As well as developing a successful career as a bounty hunter, Duane Chapman welcomed an incredible 12 children. The reality star’s first child, son Christopher Michael Hecht, was born in 1972 to Chapman’s former girlfriend, Debbie White, via People.
On April 1, 1972, Chapman married his first wife, La Fonda Sue Honeycutt, with whom he welcomed two sons — Duane Lee II, born in 1973, and Leland Blane, born in 1976. Honeycutt filed for divorce from Chapman in 1977, and the reality star remarried two years later, wedding Anne Tegnell on August 22, 1979. Chapman and Tegnell’s son Zebediah was born in 1980, but he sadly died after just one month. The couple’s second son, Wesley, arrived in 1980, followed by their third son, James Robert, in 1982.
Chapman and Tegnell divorced in 1982. The very same year, the celebrity would tie the knot with his third wife, Lyssa Rae Brittain, with whom he had three children. The couple’s daughter, who was Chapman’s seventh child overall, Barbara Katie, was born in June 1982, but she tragically died in a car accident in May 2006. The couple subsequently welcomed son Tucker Dee in 1983, followed by daughter Lyssa Rae in 1987.
The “Dog’s Most Wanted” star married his fourth wife, Beth Chapman, in 2006. The couple welcomed daughter Bonnie Joanne in December 1998 and son Garry in February 2001. He would also adopt his wife Beth’s child, Cecily Barmore-Chapman, from a previous relationship.
