'Eric told a friend that he thought his wife was trying to poison him.' 'Eric believed that he had been poisoned,' the statement continued. 14, 2022 - three days after Richins allegedly procured the fentanyl - she and Eric had a Valentine's Day dinner in which Eric 'became very ill,' a probable cause statement read. Richins had reportedly texted this person sometime between December 2021 and February 2022 to ask for some prescription pain medication for an investor who had a back injury, and she was given hydrocodone pills.Īpproximately two weeks later, Richins said her investor wanted something stronger and requested 'some of the Michael Jackson stuff,' asking specifically for fentanyl. There was also evidence that messages had been sent and received to her phone during that time and were allegedly deleted.Īfter an autopsy, it was determined that Eric had died of an overdose, with a level of fentanyl in his system that was five times the lethal dosage.Ī medical examiner concluded that the fentanyl had been ingested orally.ĭuring further investigations, detectives said they found communications between Richins and a person who has previously been charged for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Officials said they were told by Richins that she left her phone in her bedroom that night and did not have it with her in her child's room however, detectives found that her phone had been opened multiple times during those hours. and found Eric cold to touch, which is when she called 911. She reportedly returned to her room at 3 a.m. Richins said she fell asleep with one of her children that night because they were having a night terror. According to the investigation, the only people in the home at the time were Eric, Kouri and their children. She told officers she made Eric a Moscow Mule and served it to him in bed.

He was declared deceased at the scene after life-saving efforts were made.ĭuring interviews with Kouri Richins, she reported that they were celebrating the closing on a house for her business the night before. They arrived to the scene and found Kouri Richins' husband, Eric Richins, on the floor at the foot of his bed. Kouri Richins, 33, of Kamas, was charged in Summit County Third District Court on Monday, May 8, with aggravated murder and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute.Īccording to court documents, an investigation into her husband's death began on March 4, 2022, just after 3:20 a.m., when Summit County deputies responded to a home at 282 Willow Court on a report of an unresponsive man.

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