Utah grief author to be sentenced for fentanyl murder of husband on his birthday

Kouri Richins, a Utah grief author, was convicted in March of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, fraud and forgery in her husband Eric Richins’s 2022 death, which prosecutors say involved a lethal, illicit dose of fentanyl. She faces a life sentence without the possibility of parole for the aggravated murder charge, and prosecutors sought a standing protective order for Eric’s family—though a judge said he could not issue it under current law. Three children provided victim-impact statements describing fear if she is released. The sentencing follows weeks of trial testimony detailing alleged infidelity, a potential poisoning incident with a sandwich, and accounts from a housekeeper; Richins did not testify. Her grief-focused book Are You With Me? was removed from Amazon.