UT - Kouri Richins, 33, Author, wife, mom, charged in husband’s “unexpected” death last year, May 2023-- MEDIA, MAPS, TIMELINE **NO DISCUSSION**

New Posts

Check out some behind-the-scenes with Greg Skordas, the spokesperson for the family of Eric Richins.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1761590460856828023

Check out another behind-the-scenes shot with our correspondent, Natalie Morales, with Kouri’s attorney, Skye Lazaro.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1761595525453820085


On March 4, 2022, Kouri Richins says she found her husband, Eric Richins, unresponsive in their bed.The grieving widow from Utah was arrested and charged with murder shortly after she wrote a children's book to help their kids cope with grief.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1761919004342464525
 
Gardenista said:
kslnewsradio.com

Detective says another alleged poisoning could be linked to Richins

An unsealed search warrant shows Kouri Richins' mother lost her own partner under very similar suspicious circumstances.
kslnewsradio.com kslnewsradio.com
Click to expand...

Death by oxycodone overdose​

In the search warrant, detective Jeff H. O’Driscoll with the Summit County Sheriff’s Office wrote that he discovered the partner of Lisa Darden, Kouri’s mother, died in 2006. Darden’s partner died from an overdose of oxycodone.

O’Driscoll also noted that Darden had been named the partner’s beneficiary just before her death.

According to the search warrant, Darden’s partner did have prescriptions for oxycodone and struggled with prescription drug abuse. Despite this, she was not “in a state of recovery from addiction at the time of her death.”





Date of article Mar 15, 2024
 
  • The mother of accused Utah killer Kouri Richins is now suspected to have been involved in planning and orchestrating the murder
  • Richins' mother Lisa Darden, 64, was linked by detectives to the 2006 'sudden' death of her romantic partner who overdosed
  • The death of Eric Richins was also caused by an overdose after his wife served him a Moscow mule laced with fentanyl

More at link ...

www.dailymail.co.uk

Utah cops say Kouri Richins may have been inspired to kill husband

Utah cops have revealed that the mother of accused killer Kouri Richins might have inspired the murder of her husband.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk

15 March 2024
 
4/1/24

www.dailymail.co.uk

Utah grief author Kouri Richins faces losing $2 million and book deal

Kouri Richins, 33, has been accused of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins 39, with a fentanyl-laced Moscow mule. A newly proposed law could see her lose $2million and money from her book deal.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk

  • Utah State Representative Brett Garner proposed a new law that would that would ban convicted murderers from receiving money through a prenup
 
www.courttv.com

Divorce, financial ruin: Prosecutors detail evidence against Kouri Richins

Prosecutors say Kouri Richins was contemplating divorce, but told a witness, "It would be better if Eric Richins was dead."
www.courttv.com www.courttv.com

5/13/24

PARK CITY, Utah (Court TV) — Prosecutors say they have evidence showing that Kouri Richins was in dire financial straits and was planning a future with an unnamed paramour — and they will be detailing it at a court hearing this week.

Kouri Richins appeared in court for a closed hearing on Monday ahead of Wednesday’s preliminary hearing, where a judge ruled that some evidence prosecutors were seeking to introduce — including evidence that the defendant had looked into a divorce — would be fair game on Wednesday.

[..]

Prosecutors amended the complaint against Kouri to include multiple financial crimes in March, which accused her of forging her husband’s signature on documents. Among those documents was a home equity line of credit that was taken on Eric’s premarital home in March 2019. Prosecutors say he had no idea the loan existed until Oct. 2020.

[..]

“IT WOULD BE BETTER IF ERIC RICHINS WAS DEAD”​

Prosecutors said in the filing that they have a mountain of evidence showing that Kouri was having an affair with a paramour, with whom she was planning a life without Eric long before his death. A witness, not identified by name, told investigators that while she was at the Richins’ home talking about her own divorce, Kouri began to talk about wanting to end her relationship with Eric.

“The Defendant told Witness 8 that she was frustrated because she didn’t feel that she had an easy path forward in divorcing Eric Richins. The Defendant said she was concerned that Eric Richins would turn her children against her and that his family would use their finances to take the children from her. The Defendant said she felt trapped and stuck in the marriage and didn’t see a way out. The Defendant said that in many ways it would be better if Eric Richins was dead.”
Click to expand...
The judge said prosecutors will be allowed to introduce evidence that Kouri did look into getting a divorce, and had a law firm on retainer after receiving a consultation. In a phone call with her brother, Kouri allegedly said that she ended the consultation “because she didn’t ‘want … half of everything’ and ‘want[ed] to walk away …. clean and free.’ The Court, however, may reasonably infer that the opposite is true. The Defendant didn’t want half of everything. Rather, she wanted all of everything. Accordingly, she determined to cause Eric Richins’ death.”

[..]
 
www.kpcw.org

New documents show Summit County deputies found white pills at Richins home

Separate filings claim fentanyl pills Kouri Richins allegedly purchased in February 2023 were light blue-green.
www.kpcw.org www.kpcw.org

5/14/24

Deputies found four white pills, a metal funnel, a cashier’s check and chemical testing equipment at the Richins’ Francis home, a recently unsealed warrant shows.

The revelations come days before Kouri is due in court for a hearing where Third District Court Judge Richard Mrazik will decide if there’s enough evidence for her to stand trial.

[..[

They returned with another warrant five months later after Eric’s family, which had control of the property, discovered a safe in the master bedroom closet.

The warrant also cites conversations between Kouri and her mother, Lisa Darden, as cause to search the house again. On Oct. 24, 2023, Darden allegedly asked why the defense team couldn't let her in the house, and “Kouri could tell me exactly where it is I’m looking for.”

Kouri is heard replying in agreement, the warrant states.

[..]

The warrant does not list the type of pills found, just that they were white. In separate court filings, prosecutors say some of the fentanyl pills Kouri allegedly purchased in February 2023 were light blue-green.

[..]

Two other newly public documents show investigators also seized two copper cups and two copper stirs the same week they searched the safe. Eric’s family had found them in a cupboard above the basement refrigerator.

Kouri told first responders the night her husband died she’d made him a Moscow Mule, a cocktail commonly served in copper.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

DNASolves

Who is Escambia County John Doe (1989)?

Members online

... and 172 more.
Total: 3,898 (members: 173, guests: 3,725)

Online statistics

Members online
173
Guests online
3,725
Total visitors
3,898
Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads
593,952
Messages
17,996,546
Members
229,284
Latest member
LightInv
Back
Top