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Utah Author Kouri Richins to Stand Trial for Husband's Fentanyl Murder

Aug 27, 2024, 11:37 AM

Kouri Richins, a Utah mother and children's book author from Park City, has been ordered to stand trial for the murder of her husband, Eric Richins. She is accused of fatally poisoning him with a lethal dose of fentanyl in 2022. Following a two-day preliminary hearing in the Third District Court on August 26, a judge ruled there is sufficient evidence to proceed with the trial. The case has drawn significant attention as Richins published a book on coping with grief after her husband's death.