*This is Part 2 of our series on the murder of Eric Richins. Start with Episode 1 if you haven't already.
March 4th, 2022. Eric Richins, a 39-year-old husband and father, is found dead in his Kamas, Utah home. Toxicology reveals illicit fentanyl at five times the lethal concentration. He had no history of drug use.
As the official investigation stalled, Kouri Richins — Eric's wife — quietly began filing claims on his life insurance policies. His family, unconvinced by the narrative she was spinning, hired a private investigator.
What he uncovered changed everything. A pattern of financial fraud. Evidence of infidelity. A motive that had been building for years inside what looked, from the outside, like an ordinary Utah marriage.
And then the friends started talking. The people Kouri had confided in, leaned on, and counted on to stand beside her, began telling Summit County authorities a very different story.
In Part 2 of Are You With Me? — The Poisoned Marriage and Murder of Eric Richins — we follow the private investigation, the witness accounts, and the moment the case shifted from a stalled inquiry to a homicide prosecution.
00:00 — Introduction
05:26 — P.I. Todd Gabler finds Carmen Lauber connection
11:08 — Jeff O’Driscoll is the new detective on the case
14:16 — Police talk to Carmen Lauber who sings like a canary
23:43 — The Walk the Dog letter is discovered
35:20 — Meet Summit Co. Prosecutor Brad Bloodworth
36:52 — Kouri Richins trial begins
42:10 — The Orange Notebook
47:02 — Witnesses for the prosecution take the stand
49:16 — Kouri Richins ex-lover Josh Grossman takes the stand
52:15 — The defense rests without calling a single witness
53:40 — Kouri Richins found guilty
56:25 — Bless Your HeartListen & Follow
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