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Kouri Richins Googled ‘luxury prisons for rich’ after husband’s alleged murder: Prosecutors say queries “indicate a consciousness of guilt and plan to hide evidence” in the alleged murder of Eric Richins

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;38292b"><strong>Detention hearing court is told Monday that Kouri Richins Googled &OpenCurlyQuote;luxury prisons for rich’ after husband’s alleged murder <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;38292b"><strong>Utah mom Richins&comma; is accused of killing her husband&comma; then writing a children’s book about grief <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;38292b"><strong>Kouri Richins allegedly slipped five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a Moscow Mule she mixed for her husband&comma; Eric Richins&comma; on March 3&comma; 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;38292b"><strong>After the death of Eric Richins&comma; the suspect conducted extensive online research after his death&comma; prosecutors argued in newly filed docs <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;38292b"><strong>The 33-year-old mother of three researched &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;luxury prisons for the rich” and how long it takes life insurance companies to pay<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;38292b"><strong>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<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;38292b"><strong>Judge ruled that the defendant will remain in jail throughout her trial after prosecution detailed how she calculatingly plotted the murder&comma; making financial arrangements and purchasing drugs found in his system post mortem<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Kouri-Richins-in-court-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442675" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"559"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kouri Richins&comma; the Utah mom accused of killing her husband and then writing a children’s book about grief&comma; reportedly Googled about &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;luxury prisons for the rich” and how long it takes life insurance companies to pay<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Kouri Richins&comma; the woman accused of killing her husband and moving on to write a children’s book on coping with grief&comma; allegedly conducted extensive online research after his death from a spiked cocktail&comma; including about &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;luxury prisons for the rich” and how long it takes life insurance companies to pay&comma; a Utah court heard on Monday&period; <br>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&comma; Eric Richins&comma; on March 3&comma; 2022&comma; had a Google history that included disturbing searches&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;abc4&period;com&sol;news&sol;local-news&sol;kouri-richins-google-searches-after-she-allegedly-killed-husband&sol;&percnt;20&lpar;KTVX&rpar;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">KTVX<&sol;a> reports&period;<br>She scoured the internet for information about Utah’s penitentiaries&comma; as well as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;luxury prisons for the rich in America&comma;” according to the news outlet&period;<br>Richins&comma; prosecutors argued&comma; 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&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Eric-Richins-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442684" width&equals;"820" height&equals;"1011"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kouri Richins has been accused of killing <strong>her husband&comma; Eric Richins&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma;<&sol;strong> by slipping five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a Moscow Mule she mixed for him in March 2022<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In newly filed court documents&comma; prosecutors argued the queries &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;indicate a consciousness of guilt and plan to hide evidence” in the alleged murder of her husband&comma; Eric Richins&period; <br>The court documents state that Richins researched whether investigators can see deleted messages&comma; how long life insurance companies take to pay claimants&comma; whether police can force you to take a lie detector test and if the cause of death can be changed on a death certificate&comma; KTVX reported&period;<br>The suspect also viewed an article titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Signs of Being Under Federal Investigation&comma;” and another headlined &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Delay in Claim Payment for Death Certificate with Pending Cause of Death&comma;” according to the report&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;Kouri-Darden-Richins-with-her-husband-Eric-Richins-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440019" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"807"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Among other issues&comma; Eric and Kouri Richins &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; were allegedly fighting over buying a &dollar;2 million mansion on the night he died&period; He was opposed to the purchase&period; She had to to have the landmark property<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Kouri-Richins-in-court-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442676"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Murder suspect Kouri Richins &lbrack;white shirt&rsqb;&comma; 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&comma; with fatal results<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Her other searches included the queries &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Is naloxone similar to heroin&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What is considered non-natural manner of death” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Kouri Richins Kamas net worth&comma;” KTVX added&period;<br>Richins&comma; who authored a tear-jerker kids’ book about coping with loss&comma; titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Are You with Me&quest;”&comma; also reportedly accessed an article about how to hire someone to write a book for you&period;<br>She also searched multiple times about whether her family had donated to the Summit County Police Department&comma; according to the outlet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;Kouri-Richins-in-court-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442680"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Court docs state that Kouri Richins sitting &lbrack;center&rsqb; with her attorneys&comma; viewed an article titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Signs of Being Under Federal Investigation&comma;” and another headlined &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Delay in Claim Payment for Death Certificate with Pending Cause of Death&comma;” after the death of her husband <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Her more mundane searches reportedly included &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How to undo microblading&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What kind of doctor was dr&period; pepper” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lil Nas X married&period;”<br>One expert told KTVX that Richins may have been trying to understand the process and how long the investigation could take&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t think it’s insignificant&comma;” criminal defense attorney Clayton Simms told the outlet&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I think her state of mind&comma; what she’s looking at&comma; what she’s researching&comma; could be important&comma; but certainly&comma; I think there’s nothing there that indicates guilt&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;Kouri-Darden-Richins-with-her-husband-Eric-Richins-and-their-children-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440026" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"725"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Eric and Kouri Richins shared three young sons&comma; but the marriage was on the rocks&comma; before the alleged murder&period; After Eric&&num;8217&semi;s death the suspect researched whether investigators can see deleted messages and if police can enforce a lie detector test&comma; according to docs<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Richins allegedly bought four life insurance policies on Eric’s life totaling &dollar;2 million without his knowledge years before the alleged murder&period;<br>Prosecutors said Richins took out a &dollar;250&comma;000 home equity line of credit and spent it&comma; stole about &dollar;134&comma;000 from Eric’s business&comma; withdrew &dollar;100&comma;000 from his bank accounts and spent more than &dollar;30&comma;000 with his credit cards&period;<br>He learned about his wife’s secret financial decisions in September 2020 and met with a divorce lawyer and estate planner the next month&comma; according to court documents&period;<br>According to family members&comma; the night he died Eric was set to inform his wife that he had just <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;11&sol;utah-mom-and-author-accused-of-husbands-murder-fought-with-him-over-buying-2m-mansion-the-night-he-died-after-drinking-laced-cocktail-she-prepared&sol;">cut her out of his will and changed his life insurance policy<&sol;a> as he sought a divorce&period; <br>They allege that he had discovered that Kouri tried to name herself the beneficiary of that policy&comma; but on finding out&comma; he reversed the move&comma; adding his sister to the plan instead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;Kouri-Darden-Richins-book-Are-You-with-Me-cover-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-440018" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"837"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Once Eric died Kouri Richins has been embroiled in legal battles with his family over hi’s &dollar;3&period;6 million estate&period; In that time she wrote a children’s book about grief&comma; that purports to teach children how to cope with the loss of a loved one<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Both sides of the family have been fighting over Eric’s &dollar;3&period;6 million estate&period;<br>His sisters told police that Richins had previously tried to poison him&comma; including on a trip to Greece&period; He had reportedly warned his family that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;if anything happened to him she was to blame&comma;” according to court records&period;<br>Eric also &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;had reason to believe” his wife carried out a lengthy affair during their marriage&comma; his family reps have said&period;<br>Richins allegedly poisoned him a final time between the night of March 3 and early March 4&comma; 2022&period;  <br>She told investigators they had celebrated plans to purchase a &dollar;2 million home&comma; but investigators later learned she had placed two &dollar;900 orders for fentanyl pills from a drug dealer&period;<br>Richins is charged with first-degree aggravated murder and multiple counts of second-degree possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;06&sol;image-29&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-442690" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"493"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>ric Richins recently cut her out of his will and changed his life insurance policy as he sought a divorce&period; Prosecutors say her post widowhood actions including researching whether investigators can see deleted messages &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;indicate a consciousness of guilt and plan to hide evidence” <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"> Richins was not arrested until last month&period; At the detention hearing on Monday&comma; the judge ruled that the defendant will remain in jail throughout her trial after her sister-in-law called her &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;desperate&comma; greedy and extremely manipulative” during a court hearing&period;<br>The mother-of-three is facing charges of aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute&period; During the year between her husband’s death and her arrest&comma; she published a children’s book called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Are You with Me&quest;” about an angel of a deceased father watching over his sons&period; She promoted it on television and radio&comma; describing the book as a way to help children grieve the loss of a loved one&period;<br>The prosecution had called to the stand a detective&comma; a private investigator and a forensic accountant who painted a picture of Richins as having calculatingly plotted to kill her husband&comma; making financial arrangements and purchasing drugs found in his system after his March 2022 death&period;<br>Kouri Richins bowed her head and cried as a detective testified about authorities finding her husband dead and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;cold to the touch&comma;” and prosecutors argued the evidence against her was strong enough to deny her bail&period; <br>Reading a victim impact statement she read in court&comma; Amy Richins&comma; Eric’s sister&comma; described the pain the family felt watching Kouri Richins promote &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Are You With Me&quest;” and called her actions &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;betrayal and terror&comma; ” adding&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Since Eric’s death&comma; we have learned&comma; and unfortunately are continually reminded&comma; that Kouri is desperate&comma; greedy and extremely manipulative&comma;” she said&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;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&comma;” Amy said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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