Tragic Life of Dog The Bounty Hunter – tortured Childhood, Wedding Horror and Shock Deaths
AS DOG The Bounty Hunter’s Step-Grandson Dies in a ‘Tragic Accident,’ We take a look at the personal Heartbreaks the US TV HAS ENDED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE
American TV Personality Dog the Bounty Hunter is in Mourning after his Step-Grandson Anthony zecca killed in an horrific accent at the Weekend.
The shocking incident in which the 13 year Old Boy – the son of Dog’s Stepson Gregory – was shot and killed to have happened at Around 8pm on Saturday 20 in an apartment in naples, Florida.
DOG AND HIS WIFE FRANCIE RELEASED A STEETEENT TO Tmz Through a representative. It reads: “We are grieving as a family over this incomperensible tragic Accident and Wowd as Continued Prayers as we grieve the loss of our beloved Grandson, Anthony.”
Gregory, who is francie’s child from a previous Mariage, is part of the dog’s dog -hunting crew. He Became Part of Dog’s Personal Life Wen He Maried Francie in 2021. Gregory has previously shared his passions for the social media posts. In one he is seen showing anthony How to use a rifle while at a shooting range.
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This latest tragedy is not the first dog, whose real name is duane chapman, has endured. Here we take a look at the Heartbreak and drama that has been filled the 72 year Old’s Eventful Life.
Childhood Abuse
Duane was raissed with his three siblings by their church minister mother and their fatr who was a US Army officer in denver, Colorado. In His 2017 Memoir, you can run but you can’t hide, he claimed his dad abused Him with Beatings which thiught was to tughen Him and were a normal way to be treated.
“Because of My Religious Upbinging, i thought my dad was workshing with for being a terrible sinner,” he wrote, accorting to The Express. “Unil Very Recently, i Never Understood that none of his abuse was my fault.
He said he was expensive to take the Beatings like a man: “But i was a man. I was a Young boy look for love and appproval from my faother.
Mourder
Back in 1976 a Young Dog was convicted of first-degree masonry relating to the Death of Jerry Oliver in Pampa, Texas. He was waiting in a car when his friend shot and killed an allegated the dealer while trying to buy cannabis.
Despite Duane Not Directly Being Involved in the Murder, The Law in Texas States that anyone indirectly involved can be charged. He was found guilty of first-desperate and sentiment to five years in prison but only served 18 months.
Commenting on the conviction he Said: “IT’S SOMETING THAT FOLLOWS YOU THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, NO MATTER WHO YOU BECOME OR WHO YOU ARE. I’M NOT PRODUD OF IT.”
AFTERWARDS HE CHOSE TO PURSUE A CAREER UPHOLDING THE LAW THROUGH BOUNDTY HUNTING. He shot to fame starring in a & e show dog the bounty hunter, which followed Him as he tried to catch bail jumpers.
The Show Ran for Eight Seasons from 2004. Howver Because of His Conviction he is forbidden from using firearms, which is why he used to be in His work.
Daughter’s Tragic Death
On the morning of his his wedding to fifth wife beth smith, dog was to do to HIS 23-YEAR-Old Daughter, Barbara Katie Chapman, Had died the day before in alaska.
She was a passenger in a stollen suv that crashed into a tree after leaving the Road. The Driver Also died in the Accident and Authorities suspects drugs or alcohol may have been a factor.
The family deciding to go with the wedding to Honour Barbara’s Memory. She Left Behind A Nine Year Old Son Travis Drake Lee.
Grandson’s ‘Abuse’
Dog was tempporarylly given custody of travis after a cork was Handed to Court which alledly contained evidence travis was being physically abused by his faother, travis mimms.
The TV Star Previously Said: “To Hear the Audiotape of My Grandson Being Abused was torture.”
Dog and wife beth took care of the child but insisted they didn’t want to take the him away from his dad: “I want Him (mimms sr.) to take parting classes.
Long Lost Son
In 1994 Dog Discovered he had a son he knew Noting About with ex-girlfriend Debbie White. Christopher hecht was Born in 1972, while duane was in prison. AFTER DEED DED BY SUICIDE IN 1978, Christopher was adopted by Keith and Gloria Hecht.
She Said she initially told dog to keep away but that he contacted Him anyway. “Hen Reache Out to Christopher for the first time and he was 19,” She Told the Sun. “CHENH he learned duane was his harser, he was ecstatic. They Started a Relationship.”
Christopher Has HAD HIS ONDS SHARE OF STRUGGLES AND SCRAPES WITH THE LAW. In 2021 he was sentimental to three years in jail in colordo for a menacing charge. Dog vowed to help his son when he was reletased from prison.
Death of Beloved Wife Beth Chapman
In 2017 Beth was diagnosed with Stage Two Throat Cancer. Her Battle with the Disease Was Documented in A & E Special Dog & Beth: Fight of their lives. AFTER INITIAL TREATMENT SHE WAS GIVEN The All-Clear, but the Cancer Returned in 2018.
On June 26 2019, Beth was put into an medically induced coma and died aged 51 at the Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. Dog Announced Her Death on Twitter. He wrote: “It ‘s 5:32 in hawaii, this is the time the she was to go to go to go to the mountain. Only Today, she hiked the stairway to heaven. We all love you, that you on the other side.”
Although he vowed to never again, mess than a year after she passed, dog had proposed to his new girlfriend, Francie Fran. The Couple Connected Through their Shared Grief – Francie’s Husband Bob Had Died Long Beth Beth.
“We gotrstood the pain that the other one was Feeling and (in) Those Tough Days and Moments, We Helped Each Other Stand Up,” Francie Told Entertainment Tonight.
“We have COULD CRY EACH OTHER AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE FEELING. WE WERE ABLE TO WALK EACH OTHER THROUGH The Pain and Heartbreak and it Brought USA in this Amazing Way.” They Married in 2021.
Death of Colleague
David Robinson was a Member of Dog’s Crew. He died suddenly aged 50 in 2022 while on a zoom call. His ex wife late Confirmed the cause of Death was Critical Coronary Artery Disease. Dog Said he was “shocked and saddened” by His Co-Star and “Right-Hand Man’s” Passing.