Brian Laundrie Case Update: FBI Has All Information Needed For Investigation, Lawyer Says

The FBI reportedly has all the information necessary to complete the investigation into the disappearance and death of Brian Laundrie, his family lawyer said Thursday.

Steven Bertolino added the 23-year-old's remains are yet to be handed over to the family.

"I was informed by the FBI that they have all the information they need for this investigation. You would have to confirm with them if the matter is closed," Bertolino texted ABC 7, according to the Independent.

Laundrie was the only one named as a person of interest in the strangulation death of Gabby Petito, his fiancée, whose body was found near a Wyoming national park on Sept. 19. Laundrie's remains were found two weeks ago in the Carlton Reserve in Florida. A comparison of dental records confirmed Laundrie's identity, according to the FBI.

Recently, the police in Florida said Laundrie “probably” died by suicide well before his remains were discovered on Oct. 20. The comments came after his initial autopsy was ruled inconclusive due to advanced decomposition.

Meanwhile, as the case still continues into the death of Laundrie and Petito, new reports claimed the police are holding a gun in evidence that was found in an area scoured by Dog the Bounty Hunter. The reality television personality Duane Chapman had joined the hunt for Laundrie after he went missing.

According to reports, 35-year-old Christopher Sacco was fishing in the waters off Fort De Soto Park last month when he reeled in the gun. The weapon was reportedly found inside a plastic bag and had a rock attached to it with red and white string, according to UNILAD. Sacco informed the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office about the gun and handed it over to authorities, according to a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office cited by The Tampa Bay Times.

It was later revealed the gun was found in the same area where Dog the Bounty Hunter was looking for evidence. However, authorities are yet to confirm if the gun was related to the Laundrie case.

Laundrie and Petito were traveling across the country visiting national parks this summer when she disappeared at the end of August. Her body was found weeks later near Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. The coroner ruled the cause of her death to be strangulation.

Unfortunately, with Laundrie's death, it’s unclear if Petito's family will ever find answers regarding her demise. Abduction survivor Elizabeth Smart spoke out Thursday about the Petito case, saying her family will not receive the kind of “closure” she got when her captor was sentenced.

“I mean, I can only speak for me. And I know, when I finally saw that my captor was sentenced, that the trial happened, that it was finished, it really was the closing of a chapter,” she told CBS News.

Smart was 14-year-old when she was kidnapped in June 2002 from her home in Utah. Her captor, identified as Brian David, was given a life sentence in 2011.

“So, I can only imagine for Gabby Petito’s heartbroken family that there is a sense of loss and lack and they don’t get to receive that. And they don’t get to receive that kind of closure.”