UPDATE: 3/16/26 at 9:38 p.m.: Utah jurors found children’s book author and mother-of-three Kouri Richins guilty of fatally poisoning her husband with a fentanyl-laced cocktail, returning their verdict after deliberating for only three hours on Monday, March 16.
Richins was declared guilty of first-degree aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery and insurance fraud in the overdose death of her husband, Eric Richins, 39, on March 4, 2022, at the couple’s home in Kamas, Utah.
Richins, 35, bowed her head as the first guilty verdict was read, showing almost no emotion.
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