A Utah woman accused of killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl now faces more charges in the case — including attempted aggravated murder for allegedly poisoning him a month before he died, according to a new court filing.
Kouri Richins, 33, was charged last year with aggravated murder and drug charges in connection with the death of her husband, Eric Richins, 39. She has yet to enter a plea to the charges but she denies the allegations.
A month prior to her arrest in May 2023, the mom of three appeared on a “Good Things Utah” segment on Salt Lake City ABC affiliate KTVX to promote a book. In the segment, Kouri Richins said her husband of nine years died “unexpectedly” and that his death “completely took us all by shock.”
Prosecutors allege in a new filing Monday that Eric Richins was initially poisoned on Valentine’s Day, weeks before he died by a lethal dose of fentanyl on the night of March 3, 2022, according to the probable cause statement in the charging document.
Eric Richins purportedly “broke out into hives” after eating one bite of his “favorite sandwich” that his wife had bought for him from a diner, according to the charging document. He reportedly injected himself with his son’s EpiPen, “drank a bottle of Benadryl” and went to sleep, according to the document.
“I think my wife tried to poison me,” Eric Richins allegedly told a close friend later that day, the charging document stated.
