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

[Megnut]

@NateNewsNow


We see a photo of a cabinet above the toilet. There are items that were not collected from the cupboard. But two gummies, two chocolate brownies, two clear baggies of gummies and some other items were seized. Prosecution moves to admit the photo, defense objects. Judge asks attorneys to approach the bench.


Sidebar is over. Prosecutor asks Christensen to open an exhibit. She asks for a sanitary wipe. She opens the bag. Before she booked them into evidence, they were photographed.


We see an image of the master closet. This is where a bag of gummies was found. Prosecutor asks Christensen to open the evidence bag containing the gummies. She cuts open the package and we see the gummies.


I have mistakenly been referring to the witness as Christensen - I meant to type Gipson. My apologies!


6:00 PM · Feb 24, 2026

Actually.... I think the witness knocked her water over, while she had the evidence bag open and contents laid out. In trying to prevent the spill, I think she knocked the gummie evidence off whatever may have been lining the tabletop.

 JMO

 

[AnyNameIWish]

Wait.... the Quetiapine level was found in Eric but the bottle of Quetiapine had Kouri's name on it!!!

 

[Megnut]

@NateNewsNow


Gipson collected a pair of tweezers that were inside a woman's jacket. It was taken to the sheriff's office and sent to the state crime lab. The prosecutor continues to play the scan of the house. We see markings where items of significance were collected.


6:05 PM · Feb 24, 2026

Will we learn they tested positive for fentynal?

JMO

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Gipson talks about finding documents in a backpack with Eric's and Kouri's names on them. A phone belonging to Kouri was also seized. The witness pulls the phone out. Gipson reminds the jurors that all the items were collected on April 13, 2022. Eric died on March 4.

Prosecutor shows the scan again and now we see tags for a different date when the house was searched. They were looking for electronics and documents.

The search was done on May 8, 2023. Gipson shows an orange notebook that was discovered in the nightstand. Prosecutor says they will come back to it. A blue iPhone was also collected from the nightstand.

We see a photo taken inside the master bedroom. Gipson shows where the phone was in relation to the bedroom. The detached office was also searched that day. Prosecutor moves to admit a 3D rendering of the office. A document was collected from a cabinet in the office.

 

[303gmf]

That's a small class, just my opinion.

Mine was 89 of us seniors!

 

[Megnut]

Kouri is expressionless, except for looking like she's waiting outside the principal's office.

None of this evidence is new to her.

JMO

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


A phone was seized from Kouri Richins on May 8, 2023. The phone was downloaded and admitted into evidence. Another search of the home was done on Nov. 7, 2024. A 3D scan was also done that day and tags were placed on the scan to show where items of interest were in the home.

During the November search, a timeline was found inside a kitchen cabinet. Prosecutor goes through other items that were found in the home and seized for evidence.

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


A Motorola cell phone taken from Carmen Lauber, the house cleaner, was also seized for evidence. Prosecutor asks Gipson what happens after phones are booked into evidence. In 2022, the sheriff's office did not have the ability to download a cell phone. If they wanted a download, it needed to go to the forensic institution. In early 2023, the sheriff's office got Cellebrite, a program to download cell phone data.


6:29 PM · Feb 24, 2026


Prosecutor continues to ask questions about cell phone downloads and the Cellebrite program. Gipson helped in the process of downloading Kouri Richins' blue iPhone. She did. Prosecutor has nothing further.


6:34 PM · Feb 24, 2026

 

[arielilane]

Court in recess until 8:30 am MT and 10:30 am ET

 

[arielilane]

@NateNewsNow


Judge says we will wrap up for the day and cross-examination will begin in the morning. Judge reminds jurors not to research the case. Jury exits the courtroom.


6:37 PM · Feb 24, 2026



Court is adjourned until tomorrow morning. Join me for "Courtroom Insider" tonight at 7 p.m. MST on the @EastIDNews YouTube channel.


6:40 PM · Feb 24, 2026

 

[Megnut]

Court in recess until 8:30 am MT and 10:30 am ET

FYI 15 minutes earlier than that, for counsel, iiuc.

 

[AnyNameIWish]

They also mentioned they have Hayden Jeffs cell phone!! OOOOPs they blurted it out. That's the handyman Kouri knew and she asked him for propofol and fentanyl.

Hayden Jeffs died in an accident so he won't be testifying but they can use his phone(?)

Yeah. This is going to hang on a LOT of circumstantial evidence. We might not see fentanyl tablets or residue on Kouri.... but honestly this is damning so far we have seen in evidence in the past 2 days....

1. Kouri's defensive reaction on camera to officers. .. "he has chest pain... he has Lyme disease.. his mom had a fungal infection.... he took gummies". Plus the lack of real tears.

2. Kouri calls her mom 1st? What? Huh? To me that is odd.

3. Quetiapine in Eric's blood...when Kouri has a prescription for it?

4. Kouri doesn't rush to her kids and doesn't seem unconsoleable at all when Katie shows up

 

[Cindizzi]

 

[justme11]

I didn't get to listen to much today so thank you @arielilane and everyone for the updates!

 

[Seattle1]

2/24/26

COURTROOM INSIDER | Autopsy, gummies, evidence and more on day 2 of Kouri Richins trial​