For now, Dog is no longer chasing Laundrie’s tail. He’s covered to apprehend multiple ways.” If Chapman finds Laundrie, he can detain the man until authorities arrive. “There are also licensed people working with Dog and also off-duty police.
“As there is a warrant issued, “any citizen who sees can detain him and turn him over,” says Jennifer Willingham. EXCLUSIVE: Duane 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Chapman is investigating a tip that alleges Brian Laundrie, the fugitive fiancé of Gabby Petito, went into a Florida campground 75 miles away with his. However, Chapman’s publicist says that doesn’t mean he could not legally capture Laundrie. He was convicted of first-degree murder so he’s unable to obtain proper licensing. In 1976, Chapman was involved in a drug deal gone wrong when his accomplice shot and killed a man. Meanwhile, the Daily Mail reported Chapman is not licensed as a bounty hunter or private investigator. She and Laundrie had been on a cross-country van trip most of the summer. That’s around the time 22-year-old Gabby Petito’s body was found near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Laundrie’s parents told police their son had gone hiking in the 24-thousand acre, alligator-infested Carlton Reserve nearly month ago. #justiceforgabby #brianlaundrie /j6AozoP6UL The search has continued throughout the weekend on the islands off the west coast of Florida. Laundrie is a person of interest in the murder of his girlfriend Gabby Petito.ĭog’s team, however, will continue searching a Florida nature reserve for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie. Duane Chapman is returning home to Colorado after allegedly injuring his ankle.ĭog has been searching a Florida nature reserve for 23-year-old Brian Laundrie. “I’m not proud of it.” (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, file)ĭog the Bounty Hunter is pulling out of the hunt for Gabby Petito’s missing fiancé, according to his daughter.
“It’s something that follows you the rest of your life, no matter who you become or who you are,” Chapman, 59, said Monday from Honolulu, where he lives. He was to appear on another reality show, “Celebrity Big Brother,” but he has been denied a visa. Chapman has his bags packed for London, but a murder conviction from the late 1970s is keeping him out of the United Kingdom. 10, 2006 file photo shows bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman star of the Hawaii-based reality show, “Dog the Bounty Hunter,” on Waikiki Beach, in Honolulu.