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[Music] this story begins with an american couple dr larry rudolph and his wife bianca
larry rudolph is a well-known dentist in the pittsburgh area larry and bianca got married after he
graduated from dental school and they were both avid hunters they traveled several times a year internationally
lawrence and bianca rudolph traveled from the u.s here to zambia in 2016 heading to a safari hunting trip no one
would have imagined bianca would never make it home and that that journey would end years later with allegations of
cover-ups infidelity fraud and murder 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 larry rudolph told police that his wife bianca was packing up and she was trying
to put the shotgun into the soft shell case that's when he said he heard that gunshot
the zambian officials did rule that it was an accident they said that it appeared that it was an accidental
discharge from the weapon once the hunting trip was ended the weapons should have been rendered safe
it boggles the mind that two experienced hunters for this to have been an accident
people trusted him i'm dr larry rudolph and they knew of him they knew his face they knew his commercials we'll help you
overcome your fears if he was in the office they all felt like they were meeting a celebrity you know the man on
tv the dentist on tv no sights no sounds and no fears we had people come to the office and asked about bianca and asked
if she really did pass away you know what happened and we had to say we didn't know
there was a friend of bianca who called the fbi and said that she was suspicious
that her friend's accidental death was not really accidental lawrence rudolph made sure bianca's body was
cremated within three days the friend suggested that there were a number of troubling things miss rudolph
was a devout catholic and it expressed to her explicitly that she would never consider being cremated there were some
certain things that just did not seem to add up a well-known local dentist is in jail in
colorado tonight fbi agents believe their investigation will prove he killed his wife while on vacation
this case is about whether lawrence rudolph killed his wife with a shotgun or did his wife accidentally shoot herself
while packing the shotgun to leave why did he want to kill his wife there's a financial motive we're talking about
almost five million dollars in life insurance proceeds and he's had a long-term apparently affair with the
manager of his office was it an accident or did he do this [Music] nobody knows what happened truly to
bianca but dr rudolph

An American woman dies by gunshot on a safari trip. Was it murder or an accident? "48 Hours" contributor Debora Patta reports Saturday, September 10 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Dr. Larry Rudolph's wife Bianca died in Zambia; questions arise about murder, motives, and suspicious circumstances surrounding her death.

Key points

Financial Motive Uncovered. Lawrence Rudolph had a potential financial motive with almost five million dollars in life insurance.
The Mysterious Death of Bianca Rudolph. Bianca Rudolph's tragic death during a hunting trip raises questions of foul play.

Episode highlights

Financial Motive UncoveredLawrence Rudolph had a potential financial motive with almost five million dollars in life insurance.“We're talking about almost five million dollars in life insurance proceeds.”3:09Apr 14, 2022

Episode quotes

It boggles the mind that two experienced hunters for this to have been an accident.

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