TONIGHT ON "DATELINE" --
THEY WERE A GREAT COUPLE, THE POWER COUPLE
SHE WAS A GOOD HUNTER, A GOOD SHOT
SHE WOULD NEVER MISHANDLE A FIREARM THAT WAY, NEVER.
THEY HAD JUST FINISHED THEIR SAFARI
Reporter: YOU HEAR A GUNSHOT? WE HEAR A GUNSHOT
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM WITHIN SECONDS
THEY SEE LARRY HYSTERICAL IN SHOCK.
LARRY SAID THAT BIANCA WAS PACKING THE SHOTGUN AND IT
DISCHARGED Reporter: THEY RULED IT AN
ACCIDENT YES, THEY DID
SOME OF BIANCA'S FRIENDS ARE SAYING, "THERE'S SOMETHING GOING
ON HERE. LARRY'S BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR.
DID YOU DO THIS YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT
TO BE TRUE MY HEART WAS TELLING ME THAT,
"NO, THERE'S NO WAY THAT LARRY COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS."
Reporter: YOU HAPPENED TO OVERHEAR SOMETHING
YEAH. IT WAS A SHOCKING MOMENT
HE SAID, "LISTEN, WE GOT TO SHOW THEM THAT I'M INNOCENT.
Reporter: YOU THINK THIS WAS PLANNED?
I DO. Reporter: THE PERFECT PLACE
FOR A MURDER ALMOST.
A BIG GAME ADVENTURE IN AFRICA TURNS DEADLY.
ACCIDENT OR MURDER IT MAY BE ONE OF THE WILDEST
MYSTERIES YOU'LL EVER SEE. I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS
"DATELINE. HERE'S ANDREA CANNING WITH
"SAFARI STORY. Reporter: NO ONE COULD HAVE
IMAGINED THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN HERE, HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD
WHERE THE ELEPHANTS ROAM, ZEBRAS RUN FREE, AND THE HIPPOS PATROL
THE WATERS, IN THE WILD, UNTAMED HEART OF AFRICA.
THAT IS ZAMBIA, A PLACE TEEMING WITH SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST
EXOTIC WILDLIFE. SOME PEOPLE COME HERE TO
PHOTOGRAPH BIG GAME. OTHERS COME TO HUNT, ESPECIALLY
HERE IN ZAMBIA'S MASSIVE KAFUE NATIONAL PARK.
IT IS VERY SPECIAL. AFRICA, ON ITS OWN, IS A SPECIAL
PLACE. Reporter: BETSY WANDTKE A IS
WORLD TRAVELER AND HUNTER WHO HAS BEEN TO AFRICA ON SAFARI
SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN YOU GO OUT TO ZAMBIA,
NOT ONLY ARE THE THE ANIMALS PHENOMENAL, BUT IT'S JUST THE
WHOLE ATMOSPHERE AFRICA IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES
THAT DRAWS YOU BACK. Reporter: AMONG THOSE WHO
KEPT COMING BACK, ESPECIALLY TO KAFUE NATIONAL PARK, WERE
BETSY'S CLOSE FRIEND, BIANCA RUDOLPH, AND HER HUSBAND
LARRY, A PROMINENT DENTIST AND BIG GAME HUNTER FROM PITTSBURGH.
THEY LOVE THE PEOPLE THERE. THEY LOVE THE ANIMALS THERE.
THE HUNTING WAS SECOND TO NONE SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT
THEY WANTED TO GO BACK SO MANY TIMES.
Reporter: THEY LOVED IT SO MUCH THEY HAD THEIR OWN CABIN
BUILT AT THE HUNTING CAMP. THEY DID.
THEY DID Reporter: RIGHT ON THE BANKS
OF THE KAFUE RIVER BIANCA AND LARRY'S OWN PRIVATE
LITTLE PARADISE IN THE MIDDLE OF PARADISE
AND IT WAS HERE THAT THEY RETURNED IN 2016 FOR THE LAST
TIME IT WAS SEPTEMBER, PRIME SEASON
FOR HUNTING. THE RUDOLPHS GOT A HUNTING
PERMIT, WHICH IS ONLY LEGAL IN CERTAIN SECTIONS OF KAFUE
NATIONAL PARK. THE REST OF THE PARK IS SET
ASIDE FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. THEY HOPED TO BRING HOME A
LEOPARD. BUT ON THIS SAFARI, ONLY BIANCA
WOULD BE HUNTING LARRY WAS THERE TO ASSIST AND
OBSERVE. OVER THE COURSE OF NEARLY TWO
WEEKS, BIANCA AND LARRY SCOURED THE MASSIVE PARK IN SEARCH OF
THAT ELUSIVE LEOPARD SPENCER KAKOMA IS AN EXPERIENCED
GAME SCOUT WHO ACCOMPANIED THE RUDOLPHS
HE KNOWS THE PARK WELL, ALONG WITH MANY OF ITS BEST HUNTING
SPOTS. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT IS GOING
TO BE A VERY GOOD HUNTING, A SUCCESSFUL HUNTING
Reporter: HOW EXPERIENCED WAS BIANCA
BIANCA, SHE WAS VERY EXPERIENCED.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A VERY FEW HUNTERS WHO CAN KILL MAYBE SOME
ANIMALS WITH JUST A SINGLE SHOT. Reporter: WITH ONE SHOT
YES Reporter: WERE YOU IMPRESSED?
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. SHE WAS A GOOD HUNTER
SHE WAS A GOOD SHOT. SHE COULD HANDLE A GUN AS WELL,
IF NOT BETTER, THAN MOST OF THE MEN I KNOW
Reporter: LARRY WAS ALSO AN EXPERIENCED HUNTER AND BROUGHT
BOTH A RIFLE AND A SHOTGUN ON THE TRIP
BUT ON THIS SAFARI, HE WAS ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING BIANCA IN HER
QUEST. GODFREY NeCUBE WAS THE CAMP
MANAGER WHO MAINTAINED THE RUDOLPHS' CABIN AND GOT TO KNOW
THEM THEY WERE A GOOD COUPLE, VERY
HUMBLE, ESPECIALLY WITH BIANCA Reporter: DID SHE SEEM HAPPY
TO BE OUT HERE IN THE WILDERNESS
SHE LOOKED HAPPY, CHEERFUL. THEY SEEMED TO BE HAPPY
BECAUSE EVERY TIME EARLY IN THE MORNING, WHEN YOU
WANT TO START OFF GOING FOR A HUNT, THEY START HUGGING EACH
OTHER, KISSING EACH OTHER. IT SEEMED AS IF IT'S A VERY GOOD
MARRIAGE Reporter: BUT THE HUNTING
WASN'T SO GOOD AS THE SAFARI STRETCHED INTO
OCTOBER, BIANCA'S DREAM OF BAGGING HER PRIZED LEOPARD
FADED. SO SHE NEVER GOT HER MALE
LEOPARD? YEAH, SHE NEVER GOT HER MALE.
Reporter: WAS SHE DISAPPOINTED
YEAH, SHE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED
BUT SHE WASN'T ANNOYED Reporter: AFTER ALL, THE
SAFARI WAS STILL EXCITING. BUT NOW AFTER ALMOST TWO WEEKS
IN ZAMBIA, THE RUDOLPHS WERE EAGER TO RETURN TO THE STATES
FOR THE WEDDING OF THEIR NEPHEW. JUST BEFORE DAWN ON A COOL,
CLEAR OCTOBER MORNING, THE RUDOLPHS WERE UP EARLY PACKING
FOR THE LONG FLIGHT HOME GODFREY WAS WAITING NEAR THE
CABIN TO SAY GOOD-BYE WHEN SUDDENLY HE HEARD AN
UNMISTAKABLE SOUND ECHO ACROSS THE CAMP
WE HEARD THE GUN BANG AND A YELLING VOICE, "YAAAH.
WE ARE VERY SURPRISED BECAUSE IT WAS VERY CLOSE
Reporter: THE SHOT WAS NOT ONLY CLOSE
IT CAME DIRECTLY FROM LARRY AND BIANCA'S CABIN
I JUST DECIDED TO START OFF AND RUNNING TO THE DIRECTION
WHERE THE GUNSHOT HAS BEEN HEARD.
Reporter: YOU SHOULD NOT BE HEARING A GUNSHOT AT THIS HOUR
I WAS NOT HOPING TO HEAR A GUNSHOT BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY
FINISHED HUNTING Reporter: YES, THE HUNT WAS
OVER, BUT THE MYSTERY WAS JUST BEGINNING.
SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAD HAPPENED INSIDE BIANCA AND LARRY'S CABIN.
SOMETHING SO TRAGIC, SO INEXPLICABLE THAT THE
INVESTIGATION WOULD SPAN TWO CONTINENTS, THREE COUNTRIES, AND
TAKE THE NEXT SIX YEARS TO SOLVE.
WHEN WE COME BACK -- A SINGLE GUNSHOT AT DAWN
WHAT HAD HAPPENED INSIDE THAT CABIN?
Reporter: THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SUCH A SHOCK TO -- TO WALK IN
HERE AND SEE THAT. EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
I WAS VERY SHOCKED Reporter: A WIFE ON THE
FLOOR. A HUSBAND IN AGONY
HE WAS SAYING, "WHAT AM I GOING TO
Reporter: IT WAS DAWN IN ZAMBIA'S KAFUE NATIONAL PARK
ITS SERENITY HAD SUDDENLY BEEN SHATTERED BY A SINGLE GUNSHOT
AND A FRANTIC SCREAM COMING FROM LARRY AND BIANCA RUDOLPH'S
CABIN. WITHIN SECONDS GAME SCOUT
SPENCER KAKOMA RUSHED INSIDE WHEN I ENTERED THE CABIN, I
SAW BIANCA RUDOLPH SHE WAS LYING HERE
Reporter: THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SUCH A SHOCK -
YES YEAH
Reporter: -- TO WALK IN HERE AND SEE THAT
EXACTLY, EXACTLY. I WAS VERY SHOCKED
Reporter: BIANCA LAY IN A POOL OF BLOOD.
NEXT TO HER WAS A SHOTGUN, STILL IN ITS CASE, WHICH WAS PARTIALLY
UNZIPPED THERE WAS A HOLE BLOWN OPEN AT
END OF THE CASE FROM A SHOT THAT WENT THROUGH IT.
MINUTES LATER, CAMP MANAGER GODFREY NeCUBE ALSO ARRIVED AT
THE CABIN. DID YOU THINK THAT MAYBE SHE WAS
ALIVE AT FIRST YEAH.
I SAID, "MAYBE I CAN DO SOMETHING.
BUT IMMEDIATELY I SAW THE WOUND. I KNEW THAT THERE IS NOTHING I
CAN DO Reporter: SHE WAS -- SHE WAS
DEAD YEAH, SHE'S DEAD.
SHE'S DEAD RUDOLPH WAS CRYING
Reporter: LARRY RUDOLPH, ACCORDING TO HUNTING SCOUT
SPENCER KAKOMA, WAS BESIDE HIMSELF.
HE WAS SAYING, "WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL MY CHILDREN?
WHAT AM I GOING TO TELL MY CHILDREN?"
Reporter: AS THE MORNING WORE ON, SPENCER SAID LARRY CALMED
DOWN AND DETAILED WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CABIN
HE TOLD ME THAT HE -- "I WAS IN THE BATHROOM.
Reporter: WHAT WAS HE DOING IN THE BATHROOM?
DID HE SAY HE WAS BATHING.
Reporter: HE WAS TAKING A SHOWER
YEAH. "AND MY WIFE, SHE WAS VERY BUSY
PACKING. SO SHE WAS TRYING TO FORCE THE
GUN IN THE GUN CASE. THAT'S HOW IT FIRED.
Reporter: AND THEN IT WENT OFF ACCIDENTALLY
YES, THEN IT WENT OFF ACCIDENTAL
Reporter: A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, INSISTED LARRY, THAT
SUDDENLY TOOK BIANCA AWAY AFTER 34 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
THE TWO MET SOME 40 YEARS AGO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
BIANCA WAS AN UNDERGRAD. LARRY WAS ATTENDING THE DENTAL
SCHOOL THEY SOON FELL IN LOVE, GOT
MARRIED, AND STAYED IN PITTSBURGH WHERE THEY HAD TWO
CHILDREN FOR BIANCA, WHO WAS DEEPLY
RELIGIOUS, THIS WAS THE STABLE, LOVING LIFE SHE'D ALWAYS WANTED.
BIANCA WAS A REALLY PROUD WOMAN.
SHE WAS WONDERFUL AND CARING SHE WANTED THEIR MARRIAGE TO BE
THE ONE THAT EVERYBODY LOOKS AT AND SAYS, "I WANT A RELATIONSHIP
LIKE THAT. Reporter: MEANWHILE LARRY'S
CAREER WAS TAKING OFF, ESPECIALLY AFTER HE STARTED HIS
OWN DENTAL PRACTICE. HE EVENTUALLY OPENED FOUR
CLINICS AROUND PITTSBURGH WHICH HE HEAVILY PROMOTED, AS SEEN
THESE COMMERCIALS. I'M DR. LARRY RUDOLPH
AT THREE RIVERS DENTAL GROUP, WE SPECIALIZE IN SMILE MAKEOVERS.
Reporter: FROM THE BEGINNING THE BUSINESS WAS A SUCCESS SAYS
FORMER EMPLOYEE SHERRY HOUCK WE DID SEDATION DENTISTRY
SO YOU WOULD DO THE DENTISTRY ALL IN ONE VISIT FOR THE
PATIENT. SO IT WOULD INCLUDE ROOT CANALS
AND CROWNS AND EVERYTHING. IT WASN'T ODD TO DO A $10,000,
$20,000, $40,000 CASE ON SOMEBODY
THEY KNEW THREE RIVERS. THEY KNEW LARRY BECAUSE HE WAS
COMMERCIALIZED Reporter: ANNA GRIMLEY WAS
LARRY'S OFFICE MANAGER PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY TRUST
HIM. IF THEY SAW HIM, IT'S LIKE, "OH,
IT'S DR. RUDOLPH." YOU KNOW, THEY -- THEY WOULD
CONNECT WITH THE COMMERCIAL. Reporter: DID LARRY SEEM TO
BE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE BUSINESS
ABSOLUTELY. Reporter: LARRY'S BUSINESS
WAS SO SUCCESSFUL HE AND BIANCA BOUGHT A SECOND HOME IN A SWANKY
PHOENIX SUBURB CALLED PARADISE VALLEY, WHERE HE CONTINUED TO
OVERSEE HIS DENTAL BUSINESS REMOTELY
WE DIDN'T SEE HIM A LOT SO YOU UNDERSTAND, HE LIVED IN
ARIZONA AND CAME IN TO VISIT THE OFFICES TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING
ON Reporter: THE RUDOLPHS'
DAUGHTER ANABIANCA FOLLOWED HER FATHER INTO THE FAMILY DENTAL
BUSINESS WHILE THEIR SON JULIAN BECAME A LAWYER.
A SUCCESSFUL, HIGH ACHIEVING FAMILY
BUSINESS KEPT BOOMING, ALLOWING LARRY TO FURTHER INDULGE IN HIS
EXPENSIVE HOBBY -- BIG GAME HUNTING.
HE TRAVELED THE WORLD ON SAFARIS, AND BIANCA OFTEN JOINED
HIM. IT WAS A PASSION OF HERS.
AND PART OF THAT CAME WHEN SHE MARRIED LARRY.
AND SHE REALLY EMBRACED IT Reporter: THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT REALLY BONDED THOSE TWO, LARRY AND BIANCA, THE LOVE OF
HUNTING. ABSOLUTELY.
THEY COULD DO IT TOGETHER AND HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE TOGETHER.
Reporter: LARRY WAS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE SPORT, HE
JOINED A HUNTING ADVOCACY GROUP CALLED SAFARI CLUB
INTERNATIONAL, OR S.C.I. FOR SHORT.
RON ARENDT WAS ON S.C.I.'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WHEN HE MET
LARRY. HE SEEMED LIKE A REAL NICE
GUY. HE'S SOMEONE TO VISIT WITH
Reporter: AND SOME PERSONALITY TRAITS THAT YOU
NOTICED RIGHT AWAY VERY FRIENDLY, SMILING,
JOKING, UH, VERY OPEN. HE WAS SOMEONE YOU'D LIKE TO BE
AROUND Reporter: LARRY QUICKLY ROSE
THROUGH THE RANKS, BECOMING THE PRESIDENT OF SAFARI CLUB
INTERNATIONAL IN 2009. I'M PROUD TO BE SERVING
S.C.I. WE'RE THE MOST POWERFUL HUNTING
AND CONSERVATION GROUP IN THE WORLD.
Reporter: LATER LARRY AND BIANCA JOINED ANOTHER HUNTER'S
ADVOCACY GROUP CALLED THE WEATHERBY FOUNDATION
BETSY WANDTKE WAS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
HE LEFT SAFARI CLUB, AND THEN HE WAS WORKING WITH US
Reporter: ALL THE WAY TO PRESIDENT?
YES, LARRY CAME INTO THE ORGANIZATION AND WON OVER, YOU
KNOW, THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND -- AND ME.
HE WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL IMPORTANT.
UH, THAT WAS LARRY'S GIFT. Reporter: AND BIANCA WAS
RIGHT THERE WITH HIM, HELPING RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR
THE FOUNDATION I THOUGHT THEY WERE A -- A
GREAT COUPLE, THE POWER COUPLE THEY WORKED TOGETHER
AND THEY WERE BOTH VERY WELL RESPECTED.
BUT, OF COURSE, THAT CHANGED Reporter: CHANGED LITERALLY
IN A FLASH FROM A SINGLE SHOTGUN BLAST.
AND THE SHOCK WAVES WOULD ONLY KEEP SPREADING
COMING UP -- THE RUDOLPHS' SON AND DAUGHTER
LEARN THE AWFUL NEWS Reporter: SHE WAS UNSETTLED,
LIKE SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT? WELL, IT WAS JUST SHOCKING
AND IT WASN'T CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
SHE WAS REALLY UPS Reporter: THE MORNING AFTER,
IT WAS QUIET NOW AT THE RUDOLPHS' LITTLE HUNTING CABIN
IN MID-OCTOBER 2016, ZAMBIAN POLICE HAD TAKEN BIANCA'S BODY
TO LUSAKA, THE CAPITAL CITY, FOUR HOURS AWAY.
IT'S A TEEMING, BUSTLING PLACE WHERE MOST OF ZAMBIA'S
GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE LOCATED. AND WHERE BIANCA'S BODY WOULD
UNDERGO AN AUTOPSY IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG.
CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A SHOTGUN BLAST DIRECTLY TO THE CHEST.
ZAMBIAN POLICE INVESTIGATED THE CASE AND CONCLUDED BIANCA'S
DEATH WAS SIMPLY AN ACCIDENT THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY IN THE
STATES, THE RUDOLPHS' CHILDREN ANABIANCA AND JULIAN HAD NO IDEA
WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THEIR MOM HOWEVER, LARRY HAD SENT AN EMAIL
TO HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW SAYING HE AND BIANCA WOULD MISS THAT
UPCOMING FAMILY WEDDING. BUT ACCORDING TO LARRY'S FORMER
EMPLOYEE SHERRY HOUCK, WHO SAW ANABIANCA AROUND THIS TIME, THE
RUDOLPH CHILDREN SENSED SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
JULIAN AND ANA COULDN'T GET A HOLD OF THEIR MOM.
AND THEY WERE GETTING REALLY NERVOUS AND UPSET.
Reporter: AND NO COMMUNICATION?
NO COMMUNICATION. WE JUST THOUGHT SOMETIMES YOU
CAN'T GET A HOLD OF PEOPLE BUT IT WAS VERY BIZARRE.
Reporter: BACK IN ZAMBIA, LARRY WAS MAKING FINAL
ARRANGEMENTS AT THIS FUNERAL HOME
GRACE MUSAZULWA, WHO WORKED THERE AT THE TIME, SHOWED US THE
LOG BOOK THERE'S HER NAME
YES, YES. YEAH
BIANCA T. RUDOLPH. Reporter: GRACE WAS THERE
WHEN LARRY CAME BY TO IDENTIFY BIANCA'S BODY.
WHAT WAS HIS DEMEANOR LIKE HOW WAS HE HANDLING THE
SITUATION? HE WAS MOURNING THE WIFE, OF
COURSE HE WAS CRYING.
Reporter: DID YOUR HEART GO OUT TO HIM AS YOU'RE WATCHING
THIS I TOLD HIM, I SAID, "NO, JUST
LEAVE EVERYTHING TO GOD. YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS
HAPPENED." THAT'S HOW WE ENDED WITH HIM
Reporter: LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH, LARRY LEFT
LUSAKA IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY BACK HOME
TO ARIZONA DURING A STOPOVER IN
JOHANNESBURG, LARRY CALLED HIS SON JULIAN AND FINALLY REVEALED
THE AWFUL NEWS JULIAN THEN FLEW TO PITTSBURGH
TO TELL HIS SISTER ANABIANCA IN PERSON
ANABIANCA WASN'T HOME. SHERRY HOUCK WAS TAKING CARE OF
HER DOGS I SAW HIM WALKING DOWN THE
DRIVEWAY SO, YOU KNOW, I KNEW THAT IT WAS
NOT GOOD NEWS IF HE FLEW IN. Reporter: ARE YOU THINKING
BIANCA THIS IS ABOUT BIANCA
YEAH. YEAH
AND HE DIDN'T SAY THAT SHE WAS
GONE HE JUST SAID THERE WAS AN
ACCIDENT Reporter: LESS THAN TWO WEEKS
AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH, HER FAMILY GATHERED AT THIS CATHOLIC
RETREAT CENTER IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, TO SAY GOOD-BYE
I KNOW THAT SHE TOOK HER RELIGION VERY SERIOUSLY.
Reporter: FOLLOWING THE FUNERAL, ANABIANCA RETURNED HOME
TO PITTSBURGH. I STAYED WITH HER, JUST
CONSOLED HER, YOU KNOW AND SHE TALKED TO ME, YOU KNOW,
JUST ABOUT -- JUST HOW, LIKE, UNRESOLVED EVERYTHING WAS.
Reporter: SHE WAS UNSETTLED LIKE SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT?
WELL, IT WAS JUST SHOCKING, AND SHE WAS JUST REALLY
SURPRISED AND WASN'T CLEAR WITH EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
SHE WAS REALLY UPSET Reporter: WITH THE FUNERAL
OVER AND HIS CHILDREN NOW BACK IN THEIR HOMES,
DR. LARRY RUDOLPH WAS NOW ALL ALONE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 34 YEARS, HE WAS WITHOUT BIANCA.
HE SPENT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HANDLING THE MUNDANE BUT
NECESSARY TASK OF SORTING OUT HER ESTATE AND FILING CLAIMS ON
BIANCA'S LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
SLOWLY HE STARTED PUTTING HIS LIFE BACK TOGETHER AND RESUMED
OVERSEEING HIS BUSY PITTSBURGH DENTAL PRACTICE.
WAS LARRY SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN PITTSBURGH OR MOSTLY -- MOST
OF HIS TIME IN ARIZONA WELL, WHEN HE WAS IN TOWN, WE
WOULDN'T ALWAYS KNOW I ALWAYS THOUGHT, LIKE, HE KEPT
IT A SECRET WHETHER HE WAS IN TOWN OR NOT BECAUSE HE DIDN'T
WANT, LIKE, THE EMPLOYEES TO PLAY WHILE HE WAS AWAY
Reporter: ONE OF HIS FORMER EMPLOYEES, ANNA GRIMLEY, HADN'T
HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT LARRY OR WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN AFRICA.
ANNA HAD LEFT THE PRACTICE MONTHS EARLIER BUT KEPT IN TOUCH
WITH HER FORMER COLLEAGUES AND ONE DAY SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER
BIANCA'S DEATH, SHE GOT A CALL FROM ONE OF THEM
SHE SAID, "DID YOU HEAR ABOUT BIANCA RUDOLPH?"
AND IT'S LIKE, "NO." I WAS LIKE, "WHAT HAPPENED?"
AND SHE'S LIKE, "WELL, SHE WAS SHOT IN A SAFARI TRIP.
Reporter: AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE MEMORIES CAME FLOODING BACK.
ABOUT HER TIME AT THREE RIVERS DENTAL
WHAT SHE SAW AND WHAT SHE KNEW COMING UP --
SECRETS IN THE OFFICE. THEY ALWAYS CAME TOGETHER,
LEFT TOGETHER. OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE, LIKE, A THING
BUT DON'T MENTION IT AND QUESTIONS FROM LARRY'S
DAUGHTER SHE WAS CONSTANTLY, LIKE,
ASKING, "WHO IS LORI WHY IS SHE ALWAYS WITH MY DAD?
Reporter: AFTER THE DEATH OF BIANCA RUDOLPH THE STAFF AT
THREE RIVERS DENTAL TRIED TO RESUME BUSINESS AS USUAL
BUT DENTAL ASSISTANT SHERRY HOUCK SAYS IT WAS
DIFFICULT. EVERYBODY WAS JUST IN SHOCK
AND I THINK JUST SHELLSHOCKED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN
Reporter: DR. LARRY RUDOLPH MADE IT VERY CLEAR HIS WIFE'S
DEATH WAS NOT TO BE MENTIONED. I NEVER DID TALK TO LARRY
ABOUT IT, EVER OR SAY A WORD TO HIM.
WE WERE TOLD NOT TO. Reporter: SO, YOU JUST HAD TO
PRETEND ALMOST LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED
YEAH. Reporter: IT WAS AWKWARD, BUT
NOT UNHEARD OF THERE WERE OTHER SUBJECTS THAT
WERE OFF LIMITS AT THREE RIVERS DENTAL
LIKE THE ROLE OF AN EMPLOYEE NAMED LORI MILLIRON.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HER TITLE WAS.
NEVER KNEW HER TITLE Reporter: ANNA GRIMLEY
STARTED AT THREE RIVERS AS A MANAGER IN 2015, MORE THAN YEAR
BEFORE BIANCA'S DEATH. THAT'S WHEN SHE MET LORI, A
FORMER HYGIENIST WHO SEEMED TO HAVE TAKEN ON BIGGER
RESPONSIBILITIES SHE DID SOME INSURANCE AS FAR
AS SETTING THINGS UP ON -- ON OUR PROGRAMS -- UHM TO BILL.
AND SHE DID SHOW ME HOW THE SYSTEM AND WHAT THE COMPUTER
SYSTEM AND, HELPED ME WITH THAT SO I SPENT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
WITH HER IN THE BEGINNING. Reporter: LORI HAD THREE
GROWN KIDS AND WAS HELPING TO RAISE HER GRANDSON IN
PITTSBURGH SHE SEEMED FRIENDLY, HELPFUL,
BUT THERE WAS TALK AROUND THE OFFICE ABOUT LORI AND LARRY.
THEY ALWAYS CAME, LIKE, IN THE SAME CAR EVEN EARLY.
AND LEFT TOGETHER, CAME TOGETHER, LEFT TOGETHER.
AND UHM JUST FROM RUMORS IN THE OFFICE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE LIKE,
A THING, BUT DON'T MENTION IT. Reporter: ESPECIALLY AFTER
THE RUDOLPHS' DAUGHTER, ANABIANCA, GRADUATED FROM DENTAL
SCHOOL AND JOINED THE PRACTICE SHE BECAME A DENTIST BECAUSE OF
HIM, RIGHT YEAH.
SHE WANTED TO BE LIKE HER DAD. SHE LOOKED UP TO HIM A LOT
SHE -- SHE LIKE ADORED HIM Reporter: BUT ANABIANCA DID
NOTICE SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT HER FATHER AND THIS
LORI MILLIRON WOMAN. SHE WAS CONSTANTLY, LIKE,
ASKING WHO IS LORI WHY IS SHE ALWAYS WITH MY DAD?
WHAT'S SHE DO HERE DOES SHE HAVE A JOB HERE
Reporter: ANNA GRIMLEY HEARD THE RUMORS, BUT SHE AND LORI GOT
ALONG FINE BUT THEN ONE DAY, ANNA SAYS,
LORI OVERSHARED. I NEEDED SOME HELP PUTTING A
DRESSER TOGETHER AND I HAD NO TOOLS, SO LORI OFFERED TO COME
TO MY HOUSE AND SHE HAD TOOLS FROM THE OFFICE AND SHE WAS
GONNA HELP ME BUILD THIS DRESSER.
AND AT THAT TIME IS WHEN SHE DISCLOSED THAT THEY WERE
TOGETHER Reporter: SO SHE JUST
VOLUNTEERED IT SHE VOLUNTEERED IT.
Reporter: "OH, HERE'S A SCREW.
LIKE, "YEAH. I'M HAVING AN AFFAIR
YEP. WOW.
THIS IS INTENSE. YEAH.
YEAH IT WAS EXTREMELY INTENSE
Reporter: INTENSE AND UNCOMFORTABLE.
AFTER THAT CONVERSATION WITH LORI, ANNA SAYS SHE TRIED TO
PROBE, DELICATELY, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ANABIANCA KNEW OR DIDN'T
KNOW AND I'M SAYING, "HEY, DO YOU
THINK ANYTHING'S GOING ON WITH LORI AND YOUR DAD?
AND SHE'S LIKE, "NO. NO
NOTHING'S GOING ON I GO, "THEY SEEM PRETTY CLOSE
TOGETHER." I GO, "YOU'RE NOT CATCHING THAT?
OR DO YOU KNOW SOMETHING?" AND SHE'S LIKE, "NO.
THEY'RE JUST WORKING NOTHING'S -- NOTHING'S
HAPPENING. Reporter: SO DID YOU JUST
DROP IT AFTER THAT I DROPPED IT.
Reporter: IN THE HUNTING WORLD, LARRY HAD A REPUTATION OF
BEING A WOMANIZER, GOING BACK SEVERAL YEARS, AND THIS WASN'T
THE FIRST TIME HE MAY HAVE CROSSED THE LINE IN A
PROFESSIONAL SETTING WHILE BETSY WANDTKE WAS WORKING
FOR THE WEATHERBY FOUNDATION, SHE SAID SHE HAD AN AWKWARD
INTERACTION WITH THEN-PRESIDENT, LARRY RUDOLPH, WHEN HE CALLED
FOR AN AFTER HOURS "MEETING. I GOT A PHONE CALL AT 3:00 IN
THE MORNING AT A BOARD MEETING FROM LARRY ASKING IF HE COULD
COME UP AND TALK BUSINESS. AND I WAS NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT
BAIT Reporter: YOU FEEL THAT HE
WANTED TO COME UP TO YOUR ROOM FOR SEXUAL REASONS
YOU CAN DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS.
I WASN'T IN THAT MAN'S HEAD, BUT I DO KNOW THAT 3:00 IN THE
MORNING IS KIND OF AN ODD TIME TO DISCUSS BUSINESS.
Reporter: WERE YOU AWARE OF HIS INFIDELITIES AT THIS TIME?
I WAS Reporter: LARRY'S LOVE LIFE
ALSO CAUSED RUMBLINGS AT SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL
ACCORDING TO RON ARENDT, HE AND OTHER MEMBERS TRIED TO CONFRONT
LARRY AT A BOARD MEETING THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR OF
US WHO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT AND SAY, "WHAT'S GOING ON?
YOU'RE NOT PRESENTING A GOOD MORAL IMAGE OF SAFARI CLUB
INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT OR PEOPLE ON THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE. AND LARRY AND HIS FOLKS DIDN'T
WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT. SO, LARRY SAID, "I DON'T WANT IT
IN THERE WE'RE NOT GONNA PUT IT ON THE
AGENDA AND THAT'S IT." SO IT WAS STOPPED.
Reporter: BUT IN 2012, SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL LEADERS TOOK
A DRASTIC STEP THEY ACCUSED LARRY OF MISCONDUCT
FOR COMMITTING ADULTERY. THEY EXPELLED HIM FROM THE CLUB
AND STRIPPED HIM OF HIS HUNTING AWARDS
LARRY FOUGHT BACK, FILING A DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
CLUB'S OFFICERS. THE CASE DRAGGED ON FOR YEARS
AND IN MAY 2016, HE APPEARED FOR A VIDEO DEPOSITION
AND THOSE RUMORS INCLUDED THAT I WAS HAVING A LONG-TERM
AFFAIR WITH A WOMAN FROM ATLANTA, AND THAT MY WIFE WAS
FULLY AWARE OF THIS. I WAS SURPRISED.
Reporter: SURPRISED, BECAUSE HE CLAIMED IN THAT LAWSUIT THE
RUMORS WERE FLAT OUT FALSE IN JULY 2016, JUST THREE MONTHS
BEFORE HER DEATH, BIANCA WAS ALSO DEPOSED AND WAS ASKED IF
SHE KNEW WHETHER HER HUSBAND WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH LORI
SHE ANSWERED, "NO! THE LAWSUIT EVENTUALLY SETTLED,
AND SCI PAID LARRY AN UNDISCLOSED SUM.
BUT BETSY BELIEVED BIANCA WAS AWARE OF LARRY'S AFFAIR WITH
LORI I JUST ASKED HER IF THIS IS
WHAT SHE WANTED AND HOW THINGS WERE GOING, AND SHE WAS GONNA
HANG IN THERE. SHE WAS LOYAL.
SHE WAS GONNA DO HER HER DAMNEDEST TO KEEP THINGS
TOGETHER Reporter: DURING THIS TIME,
YOU STARTED TO SEE A CHANGE IN BIANCA AS WELL
I DID MEETING BIANCA FOR THE FIRST
TIME WITH THOSE MISCHIEVOUS EYES AND THE LIFE THAT WAS BEHIND IT,
UHM AS TIME WENT ON, I SAW THOSE EYES START TO DIM.
Reporter: WHAT DID YOU FEEL WAS HAPPENING?
I KNOW IT WAS LARRY HE HAD OTHER RELATIONSHIPS
GOING. AND UNFORTUNATELY, BIANCA KNEW
ABOUT SOME OF THAT SHE LOVED LARRY.
YOU KNOW, SHE WANTED TO MAKE IT WORK
Reporter: WHETHER OR NOT BIANCA KNEW ABOUT LORI, LORI
DEFINITELY KNEW ABOUT BIANCA AND THAT LED TO AN ALLEGED
ULTIMATUM. COMING UP --
SHE'S SAYING SHE WANTS TO BE WITH LARRY
SO THE ULTIMATUM WAS TO, "LEAVE OR I'M LEAVING."
LORI PUTS LARRY ON NOTICE AND QUESTIONS BEGIN TO GROW
ABOUT BIANCA'S DEATH I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE FEELING
THESE FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO IT, YOU KNOW
Reporter: DR. LARRY RUDOLPH HAD BUILT A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL
AND LUCRATIVE DENTAL PRACTICE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF PITTSBURGH
HE PROMOTED THE BUSINESS AS FAMILY FRIENDLY, EVEN FEATURING
EMPLOYEE SHERRY HOUCK'S DAUGHTER IN A COMMERCIAL.
I WENT TO THREE RIVERS DENTAL BECAUSE I NEEDED HELP WITH MY
BRACES Reporter: BUT THE TRUTH WAS,
ACCORDING TO SHERRY, LARRY WASN'T EASY TO WORK FOR.
HE COULD BE SUPER NICE AT TIMES, AND THEN HE WOULD JUST
SNAP AND WE'LL JUST SAY THAT IT WAS
LIKE "GOING RUDOLPH. HE'D BE "GOING RUDOLPH," AND
THAT HAPPENED OFTEN. EVERYBODY LIVED IN FEAR WITH
HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MANAGER DIDN'T
LIVE IN FEAR, WHAT EMPLOYEE DIDN'T LIVE IN FEAR.
Reporter: OFFICE MANAGER ANNA GRIMLEY REALIZED PRETTY
QUICKLY AFTER SHE JOINED THE PRACTICE THAT LARRY'S ANGER WAS
AN ISSUE WHEN YOU SAY HE WAS ANGRY, AT
THE OFFICE, WHAT WOULD GET HIM FIRED UP
IT WOULD BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAD AN
INDEX CARD OF WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY OR HOW TO ANSWER
A PHONE. IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THAT AND SAY
EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED THEM TO SAY, IT COULD TRIGGER HIM.
AND THAT MOMENT OF THAT TRIGGER, YOU WOULD SEE ANGER.
Reporter: AND SHE SAYS LARRY WOULD OFTEN GET PHYSICAL
LIKE, POUNDING ON THE WALL. Reporter: WOW
AND THROWING, LIKE, WHAT LIKE, TRAYS --
YEAH. Reporter: -- OF
INSTRUMENTS -- KIND OF THING YEAH.
Reporter: THIS PLACE IS LIKE A SOAP OPERA -
YES Reporter: -- IN THE DENTAL
OFFICE YEAH.
YEAH YEAH
Reporter: ANNA ONLY LASTED A YEAR AT THREE RIVERS DENTAL.
SHE WAS LIVING IN LAS VEGAS IN DECEMBER 2016.
THAT'S WHEN SHE GOT THE CALL FROM A FORMER CO-WORKER ABOUT
BIANCA'S DEATH THAT CO-WORKER HAD NO DOUBT
ABOUT WHO SHE THOUGHT WAS RESPONSIBLE.
SHE GOES, "YOU KNOW HE DID IT."
LIKE, "I KNOW. Reporter: LARRY
YES Reporter: WOW
YOU BOTH THOUGHT THAT? YEP, INSTANTLY.
BECAUSE OF THE ANGER AND EVERYTHING WE SAW WITH HIM
IT'S THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO YOUR HEAD
Reporter: TO ANNA, IT ALL MADE SENSE THAT HER FORMER BOSS
JUST MIGHT BE CAPABLE OF MURDER. ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE REMEMBERED
SOMETHING ELSE THE MONEY.
FOR YEARS LARRY HAD ENCOURAGED PATIENTS TO PAY IN CASH AND GAVE
THEM DISCOUNTS WHEN THEY DID ACCORDING TO ANNA AND SHERRY, A
LOT OF CASH FLOWED THROUGH THE BUSINESS
HOW MUCH CASH DO YOU THINK WAS COMING THROUGH THE OFFICE EVERY
MONTH? OH, LIKE, EACH OFFICE BE
CLOSE TO $200,000 OR PLUS. MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN THAT.
Reporter: IN CASH ALONE IN FEES
CASH I MEAN, A LOT OF CASH.
THE CASH THAT WE DID RECEIVE, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE CASH IN
A SAFE, WHICH IS A HUGE SAFE Reporter: ANNA SAYS SHE
DIDN'T JUST SEE CASH COME IN SHE SAW IT GO OUT TOO.
LORI AND DR. RUDOLPH WOULD COME IN, TAKE THE CASH OUT
AND EVERY OFFICE HAD A SAFE. SO THEY WOULD PUT IT IN AN
ENVELOPE AND LEAVE TOGETHER WITH THIS -- THE CASH
Reporter: ACCORDING TO ANNA, LORI AND LARRY PLANNED TO USE
THAT CASH TO FUND A WHOLE NEW LIFE TOGETHER.
HER SOURCE OF INFORMATION, SHE SAYS, WAS LORI HERSELF
SHE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THEM WANTING TO LEAVE AND TAKE ALL
THE CASH AND NOT LET THE FAMILY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT.
OUT OF THE COUNTRY I SAID SOMETHING
"HOW COULD YOU JUST LEAVE YOUR KIDS
HOW CAN YOU JUST PICK UP AND JUST, LIKE, NOT TELL THEM?
AND HER COMMENT WAS TO ME, "WELL, THEY'RE WELL TAKEN CARE
OF." Reporter: AS ANNA THOUGHT
BACK ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION, SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO DO SOMETHING
OR TELL SOMEONE. SHE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD, THEN
MADE A BOLD MOVE AND CALLED THE FBI, TELLING THEM --
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO IT
YOU KNOW JUST TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING
THAT'S HAPPENED. Reporter: ANNA SAID THE AGENT
SHE SPOKE WITH TOLD HER SOMETHING SURPRISING
ANNA WASN'T THE FIRST PERSON TO SHARE HER SUSPICIONS WITH THE
FBI. IN FACT, A FRIEND OF BIANCA'S
HAD CALLED JUST DAYS AFTER THE FUNERAL TO SAY THAT BIANCA, A
DEVOUT CATHOLIC, WOULD NEVER HAVE WANTED TO BE CREMATED
THE FRIEND ASKED THE BUREAU TO INVESTIGATE BIANCA'S DEATH
HEARING THAT, IT SORT OF GAVE ME, LIKE, "OKAY, THIS DEFINITELY
WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO BECAUSE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
FEELING THESE FEELINGS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
Reporter: AFTER ANNA TIPPED OFF THE FBI, SHE SAID AGENTS
CAME TO LAS VEGAS TO MEET WITH HER.
WERE YOU AFRAID THAT LARRY MIGHT FIND OUT WHAT YOU DID?
ABSOLUTELY. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THAT'S -- THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I FEARED
I WAS NERVOUS. Reporter: NERVOUS MAYBE, BUT
ANNA HAD TO TALK TO THE FBI ABOUT ONE MORE THING LORI HAD
SHARED WITH HER DURING THAT INTENSE CONVERSATION THEY HAD
WHILE ASSEMBLING THE DRESSER WHAT SHE SAID TO ME IS, "HE
HAS A YEAR TO GET RID OF BIANCA," IS WHAT SHE GAVE HIM.
ONE YEAR Reporter: A YEAR TO GET RID
OF HER OR -- OR WHAT OR SHE'S LEAVING.
Reporter: AND DID YOU SAY, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN GET RID OF
HER? I DIDN'T QUESTION IT AT THE
TIME, KNOWING SHE'S SAYING SHE WANTS TO BE WITH LARRY
SHE WANTED BIANCA OUT OF THE PICTURE.
SO THE ULTIMATUM WAS TO, "LEAVE OR I'M LEAVING."
Reporter: IT SOUNDED SINISTER
BUT IT WASN'T PROOF OF ANYTHING. TO GET PROOF THE FBI WOULD
TRAVEL THOUSANDS OF MILES BACK TO A BLOOD-STAINED CABIN IN
ZAMBIA COMING UP --
Reporter: LARRY IS AFRAID THAT HE'S GOING TO BE ARRESTED
YES NEW DOUBTS ABOUT
LARRY RUDOLPH'S STORY. Reporter: DID YOU BELIEVE
WHAT LARRY WAS TELLING YOU NO.
AT THAT MOMENT WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THE STORY.
BIANCA RUDOLPH'S FUNERAL, HER HUSBAND LARRY WELCOMED A NEW
WOMAN INTO HIS HOME, HIS LONGTIME LOVER LORI MILLIRON
THE TWO LIVED TOGETHER IN LARRY'S MANSION IN PARADISE
VALLEY, ARIZONA. MONTHS PASSED.
THEN TWO YEARS BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THEY LIVED
LARGE. ONE OF THEIR FAVORITE HANGOUTS
WAS STEAK 44 IT'S A HIGH END RESTAURANT.
YOU HAVE SOME GREAT CLIENTELE, A VERY AFFLUENT COMMUNITY AND
GUESTS Reporter: BRIAN LOVELACE WAS
A BARTENDER THERE, SOMEONE YOU MIGHT WANT TO REMEMBER
LARRY WAS EXTREMELY FRIENDLY, VERY POLITE, RESPECTFUL,
GENEROUS Reporter: BIG TIPPER?
HE WAS A GENEROUS TIPPER, YES.
HE WAS MY FAVORITE REGULAR Reporter: LARRY MAY NOT HAVE
KNOWN IT, BUT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KIND OF TIP HAD CAUGHT
THE ATTENTION OF THE FBI TIPS FROM BIANCA'S FRIENDS AND
LARRY'S FORMER EMPLOYEE THAT SUGGESTED HE MIGHT'VE HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER DEATH FBI AGENTS TOOK THEM SERIOUSLY
AND WERE DIGGING FOR ANY POSSIBLE CLUES
BUT THERE WAS NO SOLID EVIDENCE THAT LARRY KILLED HIS WIFE
THEN, IN 2019, THE INVESTIGATION ENTERED A WHOLE NEW PHASE.
THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM ARIZONA, LITTLE DID LARRY KNOW THAT THE
FBI WAS HERE ON THE GROUND IN ZAMBIA INVESTIGATING BIANCA'S
DEATH. THEY WERE INTERVIEWING WITNESSES
FROM THE SCENE AND TALKING TO ANYONE WHO HAD INTERACTED WITH
LARRY IN THE DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING
WE RETRACED THE FBI'S STEPS WHICH INCLUDED A VISIT TO THE
RUDOLPHS' HUNTING CABIN WHERE BIANCA WAS SHOT.
THEY LATER INTERVIEWED GAME SCOUT SPENCER KAKOMA
REMEMBER HIM HE WAS WITH THE RUDOLPHS DURING
THEIR SAFARI AND RUSHED INTO CABIN WHEN HE HEARD THAT FATAL
SHOT SPENCER STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBERS
THE SCENE AND HOW LARRY WAS BEHAVING
HOW CHAOTIC WAS IT IN THE CABIN? IT WAS, LIKE, CRAZY BECAUSE
HE WAS BUSY CRYING WHAT -- HE WAS, LIKE, CRAZED.
Reporter: SHE'S DEAD. HE IS FREAKING OUT
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
EXACTLY Reporter: DURING THE CHAOS IN
THE CABIN, SPENCER ALSO HEARD LARRY SAY SOMETHING STUNNING
HE SAID, "I WANT TO KILL MYSELF 'CAUSE MY WIFE HAS
COMMITTED SUICIDE. Reporter: TO SPENCER, WHO HAD
JUST SPENT SEVERAL DAYS WITH BIANCA ON SAFARI, SUICIDE SEEMED
UNIMAGINABLE NO, NO, NO, NO.
SHE WAS VERY HAPPY, ALWAYS LAUGHING AT ANY TIME, JOKING
WITH PEOPLE. SO SHE WASN'T DEPRESSED.
Reporter: THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO YOU THAT SHE WOULD KILL
HERSELF ON THE LAST DAY OF THE TRIP
NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME
AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT. Reporter: SPENCER SAID LARRY
ALSO CHANGED HIS STORY AND SUGGESTED THAT BIANCA'S DEATH
WAS AN ACCIDENT. HE TOLD ME THAT -- "MY WIFE,
SHE WAS VERY BUSY PACKING. SO SHE WAS TRYING TO FORCE THE
GUN IN THE GUN CASE. THAT'S HOW IT FIRED.
Reporter: ONE PERSON THE FBI DIDN'T INTERVIEW IN ZAMBIA, THAT
WE DID, WAS GODFREY NeCUBE, THE MANAGER OF THE RUDOLPHS' HUNTING
CAMP HE TOO DESCENDED ON THE CABIN
THAT MORNING I SAID, "WE NEED THE HELP OF
THE POLICE." Reporter: YOU INSISTED THAT
LARRY GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
YES YES.
Reporter: WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU THAT LARRY GO
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HE'S THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY SAW
THE ACTIVITY Reporter: BUT THE WITNESSES
TOLD US LARRY WASN'T EAGER TO GO TO THE POLICE.
SPENCER REMEMBERS HIM SAYING THIS
"ARE THEY GOING TO ARREST ME?"
Reporter: LARRY IS AFRAID THAT HE'S GOING TO BE ARRESTED
YES SO I ASKED HIM, "WHY ARE YOU
GOING TO BE ARRESTED BECAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS AN
ACCIDENT SO YOU ARE GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT
HAS HAPPENED." Reporter: LATER THAT DAY,
LARRY AGREED TO GO MEET WITH ZAMBIAN POLICE
SO HE AND SPENCER, ALONG WITH THE RUDOLPHS' HUNTING GUIDE, HIT
THE ROAD, HEADING FOR THE TOWN OF MUMBWA 2 HOURS AWAY, HOME TO
SOME 20,000 PEOPLE AND A SMALL POLICE STATION
THERE LARRY WAS MET BY INVESTIGATORS AND POLICE
COMMANDER ROSTEN YEYENGA, WHO LATER SPOKE TO THE FBI
WHAT KIND OF STATE OF MIND WAS LARRY RUDOLPH IN AT THAT POINT
HE SEEMED TO BE SORROWFUL AND THEN I COULD SEE SOME TEARS
IN IN HIS EYES Reporter: COMMANDER YEYENGA
TOLD THE FBI ABOUT LARRY'S ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE
CABIN THAT HORRIBLE MORNING IN OCTOBER 2016
AGENTS WERE ALSO PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM LARRY
TAKEN DURING HIS POLICE INTERVIEW.
HE HAD LEFT THE WIFE PACKING THE LUGGAGES
HE WAS TAKING A SHOWER, AND THEN HE JUST HEARD THE GUNSHOT.
Reporter: SO HE SAYS HE RUSHED OUT OF THE BATHROOM
YEAH. SO WHEN HE RUSHED THERE TO SEE
WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED, HE JUST FOUND THE WIFE LAYING IN THE
POOL OF BLOOD. Reporter: YEYENGA TOLD THE
FBI THAT LARRY SAID BIANCA ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF.
DID YOU BELIEVE WHAT LARRY WAS TELLING YOU?
NO, AT THAT MOMENT, WE DIDN'T BELIEVE THE STORY.
THERE'S A QUESTION MARK THERE. Reporter: YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE
HIM? I HAD THE DOUBTS.
Reporter: REALLY? YEAH.
HE WOULD HAVE KILLED THE WIFE FOR REASONS KNOWN TO HIMSELF
OR MAYBE HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH.
Reporter: YOU WANTED TO FIND THE TRUTH.
YES SO THAT'S WHY OFFICERS WENT TO
THE CAMP COMMANDER YEYENGA ALSO TOLD THE
FBI THAT HE SENT A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS DOWN THE RUGGED
BACK ROADS TO THE RUDOLPHS' REMOTE CABIN
LARRY RETURNED HERE TO THE CABIN THAT AFTERNOON WITH THE POLICE
THE GUIDES SAID THAT HE HAD CALMED DOWN AT THAT POINT AND HE
WALKED THE OFFICERS THROUGH WHAT HE SAID HAPPENED THAT MORNING.
ONCE AGAIN, HE SAID HE HEARD A GUNSHOT.
HE RACED OUT OF THE BATHROOM ONLY TO FIND HIS WIFE DEAD
IN FACT, YOU CAN STILL SEE STAINS ON THE FLOOR LEFT OVER
FROM HER BLOOD DETECTIVES COLLECTED SOME OF
THAT BLOOD ALONG WITH THE SHOTGUN THAT KILLED BIANCA
THEY WANTED TO FIND OUT IF THE GUN HADN'T BEEN PROPERLY
UNLOADED AND ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF OR IF BIANCA MISTAKENLY
TOUCHED THE TRIGGER. COMMANDER YEYENGA SAID THAT
BIANCA'S BODY WAS THEN TAKEN FROM THE CABIN TO THE CAPITAL OF
ZAMBIA FOR A COMPLETE AUTOPSY. BUT THE FBI LEARNED
LARRY RUDOLPH HAD OTHER IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED THAT SEEMED
TO CATCH EVERYBODY BY SURPRISE COMING UP --
SOMETHING CURIOUS AT THE FUNERAL HOME
THEY START TO TAKE PICTURES OF BIANCA'S BODY
HE SAYS, "THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A SELF-INFLICTED WOUND TO
ME." Reporter: AS FBI AGENTS MADE
THEIR WAY THROUGH ZAMBIA IN 2019 INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF
BIANCA RUDOLPH, THEY WANTED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A PART OF THE
STORY THEY FOUND ODD THE DAY AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH,
HER BODY WAS TAKEN HERE TO LUSAKA, THE CAPITAL CITY OF
ZAMBIA, WHERE IT WAS TO UNDERGO A POSTMORTEM EXAM, ALL STANDARD
PROCEDURE, UNTIL LARRY CAUGHT EVERYBODY OFF GUARD WHEN HE
INSISTED HIS WIFE'S BODY BE CREMATED
THE AUTOPSY PROCEEDED, BUT WHEN ZAMBIAN POLICE WANTED TO CONDUCT
THEIR OWN POST-MORTEM EXAM, LARRY INSISTED IT BE CANCELLED
INSTEAD, AS THE FBI LEARNED, HE HAD OTHER, MORE URGENT
PRIORITIES, WHICH HE MADE CLEAR WHEN HE CALLED THE US CONSULATE
ABOUT BIANCA TO REPORT THE DEATH AND THEN
JUST TO SAY, "I NEED HER BODY CREMATED BECAUSE I NEED TO TAKE
IT BACK TO THE STATES. Reporter: PAM FLICK IS A
FORMER FBI SPECIAL AGENT AND ANALYST FOR NBC NEWS
SHE DIDN'T WORK ON THE RUDOLPH INVESTIGATION BUT REVIEWED THE
CASE FOR US. SO THE CONSULATE GENERAL
TALKS TO HIM A LITTLE BIT. AND LARRY KEEPS KINDA GOING BACK
TO, "NO, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. I NEED THIS CREMATION
EXPEDITED. AND LARRY JUST KEPT PUSHING,
PUSHING, PUSHING THE CREMATION IT HAS TO BE DONE NOW.
AND HE THINKS, "THIS IS KIND OF ODD.
Reporter: THE CONSULAR CHIEF TOLD THE FBI THAT HE HEARD FROM
THE FUNERAL HOME SOME 48 HOURS AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH, SAYING HER
BODY WAS SCHEDULED FOR CREMATION THE VERY NEXT DAY AND HE HAD A
"BAD FEELING ABOUT THE SITUATION," WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS
MOVING "TOO QUICKLY. SO UNBEKNOWNST TO LARRY, HE
RACED OVER TO THE FUNERAL HOME WHERE BIANCA'S BODY WAS BEING
HELD AND BROUGHT ALONG TWO SECURITY AGENTS AND A CAMERA
AND THEY START TO TAKE PICTURES OF BIANCA'S BODY TO
MAKE THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY
Reporter: BUT WHEN THE CONSULAR CHIEF SAW BIANCA'S
GAPING CHEST WOUND, HE WAS CONCERNED.
HE'S A FORMER MARINE AND HAS SEEN GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
AND LOOKS AT THIS AND SAYS, "THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A
SELF-INFLICTED WOUND TO ME." MAYBE THIS ISN'T -- UHM AN
ACCIDENT Reporter: SO, PICTURES OF THE
WOUND WERE TAKEN AS THEY MIGHT BE NEEDED AS PART OF THE
INVESTIGATION. MEANWHILE, TWO HOURS AWAY IN
MUMBWA, ZAMBIAN DETECTIVES WERE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW AND WHY
BIANCA RUDOLPH WAS KILLED. THIS WAS A HIGH-PROFILE CASE
INVOLVING A PROMINENT AMERICAN, SO ZAMBIAN POLICE MANAGEMENT AND
THE US EMBASSY JOINTLY DECIDED TO MOVE THE INVESTIGATION TO THE
HEADQUARTERS IN LUSAKA INVESTIGATORS IN THE CAPITAL
CITY NOW TOOK OVER THE CASE AND REVIEWED THE EVIDENCE.
THEY ALSO CONDUCTED A DROP TEST WITH THE GUN TO SEE IF IT WOULD
FIRE WHEN IT HIT THE FLOOR IT DIDN'T.
WHICH CONFLICTED WITH THE THEORY THAT BIANCA'S DEATH WAS
ACCIDENTAL NEVERTHELESS JUST DAYS LATER --
THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
Reporter: THE REPORT FROM LUSAKA POLICE ALSO SAID, "THE
FIREARM WAS LOADED FROM THE PREVIOUS HUNTING ACTIVITIES AND
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WERE NOT TAKEN CAUSING THE FIREARM TO
ACCIDENTALLY FIRE. WHICH CAME AS A TOTAL SURPRISE
TO THE RUDOLPHS' GAME SCOUT, SPENCER KAKOMA
THAT GUN WOULD'VE BEEN CLEANED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND CHECKED
YES, YES, TO ME I EVEN SAW BIANCA RUDOLPH
CLEANING IT. Reporter: YOU SAW HER
YOURSELF -- YES, I SAW HER.
Reporter: -- CLEANING IT? I SAW HER MYSELF.
Reporter: ASSUMING SPENCER KAKOMA'S ACCOUNT WAS
TRUE, HOW COULD BIANCA HAVE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF?
SPENCER TOLD US THAT HE WAS CONVINCED THE GUN WAS BOTH CLEAN
AND UNLOADED WHEN THE RUDOLPHS WENT TO BED THE NIGHT BEFORE HER
DEATH. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT SOMEONE HAD
TO HAVE PUT A SHOTGUN SHELL BACK INTO THE GUN AFTER SHE CLEANED
IT EXACTLY
BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS HANDLING THE SHOTGUN.
Reporter: SOMEONE PURPOSELY PUT A SHELL IN THERE
100%. Reporter: SPENCER WOULDN'T
SPECULATE AS TO WHO THAT MIGHT BE, BUT HE DID SAY THERE WAS
SOMETHING ELSE THAT BOTHERED HIM ABOUT BIANCA'S DEATH, LARRY'S
STORY. REMEMBER, LARRY SAID HE WAS IN
THE SHOWER WHEN THE SHOT WAS FIRED.
BUT WHEN SPENCER HEARD THAT SHOT, HE RUSHED RIGHT TO THE
CABIN AND ONLY TO FIND LARRY FULLY DRESSED!
AS SEEN IN THIS PHOTO TAKEN SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING
JUST TOOK ME MAYBE 15 SECONDS
HOW CAN HE MANAGE TO PUT ON EVERYTHING
SHOES, T-SHIRT, A JEAN, A BELT SO, TO ME, IT WAS -- IT WAS LIKE
A PUZZLE Reporter: A PUZZLE WITH LOTS
OF PIECES. WE REACHED OUT TO ZAMBIAN POLICE
FOR COMMENT ON THEIR INVESTIGATION BUT DID NOT GET A
RESPONSE IN THE END, THEY CONCLUDED BIANCA HAD
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF AS LARRY HAD TOLD THEM.
THEY TOOK HIS WORD FOR IT BECAUSE LARRY HAD GIVEN
TESTIMONY TO THEM SAYING, "NO, THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT
I WAS IN THE OTHER ROOM. Reporter: SO, ZAMBIAN POLICE
CLEARED LARRY. NEAMA RAHMANI IS A FORMER
FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WHO STUDIED THE CASE
THERE WAS A LIMITED INVESTIGATION, BUT CERTAINLY
NOWHERE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
CASE Reporter: WHAT DIDN'T THEY
DO THEY DIDN'T CONDUCT THE TESTS
THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY HAVE LIMITED
RESOURCES. THEY DON'T HAVE THE TESTING THAT
WE DO. THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL
RESOURCES. THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENED
HERE Reporter: WITH THE ZAMBIAN
POLICE INVESTIGATION OVER, BIANCA'S CREMATION SOON
FOLLOWED AS FAR AS THE ZAMBIAN POLICE
WERE CONCERNED, THIS WAS CONSIDERED CASE CLOSED
IT WAS. THEY SPENT A MATTER OF DAYS
INVESTIGATING THIS CASE AND THEY CLOSED THEIR FILE.
Reporter: BIANCA'S FRIEND BETSY WANDTKE, HERSELF AN EXPERT
HUNTER, NEVER BELIEVED BIANCA SHOT HERSELF ACCIDENTALLY.
SHE WAS WAY TOO COMFORTABLE WITH FIREARMS AND HOW TO HANDLE
THEM, HOW TO CLEAN THEM, HOW TO PUT THEM AWAY.
Reporter: THERE'S ONLY THREE SCENARIOS HERE
I MEAN, ONE, IS THAT SHE KILLED HERSELF.
TWO, SHE KILLED HERSELF BY ACCIDENT
THREE, SHE WAS MURDERED. RIGHT
AND FOR HER TO PUT A GUN AWAY AND GET SHOT BY ACCIDENT, I
DON'T THINK THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN
Reporter: THE FBI'S FINDINGS REGARDING LARRY'S ACTIVITIES IN
AFRICA SEEMED TO CAST EVEN MORE DOUBT ON HIS STORY ABOUT
BIANCA'S "ACCIDENTAL" DEATH. AND INVESTIGATORS WOULD ALSO
LEARN ABOUT ONE MORE STRANGE SAFARI STORY INVOLVING
DR. LARRY RUDOLPH THAT HAPPENED AT THE VERY SAME HUNTING CAMP
WHERE HIS WIFE WAS KILLED. COMING UP --
FLASHBACK TO ONE DECADE AGO A DIFFERENT SAFARI
A BIZARRE INJURY AND GUNSHOTS
HE SHOT ALMOST THREE SHOTS. Reporter: LARRY DID
THAT'S HOW THEY RUSHED THERE. AN OMEN OF THE TRAGEDY TO
REVEALING. FROM THE SCENE AT THE CABIN TO
LARRY RUDOLPH'S BEHAVIOR AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH, THEY HAD
UNCOVERED A TREASURE TROVE OF CLUES, ALL CIRCUMSTANTIAL.
BUT ONE KEY PIECE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WAS MISSING
ZAMBIAN POLICE CONDUCTED TESTS ON THE SHOTGUN THAT KILLED
BIANCA, BUT THEY HADN'T KEPT IT. THE SHOTGUN WAS GIVEN BACK TO
LARRY. Reporter: BUT THE FBI DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE IT WAS. EVEN IF THEY COULDN'T FIND THE
WEAPON, MAYBE THEY COULD FIND A MOTIVE
THE FBI TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO THE INSURANCE CLAIMS LARRY FILED
AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH THEY FOUND OUT SHE HAD SEVERAL
POLICIES THE INSURANCE COMPANIES HAD
HIRED AN INVESTIGATIVE FIRM TO REVIEW THE CLAIMS.
ITS FINAL REPORT SAID, "POLICE CONCLUDED THE DEATH WAS
ACCIDENTAL, BUT THEY STILL HAVE UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS."
DESPITE THOSE QUESTIONS, THE INSURANCE COMPANIES PAID UP.
THE GRAND TOTAL -- $4.8 MILLION. AND THE FBI JUST WASN'T
SATISFIED -- JUST WASN'T SATISFIED
Reporter: -- WITH THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT HAD BEEN
DONE NO.
Reporter: THIS CASE WAS NOT CLOSED
NO, IT WASN'T Reporter: NOT BY A LONG SHOT.
NOPE. THERE IS A CITIZEN THAT WAS
POSSIBLY MURDERED OVERSEAS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT
Reporter: BUT REALLY, IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH DETECTIVE WORK
TO SEE THAT LARRY WAS SPENDING PLENTY OF CASH AFTER BIANCA'S
DEATH. HE BOUGHT FANCY CARS, BEGAN
CONSTRUCTION ON A BRAND-NEW HOME IN PARADISE VALLEY, AND TOOK
HIGH END VACATIONS ALL WITH HIS LONG TIME MISTRESS,
NOW PARTNER, LORI MILLIRON THREE RIVERS DENTAL EMPLOYEE
SHERRY HOUCK COULDN'T IGNORE HER SUSPICIONS
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT MONEY. YEAH.
Reporter: AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS OTHER LIFE HE'S
LIVING WITH LORI YEAH.
Reporter: HE COULD HAVE BOTH. THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN HE
WAS. Reporter: WAS THERE ANY PART
OF YOU THAT THOUGHT, "WHAT IF HE DID THIS?"
OF COURSE YEAH
I'D ALWAYS BE, LIKE, THINKING IN MY MIND, "DID YOU DO THIS?
DID YOU DO THIS? LIKE, ARE YOU REALLY THAT
PERSON COULD YOU BE THAT CRUEL?
Reporter: FBI AGENTS HAD THE SAME QUESTIONS, AND THEY HEARD A
BIZARRE STORY THAT SEEMED TO THEM LIKE A POSSIBLE PRECURSOR
OF WHAT HAPPENED TO BIANCA BIANCA'S DEATH WASN'T LARRY'S
FIRST INCIDENT HERE IN ZAMBIA. TEN YEARS EARLIER, HE SAYS WHILE
HE WAS OUT HERE FISHING IN THESE CROCODILE INFESTED WATERS, HE
LEARNED FIRST HAND JUST HOW DANGEROUS THE WILDLIFE CAN BE.
LARRY CLAIMED THAT HE WAS FISHING, AND WHEN HE WENT DOWN
TO GRAB HIS FISH OUT OF THE WATER, A CROCODILE CAME AND BIT
THE FISH AND INADVERTENTLY BIT HIS THUMB.
AND THEN, PULLING HIM INTO THE WATER WHERE HE WRESTLED AROUND
WITH THE CROCODILE, WAS ABLE TO GET HIMSELF FREE, SWIM TO SHORE,
AND CALL FOR HELP. Reporter: ACCORDING TO LARRY,
HE SOMEHOW MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPED WITH JUST THAT ONE INJURY, A
PARTIALLY BITTEN-OFF THUMB BACK IN THE STATES, SOME PEOPLE
WHO KNEW LARRY THOUGHT HIS BATTLE WITH THE CROCODILE WAS
DOWNRIGHT FISHY, ESPECIALLY MEMBERS OF SAFARI CLUB
INTERNATIONAL. I'VE SEEN CROCODILE ATTACKS,
YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S FILMED. I NEVER SAW ONE LIVE
BUT A TEN-FOOT CROCODILE TAKIN' OFF THE TIP OF THE THUMB ONLY?
Reporter: YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF THE THUMB IN THIS VIDEO
THAT LARRY MADE AND POSTED ON YOUTUBE.
SPENCER KAKOMA, THE GAME SCOUT AT KAFUE NATIONAL PARK, HEARD
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, OR AT LEAST WHAT LARRY SAID HAPPENED, THAT
DAY AT KAFUE RIVER HE ALSO HEARD THAT LARRY WAS NOT
ONLY CARRYING A FISHING ROD THAT DAY.
HE WAS CARRYING A RIFLE. I WAS TOLD THAT HE SHOT
ALMOST THREE SHOTS Reporter: THREE SHOTS
THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS SIGNAL
THAT'S HOW THEY RUSHED THERE. THEY FIND HIM WITH THE -- THE
HALF FINGER. Reporter: THEY FIND LARRY
WITH A HALF THUMB. YES
Reporter: BUT NO CROCODILE. THE HUNTING GUIDE AND CAMP STAFF
TOLD THE FBI THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A CROCODILE.
THEY THOUGHT LARRY FIRED HIS GUN FOR AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
REASON THEY SURMISED THAT LARRY HAD
SHOT HIS THUMB OFF Reporter: TO THE FBI, THE
ENTIRE EPISODE SEEMED SUSPICIOUS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
LEARNED LARRY FILED AN INSURANCE CLAIM RIGHT AFTER THE INCIDENT
HE WAS ABLE TO GET, I BELIEVE, A $30,000 A MONTH
DISABILITY PAYMENT Reporter: WOW
THAT'S -- I MEAN, PAINFUL BUT LUCRATIVE.
YES, VERY LUCRATIVE Reporter: OVER THE NEXT
15 YEARS, LARRY COLLECTED AT LEAST $3.5 MILLION IN DISABILITY
INSURANCE. HE STILL HAD HIS BUSINESS
HE JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK IT ANYMORE, RIGHT
SO HE CAN GO OUT AND DO HIS HUNTING.
DIDN'T STOP HIM FROM HUNTING Reporter: FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVED THE CROCODILE STORY MIGHT BE
EVIDENCE OF PLANNING AND MOTIVE. IF LARRY WAS WILLING TO SHOOT
HIMSELF TO COLLECT INSURANCE MONEY, WOULD HE SHOOT HIS WIFE
TO COLLECT EVEN MORE THAT QUESTION, ALONG WITH
LARRY'S RUSH TO CREMATE BIANCA'S BODY AND HIS AFFAIR WITH LORI,
WERE ALL INTRIGUING. BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO CHARGE
LARRY WITH MURDER. NOT YET.
SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO BOIL OVER
YEAH. YEAH
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GOING TO BE
AS BIG AS IT WAS COMING UP --
LARRY, LORI, AND A COUPLE OF COCKTAILS.
A BARTENDER OVERHEARS AN OVERHEATED CONVERSATION.
YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP AT THAT MOMENT.
Reporter: ARE YOU 100% SURE YOU HEARD WHAT YOU HEARD
IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR. A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SAID, "HEY,
YOU NEED TO GO TO THE POLICE ABOUT THIS."
Reporter: IT WAS EARLY 2020, MORE THAN 3 YEARS SINCE
BIANCA RUDOLPH'S TRAGIC DEATH. LIFE IN PARADISE -- VALLEY, THAT
IS -- WAS GOOD FOR DR. LARRY RUDOLPH AND
LORI MILLIRON. THEY WERE BUILDING A NEW MANSION
AND HAD PLENTY OF MONEY TOO. WHEN THEY WEREN'T TRAVELING THE
WORLD, LARRY AND LORI WERE OFTEN AT THEIR REGULAR SPOT, STEAK 44.
BARTENDER BRIAN LOVELACE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO SEE THEM
THEY CAME IN OFTEN, PROBABLY TWICE A MONTH.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SPENT A LOT OF MONEY
Reporter: LORI AND LARRY USUALLY SAT RIGHT AT THE BAR,
WHERE BRIAN SERVED THEM MARTINIS, FOLLOWED BY BIG
STEAKS THEY WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER AND
VERY KIND AND NICE TO EACH OTHER.
Reporter: ONE NIGHT LARRY AND LORI WERE AT THEIR USUAL PLACE
AT THE BAR IT WAS BUSY.
DRINKS FLOWING THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, BRIAN
SAID, SOMETHING HAPPENED BETWEEN THEM
IT WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATION THAT YOU COULD TELL
THAT THEY WERE HAVING. AND THERE WAS A MOMENT OF
SILENCE WHERE THE MUSIC HAD CHANGED FROM SONG TO SONG.
Reporter: THAT'S WHEN BRIAN HEARD SOMETHING HE'LL NEVER
FORGET HE SAID TO LORI, "I KILLED MY
EFFING WIFE FOR YOU. Reporter: MY GOSH
AND YOU COULD HEAR A PIN DROP AT THAT MOMENT
Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU HEAR THAT?
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT TO PROCESS IN THAT MOMENT
YEAH. IT'S A LOT TO PROCESS.
AND THE VERY FIRST THING I WAS THINKING IS "WELL, I KILLED MY
WIFE FOR YOU." WELL, WHO'S LORI
I THOUGHT LORI WAS HIS WIFE. Reporter: BRIAN SAYS LORI
STORMED OUT, UPSET, RED FACED. LARRY QUICKLY PAID THE BILL AND
ALSO RUSHED OUT. ARE YOU 100% SURE YOU HEARD WHAT
YOU HEARD? YES
I'M 100% SURE. THERE'S DEFINITELY NO DOUBT.
IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR Reporter: LATER THAT NIGHT,
BRIAN TOLD HIS WIFE AMBER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
WORD OF THE INCIDENT ALSO SPREAD FAST AMONG THE OTHER BARTENDERS
VIA A GROUP TEXT SO THERE WAS A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE IN THE GROUP CHAT THAT SAID, "HEY, YOU NEED TO GO TO
THE POLICE ABOUT THIS. AND I SAID, "NO, THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH INFORMATION WHAT AM I GONNA SAY TO THE
POLICE?" Reporter: AMBER AGREED.
REMEMBER, AT THIS POINT, SHE AND BRIAN DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
BIANCA'S DEATH I'M LIKE, "I DON'T THINK YOU
SHOULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. Reporter: SO THEY LET IT GO
WEEKS WENT BY. THE LARRY-LORI BAR BLOW-UP
SEEMED TO FADE AWAY. UNTIL --
ONE OF THE BARTENDERS SENT A LINK TO ALL OF US.
AND THAT LINK HAD SHOWN DR. LARRY RUDOLPH'S WIFE WAS
KILLED BY ACCIDENT ON SAFARI IN AFRICA
EXTREMELY SHOCKING TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND SO, OF COURSE, READ THE ARTICLE AND SAW, "WOW, OKAY,
LORI IS NOT HIS WIFE HE DID HAVE A WIFE
AND SHE DID DIE. Reporter: BRIAN WAS
CONFLICTED CALL THE POLICE OR JUST CLAM UP?
SO I WAS HUNG ON THAT AND THINKING, "WELL, IT WAS
INVESTIGATED AND IT WAS DEEMED AN ACCIDENT.
I DIDN'T WANT BRIAN SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS GUY.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S CAPABLE OF
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN. IF HE WERE TO GET HIM IN
TROUBLE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF POWER HE HAS TO MAYBE AFFECT
OUR LIVES. Reporter: DID YOU LEAVE IT
THERE THEN I FELT THAT I SHOULD LEAVE IT
ALONE. Reporter: NEARLY TWO YEARS
PASSED IT WAS DECEMBER 2021
FIVE YEARS SINCE BIANCA'S DEATH. THE FBI KNEW NOTHING ABOUT
BRIAN LOVELACE AND THE BAR INCIDENT
BUT THEY KEPT INVESTIGATING BIANCA'S DEATH
THE AGENCY STARTED CONDUCTING A SERIES OF BALLISTICS TESTS IN
THEIR LAB WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT A TARGET RANGING FROM HALF AN
INCH TO A LITTLE OVER NINE FEET AWAY
THE SHOTGUN PELLETS LEFT A UNIQUE PATTERN
THE FBI THEN COMPARED THAT PATTERN TO PHOTOS OF BIANCA'S
WOUND. REMEMBER, THOSE WERE THE PHOTOS
TAKEN BY THE CONSULAR CHIEF IN ZAMBIA JUST DAYS AFTER BIANCA
DIED THE SHOT PATTERN WAS
CONSISTENT WITH A SHOT THAT WAS FIRED FROM ONE TO THREE FEET
Reporter: NOT RIGHT UP AGAINST HER CHEST.
NOT RIGHT UP AGAINST HER CHEST.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THAT THERE'S NO WAY ON EARTH SHE
WAS ABLE TO SHOOT THAT GUN Reporter: SO WHO DID?
THE FBI HAD A PRIME SUSPECT. NOT IN AFRICA OR ARIZONA, BUT
MEXICO COMING UP --
MEXICAN POLICE CAME IN, STARTED ASKING FOR PEOPLE'S
PASSPORTS. AN ARREST IN THE CASE AT
LAST I WAS JUST IN SHOCK
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
A SPECIAL PLACE FOR LARRY RUDOLPH AND LORI MILLIRON.
THEY VISITED OFTEN, BROUGHT LORI'S KIDS, EVEN BOUGHT A CONDO
THERE. BUT EVERYTHING CHANGED IN
DECEMBER 2021, ACCORDING TO ATTORNEY JOHN DILL
THEY WERE FLYING DOWN THERE FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
WHEN THEY LANDED, LORI SEES MEXICAN POLICE LINING UP ON THE
TARMAC THEY CAME IN
THEY STARTED ASKING FOR PEOPLE'S PASSPORTS.
Reporter: WOW AND THAT'S WHEN HE WAS PUT IN
JAIL AND DETAINED. Reporter: THE NEXT DAY,
U.S. MARSHALS ESCORTED LARRY BACK TO THE STATES
MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH,
DR. LARRY RUDOLPH WAS ARRESTED FOR MURDER AND FOR DEFRAUDING
THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT PAID HIM MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS. FACING LIFE IN PRISON, HE WAS
BEING HELD IN DENVER, HOME TO ONE OF THOSE INSURANCE
COMPANIES. HE SPOKE WITH LORI BY PHONE FROM
JAIL THE RECORDINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN
HEARD ON TELEVISION UNTIL NOW. I'M JUST MORE DEPRESSED NOW
THAN I THOUGHT I COULD EVER BE OH, I'M SO SORRY, BABY.
IT'S A BAD PLACE, LORI. YEAH.
YEAH, IT'S A REALLY BAD PLACE. YOU'RE LOCKED IN A CELL
23 HOURS A DAY NOT GOOD, MAN.
Reporter: TWO WEEKS AFTER LARRY'S ARREST, LORI FLEW TO
DENVER TO SUPPORT HIM AT A DETENTION HEARING IN FEDERAL
COURT. THIS WAS A KEY HEARING ACCORDING
TO FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR NEAMA RAHMANI.
THE PROSECUTORS BELIEVED THAT LARRY RUDOLPH WAS A FLIGHT RISK
AND A DANGER AND ARGUED FOR NO BOND
THE DEFENSE TRIED TO CONVINCE THE JUDGE TO ALLOW HIM TO REMAIN
ON HOUSE ARREST. BUT THE JUDGE SAID, "ABSOLUTELY
NOT -- I'M NOT GONNA TREAT LARRY RUDOLPH DIFFERENTLY JUST
BECAUSE HE HAS A LOTTA MONEY." Reporter: THE JUDGE DENIED
BAIL LARRY WOULD STAY IN JAIL
AS FOR LORI, SHE'D RECEIVED A SUBPOENA TO APPEAR BEFORE THE
GRAND JURY SHE TALKED TO LARRY ABOUT IT IN
THAT PHONE CALL. I WILL BE THERE
AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST. YOU KNOW
WELL -- WELL, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT
DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. NO, I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT
IT DON'T -- DON'T -- JUST, UH,
DON'T SAY ANYTHING IT'S OKAY.
IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S ALL GOOD.
SO SHE GOES IN FRONT OF THE GRAND JURY
AND NOW THEY'RE PULLING OUT FINANCIAL RECORDS AND THEY'RE
PUTTING EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF HER.
Reporter: THAT VERY SAME DAY, THE GRAND JURY INDICTED LARRY
FOR MURDER, WHICH WAS BIG NEWS, ESPECIALLY FOR HIS HOMETOWN OF
PITTSBURGH AND NBC STATION WPXI. DR. LAWRENCE RUDOLPH STARTED
THREE RIVER'S DENTAL, BUT NOW HE'S ACCUSED BY THE FEDS OF
ACTUALLY MURDERING HIS WIFE, AND ALL TO COLLECT MILLIONS IN LIFE
INSURANCE. Reporter: DR. RUDOLPH ENTERED
A NOT GUILTY PLEA. I WAS JUST IN SHOCK, YOU
KNOW, LIKE, WOW. AFTER ALL THIS TIME, THIS IS
REALLY HAPPENING NOW Reporter: SHERRY'S FORMER
CO-WORKER ANNA GRIMLEY FELT A SENSE OF RELIEF.
I FELT LIKE MAYBE JUSTICE WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING CORRECT,
ESPECIALLY FOR BIANCA. SHE DIDN'T HAVE A VOICE.
SO TO HEAR THAT HE WAS ARRESTED, IT FELT GOOD THAT THE FBI
ACTUALLY PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER COMPLETELY WITH
EVERYBODY. Reporter: BUT NOT EVERYBODY
FELT THAT WAY. SHERRY HOUCK SAID THAT LARRY'S
DAUGHTER ANABIANCA NEVER WAVERED IN HER SUPPORT FOR HIM
HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT, EVER
Reporter: DID SHE EVER EXPRESS THAT THIS IS UNFAIR?
WELL, SHE DIDN'T EVER WANT TO BELIEVE HER FATHER DID THIS.
Reporter: SHOCKWAVES FROM LARRY'S ARREST REACHED ALL THE
WAY TO PHOENIX AND NBC STATION KPNX
HE TOLD INVESTIGATORS THAT SHE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HERSELF.
NOW HE IS UNDER ARREST ACCUSED OF MURDER.
Reporter: WHICH WAS STUNNING NEWS TO BARTENDER
BRIAN LOVELACE THAT REALLY CHANGED THINGS.
TO ACTUALLY READ THAT HE WAS INDICTED FOR MURDER --
THE FBI DOESN'T REOPEN CASES, YOU KNOW, TO LOSE THEM
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE Reporter: BRIAN STILL DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE CONVERSATION HE'D OVERHEARD
BETWEEN LARRY AND LORI BUT ONE OF HIS CO-WORKERS AT
STEAK 44 APPARENTLY THOUGHT SHE KNEW WHAT TO DO.
THE CO-WORKER HAD A NICKNAME -- NANCY DREW
NANCY DREW LOVES TO INVESTIGATE PRETTY MUCH ANY AND
ALL SITUATIONS THAT -- THAT SEEM SUSPICIOUS
AND SHE TOOK IT UPON HERSELF TO CONTACT THE FBI.
Reporter: OH, MY. SO SHE GAVE ME A HEADS-UP,
SAID, "YOU KNOW, SORRY, BUT THE FBI IS GONNA BE CALLING YOU.
Reporter: WHAT'D YOU SAY? I SAID, "ARE YOU CRAZY?
DON'T YOU THINK THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD'VE TALKED
TO ME ABOUT FIRST? Reporter: AS FBI AGENTS MADE
THEIR WAY TO PHOENIX TO TALK TO BRIAN, THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE
THE GOVERNMENT WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON
LORI MILLIRON. LORI AND LARRY'S AFFAIR WAS A
HUGE PIECE OF THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL PUZZLE AND THE REASON THAT LARRY
HAD A MOTIVE TO KILL BIANCA. Reporter: LORI WAS BACK IN
PHOENIX MANAGING THE DENTAL PRACTICE REMOTELY.
MEANWHILE, THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE TRANSCRIPT OF HER GRAND JURY TESTIMONY
FORMER PROSECUTOR RAHMANI READ THE TRANSCRIPT TOO
LORI WAS VERY EVASIVE DURING THE GRAND JURY TESTIMONY
THERE WERE A LOT OF "I DON'T RECALLS," "I DON'T REMEMBER.
AND HER STORY SHIFTED OVER TIME. Reporter: SIX WEEKS AFTER SHE
TESTIFIED, LORI'S ATTORNEY JOHN DILL GOT A SURPRISE CALL
FROM THE FBI SAYING, "HEY, DO YOU
REPRESENT LORI MILLIRON? I WAS LIKE, "LORI -- YEAH, I
REPRESENT LORI." "WELL, WE'RE OUTSIDE HER HOUSE
AND WE'RE GOING TO ARREST HER. Reporter: FEDERAL AGENTS HAD
A WARRANT FOR LORI'S ARREST. THEY SEARCHED HER, PUT HER IN
SHACKLES TO APPEAR IN FRONT OF THE COURT.
Reporter: WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY ALLEGING SHE DID?
THEY'RE ALLEGING THAT LORI WENT IN FRONT OF THE GRAND JURY
AND GAVE MISLEADING ANSWERS TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS, SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH DR. RUDOLPH AND ABOUT THE WAY
THAT HE WAS SUPPORTING HER ESSENTIALLY.
Reporter: LORI WAS INDICTED FOR OBSTRUCTION, PERJURY, AND
ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT SHE APPEARED IN COURT IN DENVER
TO PLEAD NOT GUILTY, BUT THE JUDGE ALLOWED HER TO GO HOME TO
PHOENIX WHERE SHE WOULD BE UNDER HOUSE ARREST
AS A CONDITION OF HER BOND, THE JUDGE ORDERED LORI NOT TO HAVE
ANY CONTACT WITH LARRY AS LORI'S ATTORNEY TOLD US AT
THE TIME - THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. Reporter: BUT THEY STILL SAY
THEY'RE TOGETHER THEY'RE STILL TOGETHER.
I MEAN, I BELIEVE THEY'RE BOTH IN A HORRIBLE SITUATION.
Reporter: FORMER PROSECUTOR RAHMANI BELIEVED THE WHOLE
SITUATION WAS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S STRATEGY.
PROSECUTORS WANTED TO TRAP LORI AND GET HER TO FLIP ON
LARRY. THAT WAS THEIR ENTIRE STRATEGY
HERE Reporter: MAYBE PROSECUTORS
FELT THEY NEEDED LORI'S HELP LARRY HAD HIRED A HIGH POWERED
DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHO WAS CONFIDENT HE COULD TAKE THE
GOVERNMENT'S CASE APART. THIS IS ALL THEATER
THIS IS ALL TRYING TO SAY, "LOOK AT ALL THIS SMOKE," WHEN THEY
DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF OF FIRE CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS ARE ABOUT,
"DO YOU HAVE THE GOODS DO YOU HAVE THE PROOF?
AND THEY DON'T HAVE IT COMING UP --
THE DEFENSE QUESTIONS EVERYTHING
THE GUN. THERE'S NO PROOF THAT LARRY
RUDOLPH PULLED THE TRIGGER THE CREMATION
HER WILL SHOWED THAT SHE IN FACT WANTED TO BE CREMATED
HE LOVED HER VERY MUCH, AND HE DID NOT DO THIS
WHEN "DATELINE" CONTINUES
YEARS HAD PASSED SINCE BIANCA RUDOLPH'S DEATH AND HER
HUSBAND, LARRY, WAS NOW BEHIND BARS AT A DENVER JAIL.
THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY FROM ZAMBIA'S KAFUE NATIONAL PARK
WHERE BIANCA HAD BEEN SHOT PROSECUTORS THOUGHT LARRY
MURDERED HER AND THAT THEY COULD GET LARRY'S LONGTIME LOVER,
LORI MILLIRON, TO FLIP AND TESTIFY AGAINST HIM.
SO SAID LORI'S ATTORNEY, JOHN DILL, WHO ALSO SAID THIS.
IF LORI KNEW SOMETHING AND -- AND HAD SOMETHING TO GIVE THEM,
THEN I COULD UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD HOPE THAT.
THE PROBLEM IS THEY -- THEY'VE GOT THE FACTS WRONG AND SO SHE
CAN'T BE THE STAR WITNESS FOR A THEORY OF THE TRUTH THAT DOESN'T
EXIST. Reporter: DID SHE HAVE ANY
INVOLVEMENT IN BIANCA'S DEATH WHETHER IT WAS BEFORE? AFTER
ABSOLUTELY NOT. LORI MILLIRON HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH LYING BEFORE THE GRAND JURY
SHE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS DEATH, THAT SHE HASN'T TRIED TO
COVER ANYTHING UP. Reporter: LORI DENIED EVER
GIVING LARRY AN "ULTIMATUM" TO GET RID OF BIANCA AND LORI DID
NOT FLIP ON HIM. INSTEAD, SHE WOULD TAKE HER
CHANCES AT TRIAL SO NOW, WITHOUT LORI'S TESTIMONY
PROSECUTORS LOOKED TO BOLSTER THEIR CASE
THAT LED THEM TO, OF ALL PLACES, THE TINY TOWN OF
YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO, AND THIS UNASSUMING HOUSE HEADQUARTERS OF
A COMPANY CALLED ANTHROTECH. Reporter:
DR. BRUCE BRADTMILLER IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING EXPERTS ON
THE STUDY OF PEOPLE'S PERSONAL MEASUREMENTS
WHETHER IT'S THEIR ARM LENGTH, LEG LENGTH OR OVERALL
HEIGHT OR WHATEVER Reporter: NOT SOMETHING THAT
YOU WOULD USUALLY APPLY TO A CRIME, A POTENTIAL CRIME
DEFINITELY NOT. Reporter: THAT IS, UNTIL
DR. BRADTMILLER GOT A CALL FROM AN FBI AGENT ABOUT THE
BIANCA RUDOLPH INVESTIGATION HE GAVE ME THE BROAD OUTLINES
OF THE CASE. Reporter: SO, SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED ALL THE WAY IN ZAMBIA IN AFRICA HAS NOW LANDED HERE IN
YOUR LAP IN YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO
IT DID. Reporter: CRAZY
TOTALLY CRAZY Reporter: THE FBI WANTED
DR. BRADTMILLER TO LEND HIS EXPERTISE AND CONFIRM THEIR
FINDINGS, THAT BIANCA RUDOLPH COULD NOT HAVE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
HERSELF. WE'RE GOING TO HAND YOU A
SHOTGUN AND A SHOTGUN BAG. Reporter: SO, HE RECRUITED
36 ADDITIONAL WOMEN AND CONDUCTED AN EVEN MORE EXTENSIVE
EXPERIMENT, BEGINNING WITH A SIMPLE BEHAVIORAL STUDY.
PLEASE PLACE THE SHOTGUN IN THE BAG.
WE GAVE THE WOMEN, HERE'S THE GUN, HERE'S THE BAG, PUT IT IN
AND ZIP IT UP NOBODY POINTED IT AT THEMSELVES.
THIS PART POINT IT AT YOUR HEART.
Reporter: BUT IF LARRY'S STORY WAS TRUE, BIANCA MUST HAVE
SOMEHOW POINTED THE GUN AT HERSELF.
DR. BRADTMILLER TRIED TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT WAS EVEN POSSIBLE.
I CAN'T -- I CAN'T RAISE IT IT WOULD BE SO DIFFICULT TO
POSITION THE GUN AT 90 DEGREES AND HAVE IT GO OFF ACCIDENTALLY.
I MEAN YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND,
YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD DO THAT? Reporter: WE WANTED A FIRST
HAD LOOK AT WHAT THE TEST ENTAILED, SO DR. BRADTMILLER
CONDUCTED IT ONE MORE TIME BRUCE MEASURES ANDREA.
"STRAIGHTEN YOUR FINGERS PERFECT.
YOU WOULD BE CERTAINLY WITHIN THE RANGE OF PEOPLE WE WOULD
HAVE BEEN MEASURING. HERE'S THE SHOTGUN AND NOTICE
THAT IT'S UNLOADED Reporter: THIS PART OF THE
TEST WAS MORE COMPLICATED AND CUMBERSOME
THIS IS REALLY HEAVY IT IS HEAVY
AND THE WEIGHT IS NOT DISTRIBUTED EVENLY THROUGHOUT
THE THING. Reporter: WE WANT TO
EMPHASIZE AGAIN, THAT THE GUN WAS NOT LOADED
I WANT YOU TO ZIP THE BAG, WHILE HOLDING THE MUZZLE AT
90 DEGREES TO YOUR CHEST Reporter: AND I'M TRYING TO
ZIP IT AND THEN PULLING THE TRIGGER?
RIGHT BUT YOU'RE NOT AT 90 DEGREES
Reporter: OKAY, 'CAUSE I CAN'T.
I'M NOT STRONG ENOUGH, AND THIS GUN IS TOO LONG AND TOO HEAVY.
YEAH. Reporter: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
IF THAT WASN'T HARD ENOUGH, THE LAST PART OF THE TEST REQUIRED
REACHING INSIDE THE CASE AND TOUCHING THE TRIGGER TO SEE IF
BIANCA COULD HAVE ACCIDENTALLY CAUSED THE GUN TO FIRE
THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. THERE'S NO WAY I COULD EVER GET TO THAT
TRIGGER. I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH IT.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE PARTICIPANT, YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS
EXACTLY THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE AND YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY GET
THERE. Reporter: THAT ONE PERSON OUT
OF THE ENTIRE TEST GROUP HE TOLD US, HAD UNUSUALLY FLEXIBLE
SHOULDERS, WHICH ALLOWED HER TO BARELY TOUCH THE TRIGGER
DID THAT GIVE YOU PAUSE THAT MAYBE BIANCA WAS ABLE TO REACH
THE TRIGGER? UH, IT CERTAINLY INTRODUCES A
TINY BIT OF DOUBT BUT THE FACT THAT NOBODY POINTED THE GUN AT
THEMSELVES GAVE ME PRETTY GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT THIS PROPOSED
SCENARIO WAS HIGHLY UNLIKELY Reporter: DR. BRADTMILLER
REPORTED HIS FINDINGS TO THE FBI.
WE FOUND IT EXTREMELY UNLIKELY THAT BIANCA HAD SOMEHOW
POSITIONED THE GUN AT HER CHEST AND THEN PULLED THE TRIGGER.
Reporter: COMPELLING? MAYBE, BUT WOULD IT BE
CONVINCING TO A JURY FINALLY, IN JULY 2022, ALMOST
6 YEARS AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH, THE CASE WENT TO COURT
LARRY AND LORI WOULD STAND TRIAL TOGETHER, IN THE SAME COURTROOM,
WITH THE SAME JURY DECIDING THEIR FATES.
SINCE THIS WAS A FEDERAL CASE, THERE WERE NO CAMERAS ALLOWED.
LARRY'S ATTORNEY, DAVID MARKUS, WAS CONFIDENT AS THE TRIAL
BEGAN. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE CHARGED
THIS CASE. ZAMBIANS, THE INSURANCE COMPANY
FOUND AN ACCIDENT. AND THERE'S NO PROOF THAT
LARRY RUDOLPH PULLED THE TRIGGER.
Reporter: NEW EVEN THOUGH DR. BRANDTMILLER'S STUDY
INDICATED BIANCA COULDN'T HAVE PULLED TRIGGER EITHER, LARRY'S
DEFENSE HAD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THEORY ON HOW SHE WAS
SHOT OUR POSITION IS THAT IT WAS
AN ACCIDENT THAT THE GUN DROPPED.
Reporter: ZAMBIA POLICE DID BALLISTIC TESTS AND THEY DID A
DROP TEST. YES
Reporter: AND THEY SAID THAT THE GUN DID NOT MISFIRE.
YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING. THE ZAMBIAN TEST WASN'T
VIDEOTAPED IT WASN'T DOCUMENTED
SO, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW THAT DROP TEST WAS CONDUCTED
Reporter: AND THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THE DEFENSE OR ANYONE
ELSE TO TEST THE GUN AGAIN, BECAUSE IT WAS GONE.
LARRY GOT RID OF IT IN THE YEARS AFTER BIANCA'S DEATH
BUT, MARKUS POINTED OUT THAT EVEN THE OWNER'S MANUAL WARNS OF
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE AS FOR THE OTHER EVIDENCE
AGAINST LARRY, THE DEFENSE SAID IT WAS MISLEADING OR FLAT OUT
WRONG. FOR EXAMPLE, BIANCA'S CREMATION.
Reporter: DID LARRY RUDOLPH HAVE HER CREMATED SO QUICKLY TO
DISPOSE OF EVIDENCE? NO.
AND THIS IS A CRAZY CLAIM MADE BY THE PROSECUTOR.
THEY BELIEVED THAT BIANCA RUDOLPH DID NOT WANT TO
BE CREMATED AND THAT GAVE THEM SOME SUSPICIONS.
AND HER WILL SHOWED THAT SHE, IN FACT, WANTED TO BE CREMATED.
Reporter: THERE IT WAS, SIGNED ON APRIL 25th, 2016,
ALMOST 6 MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH.
AT THE CORE OF THIS, DID LARRY RUDOLPH LOVE BIANCA?
HE LOVED HER VERY MUCH AND HE DID NOT DO THIS.
Reporter: HOW ARE LARRY'S CHILDREN HANDLING THIS
ARE THEY SUPPORTING HIM? LET ME TELL YOU
THEY BOTH LOVE THEIR FATHER. THEY SUPPORT THEIR FATHER.
THEY LOVE THEIR MOTHER TOO THEY KNOW THEIR FATHER BETTER
THAN ANYONE AND THEY SUPPORT HIM.
Reporter: ANABIANCA AND JULIAN SHOWED THAT SUPPORT BY
ATTENDING THE TRIAL, SITTING BEHIND THEIR FATHER.
THEY LISTENED AS THE PROSECUTION METHODICALLY OUTLINED THE
DETAILS SURROUNDING THEIR MOTHER'S DEATH
THIS WASN'T A SMOKING GUN CASE
THIS WAS A CASE ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE Reporter: THAT CIRCUMSTANTIAL
EVIDENCE INCLUDED FBI BALLISTICS TESTS, GUN TEST HERE
WHICH, ALONG WITH THOSE PHOTOS OF BIANCA'S WOUND, INDICATED
THAT THE GUN WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE TO THREE FEET AWAY FROM BIANCA'S
CHEST WHEN IT WENT OFF PROSECUTORS DETAILED THOSE
INSURANCE CLAIMS TOO, WHICH LARRY FILED WITHIN WEEKS OF
BIANCA'S DEATH, TOTALING $4.8 MILLION DOLLARS
A CLEAR MOTIVE, THEY SAID, TO CASH IN AND MOVE ON WITH
LORI MILLIRON. BUT IT WAS THAT CONVERSATION
BETWEEN LORI AND LARRY THAT THE PROSECUTION SAVED FOR LAST, THE
ONE BARTENDER BRIAN LOVELACE OVERHEARD THAT NIGHT AT STEAK
HE SAID TO LORI, "I KILLED MY
[ BLEEP ] WIFE FOR YOU." Reporter: BUT DURING CROSS
EXAMINATION, LARRY'S ATTORNEY ASSERTED LOVELACE DIDN'T HEAR
THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION IN CONTEXT.
ACCORDING TO THE DEFENSE, WHAT LARRY REALLY SAID WAS, "THEY
THINK I KILLED MY WIFE FOR YOU." THEY BEING THE FBI
LARRY NEVER CONFESSED TO KILLING HIS WIFE
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. IT JUST DID NOT HAPPEN
Reporter: WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT ARGUMENT
DID IT MAKE SENSE? IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
THAT ONE PHRASE WAS BY ITSELF. I'M POSITIVE OF WHAT I HEARD
Reporter: IN THE END, THE WHOLE TRIAL CAME DOWN TO ONE
WITNESS, DR. LARRY RUDOLPH HIMSELF.
COMING UP -- A FATHER-DAUGHTER CONVERSATION
THAT'S A HEARTBREAKER. WHY DID YOU LOVE LORI MORE
THAN YOU LOVED ME AND MOM AND JULIAN
AND LARRY RUDOLPH ON THE STAND.
IF HE WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE THOSE JURORS THAT THIS WAS AN
ACCIDENT, HE WOULD WALK. WHAT WOULD THE VERDICT BE?
Reporter: FOR TWO WEEKS, THE LEGAL DRAMA PLAYED OUT IN THIS
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN DENVER
THEN CAME THE WITNESS EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR.
SOMEONE THE DEFENSE HAD SAVED FOR LAST, AND BELIEVED WOULD
SEAL ITS CASE. THE DEFENDANT HIMSELF
DR. LARRY RUDOLPH. IT'S A HUGE RISK TO HAVE
LARRY TAKE THE STAND, OR IN THE CASE OF A CLIENT LIKE LARRY, HE
MAY HAVE INSISTED ON TAKING THE STAND.
Reporter: OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS, LARRY ANSWERED
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE THAT CABIN IN ZAMBIA.
LARRY TESTIFIED THAT WHEN HE HEARD THE SHOT THAT MORNING, HE
WAS IN THE BATHROOM, BUT NOT IN THE SHOWER AS THE GAME SCOUT HAD
SAID THAT'S WHY HE WAS FULLY DRESSED
IN THAT PHOTO FROM THE SCENE HE SAID HE'D RUSHED OUT, ONLY TO
SEE BIANCA LYING DEAD ON THE FLOOR.
A TEARFUL LARRY WAS EMPHATIC HE LOVED HIS WIFE
WOULD NEVER HARM HER BIANCA'S DEATH WAS SIMPLY A
TRAGIC ACCIDENT, HE SAID IF HE WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE
THOSE JURORS THAT THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT, HE WOULD WALK.
AND IF NOT, HE WOULD BE CONVICTED.
Reporter: LORI DIDN'T TAKE THE STAND, BUT HER DEFENSE
INSISTED SHE HAD NO PART IN BIANCA'S DEATH
ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JURORS GOT THE CASE WITH LARRY AND
LORI'S FATES IN THEIR HANDS. DAY ONE ENDED WITHOUT A VERDICT.
LARRY'S DEVOTED DAUGHTER, ANABIANCA, RETURNED TO
PITTSBURGH HER FATHER CALLED HER FROM JAIL.
HI, HONEY HOW YOU DOING?
Reporter: AND TALKED ABOUT TESTIFYING
THAT WAS HARD I'LL BET THAT WAS SCARY IN
FRONT OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE. NO, THAT DIDN'T SCARE ME.
IT WAS JUST HAVING TO RELIVE EVERYTHING, AND TALK ABOUT
EVERYTHING IT'S BEEN TOO MUCH, TOO LONG
Reporter: ANABIANCA WAS FEELING CONFIDENT IN THE JURY'S
MAYBE ACQUITTING HER FATHER. ANABIANCA FELT CONFIDENT THE
JURY WOULD ACQUIT HER FATHER GOD WILLING, YOU GET OUT OF
THERE SOON WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET
HOME AND FLY STRAIGHT TO PITTSBURGH
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING
UM, I'D LIKE TO COME TO PITTSBURGH
UH, STAY WITH YOU GUYS FOR A FEW DAYS
YOU CAN STAY HERE WITH ME AS LONG AS YOU WANT
Reporter: DAY TWO -- MONDAY HOURS PASSED, STILL NO WORD FROM
THE JURY THEN JUST MINUTES BEFORE COURT
ADJOURNED FOR THE DAY, A DECISION THAT MADE BIG NEWS IN
DENVER, WHERE THE TRIAL TOOK PLACE.
GUILTY VERDICT FOR A DENTIST ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING
HIS WIFE Reporter: LARRY WAS CONVICTED
OF ALL COUNTS. PREMEDITATED MURDER AND MAIL
FRAUD. LORI WAS CONVICTED OF BEING AN
ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT TO MURDER
SHE WAS CONVICTED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND CONVICTED OF
SOME, BUT NOT ALL OF THE PERJURY CHARGES.
BUT THAT WASN'T THE END OF THE STORY -- FAR FROM IT
AFTER THE VERDICT, LARRY MADE A CALL TO HIS DAUGHTER ANABIANCA
HONEY, DON'T CRY. I DIDN'T CALL TO UPSET YOU,
SWEETHEART I JUST CALLED TO TELL YOU I LOVE
YOU. HOW CAN THEY TAKE YOU AWAY
FROM ME? I NEVER EVEN GOT TO GIVE YOU
A -- A HUG I KNOW, HONEY
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU EITHER. Reporter: ANABIANCA WAS
ANGRY, AND NOT JUST AT THE PROSECUTORS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHY DID YOU LOVE LORI -- LORI
MORE THAN YOU LOVED ME, AND MOM, AND JULIAN
I DIDN'T, HONEY I DIDN'T
IT SURE FELT THAT WAY SHE WAS JUST MY FRIEND.
I NEEDED A FRIEND TO HAVE SEX WITH, THAT'S ALL
I'M YOUR FRIEND I'M YOUR FRIEND.
I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. I DEDICATED MY WHOLE LIFE TO
YOU. BECOMING A DENTIST TO FOLLOW IN
YOUR FOOTSTEPS I'M SO SORRY, HONEY
I NEVER WANTED ANY OF THIS TO HAPPEN, BABY
EVER, EVER, EVER Reporter: IN ANOTHER CALL,
ANABIANCA PLACED THE BLAME SQUARELY ON LORI
STUPID LORI RUINED OUR FAMILY
SHE MADE ME LOSE MY DAD. REMEMBER, HONEY WE CAN'T SAY
TOO MUCH ON THESE PHONES, OKAY I'M JUST SO BROKENHEARTED
Reporter: THE JUDGE ALLOWED LORI TO RETURN TO PHOENIX UNDER
HOUSE ARREST TO AWAIT SENTENCING
HELLO HEY, LARRY.
Reporter: FIVE DAYS AFTER THE VERDICT, LARRY CALLED LORI FROM
JAIL I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SAY
GOODBYE TO YOU, SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CALL.
I KNOW. I KNOW
I DIDN'T SPEAK TO YOU OR ANYTHING
TERRIBLE THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD.
Reporter: BOTH SEEMED STUNNED BY THE JURY'S DECISION
I TESTIFIED FOR FIVE HOURS. IT DIDN'T DO A DAMN BIT OF GOOD.
I KNOW. I KNEW WHEN THAT JURY CAME IN
AND THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT US THAT WE WERE IN TROUBLE
EXACTLY IF THEY DON'T LOOK AT YOU,
YOU'RE DONE. UH-HUH.
Reporter: LARRY SEEMED TO HAVE HIS OWN THEORY ABOUT WHY
THE JURY CONVICTED HIM I THINK IT ALL HAD TO DO WITH
HAVING GIRL -- GIRLFRIENDS, AFFAIRS, AND MONEY
'CAUSE YOU -- TO YOUR POINT, THERE'S NO -- THERE'S NO PROOF
OF ANYTHING. NO SOLID PROOF TO PUT ME AWAY.
RIGHT Reporter: BUT LORI HAD HER
OWN CONCERNS BIG ONES
REMEMBER -- SHE'D TURNED DOWN THE CHANCE TO TAKE A PLEA DEAL
AND TESTIFY AGAINST LARRY. EVEN THOUGH SHE'D BEEN FOUND
GUILTY, LORI HAD PLANNED TO RUN THREE RIVERS DENTAL UNTIL SHE
HAD TO REPORT TO PRISON. LORI ALSO THOUGHT SHE WOULD MOVE
INTO THE NEARLY FINISHED PARADISE VALLEY MANSION.
HERE SHE IS CHECKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO HER APPARENT SURPRISE, LORI
WAS FIRED -- BY LARRY'S SON -- AND CUT OFF FROM ALL THE
RUDOLPHS' BANK ACCOUNTS AND PROPERTIES
SHE VENTED ABOUT IT IN THAT JAIL CALL WITH LARRY.
PLEASE PROVIDE ME A WAY TO EARN A LIVING.
PLEASE I -- I'M WORKING ON IT.
I AM OKAY, PLEASE BECAUSE -- YOU
KNOW WHAT? THESE KIDS DON'T DESERVE
ANYTHING THEY REALLY DON'T.
THEY NEVER WORKED FOR ANY OF THIS LIKE YOU AND I HAVE
I'M WATCHING OUR BUSINESS CRUMBLE.
THEY'RE SUCH IDIOTS, 'CAUSE THEY'VE SHUT ALL THE CREDIT
CARDS OFF -- OH, BOY
TO SPITE ME Reporter: BESIDES HER LOSS OF
INCOME AND A PLACE TO LIVE, LORI HAD ANOTHER, VERY BIG PROBLEM.
BY TALKING TO LARRY, SHE WAS VIOLATING A COURT ORDER.
REMEMBER, LORI AND LARRY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE CONTACT
WHILE SHE WAS ON HOUSE ARREST. IT'S A MESS
I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING TO YOU
IT'S GONNA GET ME IN TROUBLE WITH MY BOND
ALL RIGHT I'LL LET YOU GO.
I'M SORRY. Reporter: THE U.S. ATTORNEYS
OFFICE POUNCED AND HAD LORI ARRESTED AGAIN.
SHE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO COLORADO, AND TO JAIL.
SHE WILL REMAIN THERE UNTIL SHE IS SENTENCED IN FEBRUARY 2023.
PROSECUTORS HAVE RECOMMENDED 15 YEARS IN PRISON
AS FOR LARRY RUDOLPH, HE FACES LIFE BEHIND BARS
LARRY DECLINED OUR INTERVIEW REQUEST.
HE NOW AWAITS HIS SENTENCING IN THIS FEDERAL LOCKUP IN PAHRUMP,
NEVADA THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY FROM THE
CABIN IN KAFUE NATIONAL PARK WHERE A FATAL SHOT ENDED THE
LIFE OF BIANCA, THE HUNTER, THE MOTHER, THE FRIEND
BIANCA WAS A BEAUTIFUL VIBRANT WOMAN.
Reporter: BETSY WANDTKE HOPES THE FOCUS CAN ONCE AGAIN BE ON
BIANCA'S MEMORY. SHE WAS THIS JUST WONDERFUL
WOMAN WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD
WITHOUT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT BIANCA, AND WHAT A GREAT WOMAN
SHE WAS, LARRY WINS. AND I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT
HAPPEN Lester: THAT'S ALL FOR THIS
EDITION OF "DATELINE." WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY
AT 9:00, 8:00 CENTRAL. AND, OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU
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