Duane Chapman

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Dog Chapman (with sunglasses) and his future wife Beth on the USS Nimitz in May 2005

Duane "Dog" Lee Chapman (born February 2, 1952 in Denver , Colorado ) is an American bounty hunter . In his 27-year career, he claims to have captured 7,000 fugitives, making him America's most successful bounty hunter.

biography

Chapman was born the first of four children of an industrial welder and a missionary of the " Assemblies of God " of Indian descent in Denver, where he also grew up. He joined the motorcycle gang Devils Diciples . When another gang member shot and killed a drug dealer, Chapman was convicted of complicity. He is said to have been arrested around 18 times in total.

In 1977 he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, from which he served two years until his parole. Before the conviction, he married LaFonda S. Honeycutt, with whom he has two children. The couple divorced while he was in prison. In order to be able to pay the maintenance he started his career as a bounty hunter.

He lived with his fifth wife and colleague, Alice Elizabeth Smith (1967-2019), whom he married on May 20, 2006, in Hawaii . Chapman is the father of twelve children (two of his fifth wife) and one adopted child. He describes himself as a very devout Christian.

Chapman in the German media

When Chapman arrested the wanted Andrew Luster in neighboring Mexico in 2003 in violation of local laws and was then arrested by the Mexican police themselves, German media reported about him. He became known to a larger audience through the series Dog - The Bounty Hunter , which is broadcast on the private broadcaster RTL II . The same series can also be seen on the private broadcaster Sky on Discovery Channel .

In the US series South Park (episode 10x10) and The Simpsons (episode 20x01) Chapman is parodied. In January 2013, Dog had a cameo in the RTL II documentary soap Private Detectives in action in the Las Vegas episode . He also had a few cameos in the US crime series Hawaii Five-0 .

In the Today Show contribution Ralf Kabelka at Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony on January 27, 2017, Duane Chapman is asked for his name at a VIP party by Ralf Kabelka towards the end of the contribution . After the speech that he is very famous in America, Duane Chapman turns and walks away.

Others

  • Because Chapman, as a convicted felon, is not allowed to own a firearm in the USA , he always uses tear gas or pepper spray .

Trivia

  • Duane Chapman's daughter Barbara was killed in a car accident on May 19, 2006 at the age of 23.
  • In the TV movie A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster about the Andrew Luster case, Dog is portrayed by actor and stuntman James Ralph .
  • In the tenth episode of the tenth season of the TV series South Park ( Schoolboy Report ), Eric Cartman gets the job of supervising school. To do this, he disguises himself as a dog and records a music video with his own text from Ozzy Osbourne's original title track .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20071106083809/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185701,00.html
  2. ↑ Uwe Mantel: RTL II private detectives are allowed to run in prime time. In: DWDL.de . September 17, 2012, accessed July 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ 'Dog' Chapman and Wife Guest Star on 'Hawaii Five-0'. In: Yahoo! TV . March 13, 2013, accessed July 1, 2019 .
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlQ9pm8otT4
personal data
SURNAME Chapman, Duane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chapman, Duane Lee (full name); Chapman, Dog (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American bounty hunter
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Denver , Colorado