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Feb 24, 2024 · February 24, 2024. CBS’ ’48 Hours: The People v. Kouri Richins’ tells the story of Kouri Richins, whose husband, Eric Richins, passed away on March 4, 2022. Though she insisted the death of the father of her three children had been an accident, the authorities arrested her about a year later and charged her with murder.
Aug 30, 2023 · More than a year later, Kouri — now 33 and a newly-minted author with a children’s book helping kids process the death of a parent — was arrested this May, charged with the aggravated...
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Richins is accused of purchasing at least four life insurance policies on her husband totaling nearly $2 million, according to an amended court document filed May 18 that led to the postponement of a detention hearing originally scheduled for May 19. Eric Richins did not know about the policies, the document stated.
Eric Richins discovered that his wife had allegedly obtained and spent a $250,000 home equity line of credit on their home in Kamas, had withdrawn at least $100,000 from his bank accounts and spent more than $30,000 using his credit cards, according to the amended court document. It also alleged that Richins was "appropriating distributions made fr...
Eric Richins consulted both a divorce lawyer and an estate planning lawyer. Unbeknownst to his wife, he changed his will, formed a living trust and placed his estate under the control of his sister, Katie Richins-Benson, according to the amended court document. He also transferred his partnership interest in his business to the trust and designated...
Eric Richins and his business partner had $2 million life insurance policies that listed each other as the beneficiary, but prosecutors alleged that on Jan. 1, 2022, Richins changed the policy to list herself as the beneficiary, according to the amended court document. Her husband was alerted to the change and put his business partner back as the b...
In early 2022, Richins either called or texted an acquaintance named C.L. and asked for fentanyl, the document stated. Data from Richins’ phone showed she contacted C.L. several times in January 2022 but authorities weren’t able to determine the content of the messages because she allegedly deleted data from her phone from Jan. 2, 2022, to shortly ...
A Valentine's Day meal turned into a nightmare when Eric Richins "broke out in hives and had difficulty breathing" after eating a sandwich his wife made for him, the document stated. Prosecutors alleged in the document that Richins made her husband a sandwich and placed it on the seat of his truck with a love note. But after eating it, her husband ...
Richins allegedly contacted C.L. and said that the fentanyl pills “were not strong enough and asked that she procure some stronger fentanyl,” the document stated. C.L. told authorities that Richins “asked ‘for some Michael Jackson stuff’ during this request for fentanyl, but subsequently conceded that the Defendant may have made the Michael Jackson...
Richins allegedly owed more than a million dollars at the time of her husband’s death, prosecutors said in the document. The day before her husband died, prosecutors said she talked to a money lender to whom she owed at least $1.8 million and had a lengthy telephone call with the IRS. The document alleged that she had outstanding state and federal ...
Eric Richins, 39, died after he was found unresponsive in the bedroom of their home in Kamas after having a drink to celebrate his wife's business deal. He had five times the lethal dosage of fentanyl in his system, according to the medical examiner, who said it was "illicit" fentanyl and not medical grade. It is also believed he ingested the drugs...
Days after her husband's death, Richins allegedly had a locksmith drill into her husband's safe, which contained between $125,000 and $165,000 in cash, according to the amended court document. When Eric Richins' sister, Katie Richins-Benson, told Richins to leave the safe alone, prosecutors alleged in the filing that Richins became angry and punche...
May 9, 2023 · Kouri Richins wrote a children’s book to help her three sons process their father’s sudden death, she said. Prosecutors said this week that she poisoned him with a lethal dose of fentanyl.
Mar 27, 2024 · By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM. Updated 6:43 PM PDT, March 26, 2024. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day.
- hschoenbaum@ap.org
- Utah State Government Reporter
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Feb 24, 2024 · 48 Hours. Did Utah mom Kouri Richins poison her husband, then write a children's book on coping with grief? By Emma Steele. February 24, 2024 / 11:15 AM EST / CBS News. Friends and family...
May 9, 2023 · Photograph: AP. Utah. This article is more than 10 months old. Utah author of children’s book on grief charged with murdering her husband. Kouri Richins allegedly poisoned her husband and...
