in december of 2021 esteemed pennsylvania dentist dr
lawrence rudolph was arrested and charged with the mysterious passing of his wife
authorities believe dr lawrence took her life to cash in on a hefty life insurance policy
which amounted to 4.8 million dollars during their investigation police uncovered some
bizarre details about lawrence's life that only made his case look worse than it already was
on paper dr lawrence is a successful dentist from pennsylvania his life seemed great however
those who knew the rudolphs knew there was much more going on behind the bright white smiles
particularly lawrence's relationship with his wife bianca they'd been married for 34 years up
until her passing in 2016. the couple met while lawrence was in school in pittsburgh they fell
in love and got married in 1982. lawrence and bianca spent those 34 years building a family
and a successful dental practice they had two beautiful children and two homes one in pittsburgh
one in arizona by all appearances the rudolphs were living the good life rife with money
family and prestige in reality the couple was just going through the motions
but why stay together for that long well according to their friends lawrence and bianca had their
unique reasons lawrence they say was always obsessed with money he built a business using his
own time talents and money in his mind the company and any profits earned from it were his by right
in the event of a divorce lawrence knew that he would lose at least half of his assets and cash
the breadwinning spouse almost always has to support the spouse who makes less money especially
if that spouse doesn't work at all in other words lawrence wouldn't divorce bianca because he didn't
want to lose his money on the other hand bianca had a more righteous reason for not divorcing
lawrence she was catholic traditionally catholics do not acknowledge illegal divorce according to
catholic doctrine the marriage is still active in the eyes of god meaning that bianca a devout
catholic would have been breaking religious law if she'd entered into another relationship
after divorcing larry entering into a relationship with someone outside the church or remarrying
outside the church is prohibited potentially resulting in excommunication for a devout catholic
excommunication is one of the worst things that can happen for that reason bianca wanted to avoid
breaking the rules at all costs even if that meant being married to larry in a loveless marriage that
was their relationship according to friends and the division only got worse from there since he
wasn't getting much love and attention from bianca and vice versa lawrence started seeing several
mistresses on the side clearly he didn't adhere to the same religious rule authorities now believe
that one of those mistresses is responsible for coaxing lawrence to take bianca's life every
doctor's office needs receptionists and medical assistants lawrence's pennsylvania dentist's
office was no exception dr lawrence owned three rivers dental group which served as the parent
company to five smaller dentist offices all around pennsylvania his main office was in greensburg
a town outside of pittsburgh needless to say lawrence was a successful dentist and an economic
pillar of his community cbs news estimates that dr lawrence was worth around 28 million dollars
naturally many young dental professionals in the pittsburgh area wanted to work for dr lawrence
one employee a manager named laurie milleron caught lawrence's attention lori started working
at three rivers group in the early 2000s at some point over the next 20 years laurie and lawrence
engaged in a passionate love affair the affair however morphed into a more serious relationship
as the years went by until lori decided she was tired of playing second fiddle after being with
dr lawrence for so long laurie eventually wanted more she felt like she was the true
woman in lawrence's life and shouldn't have to play second best to a wife he didn't even care
about so she gave lawrence a one-year ultimatum to leave bianca and sell his dental businesses
lawrence gave in to the ultimatum but still faced a major problem how would he leave bianca
without divorcing her and losing half of his money according to authorities lawrence decided the best
option was to take bianca out and not on a date though he still needed a way to get rid of her
without getting caught leading the wealthy dentist to devise a plan involving their favorite hobby
big game hunting lawrence was arguably more enthusiastic about hunting than dentistry and
though she didn't grow up hunting bianca was just as passionate about tracking down and
shooting big game animals their facebook pages are filled with pictures of lawrence and bianca
posing next to a large exotic animal they shot with guns in hand but they did much more than
just participate in the high-end sport lawrence ever the entrepreneur was the former president
of safari club international after working as the chief's communication officer lawrence was
also the president of the weatherby foundation an international hunting organization so was normal
and not at all suspicious when he and bianca flew to zambia for a hunting trip to shoot a leopard
lawrence didn't do much hunting during the zambia trip oddly enough the goal of the trip was for
bianca to shoot a leopard so lawrence stayed back while his wife pursued the big exotic cat
the hunt began on september 27th and even after two weeks of pursuit the couple still couldn't
track the leper down instead bianca hunted several other animals on the morning of october 11th the
couple decided it was time to leave camp around 5 30 a.m their hunting guide heard a loud boom
while eating in the nearby mess hall and moments later lawrence screamed for help he rushed towards
their cabin and found bianca lying on the floor she'd suffered a violent wound and an empty shell
was on the ground next to her the police arrived and interviewed lawrence who gave them his account
of the accident lawrence told zambian police that he was in the shower when he heard the
gunshot he then jumped out did everything he could called for help when his efforts failed he told
investigators that she must have accidentally discharged the weapon while putting it back in
the case the zambian authorities allowed lawrence to leave after taking care of his wife's funeral
arrangements when he got home however things got weird when you're the bread winner of the family
it's common to take out a life insurance policy in case something happens that way your family
and loved ones are cared for financially bianca was not the breadwinner in her and lawrence's
marriage it made no sense to take out a policy on her however records show that lawrence took out
not one not two but seven policies on his wife the total insurance payout as mentioned earlier
4.8 million dollars apparently lawrence felt he shouldn't let a money-making opportunity
slide by whether planned or not the slick move signaled suspicion to outside observers aka
official investigator as did lawrence's bizarre activity after bianca's funeral the police were
already looking into dr lawrence long before bianca's funeral after the accident lawrence
requested for bianca's body to be cremated as soon as the funeral was over his request
was eventually granted meanwhile lawrence's two children were trying to call him according to
records he ignored them for days they didn't even know what happened until a week after the fact
perhaps to throw the police off his trail lawrence invested some serious cash into bianca's funeral
from the outside looking in he did everything he could to give his wife a proper send out
then he dropped the ball the day after the funeral lawrence hopped on a flight to las vegas
initially he booked a flight for lori to take her from pittsburgh to phoenix however lori's flight
got cancelled the same day so he flew a different woman out to vegas and met up with her instead
lawrence says he was publicly declaring his relationship with this woman and investigators
were still skeptical consular chief from the u.s embassy felt uneasy about lawrence's story
from the get-go the chief a former marine examined bianca's body at the funeral home
focusing on her chest wounds he determined that the shot was fired from at least six and a half
feet if not eight feet away the discovery blew a massive hole in lawrence's story according to
him bianca hit point blank however judging by the spread of the wounds the chief determined that was
impossible knowing the body would soon be cremated the chief snapped pictures of bianca's
chest wounds and left the funeral home later on lawrence found out the chief at taking pictures
of his wife's body without permission was furious a different investigation conducted by a colorado
medical examiner concluded that in their opinion lawrence's story was impossible lawrence claimed
that the trigger was pulled from inside the case or bianca pulled the trigger accidentally with her
hands the examiner explained that the inside of the case couldn't have pulled the trigger
and bianca's arms are too short to reach the trigger while pointing the muzzle at her chest
for example bianca was only 5'4 and the brown 12 gauge shotgun was at least 28 inches long
the fbi conducted a reach test during their investigation and concluded that bianca couldn't
have reached the trigger even if she'd wanted to federal investigators also talked to people that
knew the rudolphs lawrence and bianca's friends told authorities all they knew giving lawrence
a motive was money their five-year investigation yielded other pieces of evidence including witness
testimonies of people who were in zambia at the time of bianca's accident one key witness
was the hunting guide's wife she told federal investigators she saw lawrence bribe zambian
officials into cremating bianca's body as quickly as possible witnesses were even more puzzled by
lawrence refusing to answer his children's phone calls lawrence told the consulate chief that the
kids calling him were from his previous marriage and not related to bianca by blood a crappy excuse
but one that would ultimately hold up in court the fbi also talked to a former three rivers employee
who told them about the ultimatum and lawrence's affair with lori between the reach test the
witness testimony and the life insurance claims the feds had enough evidence to finally slap the
cuffs on the evil dentist the fbi chose to arrest lawrence in cabo mexico for legal reasons they had
plenty of evidence but it was circumstantial federal authorities apprehended lawrence in
mexico where the allegedly self-made widower was vacationing for the winter agents sent lawrence
back to the united states on charges of capital crimes and wire fraud though proving he did
either will be tough due to the lack of concrete evidence lawrence's attorney has called the case
a witch hunt arguing that bianca's passing was a terrible accident and that both the insurance
companies and investigators agreed with lawrence's story his trial started in february of 2022
while lawrence is in jail awaiting trial who's running his businesses three rivers has completely
erased dr lawrence from the company website as of may 2022 the operation is headed by dr anna
rudolph lawrence and bianca's daughter who appears to have taken over the business from her father
according to the company's website that or she's a supermodel posing as a dentist the negative
publicity stemming from the fed's accusations has tarnished lawrence's reputation possibly
for the rest of his life he may win his trial in court but he's certainly lost in the court
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