{"id":1591498,"date":"2022-08-05T17:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1591498"},"modified":"2022-08-05T17:48:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T21:48:10","slug":"millionaire-dentist-convicted-of-killing-his-wife-during-african-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millionaire-dentist-convicted-of-killing-his-wife-during-african-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"Millionaire Dentist Convicted Of Killing His Wife During African Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmillionaire-dentist-convicted-of-killing-his-wife-during-african-safari%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1591498&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A multimillionaire dentist, who claims his wife shot herself while hurriedly packing a gun on their African safari, has been convicted of murder.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Rudolph, 67, was convicted of murder and mail fraud on Monday following a three-week trial, during which prosecutors presented evidence contradicting the dentist\u2019s claim that his wife of 34 years accidentally killed herself.<\/p>\n<p>On October 11, 2016, Rudolph and his wife, Bianca, were packing to return home from a big-game hunting trip in Zambia, The Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/millionaire-denver-dentist-larry-rudolph-guilty-of-killing-wife-bianca-rudolph-on-zambia-vacation\">reported<\/a>. Rudolph testified at trial that he was in the bathroom when he heard his wife say, \u201cCome here and help me.\u201d Shortly after, he said he heard a gunshot and found his wife lying in a pool of blood. He claimed that the scene looked as though Bianca accidentally killed herself with a shotgun while packing it, with the bullet going through the gun case and landing in her chest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not murder my wife. I could not murder my wife. I would not murder my wife,\u201d he said at his trial, according to The Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<p>With his testimony deemed valid by the initial investigators, the Zambian government, and the insurance investigators at the time of the shooting, Rudolph was able to collect on a $4.8 million life insurance policy on his wife.<\/p>\n<p>To Bianca\u2019s family and friends, however, Rudolph\u2019s story and subsequent behavior seemed questionable. For example, one of Bianca\u2019s friends found it peculiar that Rudolph had his wife\u2019s body cremated so quickly after her death, while still in Zambia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/larry-rudolph-found-guilty-in-wifes-death-on-2016-african-safari\/\">according to<\/a> CBS\u2019 \u201c48 Hours.\u201d This same friend called the FBI to express her concerns about Rudolph, telling the agency that Rudolph had had an affair and was verbally abusive toward his wife. In addition, this friend told the FBI that the couple fought about money.<\/p>\n<p>After Bianca\u2019s death, family members said that Rudolph didn\u2019t grieve; instead, he booked a trip to Las Vegas shortly after Bianca\u2019s burial and filed the insurance claim one day before her funeral. He also regularly went out with Lori Milliron, the manager of his dental franchise in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with whom he had an affair while Bianca was still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Another witness also told the FBI that they overheard Rudolph tell Milliron at a restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, that \u201cI f***ing killed my wife for you\u201d during an argument. At trial, Rudolph claimed the person misheard and that he actually told Milliron: \u201cThe FBI think I f***ing killed my wife for you.\u201d The couple were reportedly in Phoenix because they had bought a house together near Paradise Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph also said in his testimony that he and his wife agreed in 2000 to have sex with other people and that Bianca knew about Milliron. He claimed the couple were \u201crelatively happy\u201d thanks to their open marriage.<\/p>\n<p>At trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Rudolph provided cash payments to Milliron when Bianca was still alive, and that he gave Milliron a credit card linked to his own account after Bianca died, The Beast reported. Prosecutors also provided evidence showing the shotgun barrel was too long for Bianca to have reached the trigger and that the shot must have come from two- to three-and-a-half-feet away.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his murder conviction, Rudolph was also convicted of mail fraud for collecting on his wife\u2019s accidental death and life insurance policies, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/jury-weighs-guilt-wealthy-dentist-accused-murdering-wife-african-safari\">reported<\/a>. His trial was held in Denver, Colorado, as that is where the insurance companies are located.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors alleged that after Bianca asked for more control over the couple\u2019s finances and demanded that Rudolph fire Milliron, Rudolph killed his wife because he didn\u2019t want to split his $15 million net worth with Bianca in a divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Milliron was also found guilty by the same jury that convicted Rudolph. She was charged with accessory after the fact to murder, obstruction of a grand jury, and two counts of perjury before a grand jury. She was found not guilty, however, on two other counts of perjury.<\/p>\n<p>Rudolph now faces life in prison, while Milliron faces 35 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multimillionaire dentist, who claims his wife shot herself while hurriedly packing a gun on their African safari, has been convicted of murder. Larry Rudolph, 67, was convicted of murder and mail fraud on Monday following a three-week trial, during which prosecutors presented evidence contradicting the dentist\u2019s claim that his wife of 34 years accidentally &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1591598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1591498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1591598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1591498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1591498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1591498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}