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Grief Author on trial for Murder | Kouri Richins
Season 1 · Episode 159

Grief Author on trial for Murder | Kouri Richins

Crime at Bedtime · Jack Laurence

March 29, 202625m 6s

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Show Notes

Kouri Richins, a 35-year-old Utah mother and real estate investor, was convicted on 16 March 2026 of murdering her husband Eric Richins (39) on 4 March 2022 by poisoning him with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in a Moscow Mule cocktail. Born to engineer parents (father imprisoned for drunk driving when she was 6, mother a compulsive gambler), Kouri became obsessed with wealth and success. Prosecutors proved she was $7.5 million in debt with a collapsing house-flipping business, had affair with Robert Josh Grossman, took out $2.2 million in forged life insurance policies, purchased fentanyl through housekeeper Carmen Lauber, first attempted to poison Eric on Valentine's Day 2022 (failed), then succeeded three weeks later. Closed on $2 million mansion day after his death. One year later published children's grief book Are You With Me? and promoted it on TV before arrest May 2023. Trial lasted three weeks, defence called no witnesses, Kouri didn't testify, jury deliberated three hours. Guilty all counts. Sentencing 13 May 2026 (Eric's birthday): 25 years to life. Full case with crisis resources.

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