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EPISODE · May 24, 2026 · 1H 1M

What Did The Sentencing Memo Reveal About Kouri Richins' Jail Campaign?

from Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary · host True Crime Today

The sentencing memo in the Kouri Richins case reads like an operational log. Prosecutors documented what they describe as a sustained campaign from inside a jail cell targeting every person connected to the prosecution — and it didn't stop until sentencing day.A fake dating profile created for the lead detective and posted online. What prosecutors characterize as false DCFS reports filed against the family raising her children. Retained counsel to pursue criminal charges against her sister-in-law. Federal firearms charges pursued against Eric Richins' father for removing his dead son's guns for safekeeping. A marijuana report filed on Eric's sister. Bar complaints against the prosecutors that were found to have no merit. According to the memo, every action had a target and none had substance. Prosecutors called her character "irredeemable."Then the courtroom itself. Three boys wrote impact statements read by therapists because they cannot face her. They described locked rooms, fear, and caring for each other because no one else was. Kouri scoffed and rolled her eyes while those words were read into the record. When her own family took the podium and called her innocent, the tears appeared — instant and reserved entirely for her own suffering.Judge Richard Mrazik sentenced Kouri to life without parole on what would have been Eric Richins' forty-fourth birthday after a five-hour proceeding. Kouri's forty-minute allocution told her sons to "be like your dad" — the man she was convicted of killing — told them their memories of their own childhood were "an absolute lie," and directed them to distrust the people keeping them safe. She acknowledged nothing her children described.A post-conviction message to an "admirer" ended with a winking emoji and a promise: "They haven't seen anything yet." Plus the detail about insurance policies on her children's lives that prosecutors flagged in the memo.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #RichinsSentencing #SentencingMemo #LifeWithoutParole #DARVO #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #JusticeForEric

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