Fentanyl, Fraud & a Children's Book: The Complete Story of Kouri Richins and the Murder of Eric Richins
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The Case That Shocked the Nation
What happens when a grieving widow publishes a children's book about loss — and turns out to be the reason her children lost their father? Welcome to one of the most chilling and audacious true crime cases in recent American history: the story of Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three who was convicted on March 16, 2026, of murdering her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl — and then had the nerve to write a book about grief.
This is the case we were born to cover here at Hitched 2 Homicide. It has everything: a troubled marriage, a secret affair, crushing debt, life insurance fraud, an alleged poisoning on Valentine's Day, and a cover-up so brazen it almost defies belief. Buckle up, because this story is a wild ride from the perfect-looking life to a courtroom in Park City, Utah.
Who Were Eric and Kouri Richins?
To understand this case, you have to understand who these two people were — and the enormous gap between the life they appeared to live and the reality behind closed doors.
Eric Richins was by all accounts a hardworking, well-liked man. He owned a stone masonry business and was a devoted father to his three young sons. Friends and family described him as someone who powered through hardship — a man who had battled COVID and Lyme Disease but kept going without complaint. His business partner, Cody Wright, testified that Eric was not someone known to use prescription or illicit drugs.
Kouri Richins — Eric's second wife — was an ambitious real estate entrepreneur with a taste for the finer things. She operated a house-flipping business and projected an image of financial success and domestic bliss. The couple lived with their three sons in Kamas, Utah, a scenic mountain town about 40 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, not far from the upscale enclave of Park City. To the outside world, they appeared to have it all.
They married in 2013. And they signed a prenuptial agreement.
That prenuptial agreement would become one of the most important pieces of the prosecution's case.
The Prenup That Changed Everything
Under the terms of their prenuptial agreement, Eric and Kouri would not have rights to each other's property — with one critical exception: if Eric died while they were lawfully married, Kouri would inherit his estate.
This is where the motive begins to crystallize.
Prosecutors presented evidence that Kouri's real estate business was quietly imploding behind its glossy facade. A forensic accountant testified that Kouri's net worth was negative $1.6 million the day after her husband's death. By some accounts presented at trial, she was carrying as much as $4.5 million in debt. Meanwhile, she had been secretly draining equity from Eric's home — without his knowledge — to fund her business ventures.
The prenuptial agreement meant that if Kouri left Eric, she would walk away with little to nothing. But if Eric died while they were married? She stood to inherit everything — and collect on multiple life insurance policies that prosecutors say she had been quietly stacking up for years.
The Life Insurance Scheme
Between 2015 and 2017, Kouri Richins took out four life insurance policies on Eric — without his knowledge or consent. Eric's life was insured for approximately $2.2 million across these policies.
One of those policies became a focal point of the insurance fraud charges against her. An insurance agent testified that the application for a $100,000 policy contained errors, including an incorrect Social Security number for Eric. Prosecutors argued this policy was fraudulently obtained.
Eric, meanwhile, had become increasingly suspicious of his wife. He consulted a divorce attorney and an estate planner as early as 2020. Without Kouri's knowledge, he changed his will and established a living trust — placing his estate under the control of his sister, Katie Richins-Benson. He had been quietly working to cut Kouri out of his financial life while remaining in the marriage, reportedly for the sake of their children.
He never got out.
A Marriage on the Brink — and a Secret Affair
Behind the picture-perfect suburban life, the Richins marriage was fracturing. The couple had argued bitterly over finances, including a dispute over whether to purchase a $2 million mansion that Kouri wanted to flip for her business. Court filings show Eric was actively considering divorce.
And Kouri? She had already moved on emotionally — into the arms of another man.
Robert Josh Grossmann, a veteran, was Kouri's secret lover. The two had carried on a yearslong affair that she had concealed from Eric. During his emotional testimony at trial, Grossmann wiped his eyes as the couple's affectionate text messages were displayed for the jury. The night before Eric died, Grossmann sent Kouri a GIF captioned "love you." Hours later, Eric Richins was dead.
About a month after Eric's death, Kouri texted Grossmann: "I think I want you to be my husband one day."
But their relationship didn't last. Grossmann said things changed after Eric's passing. And in one of the most haunting moments of the entire trial, Grossmann testified about a conversation he and Kouri had approximately two weeks after Eric died — in which she asked him if he had ever killed anyone while serving in Iraq, and how it had made him feel.
"Today, sitting here, when you think back on that conversation, does that conversation seem like it was a strange conversation to you?" defense attorney Wendy Lewis asked him.
The implication hung in the air of the courtroom.
The Alleged Earlier Attempts: Greece and Valentine's Day
The prosecution's theory wasn't just that Kouri killed Eric once. They argued she had been trying to kill him for years.
The Greece Incident
According to court filings, Eric became violently ill during a trip to Greece after drinking something his wife gave him. He later told his sister, Katie, that he believed Kouri had tried to kill him during that trip. This alleged incident was years before his death, suggesting a pattern of behavior that prosecutors argued culminated in the events of March 2022.
Valentine's Day 2022 — The Sandwich
Ten days after a $100,000 life insurance policy on Eric went into effect, Kouri allegedly made her husband a sandwich on Valentine's Day, 2022. Shortly after eating it, Eric broke out in hives, experienced difficulty breathing, and used his son's EpiPen to treat what appeared to be a severe allergic reaction. He called two friends that day and told them, with fear in his voice, that he felt like he was going to die — and that he believed his wife was trying to poison him.
His business partner, Cody Wright, testified that he heard fear and urgency in Eric's voice that day unlike almost anything he had heard from him before.
Prosecutors charged Kouri with attempted aggravated murder for this incident — and the jury agreed, convicting her on that count as well.
The Night Eric Richins Died
On the evening of March 3, 2022, Kouri Richins prepared cocktails to celebrate a real estate achievement — specifically, the closing of a valuable property deal. She mixed Moscow Mules for herself and Eric. She handed her husband his drink.
In the early hours of March 4, 2022 — just after 3:00 a.m. — Kouri called 911 to report that she had found Eric unresponsive in their Kamas, Utah home. First responders arrived and declared him dead at the scene.
Eric Richins was 41 years old.
An autopsy revealed that Eric had approximately five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system. He had no known history of drug abuse. No drug paraphernalia was found in the home. The medical examiner's findings made one thing clear: this was not an accidental overdose.
Prosecutors would later argue, in the words of Chief Prosecutor Brad Bloodworth, that the staggering amount of fentanyl in Eric's system showed that "Kouri Richins wanted Eric not only dead, but good and dead."
The Day After: Business as Usual
Within hours of her husband's death, Kouri Richins signed papers to finalize the purchase of the $2 million mansion she and Eric had argued about. The ink was barely dry on her husband's death certificate.
Within days, she learned that Eric had removed her from his estate plan. According to court documents, when she found out from Eric's sister Katie, Kouri's response was to punch Katie in the neck and face.
She then began collecting on the life insurance policies.
How Did Kouri Get the Fentanyl?
This was the central question of the trial — and the defense hammered on it relentlessly. But the prosecution had an answer, even if it came with complications.
Carmen Lauber, the Richins family's housekeeper, was arguably the prosecution's most important witness. She testified that Kouri had asked her for drugs multiple times in early 2022. Lauber said she purchased fentanyl pills from a man named Robert Crozier at a gas station on two occasions before Eric's death — and one occasion shortly after.
The defense worked hard to undermine Lauber's credibility, pointing to her history of drug use, inconsistencies in her prior statements, and the immunity deal she had reached with prosecutors in exchange for her testimony. Defense attorneys suggested investigators had pressured Lauber into connecting Kouri to the fentanyl.
Lead detective Jeff O'Driscoll was forced to acknowledge on the stand that investigators had indeed stressed to Lauber the importance of corroborating her story. It was one of several moments the defense pointed to as evidence of a biased, sloppy investigation.
But in the end, the jury believed enough of the prosecution's case to convict — in just under three hours.
The Digital Breadcrumbs
Some of the most damning evidence against Kouri Richins wasn't from witnesses — it was from her own devices. Digital forensic evidence played a significant role in the prosecution's case, and some of what investigators found was difficult to explain away.
Among the search history evidence presented: Kouri had searched for "luxury prisons" and "lethal dose of fentanyl."
Phone extractions from multiple devices — including phones belonging to Kouri, Eric, Carmen Lauber, Josh Grossmann, and records related to Robert Crozier — were analyzed by digital forensics experts and used to corroborate key witness testimony.
The Children's Book: "Are You With Me?"
And then came the detail that turned this already-disturbing case into a national sensation.
About a year after Eric's death, Kouri Richins published a children's picture book titled "Are You With Me?" — ostensibly intended to help children cope with the loss of a parent. The book features a father with angel wings watching over his young son. She promoted it on Good Things Utah, a local morning show, describing the writing process as something that brought her and her boys peace during their grief. She told NPR member station KPCW that it "gave us something to work towards."
She was arrested in May 2023, just weeks after her television appearance.
But during the trial, the book took on a darker dimension. Detective O'Driscoll testified that Kouri didn't actually write the book — she had hired a ghostwriting company to compose it for her. Text messages shown to the jury revealed Kouri discussing the cost breakdown with family: "The kids book wasn't bad at all assuming everything turns out the way its supposed to cost $2500."
She estimated she would earn $5.35 per copy sold on Amazon.
Meanwhile, investigators also found a handwritten orange notebook on Kouri's nightstand containing detailed notes about the night Eric died. In her own words, Kouri wrote about finding him: that he was cold, very cold, that his body felt heavy, that he was pale/yellow, mouth open. She wrote that "an urge came over me that this wasn't good."
The "Walk the Dog" Letter
While Kouri was held at the Summit County Jail awaiting trial, investigators discovered a six-page letter hidden in a book in her jail cell, addressed to her mother. Prosecutors called it the "Walk the Dog Letter."
In the letter, Kouri referred to Eric's death as an "accidental overdose" and appeared to instruct her brother on how to testify — specifically suggesting he tell Kouri's former attorney that Eric had confided in him about obtaining fentanyl from Mexico and that Eric "gets high every night."
The defense argued the letter was a fictional story Kouri was working on for a manuscript. The prosecution argued it was a transparent attempt to suborn false testimony and demonstrated consciousness of guilt.
The jury heard portions of the letter and rendered their verdict accordingly.
The Trial: Three Weeks, 42 Witnesses, Three Hours of Deliberation
The trial of Kouri Richins began on February 23, 2026, at the Summit County Courthouse in Park City, Utah, before 3rd District Judge Richard Mrazik. It lasted approximately three weeks and featured testimony from 42 prosecution witnesses — including family members, forensic accountants, life insurance agents, the lead detective, Carmen Lauber, Josh Grossmann, neighbors, business associates, and expert witnesses.
The defense, led by attorneys Wendy Lewis and Kathryn Nester, rested its case without calling a single witness. Their strategy was built almost entirely on reasonable doubt: prosecutors could not show how Kouri allegedly administered the fentanyl, and the investigation, they argued, had been led and influenced by Eric's own family — including the private investigator Eric's sister hired who had passed information to police.
The defense also attempted to raise the possibility that Eric had a drug problem of his own, pointing to an old hydrocodone prescription found in his bedside table the night he died. Critically, the bottle appeared to contain residue — but it was never tested by investigators. The defense argued this was an example of the sloppy, biased investigation they had described.
Closing arguments took place on March 16, 2026. The defense moved for a mistrial, arguing that prosecutor Bloodworth had improperly called Kouri a "black widow" — a term they said dehumanized the defendant. Judge Mrazik denied the motion, ruling the term was permissible because it had stemmed from prior witness testimony.
The jury — eight people, six men and two women — deliberated for under three hours before returning a verdict on all five counts.
Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.
When Judge Mrazik read the verdict aloud, Kouri Richins bowed her head. In the gallery, Eric's sister Amy wept.
"Honestly, I feel like we're all in shock. It's been a long time coming," Amy Richins told reporters afterward. "So just very happy that we got justice for my brother."
The Charges and Verdicts
Charge | Verdict |
Aggravated Murder (death of Eric Richins) | GUILTY |
Attempted Aggravated Murder (Valentine's Day poisoning) | GUILTY |
Forgery | GUILTY |
Insurance Fraud (Count 1) | GUILTY |
Insurance Fraud (Count 2) | GUILTY |
The jury unanimously agreed that both the murder and the attempted murder were committed for financial gain — a finding that, as legal analyst Jean Casarez noted, showed "the money was really paramount in those jurors' minds."
What Happens Next: Sentencing and More Legal Trouble
Kouri Richins is scheduled to be sentenced on May 13, 2026 — what would have been Eric Richins' 44th birthday. The aggravated murder conviction carries a mandatory minimum of 25 years to life in prison, with the possibility of life without parole.
But her legal troubles don't end there. Kouri separately faces 26 additional felony charges in a case filed by prosecutors last year, including mortgage fraud, money laundering, and issuing bad checks — all allegedly related to financial crimes committed in the years leading up to Eric's murder. She is also litigating property issues with Eric's family in civil court.
As for Eric's three sons, a juvenile court ruled in November 2024 to grant custody to Eric's family. Members of Eric's family have indicated they plan to speak more publicly about the case following sentencing.
The Circumstantial Case That Convinced a Jury in Three Hours
No witness saw Kouri Richins put fentanyl in Eric's drink. No recording captured the moment. The defense was right about that — there was no direct evidence of the act itself.
But the prosecution wove together a devastating tapestry of circumstantial evidence: the financial motive, the secret affair, the fraudulent insurance policies, the alleged prior poisoning attempts in Greece and on Valentine's Day, the digital searches for lethal fentanyl doses, the housekeeper who purchased the drugs, the letter from jail coaching false testimony, and the grim irony of the ghostwritten grief book.
Cases built on circumstantial evidence are not inherently weaker than those built on direct evidence — and this jury proved it. They needed less than three hours to see through every element of the defense's reasonable doubt argument.
The prosecution's case, as Bloodworth framed it in closing, came down to this: Kouri Richins was unhappy. She was drowning in debt. She was in love with another man. She was trapped by a prenuptial agreement that meant she could leave her husband — or she could inherit everything. She chose the latter. She chose poison.
Why This Case Matters
The Kouri Richins case resonates far beyond the courtroom in Park City, Utah, for several reasons.
It is a story about the lengths to which financial desperation and greed can push a person. It is a story about how a "perfect" life can be a carefully constructed fiction. It is a story about a man who sensed danger, tried to protect himself legally, told people he was afraid — and still couldn't escape.
And it is, perhaps most grotesquely, a story about how someone can commit a murder and then attempt to monetize the grief it created — crafting a public persona as a bereaved mother and author while her husband's family fought for justice on the other side of the courtroom.
Eric Richins deserved better. His three sons deserved better. And in the end, after nearly four years, a Utah jury made sure the truth was told.
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