New bodycam footage of the 12 August incident between Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie — only now released by the Moab police — reveals that Petito told police Mr Laundrie hit her.

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The Gabby Petition Foundation — launched by the 22-year-old YouTuber’s family in the wake of her killing to help other families find their missing loved ones — is organising its first official fundraiser on 17 October, the foundation’s website says.

The website says the benefit will take place on 17 October from 1pm to 7pm at 89 North, a music venue at Patchogue, New York.

The bands include The Christian Cabrera Band, Afterburn, Justice and Half Breeds.

Gabby Petito’s family recently also addressed the media for the first time since she was reported missing and showed off matching tattoos “designed by Gabby herself”.

Forensic analysis has said that Petito was a victim of homicide and a federal arrest warrant — for credit card fraud — has been issued for her missing boyfriend Brian Laundrie, who is also a “person of interest” in her disappearance and death.

A seasoned investigator has said that he doesn’t believe Brian Laundrie went to the Carlton Reserve at all in the first place.

This comes in the wake of the FBI searching for Mr Laundrie in the 25,000-acre nature reserve for almost two weeks now.

In an interview with News 4, Craig Caine, a retired federal marshall with — who supervised members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force before his retirement from the US Marshals Service — said that “I think it was all a ploy. He had plenty of time to calculate those moves.”

Mr Caine says there is one “critical moment that changed my mind” as far as where he thought the investigation would lead. He believes that the silver Ford Mustang could be the key.

He said that Mr Laundrie’s parents told police their son drove to the Carlton Reserve on 14 September. After their son didn’t return, the parents went to the preserve. “They found the Mustang. They drove it home.” And three days later, Mr Laundrie’s parents called the police to tell them that he was missing.

“You’re gonna leave your son out in the preserve with no form of communication and no way to get home? Does that make sense to anybody? I don’t even think he was ever in that preserve,” Mr Caine said.

Duane Chapman, aka Dog the Bounty Hunter, said that he has been receiving tips “like crazy” on his personal hotline. But added that he isn’t sharing them with law enforcement agencies.

He claimed that he is getting more than 2000 calls on his personal hotline and added that “I think the success of this bounty hunt is going to be the tip line.”

In an interview with Newsmax on Thursday, Mr Chapman said: “I guess we kind of do the same thing but I really don’t pay too much attention like they don’t pay too much attention to me.”

He added: “After 45 years, I don’t call the police, they’re usually called on me – so I don’t know what they’re doing. I can’t call up and say, ‘Hey, G-Man, what’s going where’s your leads?’ And they don’t call me and say, ‘Hey, Dog, where’s your leads?’ – so I have no idea.”

Mr Chapman has claimed that he had a “solid” lead that Brian Laundrie was hiding in the campsite where he went on a camping trip with his parents days after he returned home from his road trip without Gabby Petito.

Police were called to Brian Laundrie’s home twice the day before Gabby Petito was reported missing.

Records released by North Port Police show they first responded to a “public service” call just before 4pm on 10 September.

Police returned at around 6.30pm the same day, and both calls were marked as “problem settled.”

Fox News reports that at least one of the 10 September calls was made by Ms Petito’s father Joe Petito, who lives in Vero Beach, Florida, 150 miles east of the Laundrie family home in North Port.

According to redacted police reports, Mr Petito did not travel to the Laundrie’s address, but expressed concern for his daughter’s safety.

Began Hurley has more from today’s earlier post:

Authorities in Florida are continuing their search of an aligator-infested nature reserve close to the Florida home of Brian Laundrie after he went missing just prior to the body of his girlfriend Gabby Petito was discovered in a Wyoming national park.

The FBI took over the manhunt from local police, while Dog the Bounty Hunter tipped off authorities to the Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas County where the Laundrie family went camping just days before Ms Petito was reported missing.

Bevan Hurley looks at the timeline of events in relation to the police investigation of Mr Laundrie.

The tragic disappearance and death of Gabby Petito was strange enough on its own; a fiance who refused to speak with police arrived home in Florida after a road trip without the woman he claimed to love. Days after she was reported missing, Brian Laundrie disappeared himself, sparking a nationwide manhunt and a public thirsty for answers.

Then Dog the Bounty Hunter showed up.

The internet exploded at the revelation that the TV persona was on the case. But who is Mr Chapman, and why is his inclusion in the manhunt for Mr Laundrie such a tantalising addition to the already captivating story?

Joe Petito said his daughter “followed her own path” in a moving tribute posted to Instagram.

“[Gabby] followed her own path to travel and see the beauty of this world. You may be gone, but you will make this world a better place,” the post said.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis said the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helped the search for Brian Laundrie, spending 1,000 man-hours between 18-28 September

"Since Tuesday of this week, FWC has been on standby and ready to assist again if requested by local or federal agencies," DeSantis Press Secretary Christina Pushaw told Fox News. "FWC resources on standby include 16 officers, 16 trucks, 4 UTVs, 3 ATVs, a buggy and an airboat."

Every man and his Dog the Bounty Hunter is looking for Brian Laundrie.

Some believe he couldn’t have survived the alligator-infested waters of the reserve where authorities have focused much of their search. Divers have even returned to the area to peer beneath the surface for any sign of the suspect in Gaby Petito’s death.

But retired US Marshall Craig Caine, who supervised members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, told News 4 that Laundrie was likely never at that nature preserve at all.

"I think it was all a ploy. He had plenty of time to calculate those moves," Caine told the outlet.

He said the “critical moment” was Laundrie’s parents finding his silver Mustang in the Carlton reserve, driving it home, and waiting three days before calling police to report him missing.

"You’re gonna leave your son out in the preserve with no form of communication and no way to get home? Does that make sense to anybody?" Caine told News 4. "I don’t even think he was ever in that preserve."

The parents of Brian Laundrie have denied any involvement in their son’s disappearance, and on Monday directly addressed the speculation in a statement released to media by their attorney.

"The speculation by the public and some in the press that the parents assisted Brian in leaving the family home or in avoiding arrest on a warrant that was issued after Brian had already been missing for several days is just wrong," Steven Bertolino said in the statement.