His wife Beth passed away in 2019

Dog The Bounty Hunter Announces Engagement To Francie Frane

Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman has shared some big personal news! He's engaged to his girlfriend Francie Frane. Meet her and get the full story below...

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Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman proposed to his girlfriend, Francie Frane, over the weekend. People confirmed the news on Monday, revealing that the Dog's Most Wanted star, 67, and Frane, 51, are officially engaged.

Chapman and Frane initially confirmed that they were dating back in March. The couple is seen together in a photo posted to Frane's Instagram account below.

Francie Frane talks engagement to Dog the Bounty Hunter

"I wasn't expecting it at all," Frane told The Sun U.S. "I think I had gone to pick up some food and then when I came back he had all the lights turned down with just a few lights on and a bunch of candles lit."

"So when I came in I was like, 'Wow, this is awesome'," Frane said. "Then he said, 'Come in, sit down because I need to talk to you.' And he got down on one knee and he opened the ring box and he said, 'Will you marry me and spend the rest of our lives together?'"

Chapman had took to Instagram last week with a post devoted to his new girlfriend. It also referenced his late wife, Beth Chapman, who died in 2019.

"I scream & Cry Beth where are you why did you leave me then I look up & see you Francie & the pain turns to a smile I LOVE YOU WOMAN !!," the caption reads.

Duane Chapman lost his wife, Beth Chapman, in 2019

The reality TV star's wife, Beth, died at the age of 51 following a battle with throat cancer in June 2019.

"There will never be another Mrs. Dog, but it looks like there will be a final Mrs. Chapman," Dog the Bounty Hunter said in the interview with The Sun U.S.

Francie, the soon-to-be Mrs. Chapman, is a 51-year-old rancher from Colorado.