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Use code EDB at https://jonesroadbeauty.com to get a Free Gift with your first purchase! #JonesRoadBeauty #ad Watch the full coverage of the live stream on The Emily D. Baker YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/7MCkkgZBTw8  In this Case Brief, Kouri Richins' defense team has filed a notice of appeal and requested an extension, to file a motion for a new trial. They cited reasons for this extension including planned travel for two of the three defense attorneys, difficulties communicating with Richins due to her 30-day lockdown at Utah State Prison, and the significant time required to prepare video clips and transcripts from the lengthy trial record. The state has opposed this extension, arguing that the defense has already been granted double the standard 14 days allowed by rule 24 and that the victims deserve finality. Furthermore, reports indicate that a juror from the case revealed she was contacted by the defense's private investigator and a lawyer who unsuccessfully attempted to have her admit to an error on one of the guilty counts. RESOURCES Kouri Richins Trial Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gIKTiEBENmlYTBxjH_fbLUO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fourteen months between Eric Richins' death and Kouri's arrest. During that window, she closed a real estate deal the day after finding him dead, hosted a gathering at the home where EMTs had pronounced him, Googled luxury prisons and insurance timelines, published a children's grief book, and went on television to promote it.Most analysis focuses on whether the grief was real or performed. This episode argues the answer is both — simultaneously — in different compartments of a psychology that doesn't process deception the way most people understand it. The lie isn't a mask held in place with effort. It's a migration. The person moves into the new version of events and inhabits it. And in that version, the grief is genuine.The second installment of a five-part psychological series examining every phase of Kouri Richins' decision-making. The 911 call, the Google searches, the book, the TV tour — and a brain that can produce sincere tenderness for children it orphaned.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #Psychology #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #FentanylPoisoning #SummitCounty #TrueCrimeCommunity #Justice

A children's book called "Are You With Me?" with a father in angel wings on the cover. Published one year after Eric Richins' death. Promoted on local television by the woman convicted of killing him.The prosecution called it deflection. And it was. But this episode argues it was something far more psychologically complex: Kouri Richins building the version of reality she needed to inhabit. Not a mask over the truth — an alternate truth she constructed and moved into. And in that constructed reality, the grief was real.This is the second episode in a five-part breakdown of Kouri Richins' psychology. The 911 call that went from hysterical to composed in hours. The Google searches that read like a project manager's status report. The email she sent Summit County preemptively explaining away suspicion she could feel building. And the TV appearance that reveals the most disturbing thing about this kind of mind: the sincerity. She may have meant every word. And that's worse than if she'd been faking.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #Psychology #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #FentanylPoisoning #SummitCounty #TrueCrimeCommunity #Justice

When Kouri Richins' Valentine's Day attempt on her husband's life failed, something happened that a psychotherapist would flag as the most important behavioral data in the case: she didn't panic. She recalibrated. She acquired more fentanyl. She adjusted the method. She increased the dose. And seventeen days later, Eric Richins was dead.This episode opens a five-part psychological series examining the decision-making process behind every phase of the Kouri Richins case. Not the forensics — the wiring. How someone builds the internal justification to do the unthinkable, and why that justification doesn't collapse when it should. The identity gap between who she believed she was and who the forensic accountant revealed her to be. The affair that functioned as a life-after-Eric rehearsal. The insurance fraud that got caught and changed nothing.The architecture of self-permission — built over years, deployed in seventeen days, and visible in everything she did after.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #Psychology #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #FentanylPoisoning #SummitCounty #TrueCrimeCommunity #Justice

Valentine's Day 2022. Kouri Richins gave her husband a fentanyl-laced sandwich. He got violently sick. He called friends and told them he thought he was dying. He survived. Seventeen days later, she put five times the lethal dose in a Moscow Mule. He didn't survive.Most people can't get past the horror of the act itself. But the seventeen-day window between the first attempt and the second is the most psychologically revealing piece of evidence in this case. Because normal fear, normal guilt, normal self-preservation should have kicked in after Valentine's Day. Instead, what kicked in was revision.This episode launches a five-part series breaking down the psychology of Kouri Richins' decision-making — not the evidence, but the wiring. How a woman $4.5 million in debt projected an image of success that fooled everyone around her. How an affair became a rehearsal for a life that required her husband's absence. How the prenup made divorce financially unacceptable and death financially attractive. And how seventeen days of recalibration tells you more about what's broken inside her than any single piece of evidence at trial.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #Psychology #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #FentanylPoisoning #SummitCounty #TrueCrimeCommunity #Justice

On March 4, 2022, Kouri Richins called 911 after finding her husband unresponsive in their home in Kamas, Utah. Eric was only 39 years old and appeared healthy before his sudden death. An autopsy later revealed Eric died from a fentanyl overdose estimated at roughly five times the lethal dose. Investigators noted there was no known history of opioid abuse. Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the murder of Eric Richins. Police began to zero in on Kouri, and what they uncovered during their investigation included allegations of financial fraud, poisonings, affairs, and life insurance schemes.   You can help support the show through Patreon. We'd love to connect with listeners on social media. We are available on the following platforms: Facebook - Facebook Discussion group - Instagram - Threads - X Formerly Twitter - Blue Sky - Twitch - Tik Tok  Criminology is an Emash Digital production hosted by Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford. 

The criminal investigation into Eric Richins' death had effectively stalled by fall 2022. Deputy Jayme Woody acknowledged the investigative lapse under oath at trial. The break came not from law enforcement but from a private investigator retained by the victim's family on a civil matter.Todd Gabler, a 34-year veteran investigator who had worked exclusively for the defense throughout his career, identified the individual prosecutors would later allege sourced the fentanyl, documented her criminal history and drug court failures, and began providing evidentiary material to the Summit County Sheriff's Office that the agency had not independently obtained. Gabler conducted a multi-day search of the Richins residence after law enforcement released the scene, utilizing body cameras to document findings the initial search had not captured. He conducted approximately 50 interviews and tracked multiple vehicles connected to the case.The financial motive presented at trial was comprehensive. Kouri Richins carried approximately $7.5 million in debt. Her forensic accountant characterized the financial situation as an implosion — 236 insufficient-funds transactions, fifteen failed renovation projects, and a residential construction business in freefall. Eric Richins had been consulting divorce attorneys and estate planners, had removed the defendant from his will and life insurance designations, and had established a trust for their three minor children without her knowledge.The defendant's prenuptial agreement created a financial landscape in which the victim's death was the only scenario producing net financial benefit. She secretly purchased $1.9 million in life insurance policies on Eric's life without his knowledge. Trial evidence included communications referencing "the Michael Jackson stuff" directed to her housekeeper and text messages documenting a concurrent relationship with Robert Josh Grossmann. The prosecution presented an alleged escalation pattern — a poisoning attempt in Greece, a fentanyl-laced sandwich on Valentine's Day from which Eric survived by using his son's EpiPen, and a final lethal dose administered in a cocktail approximately two weeks later at five times the fatal threshold. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts following deliberations of less than three hours.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #FentanylPoisoning #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #SummitCounty #InsuranceFraud #JusticeForEric

Law enforcement released the Richins home and moved on. Todd Gabler went in with body cameras and stayed for days. The 34-year defense investigator hired by Eric's family on a civil matter had already crossed a line he'd never crossed before — and what he documented inside that house added to a growing body of evidence the Sheriff's Office didn't have.By fall 2022, the criminal investigation had stalled. Deputy Jayme Woody acknowledged it under oath at trial. Gabler had already identified the woman prosecutors would later say sourced the fentanyl, flagged her criminal record, and begun handing material to detectives. When he tipped off law enforcement about the best time to interview a key figure — because she was failing court-ordered drug tests — he was pushing an investigation that had stopped on its own.The financial architecture behind the case is what made Kouri Richins' motive legible to a jury. She owed $7.5 million. Her forensic accountant described the financial picture as imploding — 236 bounced checks, fifteen failed renovation projects, a house-flipping business bleeding cash. Eric was quietly extracting himself: meeting divorce attorneys, building a trust to protect their sons, removing Kouri from his will and life insurance. Her prenup made murder the only exit that paid.Kouri secretly purchased $1.9 million in life insurance on Eric without his knowledge. Trial evidence showed she reached out to her housekeeper for "the Michael Jackson stuff." Text messages documented a relationship with Robert Josh Grossmann while still married. Prosecutors presented evidence of an alleged escalation — a poisoning attempt in Greece, a fentanyl-laced sandwich on Valentine's Day that left Eric reaching for his son's EpiPen, and a final dose in a cocktail two weeks later that was five times the lethal amount. Eric told friends he believed Kouri was trying to end his life. A jury convicted her on every count in under three hours.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #FentanylPoisoning #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #InsuranceFraud #SummitCounty #JusticeForEric

Deputy Jayme Woody acknowledged on the stand that the criminal investigation into Eric Richins' death had stalled by fall 2022. Meanwhile, Todd Gabler — a private investigator with 34 years exclusively on the defense side — was already ahead of the people with badges.Gabler had identified the woman prosecutors say sourced the fentanyl. He'd flagged her criminal history. He was handing evidence to the Sheriff's Office that they didn't have. He searched the Richins home for days after law enforcement released the scene, documented everything with body cameras, and found material the initial search missed. When he tipped a detective about when to interview a key figure — because she was failing drug tests in court — he was restarting an investigation that had gone cold.The gap between Gabler's investigation and law enforcement's is a story about what happens when a family refuses to accept silence as an answer. Eric Richins' family made that call. What Gabler found justified every dollar they spent.The financial motive that emerged at trial made the case devastating. Kouri Richins owed $7.5 million. Her forensic accountant called it an implosion — 236 bounced checks, fifteen failed renovations, a business bleeding out. Eric was meeting with divorce attorneys, building a secret trust to protect their sons, stripping Kouri from his will and insurance. Her prenup meant the only profitable way out was his death.She secretly took out $1.9 million in life insurance on Eric without his knowledge. She texted her housekeeper about "the Michael Jackson stuff." She was texting Robert Josh Grossmann about marriage while still married to Eric. Prosecutors presented an alleged escalation — Greece, Valentine's Day, and a final cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. Eric told friends his wife was trying to end his life. Two weeks later he was dead. The jury needed less than three hours.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #FentanylPoisoning #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #InsuranceFraud #MoscowMule #JusticeForEric

Todd Gabler spent 34 years as a private investigator working exclusively for the defense. He had never taken a prosecution-side case. Eric Richins' family retained him on a civil matter — and the phone records he obtained in the initial weeks altered the trajectory of the entire criminal investigation.The billing records documented sustained contact between Kouri Richins and a housekeeper with an active criminal record who was failing court-ordered drug testing — during the months preceding and following Eric Richins' death. Law enforcement had not yet obtained those records. Gabler identified the pattern, subsequently conducted approximately 50 interviews, tracked multiple vehicles, and assembled evidentiary material that contributed to breaking open a stalled criminal investigation. This marks the first public interview with the investigator who was inside the case prior to any charges being filed.The post-conviction conduct documented in the record raises distinct concerns about ongoing threat. Prior to sentencing, a message attributed to the defendant was included in the prosecution's filing: she stated her intention to "expose this county, the prosecution, the judge, the Richins, the investigation." She wrote, "They picked the wrong one." She allegedly authored correspondence from jail directing a family member to provide false testimony. She faces accusations of witness intimidation. Her thirteen-year-old son testified to the court that he fears she would come for him upon any future release.Defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis addresses the legal mechanisms available to a convicted individual serving life without parole — mail, telephone access, proxy actors, and individuals outside the facility who accept claims of innocence. He examines the protective instruments available: no-contact orders, protective orders, and corrections-level communication restrictions. Each addresses a distinct vector of potential harm. Faddis identifies the procedural gaps that persist even with all instruments simultaneously in effect.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #LifeWithoutParole #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #PrivateInvestigator #JusticeForEric

The criminal investigation into Eric Richins' death had effectively stalled by fall 2022. Deputy Jayme Woody acknowledged the investigative lapse under oath at trial. The break came not from law enforcement but from a private investigator retained by the victim's family on a civil matter.Todd Gabler, a 34-year veteran investigator who had worked exclusively for the defense throughout his career, identified the individual prosecutors would later allege sourced the fentanyl, documented her criminal history and drug court failures, and began providing evidentiary material to the Summit County Sheriff's Office that the agency had not independently obtained. Gabler conducted a multi-day search of the Richins residence after law enforcement released the scene, utilizing body cameras to document findings the initial search had not captured. He conducted approximately 50 interviews and tracked multiple vehicles connected to the case.The financial motive presented at trial was comprehensive. Kouri Richins carried approximately $7.5 million in debt. Her forensic accountant characterized the financial situation as an implosion — 236 insufficient-funds transactions, fifteen failed renovation projects, and a residential construction business in freefall. Eric Richins had been consulting divorce attorneys and estate planners, had removed the defendant from his will and life insurance designations, and had established a trust for their three minor children without her knowledge.The defendant's prenuptial agreement created a financial landscape in which the victim's death was the only scenario producing net financial benefit. She secretly purchased $1.9 million in life insurance policies on Eric's life without his knowledge. Trial evidence included communications referencing "the Michael Jackson stuff" directed to her housekeeper and text messages documenting a concurrent relationship with Robert Josh Grossmann. The prosecution presented an alleged escalation pattern — a poisoning attempt in Greece, a fentanyl-laced sandwich on Valentine's Day from which Eric survived by using his son's EpiPen, and a final lethal dose administered in a cocktail approximately two weeks later at five times the fatal threshold. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts following deliberations of less than three hours.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #FentanylPoisoning #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #SummitCounty #InsuranceFraud #JusticeForEric

The case of Kouri Richins has become one of the most disturbing and complex true crime stories to emerge in recent years. What began as the sudden death of Utah businessman Eric Richins quickly spiraled into a multi-layered investigation involving alleged poisoning attempts, financial pressure, and life insurance policies tied directly to the accused. Prosecutors alleged that Kouri Richins poisoned her husband with fentanyl, pointing to prior suspicious incidents, financial motives, and communications suggesting a planned future without him. The defense, however, argued there was no definitive proof she administered the fatal dose and suggested alternative explanations, including questions about how the drug entered his system. After a high-profile trial filled with testimony, digital evidence, and emotional family statements, Kouri Richins was convicted of aggravated murder and related charges in 2026 and sentenced to life without parole. The case continues to spark debate due to its mix of alleged financial motive, relationship history, and the shocking post-death revelations that followed. #TrueCrimeRecaps #KouriRichins #EricRichins #BlackWidow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Todd Gabler spent 34 years as a private investigator working exclusively for the defense. He had never taken a case on the prosecution's side. Then Eric Richins' family contacted him about a civil matter, and the phone records he pulled in the first few weeks redirected the entire case.The billing records documented constant contact between Kouri Richins and a housekeeper with a criminal record who was failing drug tests in court — in the months before and after Eric's death. Law enforcement hadn't gotten to those records yet. Gabler flagged the pattern, conducted nearly 50 interviews, tracked multiple vehicles, and assembled a body of evidence that would eventually help break open a stalled criminal investigation. This is the first time the investigator who was inside the case before any charges were filed has walked through the beginning — the call from the family, the records that changed the trajectory, and what it means when a career defense investigator starts finding evidence pointing in a direction he's never had to follow.That investigation produced a conviction. What followed the conviction is a separate kind of threat. Before sentencing, a message Kouri wrote from jail ended up in the prosecution's filing: "expose this county, the prosecution, the judge, the Richins, the investigation." She said, "They picked the wrong one." She allegedly wrote a letter instructing her brother to testify falsely. She's accused of witness intimidation. Her thirteen-year-old told the court he's afraid she'll come for him.Eric Faddis examines what a convicted murderer serving life without parole can actually do from inside — mail, phone calls, proxies, believers willing to act on her behalf — and the legal mechanisms available to contain the threat. No-contact orders, protective orders, corrections-level restrictions. Each one does something the others can't. Faddis identifies where the gaps remain.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #LifeWithoutParole #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #WitnessIntimidation #JusticeForEric

 Law enforcement released the Richins home and moved on. Todd Gabler went in with body cameras and stayed for days. The 34-year defense investigator hired by Eric's family on a civil matter had already crossed a line he'd never crossed before — and what he documented inside that house added to a growing body of evidence the Sheriff's Office didn't have.By fall 2022, the criminal investigation had stalled. Deputy Jayme Woody acknowledged it under oath at trial. Gabler had already identified the woman prosecutors would later say sourced the fentanyl, flagged her criminal record, and begun handing material to detectives. When he tipped off law enforcement about the best time to interview a key figure — because she was failing court-ordered drug tests — he was pushing an investigation that had stopped on its own.The financial architecture behind the case is what made Kouri Richins' motive legible to a jury. She owed $7.5 million. Her forensic accountant described the financial picture as imploding — 236 bounced checks, fifteen failed renovation projects, a house-flipping business bleeding cash. Eric was quietly extracting himself: meeting divorce attorneys, building a trust to protect their sons, removing Kouri from his will and life insurance. Her prenup made murder the only exit that paid.Kouri secretly purchased $1.9 million in life insurance on Eric without his knowledge. Trial evidence showed she reached out to her housekeeper for "the Michael Jackson stuff." Text messages documented a relationship with Robert Josh Grossmann while still married. Prosecutors presented evidence of an alleged escalation — a poisoning attempt in Greece, a fentanyl-laced sandwich on Valentine's Day that left Eric reaching for his son's EpiPen, and a final dose in a cocktail two weeks later that was five times the lethal amount. Eric told friends he believed Kouri was trying to end his life. A jury convicted her on every count in under three hours.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #FentanylPoisoning #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #InsuranceFraud #SummitCounty #JusticeForEric

Todd Gabler had spent 34 years working one side of the courtroom — every case for the defense. Then Eric Richins' family called about a civil matter and the phone records pulled in the first few weeks made staying in that lane impossible.Constant contact between Kouri Richins and a housekeeper with a criminal record and active drug court failures — in the months surrounding Eric's death. Law enforcement hadn't reached those records yet. Gabler flagged the pattern and kept going. Nearly 50 interviews. Multiple vehicles tracked. A body of evidence assembled that would eventually help break open a criminal investigation that had stalled. The behavioral question is what drives a career defense investigator to cross the line he's worked behind for three decades — and the answer is in what the records showed him.This is the first time Gabler has sat down to walk through the beginning of this case publicly — the call, the records, the moment the direction became clear. A conversation nobody else has had with the man who was inside this investigation before any charges were filed.That investigation ended with a conviction. What came after didn't end. Before sentencing, Kouri wrote a message that prosecutors filed with the court: "They picked the wrong one." "They haven't seen anything yet." She allegedly wrote a letter from jail instructing her brother to testify falsely. She's accused of witness intimidation. Her own thirteen-year-old told the court he's afraid she'll come for him if she's ever released.Eric Faddis walks through what someone serving life without parole can still do from behind bars — the mail, the calls, the proxies — and the legal tools available to protect the Richins family. No-contact orders, protective orders, corrections restrictions. Each addresses a different vector. Faddis identifies which gaps remain even when all of them are in place. Kouri Richins is locked up. The threat she represents hasn't been.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #LifeWithoutParole #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #WitnessIntimidation #JusticeForEric

 Deputy Jayme Woody acknowledged on the stand that the criminal investigation into Eric Richins' death had stalled by fall 2022. Meanwhile, Todd Gabler — a private investigator with 34 years exclusively on the defense side — was already ahead of the people with badges.Gabler had identified the woman prosecutors say sourced the fentanyl. He'd flagged her criminal history. He was handing evidence to the Sheriff's Office that they didn't have. He searched the Richins home for days after law enforcement released the scene, documented everything with body cameras, and found material the initial search missed. When he tipped a detective about when to interview a key figure — because she was failing drug tests in court — he was restarting an investigation that had gone cold.The gap between Gabler's investigation and law enforcement's is a story about what happens when a family refuses to accept silence as an answer. Eric Richins' family made that call. What Gabler found justified every dollar they spent.The financial motive that emerged at trial made the case devastating. Kouri Richins owed $7.5 million. Her forensic accountant called it an implosion — 236 bounced checks, fifteen failed renovations, a business bleeding out. Eric was meeting with divorce attorneys, building a secret trust to protect their sons, stripping Kouri from his will and insurance. Her prenup meant the only profitable way out was his death.She secretly took out $1.9 million in life insurance on Eric without his knowledge. She texted her housekeeper about "the Michael Jackson stuff." She was texting Robert Josh Grossmann about marriage while still married to Eric. Prosecutors presented an alleged escalation — Greece, Valentine's Day, and a final cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. Eric told friends his wife was trying to end his life. Two weeks later he was dead. The jury needed less than three hours.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #ToddGabler #FentanylPoisoning #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #InsuranceFraud #MoscowMule #JusticeForEric

Before the arrest. Before the trial. Before the conviction. Before the life sentence. There was one man pulling the threads that law enforcement hadn't found — and he wasn't a cop.Todd Gabler was a career defense investigator brought in for a civil matter. What he uncovered over the next year — through phone records, GPS tracking, nearly 50 interviews, and a days-long search of the Richins home — became the evidentiary backbone of the prosecution's case against Kouri Richins. He identified the connection between Kouri and the woman prosecutors say sourced the fentanyl. He fed evidence to a stalled Sheriff's Office. He documented everything with body cameras and turned over two hard drives to the county attorney. And when the defense came at him on cross-examination, he didn't budge.In this complete interview, Gabler takes Tony Brueski through every phase of the investigation — what he thought going in, what the evidence showed him, what the police missed, what the family endured, and what the case did to a man who'd never sat on the prosecution's side of a courtroom until this one put him there.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #FentanylPoisoning #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast

The Summit County Sheriff's Office had the case. Todd Gabler had a cane, a laptop, and different rules. By the time he was done — over a year of independent investigation, nearly 50 interviews, GPS surveillance, phone record analysis, and a multi-day search of the Richins home — Gabler had assembled the evidence that helped break open a criminal case law enforcement hadn't been able to move.This is the complete three-part sit-down with the private investigator at the center of the Kouri Richins prosecution. Gabler walks Tony Brueski through every stage — how a civil assignment became a homicide investigation, what the phone records revealed about Kouri's relationship with the woman prosecutors say bought the fentanyl, why the police investigation stalled and what that cost the Richins family, how the defense tried to discredit him on the stand, and what the case did to a man who'd spent his entire career on the other side.From the first phone call to the life-without-parole sentence, Gabler tells the story nobody else can tell — because nobody else was this deep inside the case.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #FentanylPoisoning #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast

Kouri Richins accessed several viral memes on her phone after murdering her husband Eric Richins on March 3rd, 2024. Here's how her memes show her motive for murder.Show Notes:Court TV “UT Vs Kouri Richins Day 6..” - https://www.youtube.com/live/8vY7ZEZWreY?si=yBipxs94fCdaNZ37MeghannCuniff “That's Murder” - https://youtu.be/bFG1qyQ1VPI?si=Wcf1MnCugTeN1Lj6 Prosecution's Sentencing Memo- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K0_313X5VEwr81SepBvOr5VZqAwZ-sS2/viewGet access to exclusive content & support the podcast by a Patron today! https://patreon.com/robertaglasstruecrimereportThrow a tip in the tip jar! https://buymeacoffee.com/robertaglassSupport Roberta by sending a donation via Venmo. https://venmo.com/robertaglassBecome a chanel member for custom Emojis, first looks and exclusive streams here: https://youtube.com/@robertaglass/joinThank you Patrons!Beth, Shelley Safford, Carol Mumumeci, Therese Tunks, JC, Lizzy D, Elizabeth Drake, Texas Mimi, Barb, Deborah Shults, Ratliff, Stephanie Lamberson, Maryellen Sudol, Mona, Karen Pacini, Jen Buell, Marie Horton, ER, Rosie Grace, B. Rabbit, Sally Merrick, Amanda D, Mary B, Mrs Jones, Amy Gill, Eileen, Wesley Loves Octoberfest, Erin (Kitties1993), Anna Quint, Cici Guteriez, Sandra Loves GatsbyHannna, Christy, Jen Buell, Elle Solari, Carol Cardella, Jennifer Harmon, DoxieMama65, Carol Holderman, Joan Mahon, Marcie Denton, Rosanne Aponte, Johnny Jay, Jude Barnes, JenTheRN, Victoria Devenish, Jeri Falk, Kimberly Lovelace, Penni Miller, Jil, Janet Gardner, Jayne Wallace (JaynesWhirled), Pat Brooks, Jennifer Klearman, Judy Brown, Linda Lazzaro, Suzanne Kniffin, Susan Hicks, Jeff Meadors, D Samlam, Pat Brooks, Cythnia, Bonnie Schoeneman-Dilley, Diane Larsen, Mary, Kimberly Philipson, Cat Stewart, Cindy Pochesci, Kevin Crecy, Renee Chavez, Melba Pourteau, Julie K Thomas, Mia Wallace, Stark Stuff, Kayce Taylor, Alice, Dean, GiGi5, Jennifer Crum, Dana Natale, Bewildered Beauty, Pepper, Joan Chakonas, Blythe, Pat Dell, Lorraine Reid, T.B., Melissa, Victoria Gray Bross, Toni Woodland, Danbrit, Kenny Haines and Toni Natalie.

The Sheriff's Office investigation stalled. Todd Gabler's didn't. While law enforcement sat on a case that wasn't moving, Gabler was the one pulling phone records before they knew where to look. He was the one tracking vehicles while the investigation gathered dust. He was the one searching the home for days after police released it. And he did all of it while operating under rules that gave him access a detective would need a judge to get.In this complete three-part interview, Gabler holds nothing back. He tells Tony Brueski how a civil assignment for Eric Richins' family became the investigation that changed his career. How billing records exposed the connection between Kouri and her housekeeper during the exact months the case hinges on. What the defense got wrong about his methods and his motives. What it meant to the Richins family when the case finally moved toward charges. And what it cost him personally — the surgery, the stand, the verdict, and the question of whether a case like this ever lets you walk away clean.This is the investigation behind the conviction — start to finish — from the only person who was there for every piece of it.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #FentanylPoisoning #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast

Under three hours. That's how long the jury deliberated before convicting Kouri Richins on all counts — aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery, insurance fraud. Judge Mrazik sentenced her to life without parole and told the courtroom she's "simply too dangerous to ever be free."For Todd Gabler, the man who spent over a year building the evidentiary foundation that helped make that conviction possible, the verdict wasn't just a legal outcome. It was the end of a case that pulled him across a line he'd never crossed in 34 years. Every homicide he'd ever worked was for the defense. This was the first time his evidence became the prosecution's weapon. And when it was over — when the verdict dropped and the sentence came down — Gabler had to reckon with what the case had done to him.In the final part of this three-part interview, Gabler tells Tony Brueski what hit him first when the jury came back, who Eric Richins became to him after a year of reconstructing a dead man's life, and whether this is the kind of case a PI walks away from — or the kind that walks with him.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #KouriRichinsVerdict #TrueCrimePodcast #KouriRichinsSentencing

Todd Gabler never met Eric Richins. But he might know him better than almost anyone outside the family. Over the course of a year-long investigation, Gabler went through Eric's phone records, walked through his home, interviewed dozens of people who knew him, and pieced together the reality of a marriage and a life that ended in a way nobody should have to die.That kind of immersion changes an investigator. Especially one who's spent 34 years on the defense side — the side that challenges, pokes holes, fights for the accused. For the first time in his career, Gabler's evidence became the prosecution's case. And when the jury convicted Kouri Richins on all counts in under three hours, he was sitting in a seat he'd never occupied before.In Part 3, Gabler tells Tony what Eric Richins became to him through the investigation, what it was like to testify six weeks after surgery because he refused to miss his day in court, and whether 34 years of doing this work prepared him for what this particular case did to him as a person.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #KouriRichinsVerdict #TrueCrimePodcast #KouriRichinsSentencing

Six weeks before he took the stand, surgeons fused vertebrae in Todd Gabler's neck with titanium rods. He walked into court on a cane. He told the judge he'd taken a Tylenol that morning and nothing else — no prescribed pain medication — because he wanted absolute clarity for his testimony. Nobody asked him to do that. He chose it.That moment says everything about how this case got under his skin. This wasn't a paycheck. This wasn't routine. Gabler logged over a year on this case — the phone records, the home search, the interviews, the evidence that ultimately helped put Kouri Richins away for life. And somewhere in that year, the case stopped being work and became something personal.In Part 3, Gabler gets honest with Tony Brueski about what the Kouri Richins investigation did to him. Not the evidence. Not the courtroom. The personal cost — what it's like to reconstruct the life of a dead man you never met, to sit on the wrong side of the courtroom for the first time in your career, and to wonder whether a case like this ever lets you go.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #KouriRichinsVerdict #TrueCrimePodcast #KouriRichinsSentencing

When Todd Gabler took the stand, the defense came at him with everything they had. Attorney Kathy Nester spent her entire cross-examination trying to reframe his investigation as something corrupt — accusing him of being an extension of the Sheriff's Office, a rogue actor operating without the legal constraints that bind law enforcement. The implication was clear: if the jury believed Gabler was working as a state agent, the evidence he gathered could be challenged.Gabler didn't flinch. He told the court he's never been a state actor, never will be. He pointed to his 34-year track record. He explained that the information flowed one direction — from him to police, never the other way. And when Nester pressed him on his methods, he fired back: "I don't need law enforcement to babysit me."But that courtroom moment only tells part of the story. Before Gabler ever sat in that witness chair, he spent over a year doing the work the Sheriff's Office hadn't finished — finding key figures, searching the home, tipping off detectives, building the evidentiary foundation that helped lead to an arrest. In Part 2, Gabler tells Tony what it was like to hand over the case on two hard drives and then watch the defense try to burn it down.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #SummitCounty #HiddenKillers #PrivateInvestigator #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast

Todd Gabler gave the Summit County Sheriff's Office everything he found. The phone records connecting Kouri Richins to a housekeeper with a drug history. The GPS surveillance data. The interview summaries from nearly 50 conversations. Two hard drives of evidence. He handed it all over. They shared nothing in return. Police agencies, he testified at trial, are "one-way streets."And that one-way street ran for over a year. The criminal investigation stalled by fall 2022. The arrest didn't come until May 2023. In between, Gabler was the one identifying key figures, tipping off detectives about interview timing, and searching the Richins home after law enforcement had already packed up and left. He wasn't working with them. He was working ahead of them.In Part 2, Gabler talks to Tony Brueski about the frustration of watching a case move slower than the evidence demanded, the moment he pushed a detective to act on a lead she hadn't followed, and what Eric Richins' family endured while the system took its time.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #SummitCounty #HiddenKillers #PrivateInvestigator #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast

Just two months after releasing a children's book about coping with grief, Kouri Richins was arrested and charged with the murder of her husband and the father of their three children. In these episodes, we explore her murder trial, where the prosecution must prove their case. NOTE: This is Part 2 of 3. Please subscribe to our other podcast, CIVIL, which covers civil cases and trials. Listen to the trailer here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/civil/id1634071998Sponsors in this episode:Casper - Right now save up to 30% on mattresses and up to 35% on everything else when you go to Casper.com. Rocket Money - Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at RocketMoney.com/COURT. Progressive Insurance - Visit Progressive.com to get a quote with all the coverages you want, so you can easily compare and choose. Veracity - Go to VeracityHealth.co and use code COURT for up to 65% off your order.Pluto TV - Download the free Pluto TV app for Android, iPhone, Roku, and Fire TV and start streaming now.Post-Production for the show is provided by Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co.Please support Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes.Follow me on Instagram at CourtJunkieSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

48 Hours correspondents Anne-Marie Green and Natalie Morales discuss the case of Kouri Richins, a Utah mom who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering her husband. They discuss the evidence that convinced two trial jurors that Richins is a killer, plus the emotional victim impact statements from the couple's three sons, who urged the judge to keep Kouri locked up. They also discuss Kouri Richin's tearful statement to her children and how she plans to appeal. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Summit County Sheriff's Office had the case. But they didn't have the phone records — not the way Todd Gabler got them. Because Eric Richins' business paid for the family's phones, Gabler obtained the billing data directly through Eric's business partner. No warrant. No judge. Different rules for a private investigator.What those records revealed was a communication pattern nobody had flagged. In the months before and after Eric's death, Kouri's third most contacted person wasn't a close friend or a colleague. It was Carmen Lauber — the housekeeper prosecutors now say sourced the fentanyl that ended Eric's life. Lauber had a criminal history. She was testing positive in drug court. And she was exchanging hundreds of messages with Kouri during the exact window the case hinges on.Gabler saw it first. He flagged it first. And in Part 1 of this exclusive three-part interview, he tells Tony Brueski how a routine look at billing records cracked open a case that law enforcement hadn't been able to move — and what it felt like to realize, as a lifelong defense investigator, that the evidence was pointing somewhere he'd never had to go before.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #FentanylPoisoning #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast

For 34 years, Todd Gabler sat on the defense side of the courtroom. Over a hundred homicide cases, always working to challenge the prosecution's theory. That was the job. Then an estate planning attorney connected him with Eric Richins' sister Katie — the same attorney Eric had quietly hired before his death to build a trust that cut Kouri out. The assignment was civil. Property disputes. Trust litigation. Nothing that should have led where it led.But Gabler pulled phone records. And those records told a story the Summit County Sheriff's Office hadn't heard yet. Kouri Richins' third most frequent contact in the months surrounding her husband's death was a housekeeper with a drug-connected criminal history who was testing positive in court-ordered drug screenings. Gabler saw it before anyone with a badge did. He started pulling threads — 50 interviews, GPS surveillance, and an entire family on Kouri's side that refused to say a word.In Part 1 of this three-part interview, Gabler tells Tony Brueski what it was like to walk into a civil assignment and realize he was standing inside a homicide — and what happens when a career defense investigator can't unsee what the evidence is showing him.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #FentanylPoisoning #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast

Kouri Richins promises an admirer from prison that the Richins family will have “no closure” after her sentencing which saw the murderer of Eric Richins receive LWOP (Life Without the Possibility of Parole). Richins also says she will expose the Judge, Prosecutor and the Richins family. Let's talk about it!Show Notes:Kouri Richins Prosecution Sentencing Memo- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K0_313X5VEwr81SepBvOr5VZqAwZ-sS2/viewKSL News “Court Kouri Richins Prosecution Closing Statements” - https://youtu.be/V0lVi04W16k?si=oHFRz9Ib2Rej7BwwRoberta Glass True Crime Report "Kouri Richins Murder Trial Day 1" -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TxYhmchMkM&t=6290sBolde "14 Thoughts That Run Through the Minds of Psychopaths" - https://www.bolde.com/14-thoughts-that-run-through-the-minds-of-psychopaths/Get access to exclusive content & support the podcast by a Patron today! https://patreon.com/robertaglasstruecrimereportThrow a tip in the tip jar! https://buymeacoffee.com/robertaglassSupport Roberta by sending a donation via Venmo. https://venmo.com/robertaglassBecome a chanel member for custom Emojis, first looks and exclusive streams here: https://youtube.com/@robertaglass/joinThank you Patrons!Beth, Shelley Safford, Carol Mumumeci, Therese Tunks, JC, Lizzy D, Elizabeth Drake, Texas Mimi, Barb, Deborah Shults, Ratliff, Stephanie Lamberson, Maryellen Sudol, Mona, Karen Pacini, Jen Buell, Marie Horton, ER, Rosie Grace, B. Rabbit, Sally Merrick, Amanda D, Mary B, Mrs Jones, Amy Gill, Eileen, Wesley Loves Octoberfest, Erin (Kitties1993), Anna Quint, Cici Guteriez, Sandra Loves GatsbyHannna, Christy, Jen Buell, Elle Solari, Carol Cardella, Jennifer Harmon, DoxieMama65, Carol Holderman, Joan Mahon, Marcie Denton, Rosanne Aponte, Johnny Jay, Jude Barnes, JenTheRN, Victoria Devenish, Jeri Falk, Kimberly Lovelace, Penni Miller, Jil, Janet Gardner, Jayne Wallace (JaynesWhirled), Pat Brooks, Jennifer Klearman, Judy Brown, Linda Lazzaro, Suzanne Kniffin, Susan Hicks, Jeff Meadors, D Samlam, Pat Brooks, Cythnia, Bonnie Schoeneman-Dilley, Diane Larsen, Mary, Kimberly Philipson, Cat Stewart, Cindy Pochesci, Kevin Crecy, Renee Chavez, Melba Pourteau, Julie K Thomas, Mia Wallace, Stark Stuff, Kayce Taylor, Alice, Dean, GiGi5, Jennifer Crum, Dana Natale, Bewildered Beauty, Pepper, Joan Chakonas, Blythe, Pat Dell, Lorraine Reid, T.B., Melissa, Victoria Gray Bross, Toni Woodland, Danbrit, Kenny Haines and Toni Natalie.

Todd Gabler knocked on every door he could find. Over 34 years as a PI, he's conducted thousands of interviews. He talked to Eric's friends, Kouri's friends, business associates, family members — nearly 50 people in total. But when he reached out to Kouri's side of the family, every single one of them shut the door. Her mother. Her brother. Everyone connected to her. Not one conversation.That wall of silence was just the beginning. Gabler had already pulled phone billing records that showed Kouri's housekeeper — a woman with a drug-related criminal record — was among her most frequent contacts in the months Eric died. He put GPS trackers on multiple vehicles. He built a timeline the police hadn't assembled yet. And the man who'd spent his entire career defending accused people found himself constructing the case against one.In Part 1 of this three-part conversation, Gabler sits down with Tony Brueski and walks through how the investigation began — the moment a routine civil job turned into something he couldn't turn away from, and what a family's complete refusal to cooperate told him before he even asked his first real question.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #FentanylPoisoning #PrivateInvestigator #HiddenKillers #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast

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Kouri Richins is serving life without parole following a jury conviction that required less than three hours of deliberation. The defense called no witnesses at trial. The sentencing judge characterized her as "simply too dangerous to ever be free." Her defense team has requested additional time to file a motion for a new trial and indicated the need to retain an expert.The available appellate avenues are identifiable and limited. Defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis examines each: the alleged prosecutorial monitoring of attorney-client jail communications — the most constitutionally significant issue if substantiated; the Crozier recantation — which requires demonstrating the testimony would have altered the verdict, a high evidentiary bar; the venue challenge; and a sufficiency-of-the-evidence argument that faces the reality of a jury that found the circumstantial case overwhelming despite no direct evidence presentation by the defense.The post-conviction conduct documented in the record raises separate concerns. Prior to sentencing, a message attributed to the defendant was included in the prosecution's filing: "expose this county, the prosecution, the judge, the Richins, the investigation." She reportedly wrote, "They picked the wrong one" and "They haven't seen anything yet." She allegedly authored correspondence from jail instructing a family member to provide false testimony. She is accused of witness intimidation. Her thirteen-year-old son told the court he fears she would come for him upon any future release.Faddis addresses the mechanisms available to a convicted person serving life — mail, telephone access, proxy actors, and individuals outside the facility who accept her claims of innocence. He examines the legal instruments designed to prevent continued contact and intimidation: no-contact orders, protective orders, and corrections-level communication restrictions. Each addresses a different vector of potential harm, and Faddis identifies the gaps that remain even when all are implemented simultaneously.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #LifeWithoutParole #WitnessIntimidation #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #AppellateLaw #JusticeForEric

The defense asked for additional time to file a motion for a new trial and indicated they need to retain an expert. The appellate lanes are identifiable: alleged prosecutorial monitoring of attorney-client jail calls, the Crozier recantation, the venue challenge, and sufficiency of the evidence. Defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis examines each one and separates what has genuine legal substance from what amounts to procedural noise.The attorney-client call issue is the strongest avenue on paper — if prosecutors accessed privileged communications, that's a constitutional violation that courts take seriously regardless of the underlying conviction. The Crozier recantation requires the defense to demonstrate the testimony would have changed the outcome — a high bar when the jury deliberated less than three hours with a circumstantial case it found overwhelming. The venue argument and evidence sufficiency claims face even steeper odds.But the appellate landscape is only half the picture. Before sentencing, Kouri wrote a message that landed in the prosecution's filing: "expose this county, the prosecution, the judge, the Richins, the investigation." She wrote, "They picked the wrong one." She wrote, "They haven't seen anything yet." She allegedly wrote a letter from jail instructing her brother to testify falsely. She's accused of witness intimidation. Her own thirteen-year-old told the court he's afraid she'll come for him if she ever gets out.Faddis walks through exactly what a convicted murderer can do from behind bars — mail, phone calls, proxies, people who believe she's innocent and will act on her behalf — and the legal tools available to wall her off. No-contact orders, protective orders, corrections-level restrictions — each one does something the others can't.The judge called her "simply too dangerous to ever be free." Kouri Richins isn't going anywhere. Faddis examines whether that means the danger is actually contained — or whether it follows a different path.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #LifeWithoutParole #KouriRichinsAppeal #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #WitnessIntimidation #JusticeForEric

Before Kouri Richins was sentenced, a message she wrote from jail ended up in the prosecution's filing. She promised to "expose this county, the prosecution, the judge, the Richins, the investigation." She said, "They picked the wrong one." She said, "They haven't seen anything yet." She allegedly instructed her brother to testify falsely. She's accused of witness intimidation. Her own thirteen-year-old told the court he's afraid she'll come for him.The sentencing judge called her "simply too dangerous to ever be free" and imposed life without parole. The jury needed less than three hours. Her children begged the court to keep her locked away. But none of that means the threat is contained.Eric Faddis spent years as a felony prosecutor and explains exactly what someone serving life without parole can still do from inside — mail, phone calls, proxies, and people on the outside who believe she's innocent and are willing to act. He walks through the legal tools available to protect the Richins family: no-contact orders, protective orders, corrections-level restrictions on communication — and what gaps remain even when all of them are in place.On the appellate side, Kouri's defense asked the judge for extra time to file for a new trial and said they need to retain an expert. Faddis examines every available lane — the alleged prosecutorial listening of attorney-client jail calls, the Crozier recantation, the venue challenge, and the sufficiency argument — and identifies which have genuine legal weight. The attorney-client monitoring issue is the most viable. The others face steep odds against a jury that convicted in under three hours after the defense called zero witnesses.When Kouri told her sons "we're going to make this right," the question isn't whether she means it. She means it. The question is whether the system can stop her from doing damage while she tries.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #LifeWithoutParole #WitnessIntimidation #EricFaddis #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #KouriRichinsAppeal #JusticeForEric

Emily and Shane are giving you the latest updates on Kouri Richins, who was sentenced to life in prison on what would have been her husband’s 44th birthday. Her childrens’ victims impact statements may surprise you… Plus, Alex Murdaugh’s double murder convictions have been overturned. What does that mean and how did it happen?! Will a new jury find him not guilty?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The State's sentencing memorandum in the Kouri Richins case documented a pattern of conduct from inside the Summit County Jail that prosecutors argued demonstrated irredeemable character — the legal threshold supporting the maximum sentence.The memo details what prosecutors describe as a coordinated campaign against every individual connected to the prosecution. Among the documented actions: the creation of a fraudulent dating profile targeting the lead detective, filed reports to the Division of Child and Family Services against the family providing care for her children — which prosecutors characterize as meritless, retained legal counsel to pursue criminal charges against her sister-in-law, initiated federal firearms proceedings against Eric Richins' father for removing his deceased son's firearms from the residence, filed a marijuana-related report concerning Eric's sister, and submitted bar complaints against the prosecuting attorneys — all found to lack substantive basis. The memo also flagged insurance policies on her children's lives.Judge Richard Mrazik imposed life without parole on what would have been the victim's forty-fourth birthday, following a five-hour sentencing proceeding. The court heard impact testimony from three minor children, delivered through their therapists, describing confinement, neglect, and a household where siblings assumed caretaker roles. The defendant's courtroom demeanor during those readings — visible scoffing and eye-rolling — was documented on camera.The defendant's forty-minute allocution made no reference to the children's testimony. She characterized their descriptions as "an absolute lie," directed them to emulate the man she was convicted of killing, and instructed them to distrust their current caregivers. Post-conviction communications obtained by the State included a message to an individual described as an "admirer" in which the defendant stated: "They haven't seen anything yet."The proceeding concluded with a statement from her nine-year-old son: "Once she is gone, I will feel happy."Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #RichinsSentencing #SentencingMemo #LifeWithoutParole #DARVO #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #JusticeForEric

The sentencing memo in the Kouri Richins case reads like an operational log. Prosecutors documented what they describe as a sustained campaign from inside a jail cell targeting every person connected to the prosecution — and it didn't stop until sentencing day.A fake dating profile created for the lead detective and posted online. What prosecutors characterize as false DCFS reports filed against the family raising her children. Retained counsel to pursue criminal charges against her sister-in-law. Federal firearms charges pursued against Eric Richins' father for removing his dead son's guns for safekeeping. A marijuana report filed on Eric's sister. Bar complaints against the prosecutors that were found to have no merit. According to the memo, every action had a target and none had substance. Prosecutors called her character "irredeemable."Then the courtroom itself. Three boys wrote impact statements read by therapists because they cannot face her. They described locked rooms, fear, and caring for each other because no one else was. Kouri scoffed and rolled her eyes while those words were read into the record. When her own family took the podium and called her innocent, the tears appeared — instant and reserved entirely for her own suffering.Judge Richard Mrazik sentenced Kouri to life without parole on what would have been Eric Richins' forty-fourth birthday after a five-hour proceeding. Kouri's forty-minute allocution told her sons to "be like your dad" — the man she was convicted of killing — told them their memories of their own childhood were "an absolute lie," and directed them to distrust the people keeping them safe. She acknowledged nothing her children described.A post-conviction message to an "admirer" ended with a winking emoji and a promise: "They haven't seen anything yet." Plus the detail about insurance policies on her children's lives that prosecutors flagged in the memo.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #RichinsSentencing #SentencingMemo #LifeWithoutParole #DARVO #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #JusticeForEric

The behavioral contradiction at the center of the Kouri Richins sentencing is staggering. She stood at a podium and told her sons not to hold hate. Prosecutors say she spent the years leading up to that moment orchestrating attacks against every person connected to this case from inside her jail cell.The sentencing memo documents what prosecutors describe as a systematic campaign: a fake dating profile of the lead detective posted online, what they characterize as false DCFS reports against the family raising her children, retained counsel to pursue criminal charges against her sister-in-law, federal firearms charges pursued against Eric's father for removing his dead son's guns, a marijuana report on Eric's sister, and unfounded bar complaints against the prosecutors. According to the memo, none of it had merit. All of it had a target. The psychology behind the pattern — DARVO, narcissistic injury response — is textbook. Prosecutors called her character "irredeemable."Then the courtroom behavior. Cameras caught Kouri scoffing and rolling her eyes while her sons' statements were read by therapists describing locked rooms, fear, and children caring for each other because she wasn't. When her own family took the podium to call her innocent, the tears appeared — instant, performative, and reserved for her own suffering. That contrast became the defining image of the proceeding.Judge Mrazik sentenced her to life without parole on what would have been Eric Richins' forty-fourth birthday. Her forty-minute allocution told her sons to "be like your dad," told them their childhood memories were "an absolute lie," and directed them away from the people keeping them safe. She acknowledged nothing. A post-conviction message to an "admirer" ended with a winking emoji: "They haven't seen anything yet."Her nine-year-old son said: "Once she is gone, I will feel happy."Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #EricRichins #RichinsSentencing #SentencingMemo #DARVO #LifeWithoutParole #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #JusticeForEric

Prior to sentencing, the court received impact testimony from Kouri Richins' three minor children, delivered through their licensed therapists. The statements documented specific conditions — confinement to bedrooms, a sibling assuming caretaker duties including providing meals and transportation, and animal deaths due to neglect. All three requested permanent incarceration and stated they feel safe for the first time.The defendant then delivered an approximately forty-minute allocution that made no reference to the children's testimony. She announced her intention to appeal, characterized the jury's deliberation time as insufficient, directed the children to cease trusting their current caregivers, and stated her intention to return home. She conceded marital shortcomings while categorically denying the conviction. She introduced the claim that her husband "was in a lot of physical pain" — suggesting an alternative explanation for his manner of passing after the jury had already rendered its verdict.Jennifer Coffindaffer and Robin Dreeke examine the behavioral and legal dimensions of that allocution — whether the calculated admission paired with the categorical denial represents a coherent appellate strategy or a reflexive need to control the narrative. They assess whether Kouri's public statements could factor into post-conviction proceedings.The analysis extends to the Murdaugh retrial. Buster Murdaugh, who testified for the defense at the original trial, has reportedly distanced himself from Alex and is described by sources as furious, allegedly characterizing his father as a "selfish old man." Coffindaffer identifies a structural weakness in the State's family annihilation theory — Buster's survival undermines the motive logic as constructed. They also flag a SLED investigative gap involving a vehicle lead near weapon storage on the day of the killings that reportedly went uninvestigated. With the financial crimes evidence sharply limited at retrial, unresolved investigative questions carry significantly more weight.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #AlexMurdaugh #BusterMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #KouriRichinsSentencing #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobinDreeke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #EricRichins

Before sentencing, the court heard impact testimony from Kouri Richins' three minor children, delivered through their licensed therapists. The children submitted written statements to be read in open court — a procedural accommodation given their ages and the nature of the case.The statements documented specific conditions: a child waking to emergency sirens and describing helplessness, a sibling assuming the caretaker role including feeding and transporting a younger brother, and repeated confinement to a bedroom requiring another child to deliver meals. The children described animal deaths due to neglect within the household. All three requested the maximum sentence and stated they now feel safe for the first time.The defendant's courtroom demeanor during the readings was noted — visible scoffing and eye-rolling while her children's statements were read into the record. When permitted to address the court, Kouri Richins delivered an approximately fifteen-minute allocution that made no reference to the children's testimony. She characterized her relationship with Eric Richins as a love story, suggested the cause of death remains in dispute, directed the children to emulate the man the jury found she killed, and stated her intention to return home.The contrast between the children's statements and the defendant's allocution raises questions about post-conviction proceedings and appellate strategy. Tony Brueski examines both the impact testimony and the full allocution, breaking down the legal and human dimensions of what unfolded in that courtroom.FOOTER LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #ImpactStatements #Sentencing #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #UtahCrime #CourtRoom #Justice

Three boys wrote impact statements describing locked bedrooms, animals dying from neglect, a sibling sneaking meals to a brother who'd been shut away, and a childhood defined by fear. Their therapists read the words in open court because the children cannot be in the same room with Kouri Richins. Every one of them asked the judge to keep her locked up forever. They said they finally feel safe.Kouri's response was a forty-minute allocution that never once referenced what her children wrote. She told them she was coming home. She told them to stop trusting the family raising them. She attacked the jury for deliberating less than three hours. She admitted to being a flawed wife but drew an absolute line at the conviction. And she floated a claim that her husband "was in a lot of physical pain" — seeding doubt about his manner of passing even after the verdict.Jennifer Coffindaffer and Robin Dreeke break down the behavioral mechanics of that speech — the complete absence of acknowledgment, the calculated admission paired with the hard denial, and whether there's strategic value in the narrative she's building or whether it's simply someone who cannot stop controlling the story even after it's over.They also turn to the Murdaugh retrial and the Buster problem. Sources say Buster Murdaugh is reportedly furious about Alex's retrial, allegedly calling him a "selfish old man." Coffindaffer raises the structural flaw in the State's family annihilation motive — if Alex allegedly killed to protect secrets, Buster's survival breaks the logic. They also flag a SLED investigative gap involving a vehicle lead near weapon storage the day of the killings that reportedly went nowhere. With the financial crimes stripped from the retrial, every one of those gaps now stands exposed.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #AlexMurdaugh #BusterMurdaugh #MurdaughRetrial #KouriRichinsSentencing #JenniferCoffindaffer #RobinDreeke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #EricRichins

Three licensed therapists read statements in open court that Kouri Richins' children wrote by hand. The boys are too young to stand at a podium and face the woman a jury says took their father. So they put it on paper.The details are specific. One child woke to sirens and felt powerless. Another took on the role of caretaker — getting his younger brother to the bus, making sure he had food. The youngest described a pattern: locked inside his room, dependent on a sibling for meals, watching animals die from neglect. All three described a father who won't be at graduations, who won't teach them to drive, who won't coach another game. And all three asked the court to ensure Kouri Richins stays in prison permanently. They said they finally feel safe.Kouri's courtroom behavior during those readings told its own story — scoffing, eye-rolling, dismissing statements from her own children. When she took the podium, she spoke for fifteen minutes without once acknowledging what they wrote. She framed the moment around her marriage, her character, her version of events. She told the boys to emulate the man the jury found she killed. She suggested his death may not be what the prosecution claims. And she told children who have said they're terrified of her that she intends to come home.Tony Brueski examines every word of the impact statements, catalogs Kouri's reactions in real time, and dissects her full response — identifying the moments that reveal who she is when the courtroom is watching.FOOTER LINKSJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDISCLAIMERThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.HASHTAGS#KouriRichins #EricRichins #KouriRichinsTrial #ImpactStatements #Sentencing #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #UtahCrime #CourtRoom #Justice

Two post-conviction legal battles are testing different pressure points in the American criminal justice system.In Utah, Kouri Richins — sentenced to life without parole for the aggravated murder of her husband Eric Richins — has secured a twenty-eight-day extension to file a motion for a new trial and faces twenty-six additional pending felony charges in a separate financial crimes prosecution. Her pre-sentencing communications stating she intended to "expose" everyone involved in her conviction raise substantive questions about post-conviction conduct and the adequacy of existing protective mechanisms.In South Carolina, Alex Murdaugh's defense team filed a Section 1983 civil rights complaint against former Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill in federal court — five days after the state Supreme Court unanimously overturned his murder convictions based on Hill's "shocking jury interference." The complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages totaling six hundred thousand dollars, but the defense has publicly stated the primary objective is civil discovery authority.Eric Faddis evaluates the appellate posture of the Richins case, the legal protections available to those identified in her communications, the mechanics and strategic purpose of the Murdaugh federal lawsuit, and the parallel-track implications of civil discovery running alongside a criminal retrial in which the Attorney General has publicly stated the death penalty is under consideration.Footer Links:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#KouriRichins #AlexMurdaugh #BeckyHill #EricRichins #TrueCrime #LifeWithoutParole #MurdaughRetrial #JuryTampering #FentanylMurder #HiddenKillers

The prosecution's sentencing memorandum in the Kouri Richins case included pre-sentencing communications in which the defendant stated she intended to "expose this county, the prosecution, the judge, the Richins, the investigation." The language — "they picked the wrong one" and "they haven't seen anything yet" — preceded a life-without-parole sentence and raises substantive questions about post-conviction conduct from within the Utah correctional system.Eric Faddis examines the legal instruments available to those identified in the defendant's communications: protective orders, no-contact orders, Department of Corrections communication restrictions, and the procedural differences between guardian-directed contact cessation and court-ordered prohibitions.He addresses the legal complexities of third-party proxy contact — a scenario where individuals acting on behalf of a convicted person may not technically be subject to the same restrictions.The defendant faces twenty-six additional pending felony charges in a separate financial crimes prosecution, including mortgage fraud, money laundering, forgery, and communications fraud. Faddis evaluates whether that pending caseload provides any additional legal leverage for those seeking protection. The three minor children are currently in the custody of the victim's sister, with all contact terminated since April 2024.Footer Links:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#KouriRichins #EricRichins #FentanylMurder #TrueCrime #LifeWithoutParole #UtahMurderTrial #ParkCity #WitnessIntimidation #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimeToday

Following her life-without-parole sentence for the aggravated murder of Eric Richins, Kouri Richins' defense team has secured a twenty-eight-day extension to file a motion for a new trial and indicated they intend to retain additional expert consultation.The appellate posture presents several potential issues for review: alleged prosecutorial access to attorney-client privileged communications via monitored jail calls, the timeliness of the Crozier recantation disclosure, the denied change-of-venue motion seeking Salt Lake County jurors, and the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence in a case where the precise mechanism of fentanyl administration was never established by the prosecution.Eric Faddis, a former felony prosecutor and current defense attorney, evaluates each lane on its appellate merits. He examines the implications of a defense that presented no witnesses and a defendant who did not testify — strategic choices that may limit the scope of appellate arguments available.The jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts, including aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, insurance fraud, and forgery, following less than three hours of deliberation. Judge Richard Mrazik characterized the defendant as "simply too dangerous to ever be free." Faddis provides a candid assessment of the realistic probability of appellate relief.Footer Links:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#KouriRichins #EricRichins #FentanylMurder #TrueCrime #LifeWithoutParole #UtahMurderTrial #ParkCity #AppealDenied #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimeToday

Lee Gilley, a Houston entrepreneur accused of murdering his wife and unborn child, seeks asylum in Italy after cutting off his ankle monitor and fleeing the U.S. Now questions loom about when, or if, he'll be extradited back to Texas to stand trial. In the run-up to the retrial of a former college football player accused of murdering his teammate, his defense attorney raises questions about a potential new prosecution witness and the lead detective. In Dateline Round Up, a pivotal ruling in the case against Luigi Mangione. And Utah grief author and convicted killer Kouri Richins speaks out at her sentencing. Plus, the cousin of a woman who was stalked and then murdered by her own husband, sets out to change the law on how stalking is investigated.   Listen to the full episode of “The Phantom” on Apple: https://apple.co/4mGwFYA   Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1aD1jMdHTYYbM6iywq62sU   Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week on Headline Highlights: Outrage is growing after Makayla Settles' father pleaded guilty to incest and supplying alcohol to a minor, yet only faces a maximum sentence of just three years in prison. Kouri Richins has officially been sentenced to life without parole for murdering her husband, though many are now focused on her emotional courtroom statement where she continued claiming innocence. In a shocking update, Alex Murdaugh has been granted a new murder trial after the court ruled that jury misconduct by the trial clerk violated his right to a fair trial. A federal operation involving multiple cruise ships in San Diego has sparked major backlash and speculation after 28 crew members were removed and deported over alleged involvement with CSAM. And, the disappearance of Melissa Casias has fueled major online speculation after the Los Alamos employee vanished in 2025, leaving behind her belongings and two factory-reset phones before being seen walking alone near a highway in New Mexico….If you're new here, don't forget to follow the show for weekly deep dives into the darkest true crime cases! To watch the video version of this episode, head over to youtube.com/@annieelise. .

This week while Ellyn is on a short vacation, Joey is joined by podcaster and friend of the show, Rebecca Lavoie (Crime Writers On, These Are Their Stories, and Something's Off on YouTube).  They discuss Alex Murdaugh's conviction being overturned, then they cover Kouri Richins' sentencing.  Thank you to our sponsors:  goodr - Head to goodr.com/THINKNOT and take $10 off your order  IQBAR - Text THINK to 64000 and get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus free shipping. Message and data rates apply.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices