Author of Children's Book on Grief Charged With Murdering Husband

After her husband died of a fentanyl overdose, Kouri Richins wrote a book with her children about grieving the loss of their father. Now she’s charged with his murder.
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[@Musiccitymom2]

My best friend's mother wrote a letter and it said that if anything happens to her it is her estranged husband who did it. She was shot and killed in the bathroom of her apartment. It was read in court and was the reason for his conviction. Thank God for that.

[@happyheidi747]

🙏💔😢

[@Mamabear1320-h4k]

If you feel the need to write a letter like this, just leave. There ARE domestic violence shelters.

[@Robin-lg9zr]

Utah has a bunch of evil killers!

[@TawnyC_]

​@@Mamabear1320-h4k She wrote ESTRANGED husband.

[@Mamabear1320-h4k]

@@TawnyC_ another word for stalker 😂😂

[@Robin-lg9zr]

What you do in the dark will come to light! Praying his family & babies gets justice!

[@nadagabri5783]

Although that’s only for some not for all. Certain ones are exempt …. Unfortunately

[@southrules]

And lots and lots of therapy

[@ACB2K]

Eric was a damn fool. You gut tell you something is up with my wife trying to kill you, and you stayed around for her to kill you? Simple stupid man. I ain't even sorry for him, damn foolish man.

[@BrianG.-kh4bm]

​@@nadagabri5783 big facts! 😔

[@AngelBaby-ek3wu]

Sounds like Lori Daybell. Her late husband Charles, went to police and told them he was afraid of her, he also changed his will to his sister.

[@sandiecalvert]

They should remove the book at the very least from all shelves she does not deserve to publish a book she belongs in the pokey.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I'm surprised he didn't leave her and take his boys with him if he was concerned for his life. 😢

[@jeangemmel7895]

That's what i just said why on earth did he go anywhere near where she was.

[@shannonmathiscowen8682]

Denial is a powerful coping mechanism. Perhaps some part of him thought she'd put their children first and not go through with it.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@shannonmathiscowen8682 Also, being a man, maybe he didn't think the police would believe him if he came forward with allegations and needing to get his boys away from her. It's so heartbreaking.😞

[@S_8-]

He was planning too , just didn't have time

[@jenniferhansen3622]

@@S_8- So sad 💔

[@myunknownland9272]

So sad for the children. What a horrid woman. Well I hope she gets life with no parole. She looks so normal. You can never tell who is sitting next to you!!!

[@Cxn213]

Wtf does normal look like?

[@Moonglow23]

Never judge a book by it's cover. Looks are transient and fade away. 😊

[@rigelb9025]

@@Moonglow23 In this case though, I will judge HER book by its cover. Just look at it : ''Are YOU with me??'' With an image of her son kicking the soccer ball over his father's grave, and his ghost cheering on from the clouds. She was trying to make sure her sons would side with her, that the ball would be in her court, and that everyone would assume her late husband was ''happy'' with that deal. But it looks like she finally dropped the ball, and the court threw the book at her. She just went from Soccer Mom, to Sucker Mom.

[@rigelb9025]

And you can never tell who is laying next to you in bed. They may actually be lying in front of you.

[@Moonglow23]

@@rigelb9025 I was responding generally to "looks" so normal. Have fun 😊

[@sarahs5340]

This case is so startling because the mother looks so nice and “normal”! It’s just crazy.

[@josephc28]

If you remember the Jodi Arias trial. They had her looking so innocent in the courtroom. I expect to see this during this trial, especially since this woman wrote a childrens book.

[@randomflagg7331]

This is why i don't go for looks anymore. This was the only thing my soon to be ex had going for her was that she was kinda plain and ordinary looking. fast forward to now.... Different female, same result. i don't need to date and i sure don't ever want to get married. i'm good.

[@JanJan-Y4d-6dx]

I can hardly comprehend this! There are so many strange things happening to people! This woman appears so guilty and I'm feeling so sorry for their children. It is too bad he did not leave her a longggggg time before she took his life.

[@msdeltalady]

I will be watching this one if aired. She is some kind of wicked!

[@Ad-Lo]

Yup!

[@lisas8244]

I fail to understand if he already knew she had changed the will and made at least one attempt on his life how he would allow himself to then be in a position for her to poison him.

[@amieaiello3456]

Exactly what I was saying!

[@h.r.9563]

Patriarchy and mormon traditions. A mormon man make his own meals??? Heaven forbid. My mormon in laws wait on their husbands hand and foot, and like grown ipad babies they just sit and smile😂

[@gabrielgalaxygh]

An idiot to be honest. So he looks deserved it

[@Sjcstro84]

I think once he sold the house for her, he probably felt good and like he won her favor. Maybe he also wasn't eating or drinking anything she gave him before that. Maybe after he sold the house, he thought it was legit a celebratory drink.

[@pumalogo204]

just like women in a abusive relationship..why is it different to understand?

[@sharonmickey4566]

When you think you've heard it all...... You can't make this stuff up. The book shows her sociopathy.

[@lisas8244]

And narciscim

[@sarahs5340]

Omg such a sociopath! Terrifying! And she looks so normal.

[@Swansong321]

I hate it when people say...IF I'm killed they did it..they're trying to kill me..they're taking out life insurance...WHY are you STILL there?!

[@lindatexas5906]

EXACTLY!!!

[@gabrielamartiniuc6322]

Why are they accepting a drink?

[@gabrielamartiniuc6322]

@@lindatexas5906stop victim blaming

[@gabrielamartiniuc6322]

Stop victim blaming. That’s their home and they have their kids there. Stop blaming the victim. He shouldn’t have taken the drink, other that that , shut up.

[@catsnfashion80s]

It said in the video he was planning to divorce her. If he didn't want to leave the boys with her, he'd have to get a court order to remove them from their home or she may have reported them as kidnapped.

[@G274Me]

Why in the world would he eat or drink anything she touched if he suspected this?

[@tanya45096]

Dang, the kids have lost their father. Now they may be losing their mother for the rest of their lives. This is bad and sad all the way around...no matter how it ends! 5:44

[@jeangemmel7895]

No-one wins but the biggest loser is the guy......................he's gone, for ever!

[@lisabrightly]

The kids don't need a mother like her. She's a sociopath!

[@chelseaalexander2899]

@@jeangemmel7895 and the innocent children. Their dad was taken sadly and now their mom will be in prison for the rest of her life. They had no choice and their lives was turned upside down. So very breathtaking.

[@cocosurgerow]

Might want DNA testing on each child.

[@tanya45096]

@@cocosurgerow Whew, that's certainly not a bad idea to think about!

[@angiemae2130]

Wow how she sets here explaining this book so calmly people make me run

[@cc-px9ue]

Well, now she can write a book about going to jail!😮

[@geniechow1842]

I find it appalling that he stayed with her after the first poisoning. I hope she gets punished to the full extent of the law. It is cruel and shocking what she did to her husband and children.

[@MyYouTube-ni5ce]

Maybe he thought he needed to stay to protect his children. Men can’t just take the kids with him even if they know it’s better that way. If he thought she was capable of killing him maybe he didn’t feel comfortable leaving their boys with her. Only thing I don’t understand is why he trusted her with his food and drink prep after he had already suspected her of poisoning him.

[@geniechow1842]

@@MyKZbin-ni5ce Too bad men can't do that without being charged with abandonment. That is true. I also don't get why he trusted her with food she prepared. But it wouldn't be a proper marriage if he decided to say no to everything she prepared for him. Unfortunate that anyone would end up with her in a relationship.

[@MAHVISH1000]

For all those wondering why he didn’t divorce her. 1:35 “He was looking into a divorce and wanted his kids taken care of.” She took care of him before that. 😢

[@JudgeJulieLit]

After the first, and certainly second poison try, he should have filed with police department a criminal complaint against her, based on the traceable drugs in his system and probable proximate cause, the food she had served him; had her arrested, jailed pending police forensic investigation. Certainly he should never again have accepted food or drink from her.

[@MAHVISH1000]

Agreed!

[@elise3036]

I've been in so many situations where I identified an evil person and I was accused of being evil. It doesn't surprise me at all that someone would stay with a spouse who had probably tried to kill him. I could totally imagine my family members telling me my eyes were lying and no way would this person be as evil as I say. There must be something wrong with me for believing that. It is sick, but it is common. If someone has concerns, listen to them and affirm them.

[@choyle1207]

The "news reporters" laughing multiple times during this topic makes me uncomfortable.

[@MeAndShadowOnGo]

Hurt people, hurt people, then blame it on past trauma etc etc. Just because you hear voices or have been abused does not give you the right to take a person's life. I can't wait to hear whatever defense they'll come up with. 😑

[@rigelb9025]

So I guess the moral of the story is this : People should stop hurting each other.

[@MeAndShadowOnGo]

@@rigelb9025 that is correct. However, folks don't usually want to do the work to heal in order to stop the cycle.

[@rigelb9025]

@@MeAndShadowOnGo Well in that case, I guess people will never stop hurting each other.

[@lindellwaldronjohnson]

So sad for the children and his family…. Sending prayers 🙏🙏 Makes you wonder… it’s another Mormon

[@Ad-Lo]

😂😮😢

[@alphonsebladergroen619]

And by including her children as a means to write the book, was also to add sympathy and to deter away from any thoughts of suspicion that foul play on her part was involved in Eric's death.

[@davidmatthew802]

Her interview about the book. WOW! Just WOW!

[@truebluenovocastrian]

He told family he was concerned she was trying to poison him. So why would he accept a drink that she made for him

[@mightymarsha]

The Michael Jackson stuff wasnt Fentanyl it was propofol and benzodiazepine

[@classicredwine]

Exactly

[@marthawoodworth]

Her book would help the prosecution. It would make her seem even worse; and cruel when it comes to her children. How confounding would that be if their mother, whom they adored because she wrote such a touching book, turned out to be his killer.

[@christismystrength6521]

She killed their father, then she wrote a Book to give a false moral support to her children for killing their father, and she made money of killing their father.

[@Bgonzo20]

I hope they pulled that book off Amazon! 😡

[@MrBetc]

No one should ever be allowed to take out a life insurance policy on someone else without that person agreeing.

[@aliciadagry6292]

I am so curious as to what it is she actually wrote in that book.. scary to think about.

[@DRINKTHEKOOLAIDFOOL]

What the hell is going on in Utah & Idaho ???

[@Myforeverboy53022]

I don’t understand why they laugh multiple times during this.

[@nadagabri5783]

Husband knows she tried to kill him (poison him) - stays with her, continues to eat food drinks etc she makes him, gives her a second shot to succeed 🤔

[@janepearson5802]

Maybe he set her up and really killed himself.

[@Sjcstro84]

@@janepearson5802 that way he comes out on top? He showed her huh

[@alphonsebladergroen619]

What I don't understand is; why he would consume anything she gave him to ingest? We may never know.

[@godzillamanstreb524]

How sad…..those poor boys🩵🩵🩵

[@RockyRacoon123]

Wow! Sounds pretty guilty!!

[@heatherbowlan1961]

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[@josephlawson9950]

her new kids book is how mom went to prison and had fun with her cellmate

[@susanmoore7229]

3 million?! 🧐 😲 so glad her hubby outsmarted her.

[@MJ-sz6ys]

why would he continue eating food from her? Why continue to live in the same house? For fear she would kill the kids? I would at least stop eating her food and take samples of it to get to a lab and bring that to court. I would have cameras installed to catch her. He just let her do it!

[@jeepguy77]

Those crazies in Utah

[@Objection_23and1]

I swear, some people are just so dumb, I mean really? The text messages to the drug dealer, the life insurance, the statements made to friends, lying to everyone and saying he was addicted to drugs when he CLEARLY is not, that’s obvious😖trying to drug him prior, I mean girl did you REALLY think that you actually would get away with this? So bizarre and desperate…( not to mention the oddness of her writing a book for kids about grief ughhh) So murdering your husband is a better route then just leaving, and for your children’s sake, my dear god what is happening to our world…. 😭😭😭😭 and good for him for changing his life insurance back without telling her!

[@geoffdevore6321]

She is a " smart dummy "

[@zahraaalz9621]

I don't get it. If you were scared for your life and told everyone this, why not divorce her? If I ever thought for a second "My husband wants to kill me. If I'm dead, my husband did it." I would leave! Why would I wait for it if I knew it would happen? I hope this family finds peace and provides those boys a loving stable home.

[@johnnysupertramp1090]

Makes perfect sense. He was fairly wealthy and she wanted his money.

[@Queens4life365]

Talk about “ MURDER SHE WROTE!” 😮

[@bullseye2474]

Well she is great at creating opportunity, I'll give her that! Now would be a good opportunity to start a book that helps children cope when their mother goes to prison!

[@paulinportsva4464]

Another Mormon killing their spouse. The Daybell trial hasn't even ended. Going to be watching to see who's next.

[@sashamoore9691]

Most drug overdoses would NOT be covered by life insurance. Also, life insurance companies won’t cover illicit drug users. Not saying he was, but for anyone thinking of getting life insurance on a junkie, you WONT be able to!

[@mrich9654]

If the policy was in place for more than 2 years, it absolutely would pay out. He had a full medical when it was applied for and his medical was clean or they would never have issued the policy.

[@emm8357]

Calling people with substance use disorder “junkies” is stigmatising - there are literally thousands of people who ended up in that predicament because of legally obtained prescriptions, not because of a moral failing.

[@sarita5572]

Beyond evil. 1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

[@TheRight-handedStranger]

I think that spouses who change the beneficiaries of their life insurance should actually tell their spouse that they have done it so the spouse won’t have reason to kill them. If they hope things get better for them, they should say I will change it back once I am sure we worked on our differences and everything is fine. Or if the spouse get very made and acts strange or suspicious just leave immediately and start divorce proceedings.

[@alphonsebladergroen619]

She wrote the book, not only for attention as a victim, but to make money.

[@misaac179]

L family and law enforcement they didn’t take him seriously and it took a year for her to get caught.

[@4dbak]

If there's truth in what authorities are saying why isn't she in prison perhaps even looking at a sentence of capital punishment for killing her husband?

[@violette4841]

It doesn't look like a good marriage let alone a perfect one when your husband is telling his family and friends that you are having an affair and poisoning him. Then he gives his sister and business partner the life insurance rather than you. He could have gotten the children with his large influential family and their wealth. Looks like a bad marriage and they were arguing over buying a house too. But she did get their drug dealer to come over.

[@donnaengel6413]

Demonic!

[@whoopsydaisy6389]

A good defense attorney could argue those things, but they'd also have to argue that he developed sudden allergies to various foods she prepared for him and that he made a mistake when he changed his beneficiary. Neither of those things are likely.

[@carlf.9035]

Is it also hearsay if the victim texted his family saying she would be the one responsible for his death? If it was in writing then it's maybe more than just hearsay.

[@bobstuckrath1805]

She and Lori Daybell are quite the pair.

[@_Renee2]

He got the last laugh in the end, but at the expense of his children's well-being and his life.

[@casperinsight3524]

To Whom do you report attempted murder ?!? Frightening

[@heleneocleary5888]

Amazing!

[@h.r.9563]

She is trying to poison me! -man who continues to eat the food she makes😂

[@AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise]

Well ,, she needed the inspiration for the book I guess ,, people truly don't believe in karma but it's hittin everyone, good an bad right now

[@janetjohnson7279]

WOW!! SHE'S GOT A WHOLE LOT OF NERVE!!!

[@84mvalles]

It took her by shock? Who says that 😐I am so mad at this woman 😖

[@Mytry4realz]

Wow. "I want that Michael Jackson stuff" 🤦🏾‍♀️ Ridiculous. The kids!!!! She...nvm. I'm so sorry for his REAL family and friends 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@ThatTracyJuneStafford]

Another LDS spousal murder…..

[@m.g.2645]

✨Fabulous defense attorney... We need to know every way in which the defense could get this killer off. I watched both Jensen trials, and Julie finally got the justice she deserved!🙏 I hope for the same in this case⚖️

[@the_veronica_k]

The behaviour panel needs to look at this one. Just watching the short clip on her talking about the book doesn’t come across right. My instinct goes off just watching that short segment. I can’t specify what it is about her words n body language, but it just doesn’t seem like she’s reflecting on actual grief.

[@casperinsight3524]

Murdering mother wrote the book on grief to erase her guilt or make money off her murder ? They say truth is stranger than fiction

[@marisolmorell8859]

That family is going to need that money to take care of those kids. What an evil person.

[@sherriecoke8015]

Why did it take a year to arrest her?

[@mrsrae3388]

What is going on with these women in Utah??

[@AubLaw]

There’s some weird ones but a lot of us are normal 😂

[@billwill1337]

Too much laughter from the host.

[@happyheidi747]

This is messed up 😢

[@sandraperkins7706]

How you going to know??? There should be a law against this not knowing!!!

[@donnamccormick807]

I think the prosecution can use the book. I think she wrote it out of guilt for taking away her son's father. I think it shows guilt.

[@lisas8244]

I don't think a sociopath feels guilt, was written to make her look as though she was grieving. The only thing she was grieving about was that his sister got the money.

[@A.Krispy]

She got that Munchausen by Proxi condition? Like seeking the fame and sympathy by his death?

[@gi4dtv]

Put her under the jail

[@jdanisse]

Yeah, this is wild.

[@HerestheT]

No one who has a full head of hair parts their hair like that unless they’re messed up in the head

[@jamaicancanadian2733]

Damn she probably rehearsed what she gonna say

[@SpencerWilliamsIV]

We are so *not* with you, Richins.

[@Mandrake591]

He may not have willingly accepted a drink from her, she might have slipped it to him another way. he was probably worried about his boys, but if he had taken them, he would probably have been arrested. Why is the anchorman smiling and acting amused? This is a tragedy.

[@classicredwine]

I agree. They both chuckled. Very tacky.

[@courtneybohler6442]

Those poor children

[@darkforce7387]

Why would he stay around his wife..if he suspected poison? Playing with fire..got him murdered.

[@Ad-Lo]

Because he didn’t want to leave his kids with her.

[@lisas8244]

Agree! He had to be in denial to a degree to let her get near enough to make another attempt on his life.

[@Naturegurl124]

No being married to a greedy psychopath got him murdered.

[@Redrosedede]

So sad can’t believe it it’s something every day happening way to much

[@tiffanygladden8702]

The world has really gone crazy. Sad.

[@DaRkHoRsE-_-]

Why if you suspect something is put in your food.. stop eating food prepared by others!!! 🛑 And if you have to tell family if anything happens to me it’s.. 👈🏽👉🏽wow😮😅

[@ES-wv2ui]

She’s bold to write that book 📖

[@Abcdefghijk920]

She made her own children instant orphans

[@mondoenterprises6710]

What is with all this money if a person dies? People killing over it.

[@christina_kaur]

My God, he would have been so sick right before he went unconscious. What a cruel cu|\|t.

[@kathybridges3343]

Oh my 😢

[@IMTHATCHICK11]

Were is the ORIN AND ORSON WEST TRIAL COVERAGE!!!!????? 😢😢😢😢

[@yuriram2]

Right.

[@missshauna5101]

Girl, really?

[@lisabrightly]

She's petty as hell! How dare she murder that man and then profit from it! She needs a life sentence! 🤬

[@Bella.216]

She is far from pretty, her hair is gross and look at that huge nose 👃 😳

[@thesleepingdog4061]

The love of money is the root of all evil. $3M this black widow really believed she could get away with this. Keep her in jail and the answer to your book “Are you with me” LOL No, he’s with God and your in jail.

[@pitherra]

It is not easy. If he walked out, he'll end up paying cs and spousal support. The judge tends to believe us women more than men. She can lie that she's being abused or raped by her husband and etc.

[@christismystrength6521]

That's what the wokism has brought to us. We must return to our traditionnal, old-fashioned values.

[@emm8357]

@@christismystrength6521 everyone blames everything on “wokism” these days, it’s just lazy (and half of those who use that excuse can’t define “woke” properly anyway)

[@lovepet4565]

& yet another Mormon Killer What is going on?

[@G274Me]

Kolob is angry