Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three, allegedly killed her husband, said that Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three, about her grief after killing her husband, said that she was saddened after killing her husband. He wrote a child's book, but previously tried to poison him twice before his death.
Richins, now 35, poisoned her husband for nine years, 39-year-old Eric Richins, and in March 2022, she added several cocktails that included aggravated murder and possession of drugs in a cocktail mixed with illegal fentanyl. He is being charged with a felony.
Prosecutors allege that Kouri raised millions of life insurance funds and killed her husband as a way to start a dream career in high-end real estate.
But a few months before Eric's death, he feared his life, friends and family told police in court records previously obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three, wrote a children's book about dealing with grief after her husband's death, and was later accused of fatally addicted to him. (Rick Bowmer/Pool)
Authorities filed an additional murder charge last March, accusing her of slipping fentanyl into her husband's favorite sandwich on Valentine's Day, causing a severe but not fatal reaction.
An eyewitness identified by the CL only to the police told police that Kouri had requested Fentanyl in early 2022.
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Eric Richins' obituary described him as “a passionate outdoorsman and a dedicated hunter.” He helped the family cattle ranch and enjoyed growing the “successful” masonry business. (Facebook/ Kouri Richins)
“Three days later, on February 14, 2022, the defense attorney prepared a sandwich for Eric and placed it in the truck seat in a love notebook,” the document states.
Shortly after Eric had eaten the sandwich, he erupted in hives and began to have difficulty breathing. According to court documents, he took his son's Epipen and took Benadril for hours before he fell asleep.
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“I think my wife tried to poison me.”
Eric's family was said to have tried to poison him on Valentine's Day after the murder, and when he tried to poison him on another occasion during his trip to Greece, he was in his way. He told authorities after the murder.
The charges filed against Kouri Richins are based on an interview with the officer Richins and an unknown acquaintance who appears to have told authorities that he sold Fentanyl to his mother of three. (Facebook/Kouri Richins)
Kouri clearly told other witnesses that she had bought a sandwich from the diner, claiming she did not poison it.
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Kouri's lawyers Kathy Nester Lewis and Wendy Lewis and Alexander Ramos of Langford Ramos did not immediately respond to an investigation from Fox News Digital on Valentine's allegedly day poisoning.
The two lawyers previously stated in a March 2024 statement: “We recognize that the stage of the preliminary hearing supports the prosecution to an extraordinary degree and respects the court's decision. The charges against Kouri cannot withstand thorough scrutiny, and the ju-degrees find the same Sho.”
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Kouri Richins, left, Left, the Utah mother of three who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband, Eric Richins, is with lawyer Skylazaro at a status hearing in the park on September 1, 2023. I wrote a book for children standing in the book. Utah City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
“Our focus is to ensure that justice is provided through fair trials,” they continued. “We are committed to protecting Couri against these accusations and we firmly believe that the truth will win. The last 15 months have hit Couri and her three children a major blow. “End this trial, restore her life, and restore her life, and allow her and her family to move on.”
Prosecutors allege that Kouri purchased four different life insurance policies for Eric's life totaling more than $1.9 million between 2015 and 2017.
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The home where Kouri Richins and Eric Richins lived was shown in Francis, Utah on May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
On January 1, 2022, months before Eric's death, Kouri “changed the beneficiary on a life insurance contract of nearly $2 million, unauthorized and without approval,” the document states. There is. Eric received notification of the changes and switched the beneficiary to business partners.
She apparently wanted to use her funds to turn it upside down $2 million Wasatch County Mansion It's an investment that was under construction at the time of Eric's death and his family said he didn't approve.
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Kouri Richins, author of Utah's children's book, had a controversial relationship with her financial disagreement and obsessed husband before being told she had killed him with fentanyl. (Townlift/Will Scadden | Facebook)
The same night Eric passed away, authorities say he and her mother were celebrating the recent closure of the mansion in question. According to the search warrant, the 33-year-old, who owned the real estate company, wanted to finish building the mansion and sell it for profit.
Kouri is said to have poured her husband Moscow mules mixed with fentanyl Celebrating the night. The medical inspector determined that Eric had more than five times the lethal dose of false illegal fentanyl in his system when he died. The examiner also discovered “16,000 ng/ml of quetiapine.” It is Eric Richins' gastric juices called atypical antipsychotics “widely used as sleep aid,” a new charging document states.
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Kouri Richins is being charged with killing her nine-year husband, Eric Richins, along with fentanyl last year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer|Family Handout)
The next day, Kouri is said to have signed a contract for a “single” mansion after being declared that her husband had died.
Kouri pleads guilty to all charges filed against her, claiming that she did not kill Eric. She is scheduled to go to trial in April.
After her husband's death, Kouri wrote and continued to sell children's books about her father's death, entitled “You With Me?”, which previously was available for purchase on Amazon for $14.99.
