Detention hearing court is told Monday that Kouri Richins Googled ‘luxury prisons for rich’ after husband’s alleged murder

Utah mom Richins, is accused of killing her husband, then writing a children’s book about grief

Kouri Richins allegedly slipped five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a Moscow Mule she mixed for her husband, Eric Richins, on March 3, 2022

After the death of Eric Richins, the suspect conducted extensive online research after his death, prosecutors argued in newly filed docs

The 33-year-old mother of three researched “luxury prisons for the rich” and how long it takes life insurance companies to pay

Richins also researched whether police can force you to take a lie detector test and if the cause of death can be changed on a death certificate

Judge ruled that the defendant will remain in jail throughout her trial after prosecution detailed how she calculatingly plotted the murder, making financial arrangements and purchasing drugs found in his system post mortem

Kouri Richins, the Utah mom accused of killing her husband and then writing a children’s book about grief, reportedly Googled about “luxury prisons for the rich” and how long it takes life insurance companies to pay

Kouri Richins, the woman accused of killing her husband and moving on to write a children’s book on coping with grief, allegedly conducted extensive online research after his death from a spiked cocktail, including about “luxury prisons for the rich” and how long it takes life insurance companies to pay, a Utah court heard on Monday. 
The 33-year-old mother of three who has been charged with murder after she allegedly slipped five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a Moscow Mule she mixed for her husband, Eric Richins, on March 3, 2022, had a Google history that included disturbing searches, KTVX reports.
She scoured the internet for information about Utah’s penitentiaries, as well as “luxury prisons for the rich in America,” according to the news outlet.
Richins, prosecutors argued, also looked up whether she would still receive a life insurance payment if a cause of death is listed as pending in addition to what constitutes a lethal dose of fentanyl.

Kouri Richins has been accused of killing her husband, Eric Richins, [photo], by slipping five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a Moscow Mule she mixed for him in March 2022

In newly filed court documents, prosecutors argued the queries “indicate a consciousness of guilt and plan to hide evidence” in the alleged murder of her husband, Eric Richins.
The court documents state that Richins researched whether investigators can see deleted messages, how long life insurance companies take to pay claimants, whether police can force you to take a lie detector test and if the cause of death can be changed on a death certificate, KTVX reported.
The suspect also viewed an article titled “Signs of Being Under Federal Investigation,” and another headlined “Delay in Claim Payment for Death Certificate with Pending Cause of Death,” according to the report.

Among other issues, Eric and Kouri Richins [photo], were allegedly fighting over buying a $2 million mansion on the night he died. He was opposed to the purchase. She had to to have the landmark property

Murder suspect Kouri Richins [white shirt], stares as her defense counsel responds to charges alleging she slipped five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a Moscow Mule that she served her husband, with fatal results

Her other searches included the queries “Is naloxone similar to heroin,” “What is considered non-natural manner of death” and “Kouri Richins Kamas net worth,” KTVX added.
Richins, who authored a tear-jerker kids’ book about coping with loss, titled “Are You with Me?”, also reportedly accessed an article about how to hire someone to write a book for you.
She also searched multiple times about whether her family had donated to the Summit County Police Department, according to the outlet.

Court docs state that Kouri Richins sitting [center] with her attorneys, viewed an article titled “Signs of Being Under Federal Investigation,” and another headlined “Delay in Claim Payment for Death Certificate with Pending Cause of Death,” after the death of her husband

Her more mundane searches reportedly included “How to undo microblading,” “What kind of doctor was dr. pepper” and “Lil Nas X married.”
One expert told KTVX that Richins may have been trying to understand the process and how long the investigation could take.
“I don’t think it’s insignificant,” criminal defense attorney Clayton Simms told the outlet. “I think her state of mind, what she’s looking at, what she’s researching, could be important, but certainly, I think there’s nothing there that indicates guilt.”

Eric and Kouri Richins shared three young sons, but the marriage was on the rocks, before the alleged murder. After Eric’s death the suspect researched whether investigators can see deleted messages and if police can enforce a lie detector test, according to docs

Richins allegedly bought four life insurance policies on Eric’s life totaling $2 million without his knowledge years before the alleged murder.
Prosecutors said Richins took out a $250,000 home equity line of credit and spent it, stole about $134,000 from Eric’s business, withdrew $100,000 from his bank accounts and spent more than $30,000 with his credit cards.
He learned about his wife’s secret financial decisions in September 2020 and met with a divorce lawyer and estate planner the next month, according to court documents.
According to family members, the night he died Eric was set to inform his wife that he had just cut her out of his will and changed his life insurance policy as he sought a divorce.
They allege that he had discovered that Kouri tried to name herself the beneficiary of that policy, but on finding out, he reversed the move, adding his sister to the plan instead.

Once Eric died Kouri Richins has been embroiled in legal battles with his family over hi’s $3.6 million estate. In that time she wrote a children’s book about grief, that purports to teach children how to cope with the loss of a loved one

Both sides of the family have been fighting over Eric’s $3.6 million estate.
His sisters told police that Richins had previously tried to poison him, including on a trip to Greece. He had reportedly warned his family that “if anything happened to him she was to blame,” according to court records.
Eric also “had reason to believe” his wife carried out a lengthy affair during their marriage, his family reps have said.
Richins allegedly poisoned him a final time between the night of March 3 and early March 4, 2022.  
She told investigators they had celebrated plans to purchase a $2 million home, but investigators later learned she had placed two $900 orders for fentanyl pills from a drug dealer.
Richins is charged with first-degree aggravated murder and multiple counts of second-degree possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.

ric Richins recently cut her out of his will and changed his life insurance policy as he sought a divorce. Prosecutors say her post widowhood actions including researching whether investigators can see deleted messages “indicate a consciousness of guilt and plan to hide evidence”

 Richins was not arrested until last month. At the detention hearing on Monday, the judge ruled that the defendant will remain in jail throughout her trial after her sister-in-law called her “desperate, greedy and extremely manipulative” during a court hearing.
The mother-of-three is facing charges of aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. During the year between her husband’s death and her arrest, she published a children’s book called “Are You with Me?” about an angel of a deceased father watching over his sons. She promoted it on television and radio, describing the book as a way to help children grieve the loss of a loved one.
The prosecution had called to the stand a detective, a private investigator and a forensic accountant who painted a picture of Richins as having calculatingly plotted to kill her husband, making financial arrangements and purchasing drugs found in his system after his March 2022 death.
Kouri Richins bowed her head and cried as a detective testified about authorities finding her husband dead and “cold to the touch,” and prosecutors argued the evidence against her was strong enough to deny her bail.
Reading a victim impact statement she read in court, Amy Richins, Eric’s sister, described the pain the family felt watching Kouri Richins promote “Are You With Me?” and called her actions “betrayal and terror, ” adding, “Since Eric’s death, we have learned, and unfortunately are continually reminded, that Kouri is desperate, greedy and extremely manipulative,” she said.
“We have watched as Kouri has paraded around portraying herself as a grieving widow and victim while trying to profit from the death of my brother — while trying to profit from a book about his death and trying to get life insurance,” Amy said.