BRIAN Laundries parents werent acting frantic enough while searching for their fugitive son on Wednesday at a Florida nature reserve, according to a body language expert.

Patti Wood told The Sun: What were seeing is different from that norm."

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The norm is to behave with a sense of urgency, walk together and be constantly shifting their heads to find any clue.

Wood didn't see that in the Chris and Roberta's behavior during the short couple video clips she evaluated.

"Theyre not together and not doing normal sweeping to side to side motion or looking low, at a regular level and looking up and away," she said. Theres not a franticness.

The FBI identified the skeletal remains found yesterday belonged to their 23-year-old son using his dental records.

"On October 21, 2021, a comparison of dental records confirmed that the human remains found at the T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Memorial Reserve and Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park are those of Brian Laundrie, a statement by the FBI reads.

Two detectives shared their findings by paying a visit to the Laundrie's home in-person on Thursday evening.

The FBI also confirmed the identification in a statement.

"On October 21, 2021, a comparison of dental records confirmed that the human remains found at the T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Memorial Reserve and Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park are those of Brian Laundrie," it read.

Authorities had been searching Brian since his parents Chris and Roberta reported him missing on September 17.

Laundrie had told his parents that he was going for a hike at the 24,000-acre Carlton Reserve on September 13 - which was the last time they saw him.

The fugitive has been on the run since his fianc Gabby Petito was found strangled to death in Wyoming on September 19.

The FBI confirmed the shocking discovery during a press conference on Wednesday, where they also characterized the death of Gabby as "murder" for the first time.

Chris and Roberta Laundriewere at the scene after joining the search when the remains and personal items were found.

During Wednesdays fruitful search at the swampy reserve, the parents were shadowed by authorities and reporters sifting through the rough terrain. <<>>

At one point, Chris can be seen veering into an isolated bramble while Roberta continues walking several yards ahead on the main trail.

Wood thought their different actions on that walk were especially telling.

I found it interesting that instead of walking and moving and doing the search together they separate out, she said.

They go off in different directions.

I find it interesting that he goes directly into a secluded, dark more challenging, and secretive area - and she walks away to a clear, you can see over a distance path.

They separate out like that.

Wood explains that the demeanor of the Laundrie parents struck her as outside the norm.

...Shes not walking that much far ahead of him even though hes going through deep brush, said Wood.

The lack of urgency by the head movements of Chris and Roberta as they looked around the wilderness for their missing son stood out to Wood.

Typically when youre searching like that, your body and head or upper part of face would be sweeping side to side, head down looking side to side, be on [the] same standing looking side to side, and looking up side to side, she said.

"Chris didn't want to pick the bag up because he wanted law enforcement to see it," their attorney Steven Bertolino said, adding: "This was caught on camera."

Bertolino explained that it was Chris who foundBrian's white plastic dry bag in full view of a news reporter who was about 20 feet off the trail, while police uncovered his backpack and human remains.

"Chris couldn't find the law enforcement because they were then out of sight, because Chris had been in the woods, so he didn't want to leave the bag there with the news reporter standing nearby, so he picked it up."

Once he found the item, Bertolino insists that Chris informed authorities.

"They looked at the contents of the bag," the lawyer explained.

"At that time, law enforcement officers showed him a picture on the phone of a backpack that law enforcement had located also nearby, and also some distance off the trail."

In a separate moment captured by Fox News, Chris and Roberta can be seen conversing with a police officer on a hiking trail in Myakkahatchee Creek after Brians belongings and partial skeletal remains were found and the park closed down.

In the clip, the officer at one stage seems to tell them "we've found something" and advises the pair to go home.

The officer places his hand on Chris Laundrie's right shoulder during the exchange.

Roberta then gazes up at face him and wipes his left cheek.

The tender moment between the parents struck Wood revealing how strong their loving bond is.

When theyre informed of what appears to be the findings of human remains, Wood notices Chris and Roberta collapse down of the arms as they come closer in to the sides to touch - to gain security and show some fear as his shoulders hunch over.

She then notices him settling a hand in his pocket suggesting something is shifted quite radically between left and right side.

As far as Roberta wiping Chriss tear-marked cheek, Wood is convinced the motion is intimate and proves their very close relationship.

What shes doing is an indication of great intimacy and caretaking.

Shes touching - the brush is going downwards - any touch in that intimate zone of the face would indicate that they have a very close relationship, [the] kind of touch shes done before or been in that area to do it out in public.

Wood compared it to a mother nurturing their child.

She said its similar to a mum wiping a childs face with a Kleenex.

She added: Its the same kind of maintenance and care thats very very intimate.

Chriss reaction to his wifes tender hand is also very informative.

She noticed how Chriss response is not to pull away.

Instead, his response is yes, thats it ok. I feel comforted by that.This kind of grooming behavior while learning their child may be gone,speaks to a long relationship, Wood said.

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Brian Laundrie timeline

Brian Laundrie has not been seen since the morning of September 13. Here is a timeline of Laundrie's latest whereabouts:

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