(CNN) Investigators in Florida confused Brian Laundrie's mother with her son while they were monitoring the family's home in the days after Laundrie's fiancée, Gabby Petito , was reported missing, a police spokesperson said. "They are built kind of similarly," North Port Police Department spokesperson Josh Taylor told CNN affiliate WINK on Monday in an exclusive interview. Police now believe the car had actually been driven back to the home by Laundrie's mother, Roberta Laundrie, Taylor said. But for the next two days, police believed Brian Laundrie was at home. The Laundries later told police they had gone to the nature preserve on September 15 to retrieve the family vehicle.

Source: CNN October 26, 2021 20:48 UTC