{"id":2558,"date":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/utah-childrens-book-author-accused-killing-husband\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T00:00:00","slug":"utah-childrens-book-author-accused-killing-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fareshopbd.com\/utah-childrens-book-author-accused-killing-husband\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah children's book author charged with fatally poisoning husband"},"content":{"rendered":"
Utah authorities on Monday arrested Kouri Richins, a mother of three and the author of a children’s book about grief, in her husband’s fentanyl death<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prosecutors say Richins, 33, poisoned her husband<\/a>, Eric Richins, 39, with fentanyl last year at their home in Kamas, just outside of Park City, while their three young sons were sleeping.<\/p>\n “Life is just so damn hard without you here!” Richins recently captioned a May 4 video with photos of her family posted to Facebook. “The cards I have been dealt just seems like a game that can’t be played.”<\/p>\n Kouri Richins called 911 on the evening of March 3, 2022, to report her husband was “cold to the touch.”<\/p>\n CALIFORNIA MAN DRIVES TO UTAH TO SHOOT, KILL ESTRANGED BROTHER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Prosecutors in Utah are accusing Kouri Richins, 33, of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, 39, with fentanyl last year at their home in Kamas, outside of Park City, while their sons were sleeping.<\/span> (Facebook \/ Kouri Richins)<\/span><\/p>\n She told authorities at the time that she had served her husband of nine years a cocktail in bed to celebrate a home sale for Kouri Richin’s business that evening, according to a warrant.<\/p>\n LORI VALLOW TRIAL: HEAR \u2018CULT MOM\u2019 AND HER SISTER SPEAK AFTER VALLOW’S CHILDREN FOUND DEAD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n She said she left him briefly to check on one of her three sleeping children, and when she returned, she found Eric Richins unresponsive, according to a warrant.<\/p>\n Eric Richins had five times the lethal dosage of fentanyl \u2013 an opioid that is already about 50 to 100 times more potent than morphon \u2013 in his blood.<\/span> (Facebook \/ Kouri Richins)<\/span><\/p>\n Eric Richins had five times the lethal dosage of illict fentanyl<\/a> \u2013 an opioid that is already 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine \u2013 in his blood, according to the medical examiner.<\/p>\n UTAH STUDENT AT \u2018WORLD CLASS\u2019 BOARDING SCHOOL DIED OF SEPSIS AFTER COMPLAINTS WERE IGNORED: LAWYER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Kouri Richins is also facing charges of possession of GHB<\/a>, commonly known as the “date rape drug.”<\/p>\n READ THE ARREST WARRANT:<\/strong><\/p>\n Her charges are based on officers’ interactions with Richins and an unnamed acquaintance who apparently told Summit County<\/a> authorities that she sold fentanyl to the mother of three, who had asked for “some of the Michael Jackson stuff,” the warrant states.<\/p>\n Authorities said they determined during their investigation that despite Richins’ statements saying she left her phone in her bedroom when she went to check on her children the night of March 3, 2022, her phone activity indicated that it had been locked and unlocked multiple times during that period and showed no physical movement.<\/p>\n Additionally, messages were sent and received during that period but deleted, investigators said.<\/p>\n Charges filed against Kouri Richins are based on officers’ interactions with Kouri Richins and an unnamed acquaintance who apparently told authorities that she sold fentanyl to the mother of three.<\/span> (Facebook \/ Kouri Richins)<\/span><\/p>\n Richins’ arrest also comes two months after she appeared on TV to promote her children’s book about grief, “Are You With Me?”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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