Current:Home > InvestUtah mother and children’s book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband’s death, judge says -Clarity Finance Guides
Utah mother and children’s book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband’s death, judge says
View
Date:2025-04-14 16:13:39
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother of three who published a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him will stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Utah state Judge Richard Mrazik ruled on the second day of Kouri Richins’ preliminary hearing that prosecutors had presented enough evidence against her to proceed with a jury trial.
She faces a slew of felony charges for allegedly killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022 at their home in a small mountain town near Park City. Prosecutors say Kouri Richins, 34, slipped five times the lethal dose of the synthetic opioid into a Moscow mule cocktail that Eric Richins, 39, drank.
Kouri Richins has been adamant in maintaining she is innocent. She entered pleas of “not guilty” to all 11 counts on Tuesday.
The second morning of her preliminary hearing centered around an additional attempted murder charge filed in March that accused her of slipping fentanyl into her husband’s favorite sandwich on Valentine’s Day, causing a severe but nonfatal reaction.
Summit County Prosecutor Brad Bloodworth defended the attempted murder charge by describing how he thinks Kouri Richins learned lessons during the first unsuccessful attempt on her husband’s life that helped her carry out the killing 17 days later.
veryGood! (39382)
Related
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- Statue of the late US Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, is unveiled in his native Alabama
- In bizarro world, Tennessee plays better defense, and Georgia's Kirby Smart comes unglued
- Halle Berry Rocks Sheer Dress She Wore to 2002 Oscars 22 Years Later
- Average rate on 30
- UConn, Kansas State among five women's college basketball games to watch this weekend
- Nelly will not face charges after St. Louis casino arrest for drug possession
- Kentucky governor says investigators will determine what caused deadly Louisville factory explosion
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- Jimmy Kimmel, more late-night hosts 'shocked' by Trump Cabinet picks: 'Goblins and weirdos'
Ranking
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Florida man’s US charges upgraded to killing his estranged wife in Spain
- Vermont man is fit to stand trial over shooting of 3 Palestinian college students
- After years of unrest, Commanders have reinvented their culture and shattered expectations
- The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
- After years of unrest, Commanders have reinvented their culture and shattered expectations
- New Pentagon report on UFOs includes hundreds of new incidents but no evidence of aliens
- Stop What You're Doing—Moo Deng Just Dropped Her First Single
Recommendation
New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
Paraguay vs. Argentina live updates: Watch Messi play World Cup qualifying match tonight
The Daily Money: All about 'Doge.'
'Survivor' 47, Episode 9: Jeff Probst gave players another shocking twist. Who went home?
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow owns a $3 million Batmobile Tumbler
Martin Scorsese on the saints, faith in filmmaking and what his next movie might be
Conviction and 7-year sentence for Alex Murdaugh’s banker overturned in appeal of juror’s dismissal
FBI raids New York City apartment of Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, reports say