Utah mother on trial for husband’s poisoning murder

Opening statements begin in the trial of Kouri Richins, a Utah mother accused of murdering her husband, Eric Richins, by poisoning him with fentanyl in March 2022. Richins faces multiple felony charges, including aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, mortgage fraud, and forgery, all of which she denies. Prosecutors allege financial motives, as Eric was considering divorce and had attempted to change his life insurance policy. Following her husband’s death, Richins published a children’s book about grief.

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