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Margaret Offret, Medical Assistant Coordinator, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial.

Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.

This is gavel-to-gavel coverage of one of the most closely watched trials in Utah history. A children's book author. A grieving widow who wrote about "heaven" for kids while allegedly researching untraceable poisons. A husband who may have been killed in his own bed.

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Twenty-one days. No verified ransom. No authenticated contact from whoever has Nancy Guthrie. A family willing to pay — met with silence. Tony Brueski breaks down the criminal history patterns that suggest this may never have been about a payday — and what that means for the investigation, for Nancy's survival, and for Savannah Guthrie, who has been on camera begging publicly while the person responsible watches.

From Mark David Chapman to Patty Hearst to Danny Rolling, Tony examines the crimes where the motive wasn't money — it was power, obsession, and the deliberate performance of a famous family's helplessness. Then he maps those patterns directly onto the Guthrie case: the disabled doorbell camera, the unmatched DNA, the unique holster, the three weeks of silence from a perpetrator who came to that house with a plan.

The question that points to who took Nancy Guthrie isn't where she is. It's what they actually wanted. This episode goes there.

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Deputy David Pementel, Summit Co. Sheriff's Office, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial.

Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.

This is gavel-to-gavel coverage of one of the most closely watched trials in Utah history. A children's book author. A grieving widow who wrote about "heaven" for kids while allegedly researching untraceable poisons. A husband who may have been killed in his own bed.

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The Pima County Sheriff's Department has publicly stated they're not ruling out that more than one person was involved in Nancy Guthrie's abduction.

Look at the evidence: weeks of reconnaissance before the crime, but no apparent extraction plan. Forensic awareness at the door — gloves, mask, camera removal — but a glove dropped two miles out. Ransom notes with insider details about Nancy's home, but no mechanism to actually collect payment.

Does that read as one person? Or does it read as a partnership where the planning didn't match the execution?

Robin Dreeke spent twenty-one years in FBI counterintelligence, including running the Bureau's Behavioral Analysis Program. His career was built on understanding what makes people talk — how trust works, how loyalty fractures, and what conditions need to exist for someone with dangerous knowledge to finally pick up the phone.

This interview examines both sides of the equation. First: what does the evidence pattern suggest about whether this was one person or multiple actors? If there was a second person — a driver, a lookout, someone who helped plan but didn't enter the home — they're watching this investigation with a very different calculus than the person who actually took Nancy.

Second: what makes someone talk? The reward has grown to over two hundred thousand dollars. Four hundred investigators are chasing leads. Genetic genealogy is processing DNA. There are people in this perpetrator's life who may have noticed behavioral changes over the past three weeks — a spouse who's seen the stress, a friend who's heard something they shouldn't have, a family member who's starting to wonder.

Cases like this get solved when someone talks. Not tip line noise — a real person with real knowledge who decides to come forward. Robin breaks down the psychology of that decision, what barriers people face, and what conditions need to exist for the break to happen.

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Cameron Larson, Evidence Technician, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial.

Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.

This is gavel-to-gavel coverage of one of the most closely watched trials in Utah history. A children's book author. A grieving widow who wrote about "heaven" for kids while allegedly researching untraceable poisons. A husband who may have been killed in his own bed.

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On February 16th, 2026, at 2:30 in the morning, Caleb Flynn called 911 from his home in Tipp City, Ohio. He was frantic. Hysterical. He said someone had broken into his house and shot his wife twice in the head. He called out her name. He said her face had gone white. He begged the dispatcher to hurry.

His wife, Ashley Flynn, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Three days later, Caleb Flynn was arrested and charged with her murder.

Prosecutors allege Flynn — a former worship leader, music pastor, and American Idol contestant who once told national television that he loved his wife more than anything in the world — shot Ashley with a 9mm handgun and staged the crime scene to look like a home invasion. According to the criminal complaint, investigators were "led astray by the staging of the crime scene." K-9 units and a drone swept the neighborhood looking for an intruder that, according to prosecutors, never existed.

What unraveled the story wasn't cutting-edge forensics. It was a refrigerator — a large appliance pushed up against the only door an intruder could have used to enter. A door you can't push a refrigerator back against from the outside.

Ashley Flynn was a seventh-grade volleyball coach, a substitute teacher, a LifeWise Academy instructor, and a woman her community described as a pillar of their church. She died eight days before her 38th birthday while her two daughters slept down the hall. The town of Tipp City tied red and white ribbons around every streetlamp on Main Street. A GoFundMe raised nearly $96,000 in two days. The celebration of life that had been planned for Sunday was canceled the day Caleb was booked into the Miami County Jail.

Flynn pleaded not guilty. His attorney called the arrest a rush to judgment. Ashley's family released a statement saying they trust law enforcement took the proper steps. The FBI is involved. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 26th.

Today on Hidden Killers, Tony Brueski walks through everything we know — the 911 call, the crime scene, the staging, the community response, and the moment Ashley Flynn's own family publicly stood behind the prosecution.

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Deputy Vincent Nguyen, Summit Co. Sheriff's Office, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial.

Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.

This is gavel-to-gavel coverage of one of the most closely watched trials in Utah history. A children's book author. A grieving widow who wrote about "heaven" for kids while allegedly researching untraceable poisons. A husband who may have been killed in his own bed.

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The Kouri Richins murder trial opened in Park City's Summit County Courthouse, and Day 1 made one thing clear — this is going to be a five-week war over who Kouri Richins really is.

Prosecutor Brad Bloodworth came out with a devastating digital trail. Three memes allegedly accessed on Kouri's phone the morning Eric's body was wheeled out — including one reading "I'm rich" — while their three sons waited upstairs, not yet told their father was dead. He laid out $4.5 million in alleged debt, over 200 overdrafted transactions, text messages to alleged boyfriend Josh Grossman about marriage and vacations, internet searches for luxury prisons, and a fifteen-minute gap between Kouri allegedly grabbing her phone and calling 911.

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester fired back with Kouri's 911 call — sobbing and barely coherent — and told the jury they were witnessing a wife become a widow. She attacked Carmen Lauber, the prosecution's key witness, who allegedly never mentioned fentanyl in her initial police statement and only changed her story under threat of imprisonment. Lauber's own drug dealer later recanted in a sworn affidavit. No fentanyl was ever recovered from the home. The glasses from that night were never tested. The death certificate lists manner of death as unknown.

Eric's sister Katie Richins-Benson gave the day's most gut-wrenching testimony — arriving at the house, watching Kouri shake her head, and falling to the floor. She described Kouri as calm, well-dressed, and allegedly focused on closing a multimillion-dollar real estate deal while the family broke down around her. The defense pushed back hard on Katie's four-year-old memories and the family's six-figure investment in a private investigator hired to build a case against Kouri.

The battle lines are drawn. The witch versus the widow. Five weeks to go.

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The footage is everywhere. That grainy image of a masked man on Nancy Guthrie's porch — head down, gloves on, moving slowly toward the camera before covering it with leaves — has been broadcast nationally, shared millions of times, dissected frame by frame on every platform imaginable.

And if this person is local, they've seen all of it.

The FBI is showing photos to gun shop owners across Tucson, trying to match the unique holster visible in the footage. Walmart has handed over purchase records for every Ozark Trail backpack sold in Arizona. Genetic genealogy experts are processing DNA. CeCe Moore told the Today show that if she were the kidnapper, she'd be "extremely concerned right now."

Twenty-two days of watching yourself become the most wanted person in America. Twenty-two days of knowing investigators are methodically building a trail back to you. Twenty-two days of trying to act normal while millions of people study your image.

Robin Dreeke spent his FBI career getting inside people's heads. He ran the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program, studying how people behave under pressure, how stress reveals itself, and what happens psychologically when someone knows they're being hunted.

This interview isn't about the evidence. It's about the person who left it behind — and what they're experiencing right now. What does sustained psychological pressure do to someone trying to maintain a normal life? What mistakes do people in this position make? What behavioral tells might they be exhibiting to the people around them — a spouse, a coworker, a family member who's starting to wonder why they've been acting different lately?

The reconnaissance windows suggest this person is local. The forensic awareness at the door suggests planning. The dropped glove two miles out suggests panic. Robin Dreeke reads the behavioral signature of someone who may be in over their head — and the pressure that could force them into a mistake.

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Four hundred investigators. Three weeks. Zero arrests. And now ABC News reports the case may scale back to a long-term task force.

The family has been briefed that leads aren't producing results. The DNA at the home is still unidentified. No additional video has been recovered from the security system. No vehicle has been associated with the abduction. Two people detained and released — Carlos Palazuelos and Luke Daley — had no connection to the case.

Robin Dreeke ran the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program for years. He's managed teams under sustained pressure when nothing is working. In this interview, he breaks down what happens inside an investigation at this exact stage — the psychological toll on investigators, the institutional traps cases fall into during transition, and what the incoming task force lead needs to prioritize.

Former FBI hostage negotiator Rich Frankel told ABC: "You have to at one point move on to a long-term sustainable level of manpower. It is not a closed case." But what does that transition actually look like? And what gets lost when the cavalry slows down?

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