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On June 18, 2003, Chapman made international news by capturing Max Factor cosmetics heir, Andrew Luster, who had fled the United States in the middle of his trial on charges of drugging and raping a number of women. Īs a result of his felony conviction, Chapman is prohibited from owning firearms, and has been refused entry to the United Kingdom. In a 2007 interview for Fox News, Chapman claimed that while serving his sentence, he tackled an inmate about to be shot for attempting to escape, and a congratulatory remark by a corrections officer inspired him to become a bounty hunter later. During his incarceration, he did field work and acted as the warden's barber. While he was in prison, his first wife LaFonda divorced him and married his best friend.

Ĭhapman served 18 months at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. A struggle ensued, during which Kuykendall shot and killed Oliver. He had been waiting in a getaway car while his friend, Donald Wayne Kuykendall, went into a house to buy marijuana from Jerry Oliver, 69, allegedly a pimp and drug dealer. In 1976, Chapman was convicted of third degree murder, and sentenced to five years in a Texas prison. He is of German and English descent on his father's side, and of English descent on his mother's side.Īt the age of 15, Chapman joined the Devils Diciples, an outlaw motorcycle club, and ran away from home. He has three siblings: Jolene Kaye Martinez ( née Chapman 1955–2016), Michael Chapman, and Paula Hammond ( née Chapman). His latest series, Dog's Most Wanted, aired on WGN America in late 2019.Ĭhapman was born February 2, 1953, in Denver, Colorado, the child of Wesley Duane Chapman (1930–2000), a welder (during Dog's childhood) later turned bail bondsman (after Dog started) with Aaron Bail Bonds, who served aboard the USS Irwin during the Korean War, and Barbara Darlene Chapman ( née Cowell 1934–1994), an Assemblies of God minister (more specifically, a Sunday school teacher).
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After Dog the Bounty Hunter ended, Chapman appeared in Dog and Beth: On the Hunt (2013–2015), a similarly formatted TV show, alongside his wife and business partner, the late Beth Chapman, on CMT. Chapman served 18 months at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas.Ĭhapman came to international notice as a bounty hunter for his successful capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster in Mexico in 2003 and, the following year, was given his own series, Dog the Bounty Hunter (2004–2012), on A&E. He had been waiting in a car while a friend went into a house to buy marijuana the friend shot and killed Jerry Oliver, 69, in a struggle. Duane Chapman (born February 2, 1953), also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is an American television personality, bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman.
