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Kouri Richins convicted of murdering husband in fatal poisoning
Kouri Richins was found guilty of poisoning her husband with five times a lethal fentanyl dose, motivated by $4.5 million debt and insurance fraud, jury said.
- On Monday, March 16, 2026, a jury convicted Kouri Darden Richins of aggravated murder and related charges after eight jurors deliberated for about three hours.
- Prosecutors said Kouri Richins, defendant, was $4.5 million in debt, opened life insurance policies totaling about $2 million, and planned a future with another man.
- Prosecutors presented testimony about an earlier Valentine's Day 2022 incident involving a fentanyl-laced sandwich and witness Carmen Lauber said she sold pills to Richins.
- The convictions carry aggravated murder sentencing range from 25 years to life, and Kouri Richins faces sentencing on May 13, Eric Richins' 44th birthday, plus a separate case with 26 alleged financial offenses affecting their three young sons.
- The trial scheduled through March 26 was cut short last week when Kouri Richins rested without calling witnesses on March 12.
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·Riga, Latvia
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·Helena, United States
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