Prosecutors lay out their case against Kouri Richins – who wrote a book about grieving after the mysterious loss of her husband’s life – revealing her “romantic” texts and travel plans with her lover, her comments about her husband before he died and why do they consider that she killed him.
The grieving Utah writer accused of killing her husband with a poisoned Moscow Mule was plotting with her lover before and after the murder, according to a new court filing filed by prosecutors.
In a document laying out the evidence prosecutors plan to present At a preliminary hearing in the Kouri Richins homicide case, her primary habits since and after the suspected loss of her husband Eric Richins’ life from a fentanyl overdose on March 4, 2022 are detailed – paint a picture of why the state believes she killed her different half.
One of the reasons prosecutors believe she wanted Eric dead is because of an alleged affair she was having with an unidentified “lover.”
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“The defendant wanted to leave Eric Richins for his lover, but believed the divorce would be financially difficult and would lead to the loss of custody of his children,” prosecutors wrote in the period, alleging that in December 2021, Kouri “reserved a five-year period. nights, romantic all-inclusive stay at Secrets and Techniques St. Martin Resort and Spa” with your lover. The trip cost $4,211 and was booked at a time when they said she was already in “great financial misery.”
Days after booking the trip, Kouri allegedly told an unidentified witness that she didn’t think she “had an easy road ahead” divorcing her husband, allegedly telling this friend “she was worried that Eric Richins was going to turn her children against her and that her family would use their funds to take her children away from her.” She also reportedly said that “she felt trapped and trapped in the marriage,” “didn’t see a way out” and “stated that in some ways it would be better if Eric Richins were dead.”
The day after these statements, she allegedly texted her lover saying, “I’m in love with someone who isn’t my husband,” but couldn’t bring herself to “break up my family.” She added: “It’s having your cake and eating it too… simply wanting to love you. I love you.
When her lover allegedly claimed he thought she was “getting divorced,” doctors claim she told him, “That’s what I’m saying. What if this is in a year? Should you (sic) just sit down and wait for me? No. and I would never ask you haha.”
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Authorities – and Eric himself, supposedly – believes that Richins first tried to kill her husband by poisoning a sandwich she gave him on Valentine’s Day 2022. Although he was received very ill and allegedly told a witness “I believe my wife tried to poison me,” he survived.
According to the new documents, the next day, Kouri texted her lover saying, “If I got a divorce now and asked (sic) you to marry me tomorrow, would you do it?”
She also allegedly told him she wanted to “watch a homicide documentary and cuddle” with him – earlier, a few days after that, adding: “I want you right now, all the time. Not just sexually, but physically, mentally, every day when I get up, I need a future together. I need you. Determine life collectively. If he could just go away and you could just be here! Life could be so excellent! I really like you.”
The documents state that a month before Eric’s death, she also sent a message to her “lover” saying, “Uhhh.. have a crazy dream! You give up your job. I divorce and provide you with tens of millions and tens of millions. We bought it along the way and lived in the guest house and rented the huge house as a large event center! $15,000 a day, like it costs on the road. possibly $12,000 to stay aggressive and let’s just run the event ‘on the fly’ as our day job! And stay here daily? Elevate some young people. Do you have a farm? Business?”
Another message sent two days before Eric’s death included in the upload reads: “Life will be different, I promise. You (sic) are a very affected person. I hate your busy days. I wish I could be there to show them to you. Can I try Friday? Give me a few days? Stay there until then, please?
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According to prosecutors, Kouri and her lover met up after Eric’s death and drove to the Uinta Mountains, where they parked and “spoke for the first time about” her husband’s death. “At the end of the conversation, (Richins) asked her lover if he had killed anyone while serving in Iraq,” the documents say, before she allegedly asked “how that made him feel.” According to the lawsuit, “this was the first and only time (Richins) and her lover mentioned the matter.”
Around the same time, less than three weeks after Eric’s death, she allegedly texted her lover a link to the Secrets resort and wrote: “We’re here, but? I can’t wait!!”; weeks later, on April 9, she advised him: “I believe I would like you to be my husband in the future.”
Along with Kouri allegedly eager to be with her lover, prosecutors consider that she killed her husband for monetary reasons. They claim she was more than $3.1 million in debt at the time of his death – saying “her bank accounts were depleted and she was headed for total financial collapse.”
Prosecutors also say that on the day he died, Eric’s estate was worth about $5 million — and remember that Kouri thought he would profit from the loss of his life.
Richins is dealing with a number of charges, including murder, attempted murder, distribution of a controlled substance, mortgage fraud, insurance fraud and forgery. She must return to court for a preliminary hearing on June 18.
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