UT - Kouri Richins, 33, Author, wife, mom, charged in husband’s unexpected death last year, May 2023 #3

[arielilane]

1:06 p.m. We see the text messages. Det. O’Driscoll messaged her to “make our life easier and answer our calls so we can prep you on what you will be asked. Otherwise the next time I knock on your door I’ll have a warrant.” Anna responded that she doesn’t need to be prepped – she can just show up. She asks for the time and date and she said she would appear.


1:03 p.m. Lewis now asks to admit two pages of text messages between Det. O’Driscoll and Anna.

12:59 p.m. The issue seems to be sorted out. The texts are between Detective O’Driscoll and a man named Travis. Anna is involved in the conversations.

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Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three boys, is accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, in 2022. She is on trial in Summit County, Utah, on charges of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, insurance fraud and forgery. Today is the fifth day of the trial. It is scheduled...

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[tlcya]

I assume Ms. Isbell isa hostile witness for the prosecution?

 

[aamillaa]

dbm

 

[Megnut]

If I endure another major loss in my life or ever have a drug or alcohol problem, please do not send Ms. Lewis to my door with words of condolence or congratulation.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

Isbell is identifying some text messages, that had previously been identified in court filings."Otherwise the next time I knock on your door I'll have a warrant and a catch pole for the dog." Detective texted Anna.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2027475526001307943

 

[tlcya]

witness is released

 

[arielilane]

1:08 p.m. Anna was very upset when she got the text messages. Said it was wrong to treat someone like this who did nothing wrong. Anna said she did not want to talk with the police at all. She says she never refused to testify. Anna asked to communicate with the detective through text messages. Lewis asks Anna if she recently completed rehab. She says yes. Her drug of choice was alcohol. She says she bases her years off of Hayden being dead or not.


1:06 p.m. We see the text messages. Det. O’Driscoll messaged her to “make our life easier and answer our calls so we can prep you on what you will be asked. Otherwise the next time I knock on your door I’ll have a warrant.” Anna responded that she doesn’t need to be prepped – she can just show up. She asks for the time and date and she said she would appear.

LIVE UPDATES | Day 5 of Kouri Richins murder trial - East Idaho News

Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three boys, is accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, in 2022. She is on trial in Summit County, Utah, on charges of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, insurance fraud and forgery. Today is the fifth day of the trial. It is scheduled...

www.eastidahonews.com

 

[Greenestdays]

I assume Ms. Isbell isa hostile witness for the prosecution?

She seems hostile in general (and I don’t blame her).

 

[tlcya]

Robert Crozier is next witness for the state. this is one of the two dealers that Carmen obtained drugs for Kouri from

 

[Megnut]

That was pointless.

Win one for the Defense. Witness never heard KR asked for fentanyl, by name.

Bigger loss for the Defense IMO. KR asked for propofol.

It's not like KR have ER oxys or roxys, at his request, but didn't know he order had been upgraded to fentanyl.

What a mess of a defense.

JMO

 

[aamillaa]

I’m not sure the defense should’ve showed those texts. Yes, they make the detective look bad but they also make it VERY CLEAR Ms. Isbell has non interest in doing anything to help police/the state. Makes her recollection of the phone call super believable. MOO

 

[arielilane]

Lewis asks if Anna was sober during the phone call between Kouri and Hayden. She said they ate sushi and believes she was. Kouri would help Hayden out. Kouri asks Hayden about the Michael Jackson drug. Anna thought Kouri was asking for a muscle relaxer. Anna went into the bathroom. Lewis asks Anna if she ever heard Kouri ask for fentanyl. She did not. Nothing further from Bloodworth. Witness is released.

Robert Crozier is on the stand. Bloodworth asks if he has a criminal drug history. He says he does. He had a distribution charge in December 2022 and two possession charges in 2023. Crozier says he began dealing drugs sometime around 2020. He was dealing drugs in early 2022.

Judge asks Lewis and Bloodworth to approach for sidebar.


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[arielilane]

Court in recess until 1:25 pm MT and 3:25 pm ET

 

[Megnut]

She seems hostile in general (and I don’t blame her).

KR crapped up a lot of people's lives.

At least she didn't do a Susan Smith for her new lovah. I think she thought she would well play the role of grieving widow and mother.

She really didn't care whom she used or hurt. So long as she got her way, or believed she could get her way.

JMO

 

[COSCitizen]

I know it's unlikely to come up in the trial, but did Kouri (and possibly ER) make a habit of employing people with substance abuse issues?

 

[MrFix]

This trial seems to be kind of a mess!

 

[Megnut]

I know it's unlikely to come up in the trial, but did Kouri (and possibly ER) make a habit of employing people with substance abuse issues?

Cheap labor, cash, no taxes, no benefits.

That's my guess.

KR was cheap.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

We are back. Testimony continues with Robert Crozier. He has an attorney in the courtroom and is testifying on three grants of immunity. Salt Lake County, Summit County and the federal government. His attorney assisted him in getting immunity "as far as I know."

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Robert says his attorney told him he needed to come to court and be honest. If he wasn't, the immunity would be void and he could be charged with a crime. Bloodworth asks who Nicole Cummings is. She's a girl he lived with for a few months at the end of 2021. In early 2022, Nicole contacted Robert and asked if he could get some Roxys for her friend - some oxycodone.

 

[tlcya]

Cheap labor, cash, no taxes, no benefits.

That's my guess.

KR was cheap.

JMO

yep cash labor no payroll, ins or tax reporting needed and most would take payment by paypal, venmo or cash.

 

[Skagirl]

Do we think defense is still going to try to say that Kouri was buying the drugs for ER to use but that it also somehow slipped her mind to tell anyone on scene that he may have been using something stronger than THC gummies that night? EDIT to add: Do you think they will try to say this was an accident and not murder?