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Neither did his family. it's been one week since he went missing. police have been searching a vast and swampy area of florida. no answers. more about what we do know about his final days out west is coming from witnesses, specifically a young woman named miranda baker. she claims she picked up brian laundrie on a road in the same general area in wyoming where gabby's body was later found on august 29th just days after their last video correspondence of gabby with her mother. when she picked up brian, he was alone. and there's more to it. and here is miranda baker explaining in her own words. ...

Come forward and said she talked to law enforcement with new information. miranda baker says she picked um brian laundrie as he was hitchhiking alone on august 29th, four days after gabby last spoke with her family. i want to play some of what miranda baker posted about this on tiktok. >> before he came in the car, he offered to pay us like $200 to give him a ride like ten miles. so that was kind of weird. he then told us he's been camping for multiple days without his fiancee. he did say he had a fiancee and she was working on their social media page back at their van. then once -- in convers...

Returned home to florida without her. in a moment, we will be joined by crime fighter, john walsh, whose efforts and viewers have led to the capture of so many suspects over the years. first, though, our randi kaye in moose, wyoming, with the very latest. randi. >> reporter: and john, so many tips and so many amateur internet sleuths posting about this case online, including one woman here in wyoming who says that she believes she picked up gabby petito's fiance, brian laundrie, while he was hitchhiking. so today, we retraced her steps and figured out where the two of them first connected. a...

Baker sharing her story on social media about she believes she and her boyfriend picked up gabby petito's fiance, brian laundrie, when he was hitchhiking. >> we picked him up like i said at 5:30. he approached us asking for a ride because he needed to go to jackson, which we were going to jackson that night. so i said, you know, hop in. um, he hopped in the back of my jeep. we then, you know, proceeded to make small talk. >> reporter: she says the chance encounter happened on august 29th, five days after gabby last facetimed her family. miranda says before he got in her jeep, the man offered t...

Tiktok on social media about how she believes she and her boyfriend picked up gabby petito's fiance, brian laundrie, when i was hitchhiking. >> he approached us asking us for a ride because he needs it to go to jackson, which we were going to jackson that night. i said hop in. he hops in the back of my jeep. we then, you know, proceeded to make small talk. >> reporter: she says the chance encounter happened on august 29th, five days after gabby last facetimed her family. miranda says before he got in her jeep, the man offered to pay her $200 for the ride. she says he offered this explanation f...