A Utah mother who wrote a children's book about how to cope with grief after her husband's death last year is accused of poisoning him with a lethal dose of fentanyl after serving him a celebratory Moscow Mule.
, died at their Kamas home, about 40 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, on March 4, 2022. Summit County sheriff’s deputies responded after Richins called 911 to report she had found him unresponsive in their bedroom, according to a probable cause statement.
She told investigators, according to the document, that she slept in one of her children's bedrooms because the child had a night terror. She allegedly woke up around 3 a.m. and found that her husband was in their bedroom"cold to the touch." In the 41-page book, a boy questions whether his father is with him when he is sad or mad and whether he is with him for special occasions: at his soccer game when he scores, his birthday, Christmas and when he starts his first day of school.Kouri Richins dedicated the book to"my amazing husband and a wonderful father." It has been removed from Amazon.
The station updated its story Tuesday to say it had not been aware Richins was suspected in her husband's murder.and wrote in the caption that life has been hard without him. A search with a warrant showed several communications on Kouri Richins’ phone between her and the acquaintance, the document said.
The acquaintance got 15 to 30 fentanyl pills and delivered them to Richins, who paid $900 for the drugs. Three days later, on Feb. 14, 2022, Eric Richins became ill after a Valentine’s Day dinner at home with his wife, according to the document.
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