This chapter discusses the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Bianca Thrudoff and the subsequent investigation, including concerns about her husband's involvement, financial gain, and hiring a private investigation company. It also explores the husband's affair and his experience in transporting large animals, as well as the implications of wealthy Americans participating in trophy hunting.
In 2016, the FBI attaché in Pretoria, South Africa, got a phone call from a woman asking the FBI to investigate the death of her friend, Bianca Rudolph. Bianca had died on a hunting trip in Zambia’s Kafue National Park, but her friend didn’t think it was an accident.
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