A shotgun blast and a scream causes panic | Forensic Files

lawrence and bianca rudolph went on a safari hunting trip in zambia in october 2016.
no one would have imagined that bianca would never make it home on the morning of october 11 2016
lawrence rudolph and his wife bianca were preparing to return to the united states and just after five o'clock in
the morning lawrence was in the bathroom when he heard a shotgun and his wife screamed and came out to find her on the
floor as he says with a shotgun blast that killed her almost instantly spencer cacoma the local game scout says
he heard the shotgun blast and ran towards the rudolph's cabin bianca rudolph screamed after the gun
shot she didn't scream help her she screamed [Music] then that's how we rushed there within
15 seconds we reached there she was dead already spencer says that lawrence was inconsolable sobbing
he's a crying prayer let me just kill myself because my wife she has committed suicide she has killed herself i want to
kill myself also spencer says that lawrence first told him his wife died by suicide shooting herself while he was in
the bathroom spencer explained that lawrence was so distraught he ran to a nearby river and
said that he wanted to jump in and drown himself spencer says he calmed lawrence down and
they went back to the cabin but now according to spencer lawrence told a different story
lawrence explained that bianca didn't die by suicide but had accidentally shot herself while packing up the gun
were you surprised that a shot had gone off yeah that's one of the things which you made
me suspect i saw a bianca rudolph removing the ammunition from the organs so how do you think ammunition got into
the shotgun i think this must be just someone who loaded it somebody loaded that guy
ballistics expert david katz questioned if it would have even been possible for bianca to accidentally shoot herself in
the heart while placing a long barreled shotgun into a gun case whether the gun is loaded or unloaded if you know your
way around guns you would never under any circumstances point that weapon towards you or another human being
spencer says he also had further questions about lawrence's story including when lauren said he was in the
bath when he heard the gunshot but when you saw him he was fully dressed with shoes it confused me 15 seconds to
be fully closed with shoes is pretty quick however local police say that lawrence
told them he was wrapped in a towel when spencer arrived zambian authorities ultimately ruled
bianca's death an accident but some were left wondering what exactly happened that morning
was it an accident or did he do this nobody knows what happened truly to bianca but
dr rudolph you

Lawrence Rudolph says his wife accidentally shot herself while placing her shotgun into a gun case while on safari in Zambia in 2016. But witnesses and investigators find holes in his story.

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Brief Summary

Bianca Rudolph died in a suspicious shotgun incident; her husband Lawrence's conflicting stories raise questions about the true nature of her death.

Key points

Tragic Safari Accident. Bianca Rudolph dies during a hunting trip, leaving her husband devastated.
Conflicting Stories. Lawrence initially claims Bianca committed suicide, then changes his story to an accident.
Mystery Remains. Authorities rule Bianca's death an accident, but questions linger about the truth.

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Episode quotes

She screamed, but not for help.

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