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The Kouri Richins trial brings Deputy David Pementel, Summit Co. Sheriff's Office, to the stand in this segment.

The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.

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Investigators have publicly stated they're not ruling out multiple people. The evidence is contradictory: sophisticated reconnaissance, sloppy exit. Forensic awareness at the door, a glove dropped miles away. Ransom notes with insider details, no way to collect payment.

If there was a second person — a driver, a lookout, someone who helped plan — they're watching this investigation with different stakes than the person who took Nancy.

Robin Dreeke spent his FBI career getting people to share information they never intended to share. He ran the Bureau's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. In this interview, he examines what the evidence pattern suggests about multiple actors — and the psychology of the person who finally breaks.

Over two hundred thousand dollars in reward money. Four hundred investigators. DNA processing. Someone in this perpetrator's life knows something is wrong. What makes them act?

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The Kouri Richins trial brings Cameron Larson, Evidence Technician, to the stand in this segment.

The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.

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Caleb Flynn, 39, a former worship pastor and American Idol contestant from Tipp City, Ohio, has been charged with the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn, 37, following a multi-agency investigation that includes the FBI and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Ashley Flynn was found shot twice in the head in the master bedroom of the couple's home on Cunningham Court in the early hours of February 16th, 2026. Her husband called 911 reporting a home invasion. Police deployed K-9 units and a drone searching for a suspect. No suspect was found.

According to the criminal complaint, prosecutors allege Flynn shot Ashley with a 9mm handgun and staged the scene to mislead officers — leaving the garage door open, the center console of his truck open, and creating what investigators described as deliberate misdirection. A key detail in the affidavit: the side door to the garage that an alleged intruder supposedly used was blocked by a large refrigerator that would have required physical movement to open.

Flynn was arrested February 19th and charged with one count of murder, two counts of felonious assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts of tampering with evidence. He pleaded not guilty at his February 20th arraignment and was held on $2 million bond with no contact ordered with his minor children.

Ashley Flynn was a seventh-grade volleyball coach, substitute teacher, and deeply active member of the Tipp City faith community. She was eight days from her 38th birthday. Her family released a public statement expressing confidence in the arrest. A GoFundMe for her daughters surpassed $96,000 in 48 hours. A planned public celebration of life was replaced by a private service after Flynn's arrest.

The preliminary hearing is set for February 26th. Tony Brueski has the full breakdown on today's Hidden Killers.

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The Kouri Richins trial brings Deputy Vincent Nguyen, Summit Co. Sheriff's Office, to the stand in this segment.

The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.

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Day 1 of the Kouri Richins murder trial delivered competing narratives that will define the next five weeks in a Park City courtroom.

Prosecutor Brad Bloodworth opened with a gut-punch — three memes allegedly found on Kouri's phone the morning Eric Richins' body was removed from their home. One read "I'm rich." Their three boys hadn't been told. Bloodworth presented alleged evidence of $4.5 million in debt, an affair with Josh Grossman, text messages about marriage and Caribbean vacations, internet searches for luxury prisons, and a fifteen-minute delay before calling 911.

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester countered with the raw 911 audio of Kouri sobbing and telling the dispatcher her husband was cold. She dismantled the prosecution's reliance on key witness Carmen Lauber, who allegedly never mentioned fentanyl in her original statement and changed her story only under threat of prison. Lauber's own dealer recanted in a sworn affidavit. No fentanyl was found in the home. The Moscow mule glasses were never analyzed. The death certificate lists manner of death as unknown. And at 10 p.m. on the night Eric died, his friend said he sounded completely normal on the phone.

Katie Richins-Benson's testimony anchored the day emotionally, describing Kouri as composed in matching pajamas while the family shattered around her — allegedly pushing to close on a mansion and sell their home while her brother's body was barely out the door. The defense challenged Katie's recollections and flagged the family's $100,000 private investigator as evidence of a coordinated effort.

Nester showed the jury an optical illusion and told them the prosecution would see a witch where she sees a widow. Carmen Lauber and Josh Grossman have yet to testify.

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The footage is everywhere. Twenty-two days of national coverage. The FBI showing photos to gun shops. Walmart handing over backpack records. Genetic genealogy processing DNA. CeCe Moore telling national television that if she were the kidnapper, she'd be "extremely concerned."

If this person is local — and the January 11th and January 31st reconnaissance windows suggest they are — they've spent three weeks watching themselves become the most wanted person in America.

Robin Dreeke ran the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. He spent his career studying how people behave under pressure, how stress reveals itself, and what happens psychologically when someone knows they're being hunted. In this interview, he breaks down what's happening inside the head of whoever did this.

What does sustained pressure do to someone trying to act normal? What mistakes do people make when they can't stop checking coverage? What behavioral tells might they be showing to people around them — a spouse, a roommate, a coworker who's noticed something is off?

The forensic awareness at the door suggests planning. The dropped glove suggests panic. Robin reads the behavioral signature of someone who may be in over their head.

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ABC News reported the Guthrie investigation may soon scale back from four hundred full-time investigators to a smaller long-term task force. The family has been briefed that certain leads aren't panning out.

Three weeks in: DNA still unidentified. No additional video recovered. No vehicle connected to the abduction. Two high-profile detentions that produced nothing.

Robin Dreeke spent twenty-one years in FBI counterintelligence running behavioral analysis operations. He breaks down what happens psychologically when an investigation this big hits this stage — when "sustainable" starts replacing "urgent," when institutional friction compounds the pressure, and when the family that cooperated fully gets told the cavalry is slowing down.

This isn't about the suspect. This is about the machine trying to find them — and whether it can correct itself before time runs out.

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The Kouri Richins trial brings Deputy Vincent Nguyen, Summit Co. Sheriff's Office, to the stand in this segment.

The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.

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The Kouri Richins trial brings Clinton Benson, Eric Richins' Brother-In-Law, to the stand in this segment.

The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.

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