Photos: The Search For Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie

The saga of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie, the troubled Long Island couple who had been visiting national parks this summer and sharing their trip online, captivated the public and media after her disappearance in August and the Sept. 19 discovery of her body in a Wyoming national forest.

Laundrie became a person of interest after her death, and authorities conducted an intense monthlong search that began at his parents' home in North Port, Florida, and concluded when his remains were found this week in a nearby nature preserve.

Authorities said Laundrie had returned to Florida in Petito's van alone on Sept. 1 and was reported missing by his parents Sept. 17. Authorities had been searching for him until Wednesday, when his backpack and a notebook were found in the nature preserve, along with human remains that were later confirmed to be his.

Chris and Roberta Laundrie told police they last saw their son Sept. 13, when he said he was going hiking.

The case garnered national and international media attention and was followed closely on social media. It was not only a fascinating true-crime case but also renewed demands that similar attention be given to disappearances involving women of color.

See below for photos from the case and following manhunt, in chronological order.

A photo from video provided by the Moab, Utah, Police Department shows Brian Laundrie talking to a police officer Aug. 12 after police pulled over the van he was traveling in with his girlfriend, Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, near the entrance to Arches National Park in Utah.

This police camera video provided by the Moab Police Department shows Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito talking to a police officer after police pulled over the van she was traveling in with her boyfriend.

Search teams fan out Sept. 22 at Carlton Reserve park near a North Port, Florida, wilderness park to search for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.

Search teams fan out Sept. 22 at Carlton Reserve park near the North Port, Florida, wilderness park to search for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.

Search teams fan out Sept. 22 at Carlton Reserve park near a North Port, Florida, wilderness park to search for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.

Long Island firefighters attend the Sept. 26 funeral home viewing of Gabby Petito at Moloney's Holbrook Funeral Home in Holbrook, New York.

A woman carries a placard in honor of Petito as people attend the Sept. 26 funeral home viewing of Gabby Petito at Moloney's Funeral Home in Holbrook, New York.

People attend the Sept. 26 funeral home viewing of Gabby Petito at Moloney's Funeral Home in Holbrook, New York.

Gabby Petito's stepdad, Jim Schmidt (left), exits Moloney's Funeral Home at the end of the Sept. 26 funeral home viewing for Petito in Holbrook, New York. Lines of mourners paid their respects for Petito, the 22-year-old whose death on a cross-country trip sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend.

Jim Schmidt, stepfather of Gabby Petito, speaks alongside her father, Joseph Petito (immediate left), stepmother Tara Petito (second from right) and mother Nichole Schmidt (right) during a news conference Sept. 28 in Bohemia, New York.

Nichole Schmidt, mother of Gabby Petito, whose death on a cross-country trip has sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend Brian Laundrie, pauses as she answer reporter's questions during a news conference Sept. 28 in Bohemia, New York.

North Port, Florida, police officer block the entrance to the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park on Wednesday in North Port, Florida. Items believed to belong to Brian Laundrie and potential human remains were found in a Florida wilderness park during a search for clues in the slaying of Gabby Petito.

Michael McPherson, chief of the Tampa FBI office, makes a statement to the media during a briefing Wednesday in North Port, Florida.

Supporters of Gabby Petito hold up photos of Gabby after a news conference Wednesday in North Port, Florida. The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie.

Richard Stafford, the attorney for Petito's family, said the family would have no public reaction yet to the discovery of Laundrie's remains. "They are grieving the loss of their beautiful daughter," Stafford said. “Gabby’s family will make a statement at the appropriate time and when they are emotionally ready.”

The Associated Press contributed reporting to this story.