Laundrie's parents told the FBI and the North Port Police Department on Tuesday night that they intended to search the park Wednesday morning, Bertolino said. Law enforcement met them there Wednesday morning.
The parents walked the trail with law enforcement personnel nearby when Chris Laundrie ventured off the trail "zigzagging in different areas" and found a white bag in some brambles. Chris Laundrie then found law enforcement officers who had found a backpack and remains, Bertolino said.