Kouri Richins (33), a woman from Kamas in Utah, has been accused of killing her husband Eric Richins with a Moscow Mule cocktail laced with fentanyl. The alleged crime took place while the couple’s son was asleep in another bedroom. Kouri, a year after the death of her husband, wrote a book for children about the grief that comes with losing a loved one. She also appeared on ABC 4’s “Good Things Utah” In April 2023, we will be discussing the book.
Kouri has been embroiled in legal proceedings with the estate of her late husband, alleging that she is owed $3.6million. This amount is allegedly the value their family home and Eric’s business, as well as payments Kouri made to maintain property. Kouri, who is accused of criminal homicide and aggravated murder as well as three counts of possessing a controlled substance for the purpose of distribution, is being held without bond. Prosecutors have suggested that the killing may have had a financial motivation.
Eric’s family and prosecutors paint the picture of an unhappy marriage. Kouri, who was a realtor and allegedly had financial issues, was accused of stealing Eric’s money in order to flip houses. Kouri, a realtor, was allegedly facing financial difficulties and accused of stealing money from Eric to flip houses. In a separate civil lawsuit, Eric’s family claims that Kouri fraudulently charged $30,000 to his credit card and used his power-of-attorney to obtain a loan of $250,000. She also allegedly cashed multiple checks from Eric’s business for her benefit. In the criminal case, a forensic document examiner found that some financial documents of Eric may have been faked.
An email filed in court documents, in which Kouri mentions Eric’s affair and plans for divorce, provides further evidence of marital conflict. Eric’s suspicions were confirmed by a search warrant, which revealed that Eric told his family she was responsible for anything bad happening to him. Eric’s sisters told police that Kouri had served him a beverage during a holiday in Greece. Eric fell ‘violently sick’. Kouri is accused of trying to poison Eric again just weeks before he died, on Valentine’s Day. Kouri also wanted to buy and flip a $2,000,000 under construction mansion. Eric was not happy with this plan due to the cost. Kouri, according to the warrant, closed the deal on the house the day following her husband’s passing.
The criminal case shows that Eric had specific requests in his estate planning. Eric’s estate plan stated that Eric didn’t want Kouri being his health care representative and that, while he wanted Kouri and his three children to receive money after his death he didn’t wish for Kouri to have control over the money. Six months before his death, he changed his will to name his sister as trustee. Kouri was upset with the estate planner after Eric died, who explained to her the terms of Eric’s trust. It seems that these decisions weren’t discussed with Kouri.
In the civil lawsuit, it is revealed that Eric and Kouri had a prenuptial contract, which stated that Eric’s company would be his sole property until he passed away while they were married. At this point, Kouri would inherit. Eric was the owner of the house, but the mortgage payments came from their joint account. Although this evidence might be in Kouri’s favour, many states, including Utah have a slayer law, which prohibits killers profiting from their crime. The outcome of the civil lawsuit will depend on whether Kouri was found guilty of murdering Eric. This would disqualify Kouri from inheriting his estate.
Benny Roshan is the chair of Greenberg Glusker’s Trust and Probate Litigation Group, Los Angeles. “Law school criminal law makes much of mens rea (motive) as a critical element of a crime, and in Richins’s case, given the developing facts surrounding her husband’s death, we cannot rule out that money may have been a motivating factor in the homicide.”
Kouri’s pretrial release was denied by a court, citing the “substantial evidence” The internet searches that were conducted before her husband’s murder are evidence against her. “Luxury prisons for the rich in America,” “What is a lethal dose of fentanyl” The following are some examples of how to get started: “How to permanently delete information from an iPhone remotely.” As the case unfolds, it is a chilling reminder about the deadly intersection between love, money, deception.
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