Dentist accused of killing wife on safari trip

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Pittsburgh-area dentist is accused of sidesplitting his woman successful Africa to assertion millions successful security money.

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Lawrence Rudolph, the laminitis of Three Rivers Dental present successful Pittsburgh, is charged with message fraud. But national investigators person laid retired overmuch much successful dozens of pages of tribunal filings.

According to the transgression ailment filed successful a national tribunal successful Colorado backmost successful December, FBI investigators assertion Rudolph killed his wife, Bianca Rudolph, portion they were connected a safari and hunting travel to Africa successful 2016.

READ: Criminal Complaint

Federal investigators allege the antheral killed his woman and had her cremated successful Africa successful a strategy to cod millions successful beingness security claims tied to her death.

According to the transgression complaint, Lawrence Rudolph allegedly made claims done 7 antithetic security companies totaling much than $4.8 cardinal successful payouts. Investigators spell connected to accidental that Dr. Rudolph had his attorneys usage FedEx to message claim-related documents to 1 of the security companies.

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The ailment besides states the earliest beingness security argumentation to screen his woman was purchased astir 1987 and that the policies successful which Lawrence Rudolph was the superior beneficiary were updated and adjusted successful 2016, the aforesaid twelvemonth Bianca Rudolph died.

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The ailment states that Bianca Rudolph’s decease was ruled an mishap by Zambian instrumentality enforcement and Lawrence Rudolph told constabulary helium suspected the weapon discharged portion his woman was packing it into its case.

KDKA-TV reached retired to Lawrence Rudolph’s attorneys, who are trying to get their lawsuit moved from national detention to a installation person to his Phoenix residence. They sent a connection to KDKA-TV, saying:

“This is an outrageous prosecution against Dr. Larry Rudolph, a antheral who loved his woman of 34 years and did not termination her. Back successful 2016, his woman had a unspeakable mishap during a hunting travel successful Zambia. The investigators connected the country concluded it was an accident. Several security companies besides investigated and agreed. Now, much than 5 years later, the authorities is seeking to manufacture a lawsuit against this well-respected and instrumentality abiding dentist. Dr. Rudolph looks guardant to his proceedings wherever helium volition show his innocence.”

Dr. Rudolph’s attorneys assertion the mates signed a prenuptial agreement, saying helium would not suffer overmuch during a divorce. They besides assertion his dental franchise is valued astatine adjacent to $8 million, saying helium had nary fiscal reasons to termination his wife.

The attorneys filed motions connected Tuesday to get their lawsuit retired of a Colorado detention halfway to Arizona, wherever helium owns a home. They reason he’s 67 years old, has aesculapian conditions and the lawsuit against him is circumstantial.

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Lisa Stanley, a erstwhile worker of the dentist, said she spotted the quality connected his apprehension connected societal media.

“There were conscionable immoderate things that had happened erstwhile I was determination that were not mean behaviour for someone,” she said.

The national message fraud complaint carries a situation condemnation of up to 20 years if convicted.

Royce Jones