Mom Who Poisoned Husband Then Wrote Grief Book Is Sentenced

[Zorro]

Kouri Richins, who was convicted of murdering her husband and later writing a children’s book about grief, was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The mother of three was accused of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with a fatal dose of fentanyl in his cocktail in 2022. She was found guilty of his murder in March after a jury deliberated for just three hours. The Utah native was convicted of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, two counts of insurance fraud, and one count of forgery. The case drew more attention after it emerged that Richins had written a book titled Are You With Me just a year after her husband’s death to help children cope with grief. During the trial, the 35-year-old was accused of attempting to poison her husband multiple times, including an earlier attempt on Valentine’s Day with a fentanyl-laced sandwich. “She wanted to leave Eric Richins but did not want to leave his money,” said Brad Bloodworth, the Summit County prosecutor.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mom-kouri-richins-who-killed-husband-eric-then-wrote-grief-book-is-sentenced/

[IcyPeas]

1. I watched some of the trial.

Today, the day of sentencing, they had victim impact statements from his family... father, sisters and each of the 3 boys. The kids statements were read by their individual therapists, they were not present. She also was allowed to make a statement which she did for over 30 minutes.

She not only didn't show any remorse but within her statement she blamed the jury and the court system.

It was interesting in that she wrote this book on grief to help children and she was on lots of morning tv shows doing promotion (before it was found that the husband/dad was murdered). It was really like a tv script for Law and Order.

It's all on Court TV on YouTube.