By Kelly O'Connell ——Bio and Archives--September 27, 2021
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Does it really take a media hambone to track down a reprobate? In an unforgettable bit of cable theatrics -- Dog, the Bounty Hunter stood in front of a stranger's house knocking for 2 minutes, then stated, "I need to speak to the father. I need to ask him where his son is. Is he in there?" Dog told the UK DailyMail he's "given himself a six-week deadline to find the fugitive - ahead of Brian's 24th birthday in November." Dog, aka Duane Chapman, claims he is donating his services and seems to believe he "owed it to the Laundries" to contact them during their hour of need. He said, "I will find him."
Dog obviously sees himself as a National Treasure, doled out like a rare antidote to some dread plague when all else fails. He claimed he would track down presumed murderer Brian Laundrie and give him a "second chance" at life. Assuming this, it went without saying that Dog -- Professional Glory Hound & Shameless Media Mutt -- would insist that Brian was probably a fan of his show.
Of course, only the obtuse would think the Laundries would be grateful to have their son located when they are allegedly spending a king's ransom making sure he's never found for Gabby Petito's case. Like an exact reverse-image Elvis, he arrived in black garb, dollar store sunglasses, parboiled skin and his unique, waist-long, dyed-blonde mullet resembling boiled cabbage. Dog is hard to ignore. Yet, that's exactly what the Laundrie's did as he dutifully knocked at their door, afterwards explaining that his daughter being killed in a car accident meant he understood the loss of Gabby.
Certainly there are always opportunists who prey upon situations of great national concern. But Dog, Bounty Hunter has an upcoming show to sell, Dog's Unleashed. And so one might forgive him. Except it's infuriating to see a self-serving man using somebody else's crisis to flog his own products. ESPECIALLY when Dog's services are the last thing the Launrdies want, or need -- And Dog, the Bounty Hunter damned well knows it.
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Kelly O’Connell is an author and attorney. He was born on the West Coast, raised in Las Vegas, and matriculated from the University of Oregon. After laboring for the Reformed Church in Galway, Ireland, he returned to America and attended law school in Virginia, where he earned a JD and a Master’s degree in Government. He spent a stint working as a researcher and writer of academic articles at a Miami law school, focusing on ancient law and society. He has also been employed as a university Speech & Debate professor. He then returned West and worked as an assistant district attorney. Kelly is now is a private practitioner with a small law practice in New Mexico.