The father of Brian Laundrie is expected to leave hiding and join authorities in their massive manhunt for his fugitive son, the family’s lawyer says.

Law enforcement on Wednesday requested the help of Chris Laundrie — and the father happily consented, though he wasn’t part of the day’s search, according to the lawyer, Steven Bertolino.

It was not immediately clear when the father will begin assisting.

Gabby Petito’s family said Wednesday they look forward to the day her fugitive boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, is nabbed and brought to justice in her death and disappearance.

“I want to look him in the eyes,” the slain Long Island native’s mom, Nichole Schmidt, said on the Dr. Phil show on Wednesday.

Petito’s father had a harsher thought.

“I want to see him in a jail cell the rest of his life where — he’s an outdoorsman — being in that concrete cell that he can’t go see those trees and smell the fresh air like that,” Joe Petito said.

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Capitalism is in full display in Brian Laundrie’s Florida neighborhood.

Some of the fugitive’s neighbors are making a quick buck from the sensational Gabby Petito case – by charging media outlets as much as $3,500 a week to camp out in their yards, according to TMZ.

More enterprising nabes also have been providing tents, internet service, chairs, water and even bathroom access to the throng of reporters gathered in North Port, the outlet reported.

CBS News, Fox News and ABC News are among the outlets that have rented out spots for the crews that have set up their cameras and other equipment to cover the competitive story that has gripped the nation, The Post has confirmed.

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One of Dog the Bounty Hunter’s daughters has dismissed his high-profile pursuit of Brian Laundrie as a “publicity stunt.”

“He needs to back off and let the FBI handle it,” Cecily Chapman, 28, told The Sun of her estranged 68-year-old dad, Duane Chapman.

“It’s just a publicity stunt. That’s really what it is,” she said of Dog, who adopted her after marrying her mom, Beth, who died in 2019.

She questioned how Dog was financing his hunt for Gabby Petito’s fugitive boyfriend — while noting that he has reportedly been shopping a potential new reality TV show.

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Brian Laundrie used Gabby Petito’s bank card in Wyoming just three days after the slain 22-year-old Long Island native was last seen alive, her family’s lawyer said Tuesday.

“You can look at his state of mind by his actions,” Petito family attorney Richard Stafford said on the Dr. Phil show on CBS-TV.

“He ran, he stole her credit card, he used her credit card to get home, and then ran from the police,” Stafford said. “That’s going to show a lot what he was thinking back then.”

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LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. — The lawyer for Brian Laundrie’s family told The Post on Tuesday that the fugitive flew home to Florida on Aug. 17 — a bombshell claim that throws a wrench in the timeline of the Gabby Petito case.

Laundrie family lawyer Steven Bertolino said Brian returned home for supplies and then flew back to Salt Lake City, Utah, on Aug. 23 to rejoin Petito.

Brian’s brief sojourn home would have come after the couple’s now-infamous fight in Utah that involved cops and before her body was found in a national forest last month.

“Brian flew home to obtain some items and empty and close the storage unit to save money as [he and Petito] contemplated extending the road trip,” Bertolino wrote in a text to The Post.

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A Florida engineer who claimed he talked to Brian Laundrie on the Appalachian Trail told The Post on Tuesday that he plans to meet with the FBI to discuss the bizarre encounter.

“I’ll be meeting them either Tuesday or Wednesday in North Carolina,” Dennis Davis said.

The hiker told a 911 dispatcher that he was “99.99 percent sure” he spoke with the late Gabby Petito’s fugitive boyfriend, who is wanted on fraud charges for allegedly using someone’s bank card around the time she disappeared.  

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Dog the Bounty Hunter said he believes that Brian Laundrie is still alive somewhere in the wilderness since he’s a “survivalist” and showed no indication that he had plans to take his own life.

“I would assume, you know, he is alive. Not alive and doing well but he’s alive,” the reality TV star, whose real name is Duane Chapman, told TMZ on Monday.

Chapman, 68, said he has no reason to believe the 23-year-old fugitive — who is sought for questioning in Gabby Petito’s disappearance and death — was suicidal when he took off amid mounting attention to the case.

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Gabby Petito’s parents are demanding Brian Laundrie turn himself in and insist he’s hiding somewhere and living off the land — as they slammed him for being a “coward” for refusing to speak to them about their daughter.

In an interview with Dr. Phil set to air in full Tuesday, the slain 22-year-old’s parents and stepparents said Laundrie’s unwillingness to cooperate with authorities and his subsequent disappearance was “infuriating.”

Laundrie, the sole person of interest in Petito’s case, is the subject of a massive FBI hunt after he vanished just days before his girlfriend was found dead on Sept. 19 in Wyoming.

When asked if they believe Laundrie is in hiding somewhere, Petito’s parents were adamant he was.

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Brian Laundrie’s sister on Tuesday implored her fugitive brother to hand himself in to police.

“I would tell my brother to just come forward and get us out of this horrible mess,” Cassie Laundrie told “Good Morning America” in an interview teased on Twitter.

“I worry about him. I hope he’s okay — and then I’m angry,” she admitted of her 23-year-old brother who went missing days before his missing girlfriend Gabby Petito, 22, was found dead.

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Gabby Petito’s father has posted an image of his tragic daughter on social media – along with a plea to “do better.”

Joseph Petito shared the never-seen-before photo on Instagram and Twitter of Gabby from behind as she walks while holding hands with two young boys.

“We have to do better. Changes are coming. Now is the time. Don’t be silent,” the grieving dad captioned the image, which includes the hashtags  #justiceforgabby, #domesticviolence and #domesticviolenceawareness.

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Gabby Petito and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie reportedly got matching vine finger tattoos to “represent them and their love” before embarking on their ill-fated cross-country road trip from which she never came back.

Ink artist Danny Nostrom told the Daily Mail that the couple were “super excited” when they walked in to his parlor in Venice, Florida, in October to get the tattoos.

“They had texted for an appointment and were referred by a friend. They knew exactly what they wanted,” Nostrom told the news outlet.

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