Francie Frane Is Duane ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ Chapman’s Fiancee

Francie Frane is the woman who inspired Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman to get down on one knee for the sixth time. The couple announced their engagement on May 4 in an interview with the British newspaper The Sun.

Frane and Chapman have had a whirlwind romance. They went public with their relationship in March and have been quarantining together at his home in Colorado.

The engagement comes less than one year following the death of Chapman’s fifth wife, Beth. She passed away in June 2019 at age 51 after battling cancer. Chapman stated after her death that he was open to dating in the future, but that he would never get married again.

Here’s what you need to know about Chapman’s new fiancee:

Chapman Surprised Frane With a Candlelit Proposal & the Couple Wants to Have a Large Wedding

Chapman and Frane have been living together at his house in Colorado. He surprised her with the romantic proposal after she came home with dinner.

Frane said she walked in the door and saw that Chapman had dimmed the lights and lit a few candles. She told The Sun, “So I put all the food in the kitchen and I came in and he said, ‘I know that God brought you into my life and I don’t want to spend one moment of it without 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?’”

Frane said she had not guessed that Chapman had been planning to propose. Chapman told the British newspaper the couple wants to have a large wedding once coronavirus restrictions are lifted. He plans to invite fans as well as family. ” would love to have the biggest wedding there’s ever been… It would be one hell of a party and it’s just what people need right now.”

Frane Is A Widow

Like Chapman, Frane has also been mourning the loss of a spouse. Her husband, Robert William Frane, passed away on December 30, 2018. He was 64, according to the obituary.

Frane posted a photo with Chapman on April 11, 2019, but before that, her Instagram profile had been dark since before her first husband’s death. She shared a picture of the two of them from a baseball stadium on July 4, 2017. She wrote at the time, “Happy 4th Of July 💥 Showing Off My Dad’s Favorite Hat @ The Rockies Game With The Love Of My Life ❤️.”

Frane and her first husband owned a house in Elizabeth, Colorado, according to property records.

Chapman & Frane Met Through Her Late Husband

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Chapman knew Frane’s late husband, Robert “Bob” Frane, before he met Francie. Chapman reached out to Bob Frane to ask about hiring him to do work on Chapman’s yard. According to a search of Colorado business records, Bob Frane owned a company called Frane Enterprises Inc, based out of Parker, Colorado.

But Chapman called after Bob Frane has already passed away. Chapman’s daughter, Lyssa, explained during a March 2020 interview that Francie Frane had to tell Chapman that her husband had died several months earlier, a few months before Beth Chapman died of throat cancer.

Lyssa Chapman explained that her father and Francie began talking on the phone on a regular basis. Their friendship grew as they comforted each other over the loss of their respective spouses.