Kouri Richins is an author of a children's book on grieving who is accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, to death with fentanyl in Utah. Her full name is Kori Darden Richins.
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Kouri Darden Richins is a
Utah mother of three and author of a children’s book on grieving who is accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with fentanyl that authorities say was slipped into a Moscow Mule drink,
according to court records.
Kouri Richins, 33, was charged on May 9, 2023, with aggravated murder, a first-degree felony, and three counts of second-degree felony possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, according to a Summit County, Utah,
court docket. She is scheduled to make her first court appearance on May 19, 2023, for a detention hearing, records show.
Eric Richins died on March 4, 2022, at the age of 39,
according to his obituary, which says he “made his last extravagant and largely unexpected gesture on March 4, 2022, signing off on a life, in his own words, ‘lived to the fullest and with few regrets.'”
According to KPCW, the Richins family “is one of the oldest and largest in Summit County,” Utah. “A notable member was Sheldon Richins, for whom Summit County’s Richins Building in Kimball Junction is named.”
The Summit County court docket lists the date of the murder charge as March 3, 2022, with the drug-charge dates as January 1, 2022; February 11, 2022; and February 26, 2022.