Brian Laundrie left home without his phone and wallet last week before going completely off the grid, a source close to the family said - as another amateur sleuth claims she spotted the FBI fugitive at a hotel in Canada.
The source told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Thursday that Laundrie, now the center of a nationwide manhunt after the highly publicized murder of his fiance Gabby Petito, left his parents' home last Tuesday in a frenzied state and that they feared for their son's safety.
The FBI would not comment on the source's claim but Laundrie's parents, Christopher Laundrie, 62, and wife Roberta, 55, have become the target of investigators since their son's suspicious disappearance.
Brian Laundrie's parents, Christopher Laundrie, 62, and wife Roberta, 55, were spotted yesterday in Orlando 150 miles from their North Port, Florida, home while being trailed by the FBI and going to meet their lawyer
An amateur sleuth snapped a photo of man she believed to be Laundrie in Canada, as he exited a Toronto hotel appearing 'flustered'
Laundrie is wanted by police after the murder of his 22-year-old fiance Gabby Petito
Agents secretly trailed the pair as they drove 150 miles from their North Port, Florida, home to Orlando to meet with their lawyer on Thursday.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that undercover agents - believed to be with the FBI - followed the couple into the Orlando Public Library on Thursday.
Though it's not clear what the pair were doing in the library, the couple did meet with lawyer Steve Bertolino in Orlando during their trip.
In a statement released last week, Bertolino revealed that Laundrie would not be speaking to investigators due to the fact that 'intimate partners are often the first person law enforcement focuses their attention on in cases like this.'
Bertolino argued in his statement that any comments made by his client to police could be used against him, 'regardless of whether my client had anything to do with Ms Petito's disappearance.'
'As such, on the advice of counsel Mr. Laundrie is not speaking on this matter,' asserted the attorney.
A DailyMail.com image taken on September 13 shows the Laundrie's camper in their driveway. Neighbors said they hooked it up to the red pickup truck in front of it for a weekend camping trip on September 11 - the day Petito was reported missing
Neighbors also said they spotted Laundrie and his parents packing an 'attached camper' used for their long-weekend camping trips ten days after he returned to the North Port residence without Petito, on September 11 - the day the 22-year-old girl was declared missing.
Laundrie has since vanished, after his fiance's body was discovered by investigators last Sunday at a national park in Wyoming.
However, a flight attendant says she may have spotted Laundrie at a hotel in Toronto.
The woman, who posted a photo of a man bearing an incredible resemblance to the suspect Wednesday, described the man she saw as 'flustered' as he walked out of the Toronto establishment, according to The Sun.
Struck by the man's likeness to Laundrie, whose face has been plastered all over the news since Petito's disappearance, the flight attendant decided not to approach the man, but instead snap a picture of him from a distance.
She says she then witnessed him get in a car outside the hotel and drive off with another man.
The flight attendant immediately notified hotel staff of the encounter, who reportedly told her that the
