Dog The Bounty Hunter star Beth Chapman passed away in June due to complications from cancer, shocking and devastating fans across the country. In the wake of Beth’s passing, there has been an influx of people attempting to take advantage of this tragedy, and now their store in Colorado has been burglarized.
Beth was initially diagnosed with cancer in 2017.
In 2018, Beth learned the cancer had spread and had advanced severely. Beth opted out of chemotherapy treatment in order to be able to film for the family’s new show, Dog’s Most Wanted.
On June 22nd, Beth was rushed to the hospital and placed in a medically induced coma.
Dog announced through Twitter that Beth had passed away four days later on June 26th. A funeral was held on July 13th that was open to the public and live-streamed on Facebook.
The Chapman family has been very public with their grief.
Dog wants to be able to use this experience to help others who are also grieving. In an interview with E! , he explained how much it meant to him to share his experiences.
“I went through experiences to help others — I really mean this,” Dog said.
“The other day I met [a guy]. He goes, ‘Dog, you know I love you. I’m sorry, I lost my wife six months ago.’ I hugged him and I felt a connection like, boom, instantly brotherhood.”
“So when you go through something and somebody else [goes through the same thing], there’s something there.”
However, some people have attempted to take advantage of the Chapman family in this tragedy or have overstepped their boundaries.
Dog and Beth’s daughter, Bonnie Jo Chapman, took to Instagram to air a complaint about this issue.
Bonnie shared a picture from Beth’s funeral with the caption, “Please don’t ask me for my mother’s ashes. Ashes are for family, no one else. No exceptions.”
Bonnie also revealed some people were spreading rumors about her family after Beth’s passing.
Some people have been spreading rumors that Bonnie Jo is the Chapman’s step-daughter. Bonnie Jo claims that this is hurtful to her mostly because she knows her mother wouldn’t stand for that kind of information being spread.
The family also recently had to take to Facebook to warn fans of potential scams.
The post warns fans about fake accounts pretending to be members of the Chapman family, and reads, “DO NOT respond to ANY request for money. DO NOT send any sort of currency in any shape or form by and through ANY mechanism.”
“HE DOES NOT ask individuals for money EVER EVER EVER!”
“The media team is overwhelmed with removing fake accounts. I am hearing some people have sent as much as $5,000.” Some scam artists have also been creating unofficial merchandise to try to capitalize off the family’s tragedy.
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Dog had asked that fans report these fake merchandise links to the family.
Their daughter Bonnie added, “Please tag me in any of these ads and merchandise. We did not authorize any of this, Mom would be pissed.”
People have now gone further and broken into the family’s store in Colorado.
According to The Blast , thousands of dollars of clothing and merchandise has been lifted from the store.
Even worse, some of Beth’s personal items have also been taken.
The Blast’s sources state that Beth’s personal bounty hunting gear was stolen, as well as priceless family mementos. These items had been arranged in the store to honor Beth.
Members of the family, including Dog, have offered a cash reward for any information.
Fans have expressed a desire to see the items returned as well. One replied to Dog’s tweet, saying, “If anyone knows who did this, please encourage them to return Beth’s personnel items, even annomously, have a heart, she was a mother, a sister, a wife, please just return them.”
“This is so sick,” added another Twitter user.
Another said, “So sorry Dog that this reprehensible situation occurred. I hope that whoever has done this gets caught and pays the price. You Can Run But You Can’t Hide!”
Other fans echoed the sentiment that this would be a good hunt for their show.
One Twitter fan said, “Just out of curiosity are you that dense to steal especially from @DogBountyHunter’s family? You might as well sleep with both eyes open for the rest of your life now! Hell I’m no bounty hunter but if I was around Colorado you better bet your ass I’d be looking for you too!”
