A search by police in Florida that has lasted for a month ramped up in intensity on Friday with officers searching swampland armed with rifles in an area where it is believed Brian Laundrie may be hiding.
The search for Laundrie in the swampland began in September, but for the first time police crime scene tape was erected around the site, an area known as Carlton Reserve.
The reserve is where the 23-year-old fugitive is believed to have begun a