Prosecutors say Richins withdrew money from bank accounts without her husband's knowledge and tried to change a life insurance policy to make herself the sole beneficiary. to find her husband lying on the floor cold to the touch.Ībout a year to the day after her husband died, Richins published a children's book, "Are You With Me?" about navigating grief after the loss of a loved one.Īlleged fentanyl purchases before husband's death His wife told investigators at the time that she brought her husband a Moscow Mule cocktail in the bedroom of their Kamas, Utah, home, then left to sleep with their son in his room and returned around 3 a.m. The searches found on Richins' iPhone include the phrases: "can cops force you to do a lie detector test?" "Luxury prisons for the rich in America," "death certificate says pending, will life insurance still pay?" "If someone is poisoned what does it go down on the death certificate as," and "How to permanently delete information from an iPhone remotely."Įric Richins was found dead at the foot of the couple's bed in March 2022. Some of the articles pulled up through her searches focused on fentanyl, life insurance payments and others relating to police investigations and how data is collected from electronic devices. SEE ALSO | Author accused of poisoning husband allegedly bought nearly $2M in life insuranceĪmong the details released in the documents are internet searches investigators say were found on Richins' phone that were described by prosecutors as "incriminating." Her attorneys argue "there is no substantial evidence to support the charges" and say she should be released as she awaits trial. The documents released Friday also give insight into Richins' defense. She faces charges of criminal homicide, aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Prosecutors allege she killed Eric Richins, her husband of nine years, with a lethal dose of fentanyl.
A judge is expected to decide if she should be released or remain in custody pending the outcome of her trial. The new details on the widow's alleged search history emerged as part of the prosecution's case against Richins, 33, who will be in a Park City, Utah, court Monday for a detention hearing.
UTAH - "What is a lethal dose of fentanyl" is one of many phone searches that investigators say were made by Kouri Richins, a Utah widow accused of killing her husband before she authored a children's book about grief, CNN reported.
Who is Kouri Richins? New details were revealed about the alleged search history of the Utah mom accused of killing husband Eric Richins.
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