Brian Laundrie Update: Dog The Bounty Hunter Sends Evidence To FBI For DNA

Dog the Bounty Hunter has turned over evidence to FBI authorities that he said he hoped can be examined for DNA to prove a tip about a recent sighting of Brian Laundrie at a Florida park.

Duane “Dog” Chapman, who rose to fame after his capture of Andrew Luster in Mexico in 2003, said he has been working to confirm a tip about a recent Laundrie sighting near the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina on Saturday morning, New York Post reported.

Dog’s publicist noted that the evidence handed over to authorities included items the bounty hunter found on an island near the Fort De Soto Park, where, as per public records, Laundrie’s mother Roberta had checked into “Site 001-Waterfront” between Sept. 6 and Sept. 8, the report said.

The evidence Dog submitted to the FBI comes after hiker Dennis Davis on Saturday morning called 911 and claimed he saw Laundrie driving a white pickup truck just past midnight on Waterville Road in Tennessee.

"He was talking wild. He said that his girlfriend loved him and he had to go out to California to see her, and he was asking me how to get to California," Davis told the 911 operator.

The Haywood County Sheriff’s Office said they have received 10 more reports of sightings between Saturday and Sunday, but none had been as detailed as Davis’ account.

"We have received a number of calls regarding the sighting of Brian Laundrie over the past several days, each one being investigated thoroughly and areas of concern searched, but all to no avail," Haywood, North Carolina, Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Christina Esmay told Fox News.

"We will continue to respond and fully investigate all calls for service related to the nationwide search for Mr. Laundrie within our jurisdiction."

Laundrie, 23, is currently wanted on bank fraud charges for allegedly using a Capital One Bank card to make unauthorized withdrawals of more than $1,000 after his fiancée, Gabby Petito, went missing.

He is currently the prime suspect in the death of 22-year-old Petito whose body was found on Sept. 19 in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, nearly three weeks after Laundrie returned to his parents’ home in Florida alone on Sept. 1.

Authorities say that Laundrie was last seen leaving his home on Sept. 14. His parents reported him missing three days later.