Eric Richens, a Utah man who was allegedly poisoned to death by his wife in 2022, had her drugs in his system when he died, according to a recently unsealed search warrant.
Kuri Richins, 33, was charged with aggravated murder after allegedly killing her husband of nine years, Eric, with whom they have three children, with illegal fentanyl on March 3, 2022, at their home in Camas, Utah. He was charged with three counts of drug possession.
“Eric's stomach contents also contained a small amount of quetiapine,” Summit County detectives wrote in one of the warrants unsealed Thursday. “Eric did not have a prescription for quetiapine, but his wife had a prescription and pills at her home.”
Kuri Richens told authorities the quetiapine pills were for sleeping, but the coroner told police the pills were used as an antipsychotic, the warrant states.
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Kuri Richins, a Utah mother of three, listens during a status hearing Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in Park City, Utah, after poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, and later writing a children's book about her grief. The authorities have announced that. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
The Cleveland Clinic website states that quetiapine is an “antipsychotic drug used to treat several mental health conditions, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder” and “balances dopamine and serotonin levels in the brain.” It is stated that. The website also lists many dangerous side effects that the drug can cause, including high blood sugar, fever, stroke, pain, and seizures.
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Prosecutors have suggested Eric's murder may have been motivated by financial motives.
Cori Richens, a Utah mother of three and children's book author accused of poisoning her husband, now wants the charges dismissed. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool/Facebook)
Khouri and Eric's three sons were asleep when the 33-year-old woman, who runs a real estate company, allegedly poisoned her husband with a fentanyl-laced cocktail, according to court documents filed last year. It is said that he was there. Fentanyl is a powerful opioid It can be lethal in small doses.
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The couple was celebrating the sale of their home on the night of March 3, 2022. After her husband was pronounced dead the next day, Khoury allegedly “single-handedly” closed the deal for the Wasatch County mansion.
Utah children's book author Cori Richens had a controversial relationship with her husband over financial disagreements before she allegedly killed him with fentanyl. (Town Lift, Will Skadden/Facebook)
The couple apparently had a financial disagreement over Kouri's desire to buy a $2 million mansion that was under construction at the time.she I wanted to flip the mansion and sell it for a profit, the warrant states.
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Eric's family told investigators they thought the home was too expensive.
A bail hearing was held on Monday, June 12, 2023 in Park City, Utah, where authorities say the Utah mother of three poisoned her husband with a poison and wrote a children's book about her grief. A bail hearing will be held for Kuri Richins, the mother of The judge ruled that she will remain in custody for the duration of her trial. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
According to court documents, from 2015 to 2017, Kouri took out four different life insurance policies on Eric's life totaling more than $1.9 million. On January 1, 2022, several months before the murder, Khouri “secretly and unauthorizedly changed Eric's beneficiary.” $2 million life insurance It's a policy for yourself. ”
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Investigators say that before Eric died, he revoked Khouri's will and made his sister the beneficiary instead.
This photo provided by KPCW.org shows Cori Richins at the KPCW studio on April 12, 2023 in Park City, Utah. (KPCW.org via AP)
His family told authorities that Kouri feared for his life after he allegedly tried to poison himself once in Greece several years ago and again on Valentine's Day in 2022.
After Eric's death, Kouri wrote a children's book “Are You With Me?” is about death.
The book's description, listed for $14.99 on Amazon, reads “Are You With Me?” It has been described as “a must-read for all children who have experienced the pain of loss, and for parents who want to provide the emotional support their children need to heal and grow.”
