Killer Wife Thinks She Outsmarted Everyone

A Utah mother of three wrote a children's book about grief after her husband's death — while prosecutors say she was the one who killed him[reference:0][reference:1]. Kouri Richins poisoned Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022 to cash in on life insurance policies and escape a mountain of debt[reference:2]. She had secretly taken out nearly $2 million in policies without his knowledge[reference:3]. Her plan crumbled when investigators found burner phones and internet searches asking about lethal fentanyl doses[reference:4]. A jury convicted her after just three hours of deliberation[reference:5].