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Multimillionaire dentist kills his wife in cold blood on African safari
An American multimillionaire dentist from Pennsylvania killed his wife, 34, after fatally shooting her in the heart with a shotgun at the end of an African safari six years ago.
A grand jury at Denver national court found Lawrence “Larry” Rudolph, 67, guilty of gunning down his wife of 34 years, Bianca Rudolph, at a hearing on Monday, the New York Post said at the time.
He now encounters a maximum term of life in jail or the death penalty when he is sentenced in February.
Rudolph was also condemned of mail fraud for cashing in $4.8 million in life insurance payments following his wife’s October 2016 death – in what prosecutors describe as a calculated crime.
Prosecutors said Rudolph shot his wife while on a hunting journey in Zambia and was overheard years later shouting out “I killed my…wife for you” during an argument with Milliron, while out to dinner.
Milliron was found guilty by the same jury Monday of being an accessory after the fact to kill, the obstacle of a grand jury, and two counts of perjury before a grand jury. She was found not guilty on three other counts of perjury.
The dentist kept his innocence during the three-week trial and argued Bianca Rudolph had accidentally shot herself in the chest while packing away a shotgun when he was in the bathroom.
Rudolph said he was in the bathroom when he heard his wife say ‘come here and help me before hearing the shot and finding his wife on the floor bleeding, the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper said.
However, prosecutors said her gun wound couldn’t have been self-inflicted as the barrel of the gun was too long. They offered damning proof that led the shot to her heart had been fired from two feet to three-and-a-half feet away.
Researchers from the insurance companies concluded that the shooting was random and paid out nearly $5 million to the family.
Prosecutors argued Milliron, who is the manager of Rudolph’s Pittsburgh-area dental franchise, became privy to the killing after the fact. They accused her of lying to a federal grand jury about the issue and her relationship with Rudolph.
