Utah mother accused of poisoning husband with fentanyl cocktail had taken $2 million in life insurance coverage on him and tried to poison him at the very least as soon as earlier than with a sandwich on Valentine's Day

• Police say Kouri Richins killed her husband by poisoning his drink with fentanyl.
• Earlier than the killing, prosecutors say Richins took out life insurance coverage insurance policies on her husband.
• After her husband’s demise, Richins wrote a kids’s e book about coping with grief.

A Utah lady who police say killed her husband earlier than she wrote a kids’s e book about grief is now accused of additionally taking out $2 million in life insurance coverage insurance policies on him earlier than his demise.

Police charged Kouri Richins, 33, with aggravated homicide and three counts of possession of a managed substance with the intent to distribute earlier this month.

Investigators stated in court docket paperwork that Richins had combined a Moscow Mule for her husband, Eric Richins, that contained 5 occasions the deadly dosage of fentanyl.

In accordance with court docket paperwork, police stated Richins purchased the deadly drug — which she referred to as “among the Michael Jackson stuff” — by means of an acquaintance for $900.

Prosecutors on Thursday filed an amended doc that additionally accuses Richins of taking out life insurance coverage insurance policies on her husband earlier than his demise, in keeping with NBC Information.

Within the paperwork, the state alleges that Eric Richins came upon his spouse had taken greater than $100,000 from his checking account, a $250,000 house fairness line of credit score on their house, and spent $30,000 on his bank cards in September 2020, NBC reported.

The doc says that Richins took out a number of life insurance coverage insurance policies towards her husband between 2015 and 2017 totaling greater than $2 million, which he didn’t find out about, in keeping with the outlet.

The submitting states that in October 2020, Eric consulted with a divorce legal professional and adjusted his will to place his property below the management of his sister, designating her because the beneficiary of his $500,000 private life insurance coverage coverage, in keeping with NBC.

The brand new submitting additionally says that Richins tried to poison her husband on earlier events, NBC reported. Prosecutors say that Richins left her husband a sandwich in his automotive on Valentine’s Day with a love letter that triggered him to interrupt out in hives shortly after consuming it, the outlet reported.

“Eric discovered his son’s EpiPen and administered it to himself and slept,” the doc says.

Eric thought his spouse had tried to poison him and instructed a good friend about his suspicion however determined to stick with her for the sake of his kids, the state says in keeping with NBC.

Richins’ kids’s e book — titled “Are You With Me?” — was revealed on March 5.

The e book is supposed to assist kids address the demise of a beloved one. Whereas selling the e book on an area tv present, Richins stated it was meant to assist children “discover happiness a way or one other.”

“My husband handed away unexpectedly final 12 months … it utterly took us all by shock,” she stated on Good Issues Utah. “I am making an attempt to grasp not solely how one can grieve as a widow, as a spouse, but in addition with my children, how one can assist them perceive what simply occurred.” 

The e book is now not out there on Amazon, however a earlier description stated it was written “by a loving mom who personally confronted this problem, this e book is designed to supply consolation and solace to younger minds in a approach that’s each accessible and fascinating.”