underwater dive team has been recruited to help with the search for Gabby Petito\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Brian Laundrie, who remains a \u201cperson of interest\u201d in the death of Petito which has been initially ruled as a homicide.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/22\/us\/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-update-wednesday\/index.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a> by CNN, \u201cA law enforcement underwater dive team arrived at a nature reserve in Florida on Wednesday as part of the search for Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito\u2019s fianc\u00e9 who has been missing for several days.<span class=\"s2\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cA large van and boat from the Sarasota County Sheriff\u2019s Office arrived midday Wednesday at the Carlton Reserve, a swampy 25,000-acre reserve in Venice, Florida, where Laundrie told his parents he was headed last week,\u201d the outlet noted.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The dive team is called the Sheriff\u2019s Underwater Recovery Force (SURF), which the outlet noted is described on the sheriff\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sarasotasheriff.org\/about_scso\/divisions\/special_operations_bureau.php\"><span class=\"s3\">website<\/span><\/a> as a unit that is \u201ccalled upon to search for evidence of crimes and victims of drowning, water accidents and foul play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cThese highly trained underwater specialists have to work in some of the most difficult and challenging environments imaginable, as many of the waterways are full of silt and sediment deposits that affect underwater visibility,\u201d the site added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">North Port Police reportedly said the involvement of the dive team \u201cdoes not mean anything has been found. It\u2019s a part of the overall search process.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sarasota County Sheriff\u2019s office spokesperson Kaitlyn Perez said the North Port Police requested the group on Wednesday morning.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThese divers are specifically trained and very talented in low visibility bodies of water,\u201d Perez said. \u201cThey dive down where you and I can\u2019t see anything at all. They utilize technology and other special equipment to help them get down deep into really deep bodies of water, so they\u2019re out there right now to recover whatever it is that they might find.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ron-desantis-orders-florida-state-agencies-to-join-hunt-for-brian-laundrie-we-need-justice-for-gabby-petito\"><span class=\"s3\">reported<\/span><\/a> by The Daily Wire, Laundrie was reportedly last seen on Tuesday, September 14th, before he was declared a person of interest in the case. He and Petito had been traveling across the country on a road trip that was largely documented on social media as the two were involved in lifestyle blogging on Youtube and Instagram.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">The Daily Wire reported:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Laundrie\u2019s family has been mum on their son\u2019s whereabouts but told law enforcement Friday that they believed Brian had visited the Carlton nature preserve \u2014 a 24,000-acre, \u201cvast and unforgiving\u201d wetland \u2014 and an individual believed to be Laundrie was captured on a private trail camera near the preserve. North Point police said Tuesday that they were using dogs and all-terrain vehicles to try to locate Laundrie, but that the area was difficult to navigate.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMore than 50 searchers from at least eight law enforcement agencies led by the FBI are using huge swamp-busting amphibious vehicles, ATVs, bloodhounds, other K9s and drones as they ramp up efforts to track down the 23-year-old,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10013377\/Cops-deploy-ATVs-drones-search-Brian-Laundrie-snake-gator-infested-nature-reserve.html\"><span class=\"s1\">the Daily Mail reported Tuesday<\/span><\/a>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis has also gotten involved in the search, stating that he has \u201cdirected all state agencies under [his] purview to continue to assist federal &amp; local law enforcement as they continue to search.\u201d The governor added, \u201cwe need justice for Gabby Petito.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAt the request of [North Port Police], [Florida Fish &amp; Wildlife] law enforcement has been assisting in the search for Brian Laundrie,\u201d DeSantis tweeted late Tuesday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/desantis-orders-fwc-to-assist-in-search-for-boyfriend-of-gabby-petito\/\"><span class=\"s1\">according to a local Miami news outlet<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><i>T<\/i><i>he Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An underwater dive team has been recruited to help with the search for Gabby Petito\u2019s fianc\u00e9, Brian Laundrie, who remains a \u201cperson of interest\u201d in the death of Petito which &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-802860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=802860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}