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

[MarciB]

a channel on youtube

oh, I thought it was another trial

 

[Elisaa444]

I didn't follow every detail of this case (like some cases), but I thought I knew a good chunk of it. Turns out - I don't because I wasn't aware Kouri had a BF (Josh). Do we know if her husband knew about it or did he suspect she was cheating? (the defense mentioned that he would check her phone)


JMO>

 

[Wishbone]

KR reminds me of Ashley Benefield

 

[iluvmua]

I didn't follow every detail of this case (like some cases), but I thought I knew a good chunk of it. Turns out - I don't because I wasn't aware Kouri had a BF (Josh). Do we know if her husband knew about it or did he suspect she was cheating? (the defense mentioned that he would check her phone)


JMO>

I didn't know that either

 

[arielilane]

Kouri Richins is one of the most unlikeable defendants ever. When she wrote a children's book to get sympathy and $, that's what got me interested. so horrible

You'd be surprised what people do for money. jmo

 

[Wishbone]

I didn't follow every detail of this case (like some cases), but I thought I knew a good chunk of it. Turns out - I don't because I wasn't aware Kouri had a BF (Josh). Do we know if her husband knew about it or did he suspect she was cheating? (the defense mentioned that he would check her phone)


JMO>

IMO the defense can't prove who checked his phone that night.,

 

[arielilane]

I didn't follow every detail of this case (like some cases), but I thought I knew a good chunk of it. Turns out - I don't because I wasn't aware Kouri had a BF (Josh). Do we know if her husband knew about it or did he suspect she was cheating? (the defense mentioned that he would check her phone)


JMO>

I wasnt aware either.

I dont believe anything from the defense.

moo

Edit: added last sentence

 

[Megnut]

@NateNewsNow


Nester says Eric had an allergic reaction to a sandwich on Valentine's Day, took an EPIPen, and then drove his kids to soccer. "They're asking you to believe that she secretly put narcotics in her husband's food right before he's going to drive the three things that matter the most to her in the world."


12:01 PM · Feb 23, 2026

Unfortunate wording....

Eric drove "the things" to soccer....

And yet, spot on. IMO that's exactly what and how Kouri thought of their children. Things. Pawns.

Trying to draw sympathy that the State would accuse her of killing the father of her children, knowing the lifetime of pain that would inflicted is going to backfire spectacularly.

She knew she did it anyway.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

Does anyone know how much he was making a year?

Jury was shown a slide of his tax return -- $750K the year prior.

 

[Snoopster]

@NateNewsNow


Back to the morning of March 4, 2022. Eric Richins is placed in a body bag and wheeled out of his home for the last time. His boys are upstairs with their uncle. Kouri Richins has not yet told them Eric is dead, and she won't for a few hours, Bloodworth says. "On Kouri Richins phone, the following three images are accessed." He showed three memes: One of a guy wiping his nose with money, one that says "Idiots, idiots everywhere" and another that says. "I'm rich!" Prosecution is done with opening statement.


11:37 AM · Feb 23, 2026

I actually gasped when I watched this on the live feed. Here is a screenshot of the images that were accessed on Kouri 's phone, before she even told her children that their father was dead...



Source:

 

[Megnut]

Question: who drew Kouri's wrist tattoo? Looks less like any tattoo I've ever seen and now like a Sharpie special.

The ruffles are a nice touch but nothing about her is soft and light.

JMO

 

[angkg]

I sincerely hope that Kouri is found guilty and the shenanigans of the defense do not cloud the jury. I 100% believe she did it. I am sorry to this hunky judge that I didn't follow his instructions! I have already decided she is guilty - I admit it. I dislike her to the n'th degree. I do not believe her; she is evil!

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


NEW THREAD: Court is back in session. Jurors will be brought in. Judge will swear them in again with the proper wording and then state will call its first witness.


12:40 PM · Feb 23, 2026

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025989205638181245

 

[Megnut]

State opens with ER's dad.

My heart is already breaking...

JMO

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Jury is back in. The judge reads the correct swearing-in verbiage. First witness is Eugene Richins - Eric's dad.


12:43 PM · Feb 23, 2026

 

[Cindizzi]

Does anyone know how much he was making a year?

The Defense said he reported $750,000 a year to IRS.

 

[arielilane]

Bloodworth shows photo of Eric Richins. Eugene says Eric was 39 when he did. Bloodworth asks Eugene to point out Kouri Richins. Linda Carter Richins is Eric's mom's name. Eugene says he was involved with Eric as a child. "We did everything together as a family. Education was extremely important for us as a family as was a strong work ethic as was religion. Those were my top priorities as to how we raised our children," Eugene says.

Eric helped his dad on his cattle ranch. He loved to be outdoors and, as adults, they saw each other 1-3 times a week. They spoke every day on the phone. They went to ball games together, spent time on the ranch and saw each other "all over the place." Eric had a fun-loving, likable personality. "He loved people and people loved him."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025990963978522724

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Bloodworth asks about Eric's sons. Eugene says, "He was their coach, their father and their very best friend." Eric constantly brought his sons to Eugene's ranch. The oldest one loves to rope, and the other boys love to ride four-wheelers. "Eric was an excellent father," Eugene says. Eugene and Eric were planning to buy a cabin together. Kouri called Eugene on March 4, 2022, and told Eugene that Eric was not breathing.


12:50 PM · Feb 23, 2026

 

[arielilane]

Eugene rushed to Eric's house around 4-4:30 a.m. Katie, his daughter, was there. So was Kouri. First responders were also there and so was Kouri's mom. The three boys were also there and two other granddaughters. Eugene stayed until 10-10:30 a.m. Bloodworth asks what Kouri said to him that morning. Eugene doesn't recall her saying much, if anything, to him.

Sometime between Eric's funeral and the medical examiner's ruling, Kouri called Eugene and said she had just spoken to the medical examiner. She said they determined Eric died of the same thing Linda did (Eric's mom) and COVID. Linda died from fungus in her lungs, Eugene says. Katie, Eugene's daughter, called the M.E. and they told Katie that Kouri had never called and the results from Eric's death had not been released. Defense objects, judge allows the statement in not for the truth of the matter.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025992700676264050

 

[angkg]

If we believe the defense, everyone else is corrupt, not Kouri. Even Eric's family because "they went after Kouri" immediately following his death.