Kathy Nester

Kouri Richins is a Utah mother of three and author who gained notoriety after being accused of murdering her husband, Eric Richins, in March 2022. Following his death, she wrote and self-published a children's book about coping with grief. She was arrested and charged with aggravated murder. The news focuses on her trial, which began recently, and her subsequent conviction on Monday. Prosecutors alleged that Richins poisoned her husband with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl, slipping it into a cocktail. The case is significant due to the unusual circumstances of an author writing about grief while simultaneously being accused of causing the death that prompted the book.