Utah Woman Convicted of Poisoning Husband With Fentanyl in Grief-Driven Murder Plot
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A Utah real estate agent, Kouri Richins, was convicted of aggravated murder for allegedly slipping five times the lethal fentanyl dose into her husband Eric Richins’s drink in March 2022, in a debt- and inheritance-driven scheme. Prosecutors also alleged an earlier Valentine’s Day fentanyl-laced sandwich attempt, a relationship with another man, and the use of life insurance policies totaling about $2 million. Richins published a children’s book about coping with grief after her husband’s death. Sentencing is scheduled for May 13, with aggravated murder carrying 25-to-life; jurors also found forgery and fraud charges.
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