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FLORIDA cops have denied reports that a body was found in the area they are searching for missing Brian Laundrie.

"There are currently false reports of a body being located where we are searching. Completely fake," said the official North Port Police Twitter account on Saturday.

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This news comes a the FBI searches for both Gabby Petito and her fianc Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in her disappearance.

More than 50 North Port police officers as well as the FBI conducted a vast search in the Carlton Reserve in the Sarasota area on Saturday, a day after Laundrie's family reported he's been missing since Tuesday.

His family says they believe he entered the area earlier this week," North Port police said on Saturday as they searched the area of about 25,000 acres.

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Nearly a week into the search for Petito, officers with the North Port Police Department enteredLaundrie's Florida home on Friday night after Laundrie's family requested police to come speak with them.

North Port Police Public Information Officer Josh Taylor told theNew York Post: "His family has reported that they have not seen Brian as of Tuesday."

Police took some of Laundrie's clothing from his parents' home for K9s to get a scent, according to local reporter Claire Lavezzorio.

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They have not said if Laundrie is suicidal or carrying a gun.

Petito, 22, has been missing for two weeks after going on a cross-country road trip with her fianc.

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She and her boyfriend had planned a road trip through Colorado,Utah, andWyomingthat would finish in Yellowstone.

The New Yorker was last seen on August 24 after leaving a hotel in Salt Lake City,Utah,withLaundrie. Her family held a joint press conference with Florida police focusing on her disappearance on Thursday.

While Gabby never returned home,her fianc did and has since made headlinesafter he reportedly hired an attorney and refused to work with the police.

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