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The three sons of Kouri Richins — the Utah children’s author convicted of poisoning her husband with fentanyl — say they would feel unsafe if she were released. Richins faces decades to life in prison on five felonies, including aggravated murder. Prosecutors urge a life-without-parole sentence as her sentencing hearing approaches; the case also notes Richins’ past book about grief prior to her arrest.
Kouri Richins, who was convicted of fatally poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl in March 2022, is set to be sentenced on what would have been his 44th birthday, with prosecutors urging a life-without-parole sentence and the possibility of 25 years to life; the case has drawn on testimony from relatives and witnesses about Eric’s loss and the impact on their three young sons.
Sons of Utah author Kouri Richins, convicted in March of murdering her husband with fentanyl and other alleged crimes, told prosecutors they would feel unsafe if she were released as she faces decades to life in prison. Prosecutors allege Richins drugged her husband in 2022 and attempted to poison him on Valentine’s Day, with broader financial foul play also alleged; the children—then 9, 11, and 13—stated fear of her release and a desire for her to remain jailed. The sentencing hearing is scheduled to coincide with what would have been the husband’s 44th birthday.
Kouri Richins, a children's book author accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, changed his life insurance policies years before his death, according to updated charging documents. Prosecutors allege that Kouri poisoned Eric by slipping five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a cocktail she made for him in March 2022. Kouri had previously bought four life insurance policies on Eric's life without his knowledge from 2015 to 2017 with benefits totaling nearly $2 million. Eric had discovered several other major financial moves carried out by Kouri without his knowledge, including stealing about $134,000 from his business meant for tax payments.
Kouri Richins, a Utah woman accused of killing her husband with a fentanyl-laced drink, had tried to change his life insurance policy to make herself the beneficiary shortly before his death. The insurance firm alerted Eric to the change in time for him to reverse it. Eric ultimately removed his wife from the will altogether, but never told her. Kouri is also accused of assaulting her sister-in-law during a party she hosted just one day after Eric’s death. She has been charged with first-degree aggravated murder and multiple counts of second-degree possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.