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Lawrence “Larry” Rudolph, 67, was found guilty Monday of shooting and killing his wife during a safari trip in Africa in 2016.
A wealthy dentist was convicted of murder and mail fraud after he murdered his wife of 34 years, Bianca Rudolph, for cashing in nearly $5 million in accidental death and life insurance policies.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Fields told jurors that a couple of big game hunting enthusiasts concluding a trip to Zambia’s Kafue National Park on October 11, 2016 were shot once in the heart with a hunting rifle. .
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Lawrence Rudolph’s lawyers claimed that his wife accidentally committed suicide when she dropped her gun while rushing to pack around 5:30 a.m.
Fields countered, however, that the angle of the shot, which was just above Bianca Rudolph and two to three and a half feet away from her, could not have been caused by the gun accidentally firing.
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Prosecutors told jurors that Rudolph killed his wife so he could be with office assistant-turned-mistress Lori Miliron. Count of perjury.
According to prosecutors, a dentist who owned a successful dental franchise in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, had a net worth of $15 million that he and his wife didn’t want to split in the event of a divorce.
Zambian local authorities and insurance companies, which conducted their own investigation, concluded that Bianca’s death was an accident.
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Lawrence Rudolph’s behavior after the murder was questionable, Assistant U.S. Attorney Gareth Winstead told jurors. He filed an insurance claim the day before his wife’s funeral, went to Las Vegas the day after her funeral with a woman who was not her mistress, and invited Millon to move into her home the same month.
Most egregious, though, was Lawrence Rudolph confessing in the ear of a bartender at a steakhouse in Phoenix near Paradise Valley, Arizona, that he and Mililon had bought a house together.
In early 2020, the bartender said he overheard Rudolph say, “I killed my f—–g wife for you!” Rudolph testified what he actually said. After learning that the FBI is investigating him.
Rudolph testified last week that he was publicly married and was happy with his relationship.
Defense attorney David Marcus argued that his clients might not like him, but that doesn’t make him a murderer.
After court ended on Friday, Rudolph turned to two adult children, Anabianca and Julian Rudolph, sitting in the courtroom gallery. He signed the cross before being let out of the side door. Children supported their fathers.
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The trial was held in Denver because the insurance company Rudolph stole is in Colorado.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.