Following the death of her husband last year, a Utah woman wrote a children’s book on grief and healing after losing a loved one. She has now been charged with the murder of her husband.
Kouri Richins was arrested on Monday in Utah and is accused of poisoning her husband with fentanyl at their home in Kamas, a small mountain town near Park City.
The alleged murder occurred on March 3, 2022. Kouri Richins’ husband, Eric Richins, died on March 4, 2022.
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“Eric Eugene Richins made his last extravagant and largely unexpected gesture on March 4, 2022, signing off on a life, in his own words, “lived to the fullest and with few regrets,” according to an obituary online.
Eric Richins, 39, died “unexpectedly,” his obituary stated. He and Kouri were married for nine years and had three young sons together.
Appearing on a show in Utah in April, “Good Things Utah,” Richins called her husband’s death unexpected and described how it sent her and her three boys reeling. For children, she said, grieving was about “making sure that their spirit is always alive in your home.”
“It’s — you know — explaining to my kid just because he’s not present here with us physically, doesn’t mean his presence isn’t here with us,” she told the anchors, who commended her for being an amazing mother.
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According to ABC4, Kouri Richins was arrested on May 8 in Summit County for aggravated murder and three counts of possession of drugs with intent to distribute.
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