Gabby Petito’s father blasts Brian Laundrie’s family for claiming they ‘love’ his daughter

Gabby Petito’s father has hit out at her boyfriend Brian Laundrie’s sister for claiming their family ‘love’ the missing woman.

Cassie Laundrie told ABC’s Good Morning America that she hopes Ms Petito will be found in the first public interview given by a member of the Laundrie family.

“Obviously me and my family want Gabby to be found safe,” she said.

“She’s like a sister and my children love her, and all I want is for her to come home safe and found and this to be just a big misunderstanding,” she told GMA.

The comments infuriated Ms Petito’s father Joe, who said they showed a warped idea of love.

“If that’s that family’s version of love, to just ignore and not care that someone’s gone and people are looking for them, an entire country’s looking for them,” Mr Petito told NewsNation.

“I mean, that explains how we got to where we are today. Because I mean, look at their version of what they call love,” he added.

Mr Petito said his sole focus remained finding his daughter.

“We still don’t have Gabby, we’re still on job number one.”

On Thursday, the Petito family released a scathing letter accusing Brian’s parents Christopher and Roberta of knowing where Ms Petito was.

Me Petito disappeared last month on a cross-country van tour with her boyfriend Mr Laundrie.