UT v. Kouri Richins | Grief Author Murder Trial
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- WHAT WE KNOW: Kouri Richins is accused of killing her husband, Eric Richins, with a lethal dose of fentanyl. Following his death, she wrote a children’s book about grief. #CourtTV breaks down the case and reveals Eric's suspicions about his wife before he was killed.
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I’m confused if she killed him in Utah why is the trial noted as being In Idaho
She asked for the 'michael jackson stuff' the second time she got drugs from her acquaintance, not the first.
@@Weatheredstorms1 Court TV makes mistakes, it's Utah
It just hurts so much that he didn't leave her immediately upon suspicion. What a sick, horrific individual she is. 😭
He thought things would turn around..
I know that's what hurts Huh? ⚖️ 🤔 😢
Stayed for his kids 😔
Not even leave. Just don’t drink or eat anything in that house . Get Uber eats for everything… until he plants his divorce.
@@juburr9750So stay. And get Uber eats . Why eat or drink anything she makes ? Especially when he knew she had tried to poison him ??? makes zero sense . Why take a drink from someone who already tried to poison you? He was in denial . People keep saying how he stayed for the kids.. ok? My question is why did you eat or drink anything she made, not why did he stay .
I'm so pleased Eric's sister spoke, she truly said what was needed to potray the evil person she really is.
She was so brave to stand up in court and tell the world what she truly is.
R.I.P. Eric
His sister would not know if she did it. From my understanding there no evidence aganst her. As the house keeper would lie to get off from selling drugs. They dint find any drugs in there house
@@rachelwalsh6116beg to differ
@earth0128 how would his sister know as was she there. From what I read the prosecution donst Have much of a case beyond reasonable doubt. As they found no drugs in there home and the house keeper was facing charges on selling drugs so she would lie to get a lesser sentence.
@rachelwalsh6116 Lie? There are texts messages between both KR and the housekeeper. She is liar and she is going down for killing him
@t.elizabeth7846 when the trial happens we see what the evidence is
How could she do that to her poor children.. Beyond disturbing.
psychopath at its finest.
But she was not found guilty yet?
We are NOT the jury either so we can find her guilty now if we want 🤫
@@trace_you6337 OK. So?!! What's it gonna be?!
@@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.Just cause someone hasn't been found guilty yet doesn't mean they ain't guilty
Love how he knew what she was doing and changed the life insurance back to his sister.
I'm disgusted at how people can be so selfish! If she's guilty of murdering her husband than she is truly evil. Now her kids are left with no parents
They say that her plan was for the kids to follow their father.
@@Woodman-Spare-that-tree😮
😂 she did it for money, make sure your wife isn’t planning to do the same to you 😂
@@LalithoTheRedBorderCollie I'm divorced 😁
She won't do much time. She'll be out in plenty of time, to finish kil....I mean raise the kids.
She said she was never dependent on her husband's money, but had she still been a cashier at home depot, she wouldn't be flipping million dollar homes
She could be a liar as well as a murderer! It seems she is.
If she wasn't dependent on his money, I can't imagine a reason why she tried to steal his life insurance policy from his friend.
She played the long game. I guarantee the moment she met him, she knew how this would end. And she love bombed him into a marriage, kids and a life of luxury... Knowing full well that one day she was going to kill him and take it all. That's the kind of personality we're dealing with here. But she will probably die still professing her innocence. Or she may even try to pretend she's the "real victim" and make up a wild story of "abuse". Who really knows how far she's going to take this game.
Kouri is a wolf 🐺 in sheep’s clothing…. What a disgrace to do this to the children!!!
The best part was he removed her from his will just weeks before she murdered him. Left it all to his sister. He got the last laugh. 😂
Or the last breath💀 lmao 😂 he never coming back so nah bro he lost. Leaving her on time with his sons would have been the win
I cannot comprehend how somebody fears their spouse is try/going to kill you yet you stay and furthermore take food or drink from that person
He really was worried about his kids and you can tell with how he was hiding money for them...poor Soul he died fighting
Exactly. I just don't understand.
He thought things could still turn around..
@reginamushi6582 ok but it still doesn't make sense
Because Kouri is a psychopath.
He was up against a manipulative, driven, dangerous woman that on the flip side, he loved. She would have immediately love bombed him when her 1st poisoning attempt failed. He probably knew on some level that he was in danger, but she would have been soooo loving and over the top afterwards, that he would have felt like the crazy one. He probably eventually even felt guilty for ever thinking that his wife was capable of hurting him. That's how she did it. He was so confused between his feelings, her actions, their long history, the kids and all the other factors, plus female psychopaths toss in hyper sexuality so he probably had no idea that his gut was right all along.
It's sad but true. Ted Bundy's GF knew things were "off" but then he'd swoop in and smother her in love and she'd put her weird feelings aside. For years. Even when the media published a sketch of a guy named Ted who looked exactly like her BF, she was just sure he couldn't be "that monster". Some psychopaths are really good at being normal, almost too nice. I bet Kouri played the part super well.
He needed to leave the very first time he thought he'd been poisoned. You can't stay and let them get their claws back into you emotionally. He needed to trust his instincts... And unfortunately he didn't. Hopefully it's a lesson for someone else out there.
This shows what Psychopathy is, no care for her children, for her husband, for the family. All she care is her and what she wants.
She is evil and selfish. Prayers for Justice!
It’s too late tho 😂
I have no words ... no matter what she gets, it will be merciful compared to what she deserves by human standards. Prayers for the kids.
This woman, and EVERY spouse that does this is incredibly stupid. YOU WILL GET CAUGHT!!! It may take a while, but you are going to get caught. Now, these children don’t have a father or mother. What a selfish, greedy woman. I wish he would have gotten out the first time she tried. 😢
Thank God she won't be able to raise them. That's one plus.
Thank you Sunny for voicing what I've been saying from the beginning. When you know your spouse is trying to kill you, leave, get out.
As a divorce lawyer who has represented many men in contested custody battles, I've seen attractive women like Kouri use their looks and charm in gaslighting the courts and experts in getting what they want. We need to learn from this case. Eric was smart in telling others about his suspicions. It's too bad it didn't save his life.
What would have saved his life was believing his own allegations...
He thought the situation would work out in the end
When the disdain is to be point that your spouse is suspicious of being poisoned - that disdain doesn't resolve itself.
How many times have you heard false allegations about child abuse by mothers against fathers in order to get full custody? How many men have been reimbursed by their ex for making the false allegations? How many have been convicted of making false allegations?
She says “Your not living this life alone, dad is still here, just in a different way”….sure Kouri, just like now you are living your best life, just in a different way! How does it feel? Talk about gaslighting her children!!!
She is one sick woman, may she get life. So sorry for the kids
Charles Vallow rang every warning bell he could including the police, but ended up dead.
You are so right!
Exactly, it would seem the perpetrators are given more protection than the victims.
That crossed my mind also..
The goal is to meet in a public place (preferably with cameras) for the exchange since things were tense. He should've met Lori inside the restaurant instead of inside her home. They totally set up Charles.
It really makes me angry that she was trying to force her eyes to water like that. And she seemed to hide her smirks. What the hell is up with this woman? Evil.
EXACTLY!!!! 💯 During times that AN INNOCENT and GRIEVING wife/ mother SHOULD genuinely look upset, she appears that it's so hard to not LAUGH! IMHO. So evil!
He thought she was trying to kill him and yet he stay in the house. Unbelievable choice on his part. Common sense would tell you to run like hell to get away from this person and notify the authorities ASAP!
Eric should have chosen better 😂
I think he didnt want to leave his kids there alone with her.
"Are you with me?" Sounds like something said when trying to help someone in medical distress. Profiting from other's pain is disgusting. Any profits from her book should have to be given to his kids as well as all other monies owed.
She didn't even write the book. She used a book writing service. It was illegal for her to be selling that book and making a profit.
@OOceaneyess
The publisher removed the book from the shelves. The sister of Eric Richins is suing her for 5 million. She didn’t give one cent to the children/estate. She’s the lowest of low.
Welcome to America 😂
He stayed for fear of leaving his boys w a monster. Everyday , women are given preference over men in custody cases. I stand with him. I pray for his boys and for a good jury. ( death penalty ? )
@MrsMayhem17 and how do I know you making this up or over exaggerating it? I want to hear his side of the story. Not just one side then make my judgement. Proof and evidence
She essentially made her children orphans. 💔 My thoughts and prayers are with Eric’s children, family, and loved ones. 💞
Why does it say ID vs Kouri Richins? This happened in Utah.
I was JUST thinking the same thing!!! So confused lol
She also didn't write the book about grief. She hired someone to write it & another person to illustrate.
Wow! What a calculated, wicked and evil woman. Nowadays, you really don't know the person sleep beside you is real or unreal.
Nothing calculated, if Eric was like my father Kouri would have been dead on time
And she dumb because the cops always believe it has to be the partner when there are signs of large money problems
yeah now you need a full on psych evaluation included in your non negotiables when dating
Makes me wonder if her motive was getting back at him and his family due to the prenup. I feel like she is a resentful type of person.
May Eric RIP. I hope his kids, family and close friends find peace and comfort during this difficult time. 😢
Prenup I didn't know he filed for that ❓ 😊 Good For Him
But to Late 😢
@@annmoore8696 yes, I heard somewhere that the prenup was presented to her before prior to their wedding.
Thank you for Sharing with me Dear
@@annmoore8696 yeah. I think his mother actually wanted him to get the prenup before they got married. I'm pretty sure it was his mother. I could be wrong but I'm almost positive. Still so so sad.
Most likely, which is why they should've never married.
Greed is her only motive?? They were already well-to-do so she threw that away for the life insurance $$ and the ability to make $$ from a book? They were already wealthy! She must have had zero love for the man, because she didn't need more money....this is a weird greed case because in her situation, she wasn't poor without her actions...
I've followed this case & I believe that she (somehow!)was in debt. She had been pilfering $$$ from him before she did the deed.
It's obviously custody
@@surpriseimblack it’s obvious from what we’ve seen and heard so far that she wanted his money just not him
She would end up with nothing if she didn’t kill him because he was probably going to get a divorce from her. She killed him before that happened
@anon.7 Yep!
Kouri looks like she's trying not to laugh out loud in court. She's a scumbag. No Serial Killer.
She changed life insurance and you was suspicious about her poisoning you yet he STILL ate anything she had access to?
Some men are just dumb from inbreeding
Maybe he didn’t want to leave his children’s safety up to the sexist family court system!
Thank you for not diminishing domestic violence to the DV acronym.
She lying about DV
She is making herself cry by rubbing her eyes and pressing the inside of her eyes, she is so evil.
That was my thought exactly. She clearly isn't crying.Who does she think she's fooling?
Her attorney passing the tissue is contrived
I thought it looked like she was trying to cover up a laugh by making it seem like she’s crying
I didn’t believe she was evil until I heard that she threw a party one day after Eric’s death .
The evil way she took away the kids father. Its bad enough to murder, but to deprive your children of their father is so callous, selfish and heartless.
The doctors best guess at what's wrong with Kouri - "she's pretty devious". Wonder if took doctorate degree to be able make that observation. We never would figure that out ourselves. 🤪 Thanks Doc
If you thought so strongly that your wife was trying to kill you, why would you stay? I can’t make sense of it.
Her trial is fast! Is she choosing speedy trial to put pressure on the state to hold them to proof of the burden?
I don't get how she can be crying. What does she have to cry about? She doesn't miss him. She got what she wanted, except the money and the life she wanted. Maybe she's crying about that...
Crying about that money that was just right there is now not so.
Dont understand why her husband stayed with her, especially when he knew she was trying to poison him.
He said for the kids 😔
Becouse He Was An Idiot
He thought things would turn around..
This is UT VS. Kouri Richins!!! The title Reads ID VS Kouri Richins. Understandable mistake with how many high profile cases have recently have been in the national news.
What kind of person even thinks of this?? So tragic. She is evil and had a serious illness. No words..
So sad for the children my heart breaks for them.
Problem is people underestimate the wicked person, they think NOTHING is going to happen!
Hey! You poison me one time & I KNOW YOU DID I’M GONE!!! Kids or no kids!!! And I’m telling EVERYBODY AND POLICE!
😡
It's really easy to think "I'd never do that!"
But when you wake up, alive, and she knows it... And she's making you a delicious breakfast downstairs and she's got her hair done, kids are smiling, everything looks beyond normal... And that meal nobody is poisoned. Then the next meal... And the next... And she's being extra nice and the sex is mind blowing. You'll eventually think you're the crazy one.
That's how the merry-go-round would have been for him. And why he knew on some level that she'd poisoned him, but then everything was so nice and normal immediately after. Total mind f**k.
I bet if someone had asked Eric 10 years ago if he would leave if he thought he'd been poisoned, he would have also said yes. But then when you're actually in the spider web.... It's hard to say how you'd really react.
@@tishwitch Well, I VOWED if I ever caught my Spouse cheating on ME, it would be DIVORCE COURT ASAP! Guess what? My Spouse CHEATED and I went next day to FILE FOR A DIVORCE!
It was granted back then in 90 days!
When I said if I found out my Spouse POISONED ME, it would be DIVORCE COURT TOO!
I’m no JELLY FISH!! You do NOT TRIFLE WITH ME! There’s plenty of fish in the Sea! 🤨
Why would he stay with her ?!!! He knew!!!!!!!!! Wtf ?!!!
Did anybody notice that during and after the pandemic there are a lot of cases os spouses killing or trying to kill one another?
Those poor children raised by this sociopath
If you suspect someone trying to kill you then why would you stay with them even one minute longer? Get out immediately. You can get your personal items out later with police escort. If there are kids involved then fight it out in court. But GET OUT FAST!!!!!
If I were Eric, asap I would've packed a bag, moved to my parent's (or sibling's) house temporarily and filed for divorce. Things are replaceable; human life is not. Kids or no kids is NO EXCUSE to stay! They said he wanted to be in the house with his boys but how can he be there if he's DEAD?! Better to move out and divorce than to be dead. No? And how can you share space with your spouse who's trying to poison you? And how did she manage to avoid poisoning herself while preparing the drink? And why did he even drink the cocktail if he was already suspicious? Doesn't make any sense! 😵💫
Those poor children 😢
Wouldn’t it be UT vs Kori Richins?
My mother is a narcissist who drove my brother in law to suicide and abused my father during his last years living with dementia. She got away with it.
I’m so very sorry for your loss🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🫶
Watching her in the court room, it seriously doesn’t look like she’s crying.
I rewatched a couple times but honestly seems so fake played.
Her intentions of her wiping her tears away looks like she’s just massaging her face
Poor children.😢 I hate when marriages kill the other. When that happens, their children become orphans…😠
Why would you stay with your spouse if you suspect her to plotting to murder you !!!
She thought she got away with it and even used her kids for the whole fake books bullsht
The fact that he told others he thought he was in danger of her speaks volumes. The fact that she got the drug also gives doubts about her innocence... did she have insurance she collected on? Did she have a "special " friend? Innocent until proven wrong
I learned yesterday that Kouri had a boyfriend in Las Vegas. I think she was secretly sending him money. When Eric met her, she was a check out girl at Home Depot. He owned a very successful masonry business and he and his business partner were multi millionaires. She definitely married him for money. They had 3 precious boys.
I feel so sorry for this guy. I’m still curious why he didn’t want to leave. Did he just not want her to have custody of the children or did he not want her to inherit half of his money through divorce? Just wild. Either of those options are not worth his life in my opinion.
If you know someone is trying to kill you, why you let them make you food and drinks you get out.
I'm with you,i cannot believe you would even want to be in the same building as someone who you think want's you dead !😲
The poor man was worried about the kids
@@reginamushi6582 Then he should have kicked her out !
@@reginamushi6582still, he should have not eaten or drank anything she gave him
Exactly. !!! He was dumb and stupid and this is what he got. Such a smart man I just don’t get it
All well and good, but in this case at any rate, he may not have wanted to leave his kids. And he might have felt his children were in danger, too.
Exactly, he stayed to be a father.😢
Yeah well if I were him I would’ve never eaten or drank anything coming from her. He was stupid. So who’s taken care of the kids now? What a dumb dude he is as parents we need to protect ourselves first children come 2bd
He's not dumb. He probably just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that his wife and the mother of his children actually and seriously intended to murder him.
Eric may have had cognitive dissonance that can include being forced to comply with something against their beliefs, having to decide between different choices, and having to put effort into the goal.
Seems to me he didn't want to leave the family home/ children and still loved his wife.
Misplaced trust for sure. So sad 😢
He had the forethought of suspicion but not the gumption to do something about it and now it's too late! Really Eric...🤬
"Contact law enforcement " he would have been laughed at by the police ,just as Charles Vallow wasn't taken seriously, Men are not believed, time and time again we hear about these situations, Men are basically on their own...
I’ve experienced betrayal by someone taking something from me but I can’t imagine someone I loved and married choosing to take my life and take me away from my kids and family.
I am not victim blaming, so don't attack me. But this needs to be a lesson for everyone watching : someone who changes your will, someone who poisons you, they are dangerous. You need to trust your instincts and LEAVE. Yes, you probably feel crazy thinking about being poisoned, yes you probably love this person, but someone who is this mentally unstable is not going to get better overnight. Their next dangerous act may be the one that kills you. Like what ultimately happened in this tragedy.
Trust your gut. If you feel something is "off" do not sit idly by waiting for them to outsmart you.
I hope she rots in prison forever. And I hope her children can heel and lead healthy lived despite their mother's awful decisions.
This is just so sad. What a dreadful woman. Now the children have no parents.
Sick human being
Why don't those crazy people ever consider what they are doin to their children?!? Poor babies
Chandley Painter. What a joy to hear a journalist or present with a good clear voice, untainted by vocal fry.
She's being prosecuted in Utah, not Idaho.
It should be UT not ID 😉
🤣😅🤣
@@cg00000 lol
Wait this is a Utah case not an Idaho case right? Why does the title say ID Vs Kouri ?
she started her book tour A YEAR after her husband's death
it usually takes between 18-24 months usually to write, illustrate, submit for publication and edit and perfect, to then release a picture book
I can't help but imagine her rubbing her hands and salivating at the idea of how she can make bucks from her husband's death and children's grief
Horrendous. She didn't even write the book it was done by AI and she put her name to it.
Why? Why? Why? would you eat or drink ANYTHING from someone you suspect is trying to kill you? 🤔🤔🤔 I would TAKE NOTHING and buy and fix my own food and drink; enough for the meal. No leftovers!
You can be sure she didn't drink any of it, it was a special drink just for him.
When will these people learm that you cant get away with murdering your partner for lofe insurance....
Now the kids have NO parents, great job 👏
With a mother like that, they're better off with famly members
Now her children are orphans! She’s disgusting what a actress sitting in court with her crocodile tears!
Damn she poisoned him on Valentines day?????????????
Jesus Christ what's up with everone killing each other 😂😢
Idaho vs. For some reason I was thinking this one was in Utah. I'll be dar ned & silly old me.
why would he drink something she prepared when he suspected that she was trying to kill him , this was avoidable and she nearly got away with it
Je comprends pas avec les suspicions qu il avait sur elle qu il n ait pas porter plainte, il avait changé le bénéficiaire pour sa sœur et craignait pour sa vie...
When my Son's Dad died I was crippled with grief that first year she is full of shi* my Son at 9 would of had no interest as he was grieving also. A book think not.
Next book. Mommy why are both my parent's gone and im in therapy?
Cold to the Touch ❓ So how long did he lay there ❓ 🤔 ⚖️
UT, not ID. Got the title wrong
Eric wouldn't leave & save his life because he wouldn't leave his sons behind
But that's exactly what he did by not leaving, permanently. Makes no sense
@@nicoledenning8090my thoughts exactly! By any chance did religion play a big part? Some religions, divorce is shameful and out of the question so couples stay together even in abusive relationships.
Why didnt he GET OUT OF THERE.!!!!!!!!! POOR GUY......eather way.
If only he had left at the first sign of poisoning. This poor man. What an evil evil woman!
Pure evil, if you dont want to be with someone, leave, divorce why kill, is money that important to these people !! RIP Jared 😢 your boys are safe now,keep watching over them
She says make your own grief its easier to deal with.
I wish the state of Utah would actually take the time to investigate my Dads case. This does not surprise me at all that the State missed and fumbled this case, however I am sorry for this mans family. My Father Randy Jolley lived in Utah was newly married and husband #6 of his new wife less than a year later he dies and she makes $130,000. I couldn’t and still can’t get anyone to listen…
You need to fix your headline. This case is UT v. Kouri Richens, not ID.
Not that it matters, but fentanyl is not “the Michael Jackson stuff”. That would be propofol is. I’m glad this has gone to court, and I hope she gets what she deserves. I feel for the children…
Valentine's day seriously 😒
Pure. EVIL.
Murdered in UTAH!!!! NOT IDAHO
7 hrs later...... Court TV still has not corrected it to Utah.😅
16 hrs later.....
Over and over we see this. The victim never leaves even after having so many incidents. Mostly says it for kids or something. It is actually not. I don’t know why they stay in but they all seem to.
Or at least no eat nothing they have access too. I’ll eat out untill im able to fine somewhere else to say
So very foul this woman.
I have been waiting for this!! I cannot wait for justice to slam that gavel down on her! She disgusts me!
What a killer smile
Gee. It would be swell to see her convicted of her husband's murder.
One of the few contemporary cases where a lot of the evidence is in public view.
Here's to karma, too.