Mother wrote kid’s book to help sons cope with death of their father- Now, she’s arrested for poisoning him to death

Bernajis Media News Desk|February 22, 2026 11:50 pm


About a year after her husband’s death, Kouri Richins published a children’s book to help her three sons cope with their grief.

“Just because he’s not present here with us physically, that doesn’t mean his presence isn’t here with us,” Richins said during an interview promoting the book on a local news program in April 2023. “Dad is still here, it’s just in a different way.”

Kouri Richins, left, and her late husband Eric Richins are seen in an undated photo Richins shared on social media. 
From Kouri Richins

A month later, the Utah mother was arrested and accused of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with a lethal dose of fentanyl in 2022.

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