BREAKINGKouri Richins Convicted After Poisoning Husband With Fentanyl While Writing Grief Book
A Salt Lake City jury found Utah mother and children's book author Kouri Richins guilty of aggravated murder on Monday after convicting her in all counts. Prosecutors stated that she fatally poisoned her husband with fentanyletting five times the lethal dose into a cocktail he consumed, an act committed during March 2025 while she was self-publishing a children's book about coping with grief following his death earlier this year.
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1Kouri Richins, an Utah mother who wrote a children's book on grieving after losing her husband to cancer in 2019 was convicted Monday.
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2A jury found she guilty of aggravated murder for fatally poisoning him with fentanyl by slipping five times the lethal dose into his cocktail.
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A Utah woman was convicted Monday of aggravated murder after poisoning her husband with fentanyl and self-publishing a children's book about coping with grief.
— (Reviewjournal)...a Salt Lake City jury found Richins guilty of slipping a lethal dose into his drink, finding she killed him in March 2022 by using five times the normal amount to poison her husband while he was asleep on their couch. Prosecutors say Kouri slipped fentanyl laced cocktails at least three more time
— (Independent.co.uk)...Jurors also found Richins guilty of fraudulently claiming government benefits and falsely reporting that she had been a victim in the case, which prosecutors argue was part of her attempt to manipulate public sympathy.
— (Thewest.com.au)