Posted on 01/11/2022 4:52:38 PM PST by Trillian
A Pennsylvania dentist has been charged with murdering his wife during a 2016 African hunting safari as part of an insurance scam and to get out of his marriage to be with his long-term mistress.
Dr. Lawrence Rudolph, 67, was charged in Colorado on charges of foreign murder and wire fraud, for allegedly shooting dead his wife Bianca during a trip to Zambia.
In the criminal complaint filed against him that was unsealed last week, an FBI agent describes how he had been having an affair for years beforehand, and had seven life insurance policies against his wife which were adjusted in the months before her death.
The pair were avid hunters and had flown to Zambia in October 2016 so that Bianca could kill a leopard. At around 5am on October 11, gamekeepers and scouts heard a gunshot coming from their cabin.
When they got there, they found Bianca lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Her husband claimed he was in the bathroom at the time and that she had accidentally shot with a Browning 12 gauge shot gun herself while packing up her gun for a day's hunting.
Zambian Police believed him, ruling the death an accident and allowing him to travel back to America, where the FBI agent says he quickly resumed his relations with an unnamed 'girlfriend', who he'd been having an affair with for years.
The FBI was notified of the case in 2016 after one of Bianca's friends called them to say she was suspicious about Bianca's death.
Bianca and Lawrence, or Larry, had been married since 1982 and while they enjoyed hunting together, the friend said he was prone to affairs.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I've never heard that. (Because I know nothing about life insurance.)
But how would they know? Do insurance companies check to see if you have other policies?
I had the same reaction. But here it is:
18 U.S. Code § 1119. Foreign murder of United States nationals
“My guess is that the unnamed mistress has perhaps flipped under federal questioning and is going to be a witness for the prosecution.”
My guess as well. I bet the young mistress is no longer quite so young and the wandering dentist started spending nights away from home.
Zambian Police believed him, ...
... an FBI agent describes how ...
One point in favor of the defendant!
Of course it couldn’t possibly the WOKE-ists seeking to bring down someone with the money and the desire to LEGALLY hunt a trophy animal in Africa.
The way that one in the video farted, I could believe it.
Crocs too.
Lots of circumstantial evidence.
For example, were there any small twigs or cartridges in the case, which could have got inside the trigger guard?
All of that sort of evidence is long gone.
ya i dont think i’d wanna get that close!!
Like the dentist in “Little Shop of Horrors.”
Have to see her balance sheet why she had 4 million in coverage. Daily Mail always leaves out important info.
Numerous policies from different carriers is wise though 7 seems extreme
Common today for spouses to have $1 or $2 million of coverage on each other today.
A million is not that much. Pay off the house, cars and college education for 3 kids and not much if any will be left over
I was thinking. Maybe he built a new denistry complex and they owe on it and it is in her name.
My wife’s vet practice she owns but the building that we own is in my name only.
If my wife has a major lawsuit against her business at most they will get the business but I will still own the building
Spreading out the risk
As I mentioned the DM always leaves out important info
…had seven life insurance policies against his wife which were adjusted in the months before her death.
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The old African safari gun accident insurance gambit.
Same thing I was thinking.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM.
“ she had accidentally shot with a Browning 12 gauge shot gun herself while packing up her gun”
Love the grammar.
And most willing to let you do whatever you want as long as the debit card is still functioning.
Problem is, men don't do a lot of thinking with their brains and are easily manipulated. Also they tend to "fall in love" with the most toxic crazy they can find, especially if she's 10+ years younger.
See Johnny Depp. See Alex Jones. See...well, we could go on and on and on
The makings of a Columbo episode.Or an Hemingway novel.
The pair were avid hunters and had flown to Zambia in October 2016 so that Bianca could kill a leopard.Instead he bagged a cougar.
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