Gaby Petito's father has said the main priority must be 'to make sure we get my daughter home first' and then 'we'll start worrying about' her boyfriend Brian Laundrie who was named a 'person of interest' in her disappearance.
Jon Petito told Fox & Friends First Thursday he doesn't 'give two craps' about Laundrie and slammed him for 'sitting home in his lazy boy chair' instead of helping in the search for his missing girlfriend.
'I don't care what happens to him right now,' he said.
Petito was last seen on August 24 leaving a hotel with Laundrie in Salt Lake City, Utah, during the couple's cross-country campervan trip which they started early July.
Gaby Petito's father has said the focus must be 'to make sure we get my daughter home first' and then 'we'll start worrying about' her boyfriend Brian Laundrie later - after he was named a 'person of interest' in her disappearance and is still refusing to cooperate with police
The following day she made her final call to her mom, telling her she and Laundrie had traveled to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. She was reported missing by her family on September 11 after they hadn't heard from her in 13 days.
Police said Laundrie returned to their home in North Port, Florida, on September 1 - with the van and without Petito.
He has lawyered up and is refusing to cooperate with the investigation, with police naming him a person of interest in the case Wednesday.
Laundrie's attorney released a statement saying he is not speaking to police or the public 'on the advice of counsel' because 'intimate partners are often the first person law enforcement focus their attention on in cases like this.'
New bodycam footage emerged Wednesday showing police being called to an incident involving the couple in Moab, Utah, on August 12 - 13 days before Petito was last heard from.
Jon said these new developments in the case had left him feeling everything was 'not what you thought it was.'
However, he said he just wants to keep the focus on finding his daughter.
'It's not what you thought it was,' he said.
'August 12, the person of interest... I get it from a legal side of it but from a family side we don't have Gabby.
'I want to care about finding my daughter first. That's my first objective.'
Petito's father hit out at his daughter's boyfriend for his refusal to cooperate with police.
Gabby set out on a cross-country trip July 2 with boyfriend Brian Laundrie in the couple's 2012 Ford Transit van. Brian posted this photo of the couple on Instagram on July 16
'That can't be my primary focus if he's going to sit in the comfort of his home, you know, and get home cooked meals, why my daughter's out, you know, God knows where, you know, I don't give two craps about him,' he said.
'I got to be out there to help her, because the one person who is supposed to be leading the charge is sitting home in his lazy boy chair, you know, not talking to anybody.'
He added: 'I want to worry about getting my daughter home first and then we'll start worrying about Brian.'
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