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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUtah author of book on grieving death charged with murder
https://apnews.com/article/grief-childrens-book-wife-husband-murder-4caaa5f15cc065b9fcedc10b736fe0a5Utah 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 childrens book on grief. Now shes 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
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Nevilledog
(51,318 posts)1. Plot twist
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,201 posts)2. next..kids book on life in prison
gibraltar72
(7,520 posts)3. We all grieve in our own way.