The Case Against Kouri Richins

Brooke Karrington, Forensic Accountant, continues her testimony in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and la...

Part 2 of "Surviving the Fog"—a psychological deep dive into how coercive control dismantles a victim's perception of reality. Prosecutors allege Kouri Richins was $4.5 million in debt while Eric apparently didn't see the full picture. How is that possible? The fog. This episode breaks down the mechanics: GASLIGHTING: Not just lying—sustained psychological manipulation. They deny what happened wit...

Brooke Karrington, Forensic Accountant, continues her testimony in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and la...

Nearly four years. That's how long Kouri Richins has maintained her innocence since Eric Richins died from a fentanyl overdose in March 2022. Through investigation, arrest, preliminary hearings, a children's book tour, and now a five-week trial. Robin Dreeke — former FBI behavioral analyst who spent 21 years with the Bureau including leading the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program — ex...

Brooke Karrington, Forensic Accountant, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and laced a Mo...

Day 6 delivered the prosecution's strongest showing yet — and almost all of it came from devices, not witnesses. Digital forensic analyst Chris Kotrodimos testified about phone data from Kouri Richins, Eric Richins, Carmen Lauber, Josh Grossman, and Robert Crozier that painted a picture of mass deletions, incriminating searches, and cell tower patterns that align precisely with the prosecution's t...

Chris Kotrodimos, Digital Forensics Expert, is cross-examined on the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 mill...

Chris Kotrodimos, Digital Forensics Expert, continues his testimony on the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1....

Chris Kotrodimos, Digital Forensics Expert, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and laced...

Allison Wright, friend of Eric Richins, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and laced a Mo...

Part 1 of "Surviving the Fog"—a five-part psychological examination of coercive control patterns, using the Kouri Richins case as a framework. How did Eric Richins not see what prosecutors allege was happening? $4.5 million in debt. A boyfriend. Allegedly buying fentanyl. All while he thought he had a marriage. The answer is documented in abuse research: love bombing. This episode breaks down the...

A Robert Crozier video is presented to the jury and Molly Crosswhite takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to...

The defense says Kouri Richins didn't kill her husband. They say the investigation was a disaster, the star witness is unreliable, and the physical evidence to prove poisoning simply doesn't exist. Here's what they're presenting. Carmen Lauber—the prosecution's key witness—admitted she was high on meth during the entire time period she claims she was buying drugs for Kouri. She tested positive in...

Dr. Erik Christensen, Retired Medical Examiner, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and la...

The prosecution's drug chain broke on Day 5. Robert Crozier, testifying under triple immunity, told the jury he sold Carmen Lauber oxycodone and had no fentanyl source in early 2022. He contradicted Lauber on the number of meetings, the substance sold, and the details in his own affidavit — which he said contained errors and language that weren't his words. Carmen Lauber returned for her second da...

The state of Utah says Kouri Richins murdered her husband Eric by poisoning him with fentanyl. They say she did it for money and to start over with her boyfriend. Here's what they've presented to the jury—and the questions you're asking about whether it proves murder. Carmen Lauber testified she bought fentanyl for Kouri four times. She claims Kouri said it was for an "investor"—a story that makes...

The prosecution's key fentanyl supplier has recanted. No pills were ever recovered. No pills were ever tested. The death certificate lists manner of death as unknown. And yet Kouri Richins is on trial for murder. Opening statements revealed the competing narratives that will define this case. Prosecutors showed jurors memes allegedly found on Kouri's phone the morning Eric's body was removed—"I'm...

Two pieces of evidence put you as close to the night Eric Richins died as anyone outside that house will ever get. The 911 call was placed at 3:21 a.m. On it, Kouri Richins is sobbing. She tells the dispatcher Eric isn't breathing. He's cold. She says she doesn't know what happened. She doesn't know CPR but agrees to try. Defense attorney Kathryn Nester called it the sound of a wife becoming a wid...

Eric Richins was a husband, a father of three boys, and by all accounts a successful businessman building wealth in Utah's booming real estate market. On March 4, 2022, he was found dead in his Kamas home. Now his wife Kouri stands trial for his murder—and opening testimony revealed the vastly different portraits prosecutors and defense attorneys will paint of both the victim and the accused. Eric...

Robert Crozier, Former Drug Dealer, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and laced a Moscow...

Anna Isbell, Acquaintance of Kouri Richins, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and laced...

Carmen Lauber, Former Richins Housekeeper, again takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and l...

Carmen Lauber, Former Richins Housekeeper, again takes the stand in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and l...

The witness the entire trial has been building toward finally testified on day four. Carmen Lauber, the former Richins family housekeeper, took the stand in Park City and told jurors she purchased drugs for Kouri Richins four times between late January and early March 2022 — the period surrounding Eric Richins' death. Lauber's testimony, given under immunity agreements with multiple jurisdictions,...

Carmen Lauber, Former Richins Housekeeper, is cross-examined in the Kouri Richins Trial.  Complete coverage of the State of Utah v. Kouri Richins. She's accused of murdering her husband Eric Richins by poisoning him with fentanyl in their Kamas, Utah home in March 2022. The prosecution alleges Kouri researched untraceable poisons, secretly increased Eric's life insurance to $1.9 million, and laced...