Brian Laundrie: Alabama police investigate possible sightings of Gabby Petito boyfriend

Investigators have intensified their search for Brian Laundrie (Instagram)
Investigators have intensified their search for Brian Laundrie (Instagram)

Authorities in Alabama are looking into potential sightings of Brian Laundrie in the state over the weekend.

Officers from the Mobile Police Department received information that Mr Laundrie may have been in Tillman’s Corner, southwest of the city, 600 miles (965kms) from his home in North Port Florida.

NBC 15 reported a large police presence near a Walmart in Tillman’s Corner. Several media outlets reported a body had been found near a dumpster at the location.

Mr Laundrie left the home he shared with his parents last Tuesday, telling them he was going for a hike in the nearby Carlton Reserve.

A large-scale police search operation at the weekend failed to turn up any trace of the missing man.

He is a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend Gabby Petito, 22, whose body was found in a remote section of Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park on Sunday.