Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! After Bianca Rudolph was fatally shot on her last day of an African safari, scandalous details emerged about her husband, Lawrence "Larry" Rudolph, who ran a successful Pennsylvania dental franchise. Bianca Rudolph went to Africa to hunt big game β but ended up becoming prey. The year-old was fatally shot in the chest on the final morning of a two-week hunting excursion in Zambia in October of He told those on the scene that Bianca had accidentally fired a shotgun while trying to pack it away as they prepared to head to the airport that last day of the trip, according to the "Safari Story" episode of Dateline: Unforgettable.
Bianca was comfortable around predators in far away places, but as any true crime fan knows, sometimes the real threat is hiding closer than you might think. Diddy Now? Bianca and Larry met more than three decades before Bianca's death, while they were both students at the University of Pittsburgh. Larry was enrolled at the dental school at the time. After tying the knot with Bianca, he opened his own successful dental practice, Three Rivers Dental. The couple found a way to connect through hunting.
Both avid hunters, they often traveled to Zambia to hunt big game at Kafue National Park, where they even had their own river-front cabin built. In the fall of , after 34 years of marriage, the couple headed to their beloved Zambia for another trip. Bianca, who was the only one hunting on this trip, had hoped to track down a leopard.
But after nearly two weeks without any luck, the couple prepared to head back to the United States for a family wedding. Bianca lay in a pool of blood. Nearby, her shotgun lay on the ground, still partially zipped in its case, although a hole had been torn through one end. Larry told Kakoma and camp manager Godfrey Necube that he had been in the bathroom when he heard the gunshot and that he ran out to find Bianca on the floor. Although he initially claimed he thought Bianca may have committed suicide, Larry later said he thought she had accidentally shot herself while trying to pack up the weapon.
Zambian police ruled that Bianca died after the weapon accidentally discharged. Just months after Bianca was fatally shot, Milliron moved in with Larry at his Phoenix property. Federal authorities headed to Zambia and launched an investigation into Bianca's death.
