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Utah Author Charged with Husband’s Fentanyl-Induced Death Seeks Brother’s Testimony
A Utah author on trial for her husband’s murder after allegedly spiking a Moscow mule with a fatal dose of fentanyl is now accused of witness tampering, according to recently filed court documents. Kouri Richins is specifically accused of concocting a false narrative by requesting that her brother, Ronald Darden, tell defense counsel a specific story in an attempt to link her husband’s death to his alleged purchase of drugs. Richins, who authored the book Are You With Me?to help children cope with griefa year after her husband’s death, was arrested and charged with killing Eric Richins at their home in Klamas, Utah, southeast of Salt Lake City. Kouri…
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Renowned Author Kouri Richins Becomes Key Witness in Shocking Murder Case
CNN — Kouri Richins, the Utah widow accused of killing her husband with a fentanyl overdose and then writing a children’s book about grief, is accused of witness tampering, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Richins faces murder and drug charges for allegedly poisoning Eric Richins with an overdose of fentanyl given to him in a drink the night he died. She has not yet entered a plea in the case and remains in custody, CNN previously reported. On September 14, authorities searched her jail cell and discovered a six-page handwritten letter to her mother, Lisa Darden, with instructions for her brother to “testify falsely,” according to…
