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dalton99a

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Tue May 9, 2023, 01:04 AM May 2023

Utah author of book on grieving death charged with murder

https://apnews.com/article/grief-childrens-book-wife-husband-murder-4caaa5f15cc065b9fcedc10b736fe0a5

Utah author of book on grieving death charged with murder
By SAM METZ

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After her husband died last year, she wrote a children’s book on grief. Now she’s charged with his murder.

Kouri Richins was arrested on Monday in Utah and is accused in charging documents of poisoning her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in Kamas, a small mountain town near Park City.

Prosecutors allege that Richins called authorities in the middle of the night in March 2022 to report that her husband, Eric Richins, was “cold to the touch.” The mother of three told officers that she had made her husband a mixed vodka drink to celebrate him selling a home and then went to soothe one of their children to sleep in their bedroom. She later returned and upon finding her husband unresponsive, called 911.

A medical examiner later found five times the lethal dosage of fentanyl in his system.

In addition to the murder charge, Richins also faces charges involving the alleged possession of GHB — a narcolepsy drug frequently used in recreational settings, including at dance clubs.

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Utah author of book on grieving death charged with murder (Original Post) dalton99a May 2023 OP
Plot twist Nevilledog May 2023 #1
next..kids book on life in prison BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 #2
We all grieve in our own way. gibraltar72 May 2023 #3
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