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

[tlcya]

Ms. Cameron Sessions being called next by prosecution.

 

[arielilane]

Prosecutor asks Nguyen how many death crime scenes he's been to. He says "a lot." More than 30. Prosecutor asks if Kouri's reaction is similar to other death scenes he's attended. Nguyen says no. "Every time I spoke to Ms. Richins, her face was in her hands and I couldn't see her face. At one time, I even leaned down to look and see her emotions, but it was just a little abnormal." No further questions.

Ramos has follow up questions. He stresses that Nguyen had never met Kouri and doesn't know what she was feeling that morning. Nguyen says that's correct. Questioning is done.

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[tlcya]

Cameron (Larson) Sessions She has recently gotten married in 2021 but only recently took her spouse's last name. She is an evidence tech with Park City PD.

She was assigned by the office of medical examiner to work in Summit, she worked the scene as her first one without a mentor accompanying her. She previously served as a dispatcher. Her training in evidence tech consisted of being taught how to photograph and document evidence.

 

[tlcya]

tech saw red fluid on his face and he was lying on teh floor in his boxers at the foot of the bed. there was medical treatment (waste) present around and on him.

 

[Justice101]

on redirect Nguyen has been to a LOT of death scenes. In his opinion based on prior experience, KR did not seem to be crying, kept hiding her face in her hands. He felt her affect was off, not genuine but couldn't get a good read because she kept hiding her face.

Defense back at it asking how many times had you encountered KR in the past, how can you see what is normal. And how he spoke of victims in prior death scenes, not someone who lost a spouse. going nowhere, wrap it up annoying hair guy

Criticizing the cops at the scene who are not the real investigators in this case is going to wear out the jury's patience way too early for the defense. Beating the same drum for 3 weeks is going to turn it into background noise and create resentment for the Defense. this definitely happens

The real investigators for this crime are the other witnesses not in the room, fraudulent real estate records, forgery experts on his will, drug dealer testimony, etc.

 

[arielilane]

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Next witness is Cameron Larson. She's an evidence technician. She worked with the medical examiner. Larson responded to the scene the morning Eric died. The paramedics had been working on Eric. He had an AED on his chest. Larson worked with Chelsea Gibson and Detective Woody from the Summit County Sheriff's Office.


11:20 AM · Feb 24, 2026

 

[arielilane]

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Larson was asked to look for any sign of alcohol in the home. She looked in three garbage cans throughout the home. She did not look in drawers or cupboards. "My job as the medical examiner investigator is to go and check the body." Larson does not recall seeing anything in the master bedroom or bathroom garbage cans, but in the kitchen, there were coffee grounds, a newspaper, and a ginger beer bottle in the trash can. Larson remembers the N Bull ginger beer bottle because it's something her dad kept on hand when she was a child.


11:22 AM · Feb 24, 2026

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Larson is asked if she looked for evidence out in the open around the home. She didn't. She doesn't remember taking any medication bottles. Prosecutor asks to admit photos of Eric Richins' driver's license. Larson says the photo on the driver's license matched the decedent.

 

[tlcya]

Chelsea Gibson and Det. Woody were also present and working the scene as well. Cameron was asked to look for signs of alcohol consumption and checked all the garbage cans for that. Ms. Larson is very softspoken and is reminded yet again to speak up.

She did not look in drawers of cupboards. Her primary focus was to be the body. There was nothing in teh master or bath garbage in the kitchen there was a and bull ginger beer bottle, coffee grounds, and a crumpled newspaper.

If the and bull was not alcohol and you did not make a note of it in your report why do you still remember that ginger nonalcoholic beverage even now? Her dad kept that brand of ginger beverage in their household as a child and the bottle was district so it stuck in her memory.

She found no medication in the bedroom.

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[Justice101]

Just curious, who on here has ever been on the witness stand and been cross examined?

 

[Justice101]

Chelsea Gibson and Det. Woody were also present and working the scene as well. Cameron was asked to look for signs of alcohol consumption and checked all the garbage cans for that. Ms. Larson is very softspoken and is reminded yet again to speak up.

She did not look in drawers of cupboards. Her primary focus was to be the body. There was nothing in teh master or bath garbage in the kitchen there was a and bull ginger beer bottle, coffee grounds, and a crumpled newspaper.

If the and bull was not alcohol and you did not make a note of it in your report why do you still remember that ginger nonalcoholic beverage even now? Her dad kept that brand of ginger beverage in their household as a child and the bottle was district so it stuck in her memory.

She found no medication in the bedroom.

Reminds me of the scene with the incompetent first lawyer in My Cousin Vinny where the first defense lawyer who stutters is so over confident yet makes everything worse every time he opens his mouth. BTW, great movie.

 

[Megnut]

Today Kouri is very busy pretending to be interested in whatever is on the table in front of her. And wholly disinterested in the ME's testimony.

JMO

 

[tlcya]

Defense goes immediately in and "acknowledges" this was Cameron's very first solo death scene. We will hear this brought up a lot more IMO by defense.

 

[Justice101]

Defense goes immediately in and "acknowledges" this was Cameron's very first solo death scene. We will hear this brought up a lot more IMO by defense.

Again, the real evidence has very little to do with what's in that room other than Kouri.

 

[arielilane]

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Larson says once the body is placed in a body bag, there is a tag that goes through two zippers so it can't be tampered with. Each body bag and person has a unique number.

We see a photo of the tag used on the body bag. Medication with Eric's name on it and his driver's license was included with the body bag. We now see a photo of the body bag at the Medical Examiner's Office and the tag looped between the two zippers on the bag. Larson steps down from the stand to point to a monitor showing how the zippers were attached with the sealed tag.


11:32 AM · Feb 24, 2026

 

[Justice101]

I am curious.

Maybe an obvious answer, buy why would Kouri no know that hiding her face was a form of deception?

Because she knew she couldn't perform and pull it off with her face showing? I would think she had rehearsed that and been able to attempt ro do it out in the open.

What do you think?

 

[aamillaa]

I get the defense doesn’t have much to work with, but their strategy seems to be Temu Karen Read lawyers. Unlike KR, doesn’t seem like there’s any actual corruption/evidence tampering here and they’re grasping at straws.

Jurors are real people with real lives losing real money to serve on these cases. I just don’t see this long winded strategy (seemingly going nowhere) playing well.

MOO

 

[tlcya]

Cameron also noted when she encountered her Kouri was crying with her face in her hands.

 

[aamillaa]

I am curious.

Maybe an obvious answer, buy why would Kouri no know that hiding her face was a form of deception?

Because she knew she couldn't perform and pull it off with her face showing? I would think she had rehearsed that and been able to attempt ro do it out in the open.

What do you think?

Maybe she was unable to produce actual tears.

MOO

 

[arielilane]

Prosecution has no further questions. Defense attorney Alex Ramos will now question Larson. This was the first crime scene she showed up to. Ramos asks what an OME (Office of Medical Examiner) investigator does as far as taking photos, identifying the deceased, gathering prescriptions, etc. Ramos asks about Larson looking in the trash cans. She says she was asked to do it. Ramos asks if it was odd. She says it didn't seem odd at the time.

Larson met with the Summit County Sheriff's Office a year ago today. She was employed as an OME investigator but was at a different jurisdiction. The sheriff's office asked her to come back to discuss what was in the garbage. Ramos asks about Larson about her clarifying her involvement with Kouri. Larson says they spoke in a bedroom that morning and Kouri was crying with her hands on her face. Larson gave her contact information of who she should contact.

Ramos shows Larson the report she wrote at the scene. He asks her where she got the information. She says it came from other investigators on the scene. Ramos says she doesn't know how truthful the information is because it came from others. Prosecution raises an objection. Judge calls for a sidebar.

Ramos asks a few follow-up questions on Larson's report and finishes. Prosecutor has some follow-up. Asks if there is an inventory sheet that is included with the body. There is an electronic list that the medical examiner can view. The sheet would include medications. Prosecutor asks about Larson's meeting with the Summit County Sheriff's Office and who was there. Nothing further from prosecution.

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[Justice101]

Maybe she was unable to produce actual tears.

MOO

But couldn't she shriek or scream out loud with her face showing? I can't cry on demand either. But I've seen other "fake" crying like the woman who contracted out to have her husband killed but it was an undercover cop. Them telling her her husband was killed and at least she shrieked without covering her face