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Brad Bloodworth, chief prosecutor for Summit County, serves up closing arguments in the Kouri Richins trial.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
Brad Bloodworth, chief prosecutor for Summit County, serves up closing arguments in the Kouri Richins trial.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
Judge Richard Mrazik gives instructions to the jury in the Kouri Richins Trial. The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
Three issues define the Kouri Richins murder trial right now — and each one tells you something different about how this verdict could go.The defense argued the fentanyl in Eric Richins' system may not have come from Kouri. The judge blocked their key evidence. The forensics pointed to street-grade fentanyl. The victim's closest friend said the drug-user the defense described wasn't anyone he recognized.The prosecution's case rests on two witnesses who both got immunity deals. Both changed their stories. One contradicted himself on video. A detective's own recorded words were played for the jury as evidence of improper influence.And then there is Kouri's own record. Phone searches for fentanyl poisoning. Deleted memes accessed minutes after first responders left. A jailhouse letter coaching family members. A signature on a life insurance policy that wasn't Eric's. Drug purchases three days after his death, paid for with a disguised check.True Crime Today brings you the full picture with Eric Faddis — a former prosecutor who now defends the accused — and Tony Brueski. This is the Kouri Richins trial analysis built for people who want to understand the case, not just follow 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=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.#TrueCrimeToday #KouriRichins #EricRichins #EricFaddis #TrueCrime #MurderTrial #FentanylPoisoning #ImmunityWitness #CriminalTrial #TrueCrimePodcast
In true crime, the most damaging evidence is often the kind the defendant created herself. In the Kouri Richins murder trial, the jury has seen phone searches for "fentanyl poisoning" and instructions on deleting messages. They've seen a jailhouse letter where Kouri allegedly tells family members what to say and how to say it. They've heard testimony that the signature on a life insurance policy taken out a month before Eric died likely wasn't his.And they know that minutes after first responders left the house where Eric lay dead, Kouri's phone accessed deleted memes — one captioned "I'm really rich."True Crime Today takes a hard look at what that kind of behavioral and digital record does to a defendant in front of a jury. Tony Brueski and Eric Faddis examine the deception pattern the prosecution has built, what it proves legally, and the impossible choice Kouri now faces — testify and try to explain it, or stay silent and let it speak for itself.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.#TrueCrimeToday #KouriRichins #EricRichins #TrueCrime #MurderTrial #DigitalEvidence #FentanylPoisoning #CriminalTrial #TrueCrimePodcast #DeceptionEvidence
Forty days. No suspect. No arrest. The cadaver dogs have been stood down, the DNA has dead-ended twice, and the Sonoran Desert doesn't give things back.True Crime Today takes the Nancy Guthrie case out of the cable news cycle and into the hard statistical reality of what happens to missing persons cases that don't close in the first thirty days. The answer isn't comfortable — but it's what the evidence supports.After forty days with no viable DNA match, no identified suspect, and no clothing ID on the masked figure from the doorbell footage, the investigation has hit a structural ceiling. The glove DNA traced back to a restaurant worker with no case connection. The mixed crime scene DNA is too complex for a clean extraction. CODIS returned nothing. The FBI is still canvassing neighbors about internet disruptions from the night she disappeared — six weeks later. The unidentified vehicle on the Ring camera remains unidentified.Every year, roughly 600,000 people go missing in America. About 87 percent of those cases close within 30 days. Cases that don't close in that window enter a different statistical universe — one the reward money and the task force and the national press coverage cannot change. The FBI reported over 97,000 unresolved missing persons cases in a single year alone. In 2024, only 293 entries nationwide were coded as stranger abductions. True stranger abductions are the hardest cases in law enforcement — no shared history, no connection to triangulate, no thread to pull.Add the Sonoran Desert. Add the border corridor. Add an 84-year-old woman with a cardiac condition and forty days without medication.The evidence is saying something. This episode says it plainly.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.#NancyGuthrie #SavannahGuthrie #TucsonKidnapping #MissingPersons #CadaverDogs #DNAEvidence #FBIInvestigation #TrueCrimeToday #TrueCrime #StrangerAbduction
In true crime cases, immunity deals are common. But the Kouri Richins murder trial has a problem that goes beyond any single witness — the prosecution's entire drug supply chain is made up of people who traded their testimony for their freedom.Carmen Lauber, the housekeeper at the center of the case, had her story expand to include fentanyl after detectives told her she was facing serious federal charges. Robert Crozier, the alleged drug supplier, told investigators he sold fentanyl — then told a different story on the stand. A detective's recorded statements, played for the jury by the defense, raised questions about whether investigators shaped the testimony they needed.True Crime Today examines what happens when a murder case depends on witnesses whose motivations are anything but clean. Tony Brueski sits down with Eric Faddis — a former prosecutor who now defends the accused — to break down how immunity deals actually function, what the Richins prosecution is facing in closing arguments, and whether a jury can trust a drug chain where every link had something to gain.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.#TrueCrimeToday #KouriRichins #EricRichins #ImmunityWitness #TrueCrime #MurderTrial #FentanylPoisoning #CriminalJustice #TrueCrimePodcast #WitnessTestimony
The Kouri Richins trial brings Jeff O'Driscoll, Summit County Detective, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Detective Jeff O' Driscoll, Summit Co. Sheriff's Dept., to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Jeff O'Driscoll, Summit County Detective, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Walk the Dog letter has been in headlines. But headlines don't explain it. This episode does.Tony Brueski at True Crime Today takes the full six-page jailhouse letter written by Kouri Richins and breaks it down the way it deserves to be broken down — not as a collection of shocking bullet points, but as a document. What does each page actually say? What is each scheme actually designed to accomplish? And what does understanding all of it together tell us about how prosecutors intend to use it?Start with Ronney. Tony explains exactly how the witness narrative is constructed in the letter — the level of scripted detail, the instruction to meet in person rather than by phone, the use of legal language followed immediately by "LOL" — and why all of that matters beyond just the surface content. Move to the airport drug story and understand how it functions as a pre-built defense mechanism, not a memory. Follow the GMA coordination through to what it actually looks like when you read the assigned lines out loud.Then understand the Lotto section — what's being suppressed and why. Sit with the Katie section long enough to understand what is actually being requested and how casually it's framed. And close on the Crest whitening strips, which Tony argues tells you more about Kouri Richins' state of mind than almost anything else in the letter.This is the explanation the case deserves. Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.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 #TrueCrimeToday #WalkTheDog #KouriRichinsTrial #JailhouseLetter #EricRichins #TrueCrime #MurderTrial #WitnessTampering #ConsciousnessOfGuilt
The Kouri Richins trial brings Carmen Lauber, Richins' Former Housekeeper, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Nick Reiner murder case reached a new turning point when siblings Jake and Romy Reiner — children of the late Rob and Michele Singer Reiner — officially distanced themselves from Nick's defense following his not guilty plea on February 23rd, 2026.Nick Reiner, 32, faces two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances in the December 14th, 2025 stabbing deaths of his parents at their Brentwood, California home. He is held without bail. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office has not ruled out the death penalty. His next hearing is April 29th, 2026.Sources with direct knowledge told TMZ that Jake and Romy no longer plan to fund a private defense attorney — and that they will not attend the trial. The family had previously hired prominent defense attorney Alan Jackson, who withdrew in January citing circumstances he said were legally and ethically impossible to disclose. Public defender Kimberly Greene is now Nick's sole legal representation. In more than two months of incarceration, she is reportedly the only person who has visited him.True Crime Today's Tony Brueski examines the legal and personal implications of the family's decision, and places it alongside three high-profile cases where families made the same impossible choice: Peter Lanza after Sandy Hook, the family of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, and Kerri Rawson — daughter of BTK killer Dennis Rader — who processed her grief in a memoir that reframed what it means to love someone who turns out to be capable of something monstrous.With the death penalty on the table and a preliminary hearing to be scheduled April 29th, the Reiner case is far from over. But for Jake and Romy, it may already be.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.#NickReiner #RobReiner #TrueCrimeToday #RobReinerMurder #NickReinerTrial #ReinerfamilyMurder #JakeRomyReiner #NickReinerDefense #MicheleReiner #TrueCrime
Eric Richins is the name on the murder charge. But the testimony coming out of the Kouri Richins trial has revealed a much longer list of people prosecutors say were harmed — financially, emotionally, and legally — long before and long after his death.A forensic accountant laid out the scale: $7.5 million in debt, $80,000 in monthly payments, a real estate business described under oath as having "imploded." According to prosecutors, the people closest to Kouri Richins were the ones funding that collapse — a best friend who lost her life savings, a friend who wired $45,000 that was spent before the deal could close, a boyfriend who did the labor and took the stand against her, a housekeeper who allegedly sourced the drugs and became an immunity witness.Meanwhile, Eric's family spent over $100,000 and nearly a thousand hours on a private investigator. And from jail, prosecutors allege, Kouri wrote a six-page letter allegedly trying to orchestrate false testimony through her own mother and brother — and directing someone to leak photos of Eric's sister's daughters to the press.True Crime Today breaks it all down — every name, every dollar, every alleged victim the trial record has now made impossible to ignore.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 #TrueCrimeToday #UtahMurderTrial #TrueCrime #FentanylMurder #KouriRichinsVictims #WalkTheDogLetter #MurderTrial
The Kouri Richins trial brings Todd Gabler, Private Investigator, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
Law enforcement doesn't go back to a neighborhood a month later and knock on doors again without a reason. That second canvass in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance is one of several investigative signals that True Crime Today is breaking down in this listener Q&A — alongside former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski.What prompts a follow-up canvass weeks after the initial sweep? Typically, investigators return when new information has surfaced that makes a specific detail — a car, a face, a timeframe — worth re-asking about. Tony and Robin discuss what that behavioral and procedural signal means for where the investigation stands.The case has also raised questions about the public statements coming from law enforcement. Sheriff Nanos has appeared on camera repeatedly, saying he "personally believes" Nancy is alive and that he's "definitely closer." True Crime Today examines what those statements are designed to accomplish — and whether they carry any investigative risk. Are on-camera declarations about a living victim a strategic tool, or do they create complications down the line?There's also the matter of tips. They've slowed down significantly. From a case management standpoint, what does that mean for investigators? At what point do dried-up tip lines signal exhausted public knowledge versus someone sitting on critical information who hasn't come forward?Robin also addresses the legal and behavioral implications of the internet outage in Nancy's neighborhood the night she disappeared — and what deliberate disruption of that kind would mean for characterizing this as a premeditated act.This is what the procedural and investigative picture looks like right now.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=1PRE-ORDER Robin's NEW Book! - https://a.co/d/0iR9U8U0Instagram 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.#NancyGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #GuthrieInvestigation #FBICanvass #LawEnforcementStrategy #MissingPersonsCase #RobinDreeke #TrueCrime #CriminalInvestigation #TrueCrimePodcast
From a legal and investigative standpoint, several developments in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance carry significant implications that haven't been fully examined. True Crime Today addresses them directly in this listener Q&A with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski.The DNA evidence. Investigators have indicated the sample recovered at the scene is a mixture — a profile consistent with more than one contributor. What does a mixed DNA profile mean for building a prosecutable case? How does it affect identification, exclusion, and the evidentiary weight a prosecutor can attach to it? Robin and Tony examine what this detail signals about both the investigative direction and eventual legal strategy.The reward has been escalated to one million dollars, payable in cash. From an investigative management standpoint — not just a public relations one — what does a reward of that scale accomplish? Does it generate credible, actionable intelligence, or does it primarily create investigative noise that investigators then have to filter through? True Crime Today looks at what the historical record on high-dollar rewards tells us about actual case outcomes.There's also the absence of remains. In cases involving serious violence where no body has been recovered after this amount of time, what are the legal implications? Can a prosecution proceed without physical remains? What's the evidentiary threshold, and what are the challenges?And the pacemaker sync at 2:28 AM — what weight can digital medical device data carry in an investigation and eventual prosecution? This is an underexamined detail with real legal significance.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=1PRE-ORDER Robin's NEW Book! - https://a.co/d/0iR9U8U0Instagram 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.#NancyGuthrie #TrueCrimeToday #GuthrieDNAEvidence #MissingPersonsLaw #NancyGuthrieMissing #CriminalInvestigation #RobinDreeke #HiddenKillers #DNAMixture #TrueCrimePodcast
The legal mechanics of the Kouri Richins murder trial raised questions that go beyond the headline details — questions about witness reliability, prosecutorial strategy, and how a defense team constructs a viable theory against five weeks of damaging testimony. True Crime Today examines the trial's legal architecture in this listener Q&A with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski.The immunity witnesses are a significant focal point. Carmen Lauber and Robert Crozier both changed their accounts after receiving immunity deals from prosecutors. In legal terms, a witness who required immunity to testify — and who revised their story in the process — is a double-edged asset. True Crime Today addresses how defense attorneys exploit that dynamic, what prosecutors risk by depending on such witnesses, and whether their testimony ultimately held up under cross-examination based on what observers reported from the courtroom.The prosecution's text message evidence — particularly the word "relieved," sent to Josh Grossman after Eric Richins died — represents a classic case of what attorneys call consciousness of guilt evidence. What is the legal weight of a single word in a text message? How do prosecutors frame it, how do defense attorneys contextualize it, and how much does a jury typically rely on it?The defense's opening framing — the optical illusion argument, the idea that the same facts can yield two completely different conclusions depending on perspective — is an unusual and strategically ambitious approach. Tony and Robin assess whether that theoretical framework is sustainable across a lengthy trial and how the jury ultimately appeared to receive it.And the question of what failed Eric Richins, legally speaking — his own precautions and the system's response — carries implications beyond this verdict.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=1PRE-ORDER Robin's NEW Book! - https://a.co/d/0iR9U8U0Instagram 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 #TrueCrimeToday #KouriRichinsTrial #ImmunityDeals #WitnessCredibility #EricRichins #MurderTrial #DefenseStrategy #RobinDreeke #TrueCrimePodcast
A federal judge has rejected former Stoughton police detective Matthew Farwell's bid to have murder charges dismissed in the death of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore. The October 2026 trial will proceed — and the full story of what allegedly happened to Birchmore is one of the most chilling law enforcement abuse cases in the country.Birchmore was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts apartment in February 2021, three months pregnant. Her death was initially ruled self-inflicted by state medical examiners. Local prosecutors declined to act. It took a federal investigation to bring charges.Prosecutors allege that Farwell first encountered Birchmore through the Stoughton Police Department's Explorer Program — a youth outreach initiative she joined at age 12. By the time she was 15, according to federal charging documents, Farwell had allegedly begun a criminal sexual relationship with her that would continue for nearly a decade. He allegedly met with her for sex while on duty and fraudulently logged those hours as police work.Two additional law enforcement figures connected to the same program have faced accountability: former Deputy Chief Robert Devine was decertified by a state oversight board, and Farwell's twin brother William lost his law enforcement certification in Massachusetts.Prosecutors believe Farwell was tipped off through department channels about a friend's report regarding the relationship — and that Sandra was dead within two weeks. Surveillance footage places him at her apartment the night she was last seen alive.The defense argued the indictment lacked the specificity required for federal jurisdiction. The judge disagreed. Trial is on.True Crime Today has the full breakdown.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.#SandraBirchmore #MatthewFarwell #TrueCrimeToday #FarwellTrial2026 #StoughtonPolice #JusticeForSandraBirchmore #TrueCrimeNews #PoliceMisconduct #FederalMurderCase #ColdCaseJustice
True Crime Today brings you the complete listener Q&A session on the Nancy Guthrie disappearance and the Kouri Richins murder trial — examining the legal and procedural dimensions of both cases with former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke and host Tony Brueski.The Guthrie legal questions center on evidentiary foundations that haven't been publicly addressed with any precision. What evidentiary weight does a pacemaker sync timestamp carry in a criminal prosecution? Medical device data is an emerging category of digital evidence — and in a case this short on hard timeline anchors, its legal value is worth examining closely. The DNA mixture raises its own prosecutorial question: how does a mixed profile affect the strength of an identification, and what are the evidentiary challenges of building a case around a sample that may include more than one contributor? And if no remains are ever recovered in a case with this evidence profile — what does that mean for the legal path forward? Prosecutors have successfully tried homicide cases without a body, but the threshold is demanding and the defense opportunities are significant.The public statements from law enforcement also carry legal considerations. When a sheriff repeatedly declares on camera that he "personally believes" a victim is alive, that position creates expectations — and potential complications — if the investigation takes a different turn.The Richins legal questions are equally substantive. The immunity witness dynamic is one of the most consequential in the trial: two witnesses who changed their accounts under prosecutorial pressure, both carrying deals. How does that affect jury perception of prosecutorial credibility? What does defense cross-examination look like when a witness's original account contradicted their trial testimony? The defense's optical illusion framework — a perceptual ambiguity argument sustained across five weeks of specific evidentiary testimony — is examined for its legal coherence and jury impact. And the question of what legal mechanisms, if any, were available to protect Eric Richins given what was known before his death is one that carries implications beyond this verdict.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=1PRE-ORDER Robin's NEW Book! - https://a.co/d/0iR9U8U0Instagram 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.#TrueCrimeToday #NancyGuthrie #KouriRichins #CriminalLaw #KouriRichinsTrial #MissingPersonsLaw #RobinDreeke #HiddenKillers #DNAEvidence #TrueCrimePodcast
The Kouri Richins trial brings Matthew Throckmorton, handwriting expert, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Jamye Woody, Police Detective, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Cody Wright, Eric's former business partner, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
True Crime Today covers the cases that matter most. Right now, these are two of the most closely watched in the country — and we brought in one of the sharpest analytical voices in the space to cover both in depth.Retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer joins us for a three-part conversation spanning the Nancy Guthrie disappearance and the Kouri Richins murder trial. For Nancy Guthrie, she explains what investigators actually mean when they say the case is getting "closer," decodes the FBI's command center relocation from Tucson to Phoenix, walks through the task force scale-down and Annie Guthrie's vehicle return, and then pivots to the behavioral and psychological dimension: what the perpetrator is doing at the 30-day mark, what the pre-operational digital surveillance trail looks like from a forensics standpoint, and what creates the specific human pressure that eventually breaks a case wide open.For Kouri Richins, Coffindaffer provides a full investigative analysis of a prosecution built on circumstantial evidence and currently navigating a damaging contradiction between its two key immunity witnesses. She examines the digital evidence, the cell tower data, the failed insurance beneficiary change, and the boyfriend's emotional courtroom testimony — and she is direct about where the prosecution is most exposed after nine days of building its case.This is expert analysis that goes well beyond the coverage. This is True Crime Today.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.#NancyGuthrie #KouriRichins #JenniferCoffindaffer #FBIAnalysis #TrueCrime #MissingPersons #MurderTrial #HiddenKillers #TrueCrimePodcast #FentanylMurder
True Crime Today extended: Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott provides deep analysis of two cases connected by a single theme — the construction of alternate realities.Kouri Richins has constructed a reality where she's the victim. Charged with murder, she wrote a grief book. Filed estate lawsuits from jail. Punched Eric's sister over the will. The "Walk the Dog" letter prosecutors called witness tampering.The financial evidence contradicts the victim narrative: money flowed from Eric to Kouri. Prosecutors allege nearly $500,000 through forged signatures and unauthorized credit lines. Yet testimony suggests she complained about their prenup as though trapped.Internet searches included "luxury prisons for the rich" and questions about poisoning death certificates — awareness of criminality alongside apparent belief in justification.After nearly three years in jail, her mother says Kouri believes "a hundred percent" she'll be acquitted. Shavaun Scott examines what happens when distortion becomes identity.Then we examine the alternate reality the PUBLIC has constructed around Nancy Guthrie. 31 days missing, no arrest, and the internet is convinced of cartels, coordinated crews, Mexican escape routes.But the doorbell footage shows what FBI experts call "amateurish" behavior. The suspect didn't know there was a camera. Pima County says no indication Nancy was taken to Mexico.Why does the public prefer elaborate conspiracy theories over the simpler possibility that this was a break-in gone catastrophically wrong — especially when the victim is famous?Shavaun Scott bridges both cases through the psychology of how alternate realities get constructed — by defendants facing evidence and by observers who prefer complexity to grim simplicity.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 #NancyGuthrie #TrueCrimePsychology #CognitiveDistortion #ConspiracyTheory #CartelTheory #TrueCrimeToday #ShavaunScott #TrueCrimePodcast
The Kouri Richins trial brings Allie Staking, friend of Kouri, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
A forensic accountant just told jurors that Kouri Richins was $1.6 million in debt the day after her husband Eric died. Her business account was "perpetually in the hole." Checks bounced constantly. Hard money loans with brutal interest rates were stacking up. Even liquidating every asset wouldn't have dug her out.Former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins True Crime Today to explain how the prosecution uses financial desperation as murder motive—and where the defense can punch holes in that theory.The most damaging testimony centered on timing. In December 2021, Kouri committed to purchasing a $2.9 million mansion despite having no renovation funds and high-interest debt coming due. Eric died March 4, 2022. Kouri closed on the mansion March 5th. She listed it for sale a week later. Prosecutors argue that sequence proves she knew the life insurance money was coming.But there's a wrinkle: Eric had already changed his beneficiaries. He'd set up a living trust in late 2020 that cut Kouri out of a $500,000 policy. She apparently didn't know. So does motive still hold if she only believed she'd get the money?Eric Faddis breaks down why the answer matters, how the defense is using Eric's financial health to counter the desperation narrative, and whether 26 fraud charges stacked alongside murder help the prosecution—or make the whole case feel circumstantial.The defense admits Kouri was a financial disaster. Their bet: the jury won't make the leap to murder.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 #TrueCrimeToday #MurderMotive #UtahMurder #FinancialFraud #LifeInsurance #EricFaddis #TrueCrime
No suspect. No arrest. No person of interest. But the Nancy Guthrie investigation has already left innocent people facing harassment, detention, and destroyed reputations.One man was handcuffed and questioned for hours after SWAT executed search warrants on his home. Released. His attorney says he has "no link whatsoever" to the kidnapping. An elementary school teacher connected to the Guthrie family through a band has been harassed at his home by amateur sleuths convinced he matches doorbell footage of the masked suspect. Sheriff Nanos publicly cleared the Guthrie family because online accusations kept coming.Former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins True Crime Today to explain what legal options exist when you've been dragged into a high-profile case you had nothing to do with.A sheriff saying you're "cleared" isn't a court ruling. So what does it actually mean? If you want something official, does that even exist when you were never charged? Can you sue the individuals who accused you online? What about the platforms hosting those accusations—does Section 230 leave anything on the table?Eric Faddis breaks down when defamation claims are worth pursuing, how being named in a famous case can make you a "limited-purpose public figure" and raise the bar for any lawsuit, and what the legal calculus is on speaking publicly versus staying silent.For people who've lost jobs, clients, or peace of mind because of false accusations, the path to recovery is harder than most realize.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.#NancyGuthrie #NancyGuthrieKidnapping #PatSajak #Tucson #FalseAccusations #Defamation #InternetSleuths #TrueCrimeToday #EricFaddis #TrueCrime
Twenty-five years of sworn statements defending Michael Jackson. Testimony at his 2005 trial. A book. National television appearances. Now all five Cascio siblings are suing, alleging Jackson drugged, raped, and trafficked them since childhood.The estate is calling it extortion. A hearing this week determines whether this case goes public—or gets sealed in arbitration.Former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins True Crime Today to break down the legal battle, the credibility nightmare, and what happens when longtime defenders become accusers.The Cascios already signed a settlement with the estate in 2019—reportedly $690,000 per sibling per year for five years. It included confidentiality, non-disparagement, and mandatory arbitration clauses. They collected. Now they want out, claiming the agreement was signed under duress without proper legal counsel.The estate wants this in arbitration, where proceedings stay private. The Cascio attorneys say that's "an illegal tactic to silence victims." If the estate wins the hearing, nothing that happens next will be public.Eric Faddis examines the legal standards: what it takes to void a settlement you've cashed, how devastating 25 years of defense testimony is to a credibility argument, and what federal sex trafficking law actually requires when the defendant has been dead since 2009.There's also the question of alleged threats. The estate's attorney claims the Cascio legal team threatened to "expand the circle of knowledge"—leak the allegations—right as Sony was finalizing a $600 million catalog deal. Extortion or negotiation?The Cascios say Leaving Neverland in 2019 "deprogrammed" them. The estate says the timing says everything.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.#MichaelJackson #CascioFamily #MichaelJacksonLawsuit #FrankCascio #MJEstate #LeavingNeverland #SexTrafficking #Arbitration #EricFaddis #TrueCrimeToday
The murder charges against Kouri Richins get the headlines. But prosecutors have built a parallel case about years of alleged financial exploitation — and the paper trail is damning.Nearly half a million dollars allegedly taken from Eric Richins through forged signatures, unauthorized credit lines, and misdirected tax payments. A $250,000 home equity line prosecutors say was opened without his knowledge. Credit cards maxed in his name. Tax payments redirected. And all of it while Kouri ran her own real estate business and closed multi-million-dollar deals.This wasn't a trapped wife with no options. The forensic accounting shows money flowing one direction: from Eric to Kouri.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins True Crime Today to examine the psychology of financial exploitation when objective reality contradicts the story someone tells themselves. Testimony suggests Kouri complained about their prenuptial agreement as though she were the one being controlled. How does someone construct that grievance narrative when the evidence shows substantial financial freedom?Eric discovered the fraud in September 2020. According to prosecutors, Kouri admitted it and promised repayment. She allegedly never paid a cent. He consulted divorce attorneys but stayed in the marriage.What happens psychologically when a partner catches you and stays anyway? Does that get interpreted as permission?The forensic accountant painted a grim picture: Kouri's business brought in $170,000 over five months while debt service exceeded $250,000. Prosecutors allege falsified bank statements and Eric's letterhead used to secure loans.Shavaun Scott breaks down entitlement, escalation, and what keeps someone doubling down when everything is collapsing.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 #FinancialFraud #ForgedSignature #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeToday #UtahMurder #ForensicAccounting #TrueCrimePodcast
Two trials. Two prosecutions facing serious problems. Defense attorney Bob Motta joins Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke on True Crime Today for comprehensive analysis of the Kouri Richins murder case and the Colin Gray school shooting trial as both reach decisive moments.The Richins prosecution has called over twenty witnesses but can't get past a fundamental problem: the state's own former Chief Medical Examiner testified Eric's death certificate still says "undetermined." Not homicide. Four years later. The drug-chain witnesses contradict each other—one says oxycodone, one says fentanyl. A detective told Carmen Lauber "the goal is to convict Kouri for aggravated murder." Hair follicle tests were never performed. The copperware wasn't tested. The defense has 35 witnesses and may not need them.Colin Gray's family destroyed his defense. His daughter Jenni—14, now in foster care, using a different name—testified he asked her to "cover for him." His wife Marcee said she begged him to lock up the guns and physically tried to take the rifle from Colt. Text messages showed Colt warning "the blood is on your hands" weeks before Apalachee High School.Colin claims he thought photos of Nikolas Cruz in Colt's bedroom were "the guy from Green Day." His wife and daughter both testified he knew exactly who Cruz was. That's a credibility problem a crying defendant can't fix.The morning timeline: Colt's 9:42 a.m. text saying "I'm sorry… it's not your fault." Colin asking what's wrong. Not calling the school. Not leaving work. First shots at 10:22 a.m. Then stopping at QuikTrip for a drink on his way home.Bob Motta analyzes what both defense teams need to accomplish—and whether either case is already decided.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 #ColinGray #BobMotta #TrueCrimeToday #EricRichins #ColtGray #MedicalExaminer #FamilyTestimony #RobinDreeke #TonyBrueski
The Kouri Richins trial brings Marie Bramwell, Attorney & Becky Lloyd, C&E Stone Masonry, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The cartel theory has dominated online discussion of the Nancy Guthrie disappearance. Coordinated kidnapping crews. Private jets to Puerto Vallarta. Retaliation for U.S. drug policy.But the doorbell footage shows something else entirely.FBI experts have called the suspect's behavior "amateurish." The person didn't know there was a camera. They grabbed weeds from the yard to cover it — on the spot, improvised. They carried a weapon in what's been described as an unprofessional manner.This doesn't look like cartel sophistication. This looks like someone who didn't plan for what they encountered.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins True Crime Today to examine why the public gravitates toward elaborate conspiracy theories when the evidence suggests something simpler — especially when the victim is famous.A Border Patrol officer told reporters that cartels don't target people in the U.S. because it brings attention they don't want. Pima County has explicitly said there's no indication Nancy was taken to Mexico.Sheriff Nanos called it a "targeted kidnapping." But if it was targeted, wouldn't the suspect have known about the camera?We're more than 31 days in with no arrest. Multiple ransom notes have flooded media outlets — at least four to TMZ. One person has already been arrested for a fake demand.Shavaun Scott has worked extensively with offenders who commit crimes that spiral out of control — theft or burglary that escalates into violence when things go wrong. If this was a break-in gone catastrophically sideways, what does the psychology look like?This episode cuts through the speculation to examine what the evidence actually suggests.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.#NancyGuthrie #NancyGuthrieUpdate #CartelTheory #FBI #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeToday #Tucson #DoorbellCamera #KidnappingCase #TrueCrimePodcast
The Kouri Richins trial brings Gabe Morin, Owner of Mirror Lake Diner & Joshua Kaze, Friend of Eric Richins, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Chelsea Barney, Friend of Kouri, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
Charged with murder. Wrote a grief book. Promoted it on television. Filed lawsuits from jail demanding millions from the estate of the man she's accused of killing. Punched her sister-in-law upon learning she'd been cut from the will.Kouri Richins appears to be living in a version of reality that nobody else can see.Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins True Crime Today to examine cognitive distortion at its most extreme — how someone constructs and inhabits an alternate narrative that contradicts what everyone around them is experiencing, and genuinely believes their version is the true one.The "Walk the Dog" letter from jail is a window into that mindset. Prosecutors called it blatant witness tampering — instructions to family members on testimony, claims that Eric purchased drugs from Mexico himself. When someone facing serious charges continues trying to control the narrative, what does that reveal?The 911 call the night Eric died was hysterical — sobbing, barely able to answer questions. The defense called it "the sounds of a wife becoming a widow." But prosecutors say Kouri's phone was active before that call, and Eric's sister testified she appeared "well put together" when she arrived.How does someone produce what sounds like genuine devastation after allegedly orchestrating a death? Is it performance, or can someone actually feel grief for an outcome they caused?Internet searches recovered from Kouri's phone included "luxury prisons for the rich" and "if someone is poisoned what does it go down on the death certificate as." These suggest awareness that what she was doing was wrong.How do you reconcile knowing something is criminal with believing you're entitled to do it?After nearly three years in jail, Kouri maintains her innocence. Shavaun Scott explains how distortion becomes reality.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 #CognitiveDistortion #TrueCrime #TrueCrimeToday #UtahMurder #AlternateReality #TrueCrimePodcast
The Kouri Richins trial brings Kristal Bowman-Carter, estate planning attorney, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Robert Josh Grossman, Kouri's lover, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Lashawnda Rodgers & Brian Frecklton, insurance & financial advisors, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
A Georgia jury just made history. Colin Gray—guilty of second-degree murder on all counts. Less than two hours of deliberation. The father who armed his troubled son now faces up to 180 years in prison.True Crime Today breaks down the Colin Gray verdict with criminal defense attorney Bob Motta.This is only the third time in American history a parent has been held criminally responsible for a school shooting committed by their child. The Crumbleys got manslaughter in Michigan. Georgia prosecutors went bigger—and won murder convictions.The evidence was relentless. An FBI warning Colin Gray ignored in 2023 after his son threatened to shoot up a school. A Christmas gift AR-15 kept unsecured in a 14-year-old's bedroom. A "shrine" to Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz. Texts from Colt Gray warning his father: "Whenever something happens just know the blood is on your hands."His own daughter testified he pressured her to lie to investigators. His estranged wife said she begged him to lock up the guns and was knocked down trying to take the rifle from Colt's room. Body cam footage showed Colin saying "God, I knew it" within minutes of the shooting.Colin Gray was his own only defense witness. He cried on the stand. He insisted he never saw it coming. The jury needed under two hours to convict on every single count.Bob Motta analyzes the trial, the defense failures, and what this verdict means for parental accountability going forward.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.#ColinGray #TrueCrimeToday #GuiltyVerdict #ApalacheeShooting #SchoolShooting #MurderConviction #BobMotta #ParentalAccountability #ColtGray #TrueCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Anne Coates, Senior Manager at CMFG Live Insurance, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Christina Miller, Divorce Attorney, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Moscow Mule theory is central to the prosecution's case against Kouri Richins. They claim she slipped fentanyl into her husband's drink. But crime scene technician Chelsea Gipson admitted under cross-examination that the kitchen was never searched the night Eric died. Neither was the basement. The copperware allegedly used for the cocktails was never tested.Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke break down the investigative failures exposed during the Kouri Richins trial with defense attorney Bob Motta on True Crime Today. An empty hydrocodone bottle sat in Eric's nightstand—never tested. Investigators only went back to collect certain items after a private investigator hired by Eric's family flagged them. The medical examiner's office never tested hair follicles that could have shown whether Eric was a long-term fentanyl user.Carmen Lauber—the prosecution's star witness on drug supply—admitted she tested positive for methamphetamine during the relevant time period. She changed her story after receiving immunity from three different jurisdictions. And a detective told her explicitly that "the goal is to convict Kouri for aggravated murder" before she testified.The defense team of Kathy Nester, Wendy Lewis, and Alex Ramos hasn't called a single witness yet. Through cross-examination alone, they've surfaced questions about the investigation's integrity, exposed contradictions in testimony, and highlighted forensic tests that were never performed despite being available.Bob Motta analyzes whether reasonable doubt is already established or whether the defense has peaked too early. The prosecution still has witnesses to call. The defense has 35 of their own waiting. This case is far from decided—but the gaps in the investigation may already be too wide to close.What absolutely has to happen for either side to win?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 #TrueCrimeToday #CrimeScene #BobMotta #InvestigativeFailure #RobinDreeke #TonyBrueski #UtahTrial #ForensicEvidence
The prosecution in the Kouri Richins murder trial has a problem they can't explain away. Their own former Chief Medical Examiner—Dr. Erik Christensen—testified that Eric Richins' death certificate still lists manner of death as "undetermined." Four years of investigation. Dozens of witnesses. And the man who analyzed the body won't call it murder.Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke break down the latest trial developments with defense attorney Bob Motta on True Crime Today. The state played what they hoped would be damning evidence—a nine-minute recording of Kouri calling Christensen's office asking detailed questions about the substances found in Eric's body. But does that call show consciousness of guilt, or a widow desperately trying to understand how her husband died?The drug-chain witnesses are falling apart under scrutiny. Robert Crozier testified he only sold oxycodone to Carmen Lauber—not fentanyl—because "everybody was scared of fentanyl" at the time. That flatly contradicts Lauber's testimony. When your two key witnesses can't agree on what drugs were even involved, the prosecution's theory has a foundational crack.Bob Motta walks through the elements the state still hasn't proven: what drugs Carmen actually obtained, how fentanyl entered Eric's system, and most critically—that Kouri was the one who administered it. No fentanyl has ever been recovered from the Richins home. The copperware allegedly used for the Moscow Mules was never tested. An empty hydrocodone bottle in Eric's nightstand was never analyzed.The prosecution has called over twenty witnesses. The defense hasn't even started their case yet. Is the state running out of time to connect the dots—or is there more coming that changes everything?Bob Motta doesn't speculate. He analyzes what the evidence actually shows.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 #TrueCrimeToday #BobMotta #FentanylCase #MurderTrial #RobinDreeke #TonyBrueski #UtahCrime #CourtNews
The Kouri Richins trial brings Brooke Karrington, Forensic Accountant, to the stand for part two in this testimony.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Brooke Karrington, Forensic Accountant, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Chris Kotrodimos, Digital Forensics Expert, to the stand in this segment.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Brooke Karrington, Forensic Accountant, to the stand for part two in this testimony.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial brings Brooke Karrington, Forensic Accountant, to the stand for part two in this testimony.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
The Kouri Richins trial continues with Chris Kotrodimos, Digital Forensics Expert, on the stand.The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.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 #KouriRichinsTrial #TrueCrimeToday #LiveTrial #EricRichins #UtahCourt #TrueCrimeNews #CourtTV #TrialWatch #BreakingCrime
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