A body found in a national park in Wyoming, US, has been confirmed to be missing 22-year-old YouTuber Gabby Petito.
The remains were found in Grand Teton National Park, where Ms Petito had been camping with her fiancé when she went missing.
The body was identified as Ms Petito, the FBI said on Tuesday, adding a local coroner had ruled her death a homicide.
Ms Petito's family's lawyer Richard Stafford earlier released a statement thanking the media and public for "for giving the Petito and Schmidt family time to grieve", Business Insider reports.
The coroner's vehicle left the national park after FBI and National Park Service officials held a press briefing at the scene of the discovery.
An FBI statement said: "The FBI and our partners extend our heartfelt condolences to Gabby's family and loved ones.
"This is an incredibly difficult time for them, and our thoughts are with them as they mourn the loss of their daughter."
Ms Petito and partner Brian Laundrie had embarked on a cross-country trek across America in July and she was last seen on August 24 leaving a Utah hotel.
Ms Petito's body was discovered on Sunday in a remote area of Bridger-Teton National Forest, in western Wyoming, less than
1,000 feet (300 meters) from where a pair of travel bloggers filmed what appeared to be the couple's white van parked along a
dirt road near Spread Creek on the evening of August 27.
The pair visited national parks and tourist attractions prior to the vlogger's disappearance.
"The FBI and our partners remain dedicated to ensuring anyone responsible for or complicit in Ms Petito's death is
held accountable for their actions," FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge Michael Schneider said.
Mr Laundrie returned home to North Port, Florida, alone in the van on September 1. Ten days later members of Ms Petito's family
reported her missing.
Mr Laundrie hired a lawyer but disappeared after police named him as a person of interest.
Officers searched Mr Laundrie's home and his parents were taken away in a police van on Monday.
His parents told FBI agents they last saw him a week ago, when he told them he was planning to hike alone in the
nearby 24,000-acre Carlton Reserve wilderness area.
North Port police said they learned from Mr Laundrie's family only on Friday that he had been missing for three days.
Police and FBI agents resumed their search of the swampy reserve on Tuesday, using helicopters and all-terrain vehicles, but called it off for the day as darkness fell.
A North Port police spokesman said that effort would resume on Wednesday.
The engaged couple left Ms Petito's home state of New York in late June or early July, heading west in her van with plans to visit
U.S. national parks and document the trip on social media.
Witnesses last saw Ms Petito on August 24 as she left a Salt Lake City hotel.
She posted her final photo of the trip on social media the next day.
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