While the preliminary results of Laundrie’s autopsy have been inconclusive, North Port, Fla., Police Chief Todd Garrison spoke out about the case at a community event on Friday night.
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Garrison discussed the mistakes in his agency’s investigation — including the fact that during surveillancethey once mistook Laundrie’s mother, Roberta, for her son. “Yes, we made a mistake,” he said “It was human error, but I still stand behind my team.”
But then, Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman, whose agency assisted in the search for Laundrie, praised the performance of Garrison and his department, saying that they did the best they could under difficult circumstances.
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“We talked probably 20 times during that situation and obviously we supported them out in the preserve looking for Brian Laundrie,” Hoffman said, according to theHerald-Tribune.
He was allegedly last seen on Sept. 13, when he left his parents' North Port home, saying he was going on a hike in the park in which his body was later found.
During the event, chief Garrison defended his department for the hard work they did.
“I can tell you one thing,” Garrison said, according to theHerald-Tribune, “The amount of work that was done, behind the scenes, 24 hours a day, from our team and the FBI team working on the second floor of the police department, was phenomenal work.”
source: people.com
