Girlfriend of the dentist who killed his wife on safari sentenced to 17 years

Girlfriend of the dentist who killed his wife on safari sentenced to 17 years

Ana Rudolph, daughter of 57-year-old sufferer Bianca Rudolph, mentioned that Lori Milliron, 65, had “plotted to eliminate” her mom.

“Lori, you have taken my parents,” Rudolph mentioned on to Milliron, however “despite everything you have done you will never take my soul, this might be difficult to understand… because you don’t have one.”

Dentist Larry Rudolph was found guilty of murder and mail fraud in the 2016 shooting death of his wife in Zambia.
Dentist Larry Rudolph was discovered responsible of homicide and mail fraud within the 2016 capturing demise of his spouse in Zambia. (CNN)

Milliron was convicted final 12 months of perjury, being an adjunct to a homicide after the very fact and obstructing a grand jury in a case that’s garnered nationwide consideration.

She was charged alongside Lawrence “Larry” Rudolph, a US dentist who was convicted last year of fatally shooting his wife while on a 2016 hunting trip in Zambia.

His sentencing, originally set for this week, has been postponed.

John Dill, an attorney for Milliron, said the prison sentence was longer than what is typically dolled out for such charges, calling it “excessive” and vowing to appeal.

Dill argued that the convictions were merely based on Milliron’s perjury charges and do not implicate her in the execution of the crime.

Lawrence Rudolph's defense investigator, left, heads into federal court in Denver along with the dentist's children in 2022.
Lawrence Rudolph’s defense investigator, left, heads into federal court in Denver along with the dentist’s children in 2022. (CNN/AP)

Standing in front of the judge on Friday, Milliron insisted she was innocent of the crimes but said she was “sympathetic” to the Rudolph family.

Judge William J. Martínez argued that the long sentence was deserved because evidence pointed to Milliron “encouraging” the crime.

Martínez added that Milliron seemed “unrepentant” in part because he judged her emotionally unmoved when she was shown graphic images and listened to wrenching testimony during the trial.

After Bianca Rudolph’s death in 2016, Lawrence Rudolph claimed his wife accidentally shot herself while packing to leave Zambia for the United States.

Later, Rudolph collected millions in accidental death insurance payments.

After an FBI investigation, however, authorities charged Rudolph in 2021 with her murder.

Rudolph maintains that his late wife of 34 years accidentally killed herself, but prosecutors countered that evidence showed that that was impossible because the wound to her heart came from a shot fired from 60 centimeters to 1 metre away.

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