Mistress of dentist and big game hunter who shot dead wife on safari so he could be with her is sentenced to prison for 17 years, for her role in the plot

Mother of two adult children Bianca Rudolph, 57, from Pennsylvania, was killed while away on a hunting trip in Zambia in October 2016

Six years later her husband Lawrence ‘Larry’ Rudolph was charged with fatally shooting his wife in the heart inside their hunting lodge, to collect $4.8 million in life insurance

Larry’s Mistress, Lori Milliron, 65, was sentenced on Friday by a federal judge following her conviction as an accessory to Bianca Rudolph’s murder 

Milliron told the judge at her sentencing that she was ‘innocent’ of the crime

Judge proclaimed that the lengthy sentence was deserved based on the evidence that Milliron ‘encouraged the heinous act’

Milliron was also convicted of providing false and misleading testimony to a grand jury about the money and the nature of her relationship with Larry Rudolph

In 2022 a jury found Larry Rudolph, 68, guilty and he awaits sentencing  

Larry Rudolph’s mistress, Lori Milliron, 65, [photo], was sentenced to 17 years in prison Friday by a federal judge in Bianca Rudolph’s murder that was carried out so her husband could collect millions in life insurance

The mistress of the wealthy Pennsylvania dentist and big game hunter who fatally shot his wife of 34 years while they were on an African safari has been sentenced to serve 17 years in prison after being convicted as an accessory to the crime. 
Lori Milliron, 65, was sentenced on Friday by a federal judge in Bianca Rudolph’s murder that was carried out seven years ago, so her husband Larry Rudolph could collect millions in life insurance.

Lawrence ‘Larry’ Rudolph [photo], was an avid big game hunter and had been on shooting trips all over the world

Bianca, a 57-year-old wife and mother of two adult children was shot in the heart by her husband Lawrence ‘Larry’ Rudolph, 68, while the couple were away on a hunting trip in Zambia in October 2016. He claimed his wife accidentally shot herself while she was packing to head back home.
After her death, Larry Rudolph fraudulently claimed $4.8 million in life insurance payouts.
After an FBI investigation Rudolph was charged with his wife’s murder in 2021.
Following his conviction last year, his sentencing originally set for last week has been postponed. 
During the sentencing hearing, Milliron told the Judge that she was innocent of the crimes, but the judge proclaimed that the lengthy sentence was deserved based on the evidence that Milliron encouraged the heinous act.

Larry Rudolph is awaiting to hear if he faces a life sentence after killing his wife, seen together [back row] during a hunting trip. He claims he couldn’t kill his wife to be with his lover because they had an open marriage

Prosecutors alleged Lori Milliron [photo] conspired with boyfriend Larry Rudolph to kill his wife of 34 years so they could be together

At the trial when graphic images were shown and the family’s gut-wrenching testimony was heard, the judge denounced that Milliron seemed remorseless.
Milliron was also convicted of providing false and misleading testimony to a grand jury about the money and the nature of the relationship with Rudolph.
John Dill, the lawyer for Milliron, claimed the prison sentence was ‘excessive’ for those types of charges and said he would appeal.
Bianca’s adult children were in the courtroom and during their testimony told their father’s mistress how she destroyed their family. Her daughter, Ana Rudolph told Milliron, her dad’s mistress of 20 years, that she had ‘plotted to eliminate’ her mother.  
Looking right at her, she said:  ‘Lori, you have taken my parents, but despite everything you have done you will never take my soul,’ adding, ‘This might be difficult to understand … because you don’t have one.’

Rudolph claimed an unfamiliar shotgun he and Bianca, [photo], brought with them to hunt a leopard accidentally went off, wounding her as she hurried to pack in the bedroom, while he was inside the bathroom of their hunting lodge

Despite their marital issues, big game hunter Larry Rudolph [photo], claimed he and his wife of 34 years, with whom shared two adult children, agreed to stay married but were free to pursue sexual relationships with other people

Bianca and Larry Rudolph shred two adult children – daughter Anna Rudolph [right, back row], was accompanied by her brother [center, front], into federal court in Denver during the July 13, 2022 trial of their father

A three-week long trial was held in Denver, Colorado, last summer where Rudolph was found guilty of murder and mail fraud.
A jury of six men and six women sided with prosecutors – who believed the dentist pre-planned to kill his wife of 34 years in cold blood to begin a new life with Milliron.
Milliron was found guilty by the same jury of being an accessory after the fact to murder, obstruction of a grand jury and two counts of perjury before a grand jury. She was also found not guilty on three other counts of perjury.
Rudolph maintained his innocence and the two adult children he had with his wife sat in court to support him during the trial. 
Speaking outside court Rudolph’s attorney, David Markus, said: ‘We believe in Larry. We believe in his family.’
Bianca died after the bullet from a Browning shotgun entered her heart in their cabin while she was packing up as the couple were set to leave Zambia and start their journey home to the US.

Despite Lawrence Rudolph reportedly making a small fortune from his dental practice – Three Rivers Dental, [photo], in Pittsburgh, PA, he still murdered his wife for a $4.8million life insurance payout, prosecutors said during his trial

At around 5am on October 11, 2016, gamekeepers and scouts heard a gunshot come from their cabin.
When they got there, they found Bianca lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Rudolph’s defense team had argued to federal prosecutors that Bianca accidentally shot herself. But prosecutors alleged Rudolph killed his wife to be with Milliron, who had been the dentist’s mistress for 20 years.
In opening statements, the prosecution told jurors that Rudolph was overheard blurting out: ‘I killed my f***ing wife for you!’ during an argument with Milliron at a Phoenix steakhouse in 2020, after he learned that the FBI was investigating his wife’s death.
Rudolph denied confessing to his wife’s killing. He’d been in an open marriage with his late wife Bianca since 2000, Rudolph said: ‘I did not kill my wife. I could not murder my wife. I would not murder my wife,’ Rudolph told jurors.
Rudolph was charged in December 2021 for the murder. In his testimony the philandering husband stated that he was in the bathroom when he heard his wife say ‘come here and help me’ before hearing the shot and finding his wife on the floor bleeding.
Defending the outburst insinuating that he murdered his wife, Rudolph told the jury he was arguing with Milliron about their finances and how the COVID-19 pandemic, then at its start, would affect the Pennsylvania dental franchise that had made him a small fortune.
But he was irritated because he said his top concern was the FBI’s probe.
The jury found him guilty in 2022, and he awaits his sentencing.