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A wealthy Pennsylvania dentist who faces the death penalty for murdering his wife on safari to claim her $4.8million life insurance has admitted to his mistress on a prison phone call: 'I'm a dead man.'
Lawrence 'Larry' Rudolph, 67, was found guilty of blasting his wife Bianca in the heart with a shotgun in Zambia in 2016, then fraudulently claiming $4.8million in life insurance payouts to build a new life with his mistress Lori Milliron.
The killer is awaiting to hear if he faces a life sentence but in a newly-released phone call with Milliron, he acknowledged he will die in prison.
Milliron, who was also convicted for providing false and misleading testimony to a grand jury' about the money and the nature of her relationship with Rudolph, is now living in their nearly completed custom-built mansion in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
Lawrence 'Larry' Rudolph, 67, is facing the death penalty for murdering his wife Bianca on safari in 2016
She told Rudolph in the intercepted phone call: 'I didn't expect at 65 years old that I was gonna have to have a new career.'
The convict replied: 'You should look for a new boyfriend, while you can.'~
But she answered back: 'Honey, I'm a convicted felon, that's appealing...'
Rudolph then said: 'Well I just wanted to tell you I love you.'
Milliron replied: 'Take care of yourself. Never, never give up. Please.'
But he admitted: 'It's not about giving up, Lori. It's just about facing reality. I'm a dead man.
'I'm gonna die in prison. And I don't want to take you with me, or anybody else. It's not fair.'
The killer is awaiting to hear if he faces a life sentence after killing his wife with whom he said he was in an open relationship with (pictured together)
Prosecutors alleged Rudolph killed his wife of 34 years to be with his girlfriend, Lori Milliron (pictured)
A three-week long trial was held in Denver, Colorado, in the 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 killed 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 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. Markus said they would appeal his conviction.
FILE - The son, left, and daughter, back right, of Pittsburgh dentist Lawrence 'Larry' Rudolph head into federal court
