Search officials on Wednesday said they have located Brian Laundrie's possessions at Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park in Florida.

The Tampa field office of the FBI confirmed "items of interest" had been located. The office will brief the media at 4:30 p.m. ET.

“Some articles belonging to Brian were found," according to a statement by Laundrie's attorney Steven Bertolino.

A backpack was discovered when FBI agents, North Port police and Laundrie's parents ventured into the preserve. Laundrie's parents contacted officials Tuesday night to inform them that they were going to search the park themselves in the morning.

“Chris and Roberta Laundrie went to the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park this morning to search for Brian," Bertolino said.

"The FBI and NPPD were informed last night of Brian’s parents’ intentions and they met Chris and Roberta there this morning. After a brief search off a trail that Brian frequented some articles belonging to Brian were found. As of now law enforcement is conducting a more thorough investigation of that area,” he added.

Officials will now search the area more thoroughly, according to Bertolino. The park opened to the public on Tuesday after weeks of searching produced no evidence but is closed again.

Sarasota County’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Russel Vega, has also been called to the location, “at the request of law enforcement,” according to Fox News.

Laundrie has been missing for over five weeks since Sept. 14 and is the main person of interest in the Gabby Petito case.

Petito was reported missing on Sept. 11 after a cross-country van trip with Laundrie. Her body was found at Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming on Sept. 19. The manner of her death was declared a homicide and the cause of death was strangulation.

Laundrie's parents have mostly remained uninvolved in the case. They have not provided details other than that they last saw him at Carlton Reserve in Florida.

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