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Kouri Richins wrote a kids' book about grief. Then she was charged

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Eric Richins, 39, died in Kamas, Utah, in March 2022, and the autopsy found about five times a lethal dose of fentanyl. His wife, Kouri Richins, went on to publish a children's book about grief, and two months later she was charged with his murder. In March 2026 a jury found her guilty on all counts, and she was sentenced to life without parole. Send this to someone from Utah. Narrated with an AI voice. Every fact is sourced on Casepin.

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After her husband died, she wrote a children's book about grief. Two months later, she was charged with his murder. Eric Richins. Thirty-nine. Kamas, Utah. March 2022. She said she'd made him a cocktail before bed. The autopsy: fentanyl. About five times a lethal dose. He'd told friends he feared she was poisoning him. Jurors heard her phone searched a lethal dose of fentanyl. Guilty on every count. Life without parole. Should that book ever be sold again? Every source is on casepin dot org.

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