Court documents reveal secret life insurance policies, stolen money, a contentious court battle and the hiring of a private investigator to dig into the death of a Utah man whose wife allegedly poisoned him with a spiked drink.
Richins allegedly owed more than a million dollars at the time of her husband’s death, prosecutors said in the document. The day before her husband died, prosecutors said she talked to a money lender to whom she owed at least $1.8 million and had a lengthy telephone call with the IRS. The document alleged that she had outstanding state and federal tax liabilities totaling $189,840 and also owed her husband at least $514,346.
She also told authorities that she had left her phone plugged up in her bedroom, however, investigators found that it had been locked and unlocked several times and showed movement before 911 being called, the statement said.. They have three sons.Days after her husband’s death, Richins allegedly had a locksmith drill into her husband’s safe, which contained between $125,000 and $165,000 in cash, according to the amended court document.
Greg Skordas, a spokesperson for Eric Richins’ family, told NBC News that the private investigator was hired to look into the death. The private investigator declined to speak about the case.A year after her husband’s death, Richins published a book titled “Are You With Me?” and dedicated it to “my amazing husband and a wonderful father.” An Amazon description of the book said it was written to “create peace and comfort for children who have lost a loved one.
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