Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman Tied the knot with his current wife, Fried frege,In 2021, they have been married ever since. Duane and Francie got engaged in May 2020. Beth Chapman, I died of throat cancer. After Beth’s death, Duane finds comfort with Franci, who experienced the loss of her husband.
Duane has 13 children, 11 of whom came from marriage to Beth, and four women had previously divorced. Hollywood Life Here’s everything you need to know about Duane’s five marriages and his romance with Franci. For more information about his current marriage to his ex-wife of Dog The Bounty Hunter, see below.
Fondasu Honey Cut
That was Duane’s first marriage. Fondasu Honey Cut. The pair tied the knot in Texas on April 1, 1972. Their marriage continued until October 27, 1977, when La Fonda filed for divorce after Duane was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to five years in Texas prison. While they were married, Duane and La Fonda welcomed their two sons. Duane Lee Chapman Jr. and Leland Brain Chapmanlived with his father after his release from prison, and eventually appeared. Bounty Hunter dog.
Anne M. Tegnel
He got married shortly after Duane was released from prison on parole two years later Anne’s title. The wedding took place in Colorado on August 22, 1979. Duane and Anne welcomed their first child, son Zebadia Chapman On January 1, 1980, he passed away almost a month later. They had a second child, Wesley ChapmanBut then they divorced. However, Duane and Anne are eventually reunited for a moment, and they have a third child, a son. James Chapman.
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Duane married for the third time in 1982. The harsh British lyss. Duane and Lissa met each other at the bar just a few days before their wedding. His 2007 autobiography You can do it, but you can’t hide itreportedly claimed that Duane provided Lissa $1,000 to have a child. She agreed, and during her nine years of marriage, three children were together: daughter Barbara Katie ChapmanHis son died in a car accident at the age of 23 in 2006. Tuckerdee Chapman And my daughter Lyssa Rae Chapman. Lyssa Rae appeared in six seasons of her father’s A&E reality show.
Towney Mary
Duane’s wedding number 4 was the same Towney Mary. The couple reportedly met in 1988 when Duane arrested her on drug possession charges, and she was later hired as his secretary. They became husband and wife in 1992, but parted ways in 1994 and officially divorced eight years later. Duane and Tawny did not have children together, and the famous bounty hunter reportedly said in his autobiography that marriage was a “disaster from the beginning.”
Beth Smith
That was Duane’s most famous marriage Beth Smith. The two were on and off for almost ten years before tying the knot in Hawaii on May 20, 2006. Beth explained how the two met in a 2011 interview Rosie O’Donnell Above Rosie Show. “I was in prison so… I called him to bond,” she told the comedian. “He went out and posted my bond, but he sent it on the bus. So I sat in prison for another 12 hours.” Duane and Beth had a blissful marriage together that gave birth to two children. Bonnie Joan Chapman and Gary Chapman. Additionally, Duane became a father through adoption to Beth’s daughter. Cecily Barmore Chapmanshe shared it with her ex-husband.
Sadly, Beth passed away on June 26, 2019 at the age of 51. Since Beth’s death, Duane has continued to honor his late wife on a bittersweet date. In May 2020, Duane marked the pair’s 14th wedding anniversary with a heartfelt tribute he posted on Instagram. “She said you said you were so sad when I wasn’t here on my next anniversary. Why did she have to be so right?” Duane wrote in the post. This featured a photo of the couple wrapping their arms around each other.
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Following Beth’s tragic death, Duane finds love again with the Colorado Rancher French french french frene. The two were shared over a shared tragedy. Duane calls Francie’s husband Bob to carry out the landscaping work on the family’s property, but learns that Bob has passed away a few months before Beth. “We connected to the phone, started talking to each other, started crying out, and then one thing led to something else,” Duane said in May 2020. The two began dating in the spring of 2020, which may have meant that they were engaged.
The Dog Blessing Hunter became the stepfather of Francie’s son, Gregory Zecca. Tragedy struck in July 2025 when Duane’s stepchild accidentally shot and killed his teenage son, Anthony, in a random shooting in Naples, Florida. TMZ It has been reported. Duane and Francie issued a statement to the outlet about Anthony’s death, saying, “We are grieving as a family over this mysterious and tragic accident and ask that we continue our prayers as we mourn the loss of our beloved grandson, Anthony.”
