The People v. Kouri Richins | Full Episode
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- When her husband is found dead of an apparent overdose, Kouri Richins writes a children's book about grief. Soon after she's charged with his murder. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports. Watch more full episodes of "48 Hours" on Pluto TV.
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Stop showing sympathy for the criminal and her bad family.
IM TELLIN YOU, I THINK IT WAS HOUSE FLIPPING NINJA ASSASSINS.
KOURIS ATTORNEY, SKY, IS YUMTASTICALLY SEXXXY.
DONT KNOW HOW TO SPELL SKYS LAST NAME, SO NOT GONNA TRY
I love your program
Have a feeling Peter V would have a different spin on this case... as in: Kouri is disingenuous and
guilty.
For anybody to say they think a marriage is going strong and awesome, when the husband secretly signed a will not to his wife because he didn’t trust her….. Literally everybody involved in this is in denial
@talk3194 I seen that his first wife took a lot in his first divorce. Hence why he wanted a pre nuptial. The only way she would inherent his wealth was if he died. Kinda odd he died the way he did.
@@talk3194 It is not paranoia if your suspicions are true..... what is insane is not acting upon your suspicions except changing your beneficiary.... the vampire lawyer will lose...& Kouri will never get out of prison.
@@julielindsey6984always gotta be about a woman's looks lol
@nuckinfuts7610 If you think so, you saw the same. 😂
Sounds like that’s a he problem
You don’t “secretly “ create a will when things are “perfect”. Her family is in denial.
No, they're actively involved. Look up the "Walk the Dog" letter
She is making them lie for her. She even told her mom to go to the brothers job to tell him about the letter and to not talk to him infront of his wife too. That's speaks volumes. She showed the letter over a zoom call from jail.
@@OfficerRFriendly That letter doesnt mean anything. Innocent people will also look act facts and testimony, etc. In fact, when you are in jail, thats the main thing of what you do. So they will tell people they hope are on their side, to not forget to say this and not forget to say that and best not to say so and so. Everyone does it, so it means nothing at all.
Facts
And it’s no coincidence she putting on the show that it was all perfect again in the last 2 months
@@StofStuiver agreed
That Part
The wildest thing about watching this is that I had JUST read that her mom, who’s all about blaming the dead husband’s “drug use”, is now suspected of possibly helping her daughter do this and detectives mention her own partner having died of an oxy overdose in 2006 under suspicious circumstances. You’d think they’d know better than doing all this publicity, but it feels like that’s the goal. Attention is a helluva drug for narcissists.
Sounds like there may be some psychopathy running through the old family bloodline!
Woah, I am deep diving into this and haven't come across that yet, but I did see she had a boyfriend who texted her a picture of them together right before Eric died.. and she responded "Love you" with the kiss emoji. Why wasn't all of this included in the episode? They brought up his alleged infidelity, but not hers, which seems to have been proven via text messages, according to the arrest affidavit. Odd.
Did you just skip over the FACT that Eric had a long history of abusing drugs?
@@teahesse How was that “fact” ever established?! Just because her family says he did? Oh, btw don’t forget that she didn’t even right the book, which she was happily advertising on tv!! She paid a ghostwriter service-that’s a FACT.
@@soude85that’s pretty much what I screamed at my phone 😂 “She didn’t write the damn book!”
The evidence against her is damning. The fact that her family is trying to lie for her and not give the murdered husband his justice; all the worse. May she rot in jail forever.
Right.. also that her brother is wearing a shirt with Eric’s business on it.. and after seeing the walk the dog letter, is clearly just to put salt in the wound and upset his family.
They're in denial. They know she did it, and the evidence is damning. The fact that she put a signature on a policy, the husband had a secret will. Let that be the most damning, a SECRET WILL to exclude the killer wife. Her family is vile, and the fact that they had the gall to stand there and say it's about the kids, they want the estate and money. All of his estate should be going to his side of the family, the 3 kids should be in their custody and zero visitation rights. Eric deserves justice, his family deserves justice.
Saying his usage of thc gummies was a possible gateway to a fentanyl overdose is ridiculous.
Buying gummies on the streets is likewise a joke
This. If he took them as regularly as is said, he no doubt had one or two favorite suppliers, like I do. No need to buy it on the street. There are just too many safe and reputable places out there.@@michaelcoletta4547
@@michaelcoletta4547and dangerous AF. Why didn't he just come over here to Colorado and buy gummies? Or Nevada?
@@JulStar13Perhaps he knew someone working in Colorado and traveling back and forth
I know lol 😹😹😹
Her forging signatures on life insurance policies, if it turns out to be true, is all I need to know...
If. So far, that hasn't been proven.
But the one they are claiming is fake only $100k. This doesnt make sense if the other $2.9million was legit - whats another 100k??
@@adjappleton As someone elsewhere in these comments said, it's the amount needed to cover the debt on the mansion she wants to flip.
@@jazamaraz8029 Flip?
That letter/letters she was sending her family from prison instructing them what to testify that's all I needed to know. She's guilty.
The moment the brother and mother dodged the question about the letter, that's when we know that they know she's guilty
This documentary is getting under my skin. So many lies. Cannot wait for Eric's family to get their justice in court.
When is it
@@joansmith6844 There is a preliminary hearing on May 15th last I heard
@@westboundpony oh Ty iv watched this case from plunder ( YT) but have heard anything I was curious .. there’s that other couple divorce I’m curious about too ..
@@westboundpony ty trying to respond back but they keep deleting …
Curious about Lindsey & Robert schivers divorce case as well
Anyone who says “they could never do this” hasn’t watched enough true crime to see that all kinds of people are capable of all kinds of things if they make enough bad choices.
It's true. It shows a naïveté to say that someone could never do something. Don't be surprised by what even you can do.
Exactly, I always tell people I’m not around my kids 24/7 I don’t know what they’re capable of doing or not. My only job is to protect them the best I could but I won’t be lying for them
Exactly. You can never tell by the way a person looks or behaves. But listen to that intuition. It never lies!
We’re all one or two decisions from crazy. But God.
Truth
This Mother is a piece of work.
Hardcore.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! 🍎
Hardcore?
@ninaballerina8136 please explain how you came to the conclusion that the mother is a piece of work and why the hardcore ?
You can tell she is
@@Peigirl1985 really please do tell how you know
What a terrible episode by 48 Hours this is 100% her family's take. It's sickening!
No, it is the take on the family that was willing to talk to them. Eric's snobby, money-hungry family had turned them down. Get your facts correct before commenting.
@@asmrcritique6565
Both sides are after money, buy it seems the evidence weighs against Kouri. Just look at the letter she wrote in jail, her maid’s testimony and the life insurance policies she forged. If all those aren’t smoking guns, I don’t know what is.
@@asmrcritique6565I’m not sure how you came up with the conclusion that Eric’s family is money hungry. The family that went to do this didn’t do it on their kind heart of doing it, they did it for fame and money. I’m pretty sure they got paid for this episode. If any family is money hungry, I would say it is those that went on tv to get paid.
@@asmrcritique6565 It would be extremely stupid to get involved in a documentary when the case as not gone to trial yet. The fact that Kouri Richins mother inherited the estate from a romantic partner who died of mysterious drug overdose in 2006 is just proof that this family are psychopaths. The apple does not fall far from the tree.
It’s actually interesting to me to hear her families lies. I haven’t seen that before when watching this stories coverage. I mean come on. It makes her look more guilty IMO.
*Kouri* ABSOLUTELY DID IT!
They are trashing this man’s reputation to try to protect their murderous daughter/sister. Shame on them.
what's also weird are those letters. The attorney can go over testimony with witnesses to get them to remember answers, etc., so any kind of angle needs to go through the attorney. Why she would write this stuff to her family and not go through the lawyer is seriously bad judgment, or lies she didn't want the lawyer to know.
Agreed. Not cool at all. She has texts looking for drugs; bought said deadly drugs prior from others (nanny, others). Richins' attorney portraying/representing her client as innocent is a long shot based on evidence/circumstantial evidence. Richins will not get off here - plan on it... I hate to break it to you, Ms. Atty and Ms. Richins. DOTS WILL BE CONNECTED!
where the proof that she did anything. cuz there no proof. I think his family only thing they are worried about is the money that is it. you need proof there no evidence to find her guilty
A hunter is a trash
She’s innocent
This mother is the ultimate enabler.
It's no wonder she thought she could get away with this. Her family believes every word out of her mouth.
Thank you 🙏🏼
I was thinking that the whole time.
And the brother would lie for her even if he knew 100 pro that she's guilty.
and creepy as heck
@@coley4242 I know right
@@6AlphaMikeCharlie9groomed to do it. He's scared.
How sad and disgusting that the family of Kouri Richins are trashing Eric.
Certainly not deserving of death, but didn't seem like a great guy. Who dissapears to hunt four months a year, and does a bunch of stuff behind their spouse back, like drugs, cheating, and trusts.
@@jaylasky4313 You are taking the word of an alleged murderer and her alleged enablers as fact. I don’t.
@@beverlyw6881 The trusts are documents, legally filed. The trips were taken with his friends. Nobody needs to take her or her family's word.
@@jaylasky4313 Where is your proof that he was taking drugs and cheating? Do you know that she wasn't taking drugs and cheating? At the end of the day, relationships are often messy. I appreciate your qualifier that he didn't deserve to be murdered even though he wasn't a "great guy".
@@beverlyw6881 his hunting partners said he used drugs, so everyone is a liar I guess? Did he cheat, who knows, who cares? You must not have children, when you do, you will understand how disappearing for half the year for your hobby is really a crap thing to do.
That woman is as guilty as guilty can be and I hope she rots in prison for it.
The weight of the guiltnis obvious as she squirms during testimonies. She was controlling & had her parents help do.her dirty deeds
Kouri Richins isn't the author of anything, she paid a publishing company to come up with the story, the illustrations, and the text. It's like me taking credit for being a chef after ordering a pizza.
Everything about this woman is vain, self-serving, underhanded, and dishonest and I hope she never gets out of prison.
You are so right! She had a ghost writer do that book. She didn't do anything but take the money. I wish people would stop giving her credit for that book!! She poisoned her poor husband bottom line!!
👏 thank you
Indeed
Tough 1
You can see this either way
He likely did pop pills and if so He could have got some bad ones
But it’s the least likely situation
It’s not as easy as people think it is to OD , especially from Pills
You have to actually shoot up to really OD from opiates
It knocks you out beforehand other ways of doing it , especially smoking it , but pills you’d have to be a MoMo to OD that way
If you take pills you not only have a tolerance but You know how much you need or want to take
You don’t just get a random fentanyl pill , it doesn’t work like that.
It’s most likely she did dose Him.
Overdose Him .
Especially if she’s forging signatures
But not just that it’s the fact of OD from Fentanyl
You have to shoot up to really OD from that . Dont always believe the Mainstream BS.
Walk the dog is a slick reference to “Wag The Dog” movie reference. A movie about selling an Untrue narrative
Yep! All he wanted was for her to be a stay at home mom and be with her kids. I know tons of women who would be over the moon in that situation. But nope! She wanted to be the big boss babe independent woman! Lol. And it turns out she was a horrible buisnesswoman like most of them. Spending money like crazy in debt up to her eyeballs. Hope it was worth it.
She went from being a cashier to purchasing mansions to being a killer within a few short years.
Don't forget Author 🙄😬
Greed, pure greed and evil.
typical woman these days
I feel like this story has a high chance of becoming a movie soon...
He should have left her in her cashier job. She was looking to “marry up.” Can’t stand these types of women!
This is so one sided. They do not have Eric’s family interviewed. She is so guilty. She is a horrible liar and extremely deceitful. She deserves to stay in jail
Yes, and she deserves to go to prison for life. His poor boys have essentially lost both parents…over her greed.
Kind of like this comment section😂
It would be extremely stupid to get involved in a documentary when the case as not gone to trial yet. The fact that Kouri Richins mother inherited the estate from a romantic partner who died of mysterious drug overdose in 2006 is just proof that this family are psychopaths. The apple does not fall far from the tree.
Surely because they declined to be interviewed and instead had the family's attorney do their talking for them. And what do you know they came off looking like the sane ones.
Watching this for a 2nd time. When Kouri’s mom says Eric looked horrible the day before he died… I believe it was because Kouri was poisoning him over time. Eric told his family he felt she tried to poisen him on Valentine’s Day.
I was hesitant on her guilt, but when I heard SIX different policies, that’s all I needed.
Exactly. All the police needed to do was follow the money .
I love that the top comments are all about like 6 different aspects of her behavior/facts from this case are mentioned as "all I needed". So many red flags.
I never understood how people can get multiple policies on somebody without their knowledge. When my husband and I got policies, we had to have it notarized.
Yep!!! There it is!
@@LotsofLisa, I know! Pretty scary isn’t it?!!! This shouldn’t happen… and there should be safeguards in place to prevent it from happening.
I'm so sick of parents making excuses for their kids. This mother is living in a world of denial.
It's too hard to believe that your daughter would do this. She will come around eventually.
Mom knows the daughter she bore and raised. She’s as good a liar as her daughter. Morally corrupt.
I'm so sick of people assuming someones guilt before a trial!!
Did they talk about the “Walk the dog letter” she wrote to her mom, which was intercepted?
Right!?
Its crazy that this family is so comfortable disparaging this guy when he can't defend himself anymore.
Here after Lisa Darnen, Kouri's mother, just got accused of possibly aiding Kouri on Eric's death. Lisa Darden's partner died of a similar overdose in 2006, yikes! 👀👀👀
Wow!! That explains A LOT, doesn't it? And why didn't this series bring up the fact that Kouri had a "paramour"/boyfriend and was texting with him the night Eric died.... when she claimed she was sleeping in the other room?
😮 Wow.... speechless...
That's so unbelieveable weird 😢
It's bad enough killing your husband. But writing a book and going on shows so you can profit off of your sons' grief? That's a new low.
She didn't write the book. Paid a ghost writer and publishing company to do everything.
@@chrislong8559 It's still trying to profit off of her sons' grief.
The entire "book" has no more than 100 words.
@@missperfectfeet Doesn't matter if it's a book, a set of books, an audiobook, or a pamphlet. She was still trying to profit.
@@smoocher ok!
Literally no one ever in human history has ever looked for THC gummies “on the street”
Yeah her family seems complicit in her narrative.
it is Utah so who knows 🤣🤣
It must have been discussed in the Walk The Dog “book,” so it must be true!
@@vivianramos3801 I was at a Target in St George Utah a few years ago and was in line behind two guys who were talking in length about ginger ale. I realized it was a whole different type of people living out there.
@@LionofJudah222 Kouri seems to be the one with all of the recreational drug knowledge!
I am always baffled when someone tells their family...if something happens to me, look into my spouse and than everyone just carries on???
The fact they’re bringing up gummies to the case as a way to acuse him of being a drug user, makes me sick.
it was ridiculous
Right?! Saying he’s buying them on the streets 😂 it’s utterly ridiculous.
Putting his sister in charge of his children’s well being tells me everything I need to know.
The signature that she forged to be the beneficiary of his life insurance, but which he reversed shortly after because he was informed that she had changed the life insurance, that is proven and what about the life insurance policies that she had on your children? Who does something like that? Money is the oldest motive in the world! When a mother takes out life insurance on her children after her husband mysteriously dies, it makes you sit up and take notice and that's why the judge didn't let her go home.
Sociopathy knows no bounds...
I believe he cheated on her. That says a lot about his character.
@@TravelAlwaysOfficialso is poisoning your husband multiple times and trying to take money from him and then assaulting your dead husbands relatives
@@TravelAlwaysOfficialso does kouri throwing a party after her husband inevitably dies and then assaulting your dead husbands sisters say anything about her character then?
To purposely be the cause of your children's grief and forever trauma. That's unforgivable
But she wrote a book about it to "help them with their grief"..!!
To get 6 life insurance policies for a spouse should be seen as premeditation because.... 6!?!!! That's crazy
@@cc-sb1isThe book was written to ease her conscience. A 'narcissistic atonement'.
All to write a children's book and profit from it.
Yeah the Dad was not a good Dad, "be a stay at home wife" is a huge red flag for that marriage, the guy doesn't sound like he was a good father at all with his extended hunting trips and drug use.
48Hours deserves condemnation for allowing Kouri's family to spread malicious lies: If they'd done their due diligence they might have discovered that Kouri's mom has a few skeletons in her closet: Kouri's mother may have been involved in the death of a former lover in 2006. The lover died of a pain killer overdose Shortly before her death, she changed her will to leave a lot of money to Kouri's mom.
Wouldn't doubt it!!
Her lawyer should be in jail
Why?
@@rationallyruby her own attorney doesn't even sound credible
I have second hand embarrassment for her family trying to lie her way out of this!!!!
RIGHT!!! Eric came from $$$. His family are very well off. So this lie about how they just want the kids for his $$ is ridiculous!! That was so disgusting. And I noticed how they didn't talk about how her "business" was losing $$$ hand over fist and she was stealing hella $$$ from him!!! Taking out credit cards and stealing his payments to the IRS for his business and putting it towards hers!! I could go on for days about this monster!!! She will be found gulity!!
@@chrissyknowsitall5170 The “walk the dog” document done it in for me. I mean come on! lol
Honestly it’s so heart breaking bc they just don’t want to believe that this horrible thing is true about their daughter/sister. It’s a tragedy all around. Doesn’t excuse their actions, but I feel empathy for her family struggling to accept this awful truth. They cannot and should not hide from the truth. Perhaps time will change their attitude, but denial is central to humanity surviving. We cannot function with out.
Facts
💯🎯
I noticed nobody brought up the fact she still threw a freaking party that same night. Her family's responses absolutely shocked me to the core.
Time stamp
Pls provide proof. I think you're just trolling.
@@explorergt8640 just google " did kouri richins have a party" it's all over the internet. She celebrating that big house purchase the day after her husband died
She was oops😬
The whole family is obviously evil
Her mom saying "walk the dog" was literally Kouri telling her to make sure to walk her beloved dog is so laughably ridiculous.
SIX life insurance policies for a construction worker is ALL you need to know. Well, that and the fact that Eric put ALL his possessions into his SISTERS name and told his family that if anything happens to me it was his wife.
💯
Arguably construction work is a very risky job, it makes more sense that a father would take policies to make sure his family was provided for. Same as farming, police, firefighter, military…if an office worker with no wild hobbies like hunting had all those policies I’d be more suspicious. The only weird part is she forged signatures to open some of them so that is the kicker. Not the number of policies IMO
@oldsoulhomestead89
Respectfully, the NUMBER of policies is a dead giveaway. Any legitimate need would necessitate only ONE larger policy.
The reason murderers open multiple policies is that the hopes that smaller ones from multiple companies will raise little suspicion.
I have been studying true crime for about 40 years, and this is just my educated opinion.
Turns out it was a correct guess in hindsight.
One commenter below mentioned that Kouri held a big party the day after his husband died. Many of the attendees didn't even know of his passing. If this is true, no more needs to be said about her guilt. There is no situation ever where an innocent person with normal feelings would ever do that.
I've saw that stated in many shows. It was the day after he died and noone in attendance even knew he had passed away. 😢 there's alot more evidence that they didn't show in this episode.
a good liar wouldn't even do that
What? 😮
She also assaulted her sister in law at the party who showed up furious
@@SassyShell13it was the closing party for a house that he had contested. She wasn't making money selling houses and he didn't want to lose any more money, so he told her no just before he was gone.
I HATE IT when family just blindly believes someone because they are related. The evidence against her should have them thinking differently. Smdh! Open your eyes!
Exactly! It‘s almost like the mother of Chris Watts.
@@CalopsitaVanderbilt1911well, but how many ppl are aware of the fact that Chris only killed shannan not Bella, not her little sister.
His parents know.
Shannan's hinges were pretty loose.
@@user1.8.2. No one is aware of that fact because it is not a fact
Yeah, like the dead man's family! Also coming up with all these cockamamie theories! They even hired a PR guy to spin their lies to taint the potential jury.
One thing is very very evident though: the youngest brother struggles to go along with the lie.
I’ve dealt with people like this who are so deep in denial you want to shake them. There could be a full video of her doing it and her family would still say they were a happy couple and Kori would never.
Start working on that “my mommy is in prison” book.
The judge missed an opportunity for a fair trial by allowing Kouri to continue communicating with her family. Kouri is looking for someone-anyone-to purjure themselves for her benefit.
Eric was sleeping with the enemy. She forged signatures, fought over cash with her sis-in-law right after his death...very telling of her greedy nature. Now her 3 boys are without both parents. So tragic.
So you’d let an in-law grab a bunch of cash from your home right after your spouse dies?
@@Darkstar-se6wc Draw your own conclusion from the details presented in the episode. No need to be condescending.
@@Darkstar-se6wcI hate that you’ve got the username ‘dark star’, &; yet be so dense🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️. Eric’s sister wasn’t trying to grab “a bunch of money” right after Eric passed. What actually happened, was that Kouri hired a locksmith to try to break into Eric’s safe. Eric’s sister asked if Kouri wanted to just ask she and Eric’s dad for the key to safe, (very telling that Eric entrusted his father and sisters with the key/knowledge of where is the key to the safe is), &; didn’t give the key to Kouri or tell her who had it. Eric’s sister also said.. Eric wanted what was in the safe to be kept for the boys and he only wanted his father to opened it. Btw, Eric’s entire immediate family were and have been well off financially. Eric’s sister didn’t need to try to “take money”. What happened was Eric’s sister caught Kouri trying to have the locksmith sneakily open Eric’s safe.. &; she called her out.. &; Kouri went batshit on Eric’s sister. THATS what happened🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🙄😑😑.
@@apatheticaesthetic.Your comment is spot on. It corroborates Kouri's greed. Dark Star tried to be smart alecky.
@@shidah2017Dark Star is Kouri’s mom commenting 🤣🤣🤣
This reminded me of my ex wife. After a string of wild stories, fake pregnancies, and her entire past being lies. I quickly divorced her after finding out. I wasn't hubby #2 but was #4 and hubby #3 died a very suspicious death.
Involving 500mg's of Valium. I think I dodged a bullet! But if not, I'm better safe than sorry.
Damn. It's getting spooky out here
😮 holy crap. Happy you got out with you life. 🩵🤜🏻
Man I’m right there with you. Sounds like my ex wife.
Damn glad your safe bro
Never marry a woman who has been through a divorce
Im glad his family has the kids and hopefully get full custody soon.
How do you know this?
@@Truth17John17 the News. It’s literally in the news. Try google, it will take you to the news.
@@Truth17John17 the News, it’s literally in the news
@@jonathansoto9815 Thanks.... I don't watch the news, but I'm glad they are with his family.
Amen im beyond happy to hear this 🙏🏻🙏🏻 praying for those precious children everyday 🙏🏻 so sad they have to lose both parents because of this vile woman and her terrible decision smh ...they better find her guilty for the sake of the children..I'm also really upset that Mica millar death was ruled self inflicted SMH .. the pastor husband may think he's getting away with it, but God is the one the pastor should really be worried about.. cuz anyone religious I don't see them taking their lives...it's technically a sin and not acceptable to God it's pretty much the same as redruM
That poor little boy had nightmares?? I can’t even imagine how much worse those nightmares must be in present day. Poor kids 😔
Her family is the definition of copium. Miss girl had 6 life insurance policies on him, he had to secretly write her out of his will, she was willing to physically fight his sister over his money.. good lord. What a spoiled evil brat. Who writes a detailed letter addressed to each family member on what to do in this specific situation then says it’s “fiction for a book shes writing” when it was all real life occurrences. There’s no going back from that.
Yeet
Maybe he signed the house to the sister, but the sister wanted the money that were in the sejf.
Both of the parties seem money hungry...
She is a black widow
Exactly 🎯🎯🎯
@@babycakes8434he didn’t sign the house over to his sister! He appointed her personal representative over his estate or trust it looks like. So yeah she’d have control over it but she wouldn’t just be able to sell the house & pocket the proceeds or just transfer the deed into her name etc.
Her defense attorney is so low energy that it sounds like she doesn’t believe her own words either
Low energy is putting it mildly. The woman is close to catatonic...
Yes. Very flat
She loves making her rounds on social media and court shows though.
She sounds like she's the one on fentynal.
hm, I thought she came across as carefully selecting her words, since this is a crime show and she represents the defense, she needs to be careful what she says.
Everything points to her murdering her husband and her family lying to cover for her. The other family only wants justice and be able to care for those kids
Her attorney is so hard to watch in court. I don’t think I can make it through her trial for that reason alone. She goes on and on and the judge has his hands full with her always being so nice and patient but he is going to have to do a better job shutting her down so we can get through it. Am I alone here? Feel bad for that jury!
For the life of me I can never understand how someone stays & accepts ANY food or drink if they utter the phrase “if I die… did it.” If I truly felt that way I’d be out of that house, filing divorce papers & figuring out the financials later
Children are usually awarded to the mother and she has taken out life insurance policies on her children. So please, who does something like that? He didn't want to leave his children alone with her.
@@Andrea-77777 and being dead is leaving his children with her. If you are alive you can still fight for your children. Sorry but that argument falls flat.
I think she is innocent. They just got the large new construction project, which makes sense that they had more life insurance taken out. The husband's family looks like a wealthy family that will win at all costs. I feel they made up that he said the wife had tried to poison him previously so they could get all his possessions, including the kids. It is horrid to put this poor mother through this. Why, if they were having serious marriage troubles, would they agree to buy a 3 million dollar investment? Doesn't make sense at all. The children's book looks heartfelt - no devious murderer would take time to do such a thing. My prayers are for the falsely accused mom.
I guess its hope that someone wont do that to you
@@RWB20 If you actually think she's innocent I've got some ocean front property in Nebraska I'd like to sell you.
Why interview HER family? Obviously they will try to save her reputation
Exactly, they will say anything to make her look good
@@frantoussaint8695they were putting it on thick AF. They are delusional.
Like HIS family wouldn't even THINK of doing for him?
Because her family called for the interview to try and see if would help her case
says u. @@mr6266
I'm blown away by the depth and detail in each video. Definitely the best true crime channel!
no, i've been noticing more and more, that they sometimes purposely report a story in a biased way. (especially moriarty) they will pick one person to make them look good, and brush over all their bad deeds, or even leave it out of the story, so you'll still like that person
She wasn’t thinking about her boys when she’ killed her hubby …
No way a self-respecting construction entrepreneur would purchase that monstrous house to flip, especially when his wife’s company was so in debt. That thing is a money pit. There’s a reason it’s sat there for so many years. He wouldn’t let her purchase the house, and she did it anyway.
She really thought she was going to get 12 million $ for that (I don't know what to name it, it's not a house nor a mansion, it's a strange construction). It'd be interesting to know what the person that constructed it had in mind, and what went wrong because it was left unfinished.
It would have cost $2 to $3 million to finish the home, if it is built to current Building Code standards.
That house is hideous and ridiculous too!!!!
@@missperfectfeetI read that it was built by someone high up in the lularoe company, which has had a huge fall in recent years, so they had to sell it as they could not afford it anymore. That would account for the 12 bedrooms. They wanted to use it for corporate retreats.
All I know is that native residents are unhappy because it spoils the view they had before.
She is guilty AF and should never see the outside of a prison. PERIOD.
And you know this HOW, considering the trial hasn't happened yet? A T.V. show?
Hopefully so when the case is all over
She's too cute to be in prison
ROTFLMFAOOO!@@danielden805
@@mikeh8416she’s not gonna sleep with you bro, give it a rest
Thank you for this been looking for this everywhere.
Am I the only one who feels that Khoury Ritchin’s attorney is less than stellar?
lmao someone called her "the vampire" lawyer in the comments.
LMAO going from taking weed gummies to taking fentanyl is a WIDE leap
I'm sure she poisoned her husband but weed gummies are more and more being found to be laced with fent. Not funny and not a leap. Very scary, especially for teens.
@@mrneveradullmomentgive me a break, point to more than one source that shows the problem of fentanyl laced weed gummies…
@@mrneveradullmomenthahaha, wtf did I just read
@@TheFrogfeeder Google works, since YT likes to delete links.
And who the hell buys gummies off the street?
I hate that her family even has a platform to defame that man that their sister murdered.
But they are subjecting themselves to the Court of Public Opinion (Conviction) which will see her in prison for life (for money). I don't see her getting exonerated by the Jury.
They made themselves look like idiots in my opinion. I don’t believe a word they say so I say let them allow the world to see exactly who they are…speaking so poorly of the father of their grandchildren. Shameful
I agree. It almost made me want to puke it was so nauseating.
I hate that you have a platform to make such ignorant comments. I guess nobody gets to be happy in a world with public opinions
It failed though. 😂 no one here believes them one bit
All of these sociopaths have one thing in common: an out of touch enabling parent who thinks their little boy/girl could never have committed a crime like this!
The hearing that determined Kouri would remain in custody was interesting. Watching Kouri's body language and reactions was very telling, IMO. She didn't shed one tear but pretended like she was crying a couple times. When Eric's sister talked about getting assaulted, you could absolutely see the anger in Kouri's face.
Oh and unless I missed it.. this video made no mention of the fact that Kouri also had life insurance taken out ON HER 3 SONS!!!!
It’s crazy how her entire family refuses to accept the fact their daughter was a lying money hungry psychotic murderer. I get standing behind your family but the amount of victim blaming and lack of accountability on Kouris behalf is wild
How do you know for a 100% fact that she is guilty? She hasn’t been convicted, there hasn’t even been a trial. Why isn’t there a presumption of innocence anymore? No one knows for sure what happened unless they were there so why are people condemning this woman before all of the evidence has been presented.
That’s your interpretation. There is no evidence of her buying drugs but loads of evidence of him taking drugs regularly.
@@alexandramichelle1493there a history of drug use with Eric? Where did you hear this information?
From CBD gummies to fentanyl is a Stretch
@@alexandramichelle1493What evidence of Eric, taking "loads of drugs" regularly!? Even Kouri herself changed her story on that one too. Right after he died, and it was found out he had a lethal amount of fentanyl in his system, Kouri sounded like she was in disbelief! She firstly said that Eric ONLY OCCASIONALLY would take a few of those gummies!! They are legal, and he did not take them often. In his line of work, he would never take alll these drugs, because he knew he could get severely injured if he was so high, plus he loved his business, his work, he loved his business too much to be so drugged up! None of the families ever saw him high. Not once. He never would never get far gone on drugs because he loved his sons so much. His family knew all that he told them before - that he believed Kouri was out to get him, for the money. Luckily, he had the chance to sign over his estate & life insurance policies, to his blood family! It's very sad that he didn't get out of that situation fast enough. He was contemplating divorce, and told his family. He so wanted to believe in her, and he wanted his sons to have their parents together. But he knew, he knew that she tried to do something similar before - the time he broke out in hives and this throat almost closing, due to that sandwich she made him, then thar other time w/ fentanyl, but it wasn't strong enough.... I just wish he got the hell outta there fast enough... But that's how much he loved his sons. He wanted them with both parents.... Unfortunately, you can't work out your issues with a wife that wanted you dead and gone!
And yes, it is crazy, how her family wants to say that "she'd never do something like that!" But they said that, to maybe sway upcoming jury members, and to show a decent narrative on the show. But you gotta wonder - what they are really thinking, in the back of their minds... Of course, right now, they are in complete denial. It's a sad story for them too. Kouri murdered her loving husband, and by doing that, she hurt their boys for the rest of their lived! As well as hurting Eric's family so much, and also hurting her own family too.
It sounds like she hated her husband. She felt trapped. If you look at the pictures there's something missing between them.
Her family doesn't make her look any better by acting like she's an angel and being in total denial that their little girl is a monster.
But but but, according to them - he ate a bad sandwich and got gummies off the street.
WHAT 🥴
@@kd1456the gummies off the streets story was insane. They are reaching here.
Even the lawyer looked and sounded like what she was saying in defense was stupid.
Life insurances on your partner are very rare here in Europe, but seem very common in the USA. I'd NEVER want to be the object of a life insurance.
"Eric is gone and I am broken hearted" Amy said with a smile.
A smile whiter than the fluorescent lights in my kitchen but doesn't radiate to the eyes. Says everything about this shallow piece of work.
Duper's Delight smile - look it up...
Narcissists masks slip at some point.... Hers was in the form of attacking his sister and murdering him.
Very very white teeth 😂
@flygurl6969 an apt description of Kouri's smile
veneers for sure.
The lawyer needs to lay off the botox.
The DEFENDENT will. Not be out of jail. She is not innocent she is as guilty as hell
How can mom say they were “close to perfect” and then go on to say there was infidelity, disagreements about her career, disagreements how much he traveled, drug use on his part etc. She calls out her own lie here and loses credibility.
Yeah. Her mother’s partner also died of a suspicious opioid overdose in 2006. What are the chances something very similar would happen to the daughter’s husband? 🤨
Ive been in the streets and now im out of the streets, still have brothers in the streets and ive never heard of gummies sold by drug dealers ijs
It’s hilarious! Not to mention weed isn’t addictive. Shows how naive the family is.
Right?! I was thinking...where are these people? Is this a small mormon town or something?
@@dr.jenniferma3914 lol yes it is a small Mormon town
@doyouhearme8041, It's only in Utah, the dealers there cornered the market on gummies, big business, and they also attend the L.D.S. church every Sunday. these guys are some real stand-up dealers of edibles,,
@@snickerinmuttley1204 🤦🏿🤦🏿😂😂😂😂
A couple of minutes into this clip, I’m torn on who’s most likely to get nominated for an Oscars.
It’s sooooo hard to choose: I’m torn between 3 people; but the one that didn’t dare look straight into the camera but sooooo good at winging answers and accusations is the one I like!!!
This one really triggers me. The Fentanyl overdose, but the group of us won't stop until someone listens. God bless all law enforcement who listen & won't give up until justice is served.
Absolutely senseless! 😢
Husband didn’t trust her and already suspected she tried to poison him before but he still stayed with her.
So sad.....he ought to listened to his gut feeling.
So many people stay in bad situations for their kids.
@@Kmarie77 Too many people do this and it's actually worse for the kids. When will people learn....
@@Kmarie77I will never stay in no situation for the sake of my children. It won’t do them any good…imagine having your kids watch your suffering and being miserable daily…that can take a toll on them
But you just heard they was having problems and who is to say he didn’t leave and then when they went to counseling he went back for the KIDS sake!!
Love how the family of the woman constantly says the drink was bad the food was bad and he was a cheater…she was a saint in their eyes
Love is blind, but u can tell the darkhaired brother is lying by his persing of his lips over and over.
I've changed my mind on this one... She is a monster. Truly.
I’m soooo grateful those boys are with Eric’s family where they are safe and should be. I am 100% convinced Kouri WILL BE found GUILTY!!!
One can only hope she's found guilty.
If shes guilty THE GRANDPARENTS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!!!!!
''She had common sense and was smart'' if she was either she would not be in jail for killing her husband.
This mother is the root of all this evil. 😢😢
Savage, but I agree
She may also have hurt a man in her last. Her facial movements make me uncomfortable
This isso absolutely heartbreaking for their children 😢
So, upfront I worked in nursing for 13 years, so here's my question: When did EMT'S get the authority to diagnose a recently deceased patient that they were responding to?
You're the FIRST person to ask this in the comments, it seems. I've been wondering about this all day! Kouri probably hinted to EMTs that it was an "aneurysm" but they're stupid for telling the family that in case they run with it, which they did. EMTs are well trained though. It's more likely they just told the family that *kouri* said it was an aneurysm and her family is trying to say the EMTs confirmed it just to defend her.
Only a medical doctor can make a diagnosis.
Never as far as I know.
@@ThanaBrunges-mx7ji In a rehab or nursing home an assigned RN is allowed the call but, only for the time of death. Other than that, you are absolutely right.
@@janrobnettwordweaver2227 You're correct @jan.
First thing that made me doubt her innocence was the crocodile tears in court but what sold me on her guilt was the letter to her mom, her brother took a visible big gulp and suddenly got visibly nervous when asked about it, he knows their family is busted. Sad thing for the kids to have to go through all of this.
Yeah, that gulp made me raise an eyebrow. And her mom seems a little disingenuous. Could be where the daughter learn to be so manipulative.
Her family wants the money too so they’ll do what ever it takes in my opinion.
@@twatts1523 I was wondering why Eric's family wasn't interviewed. If my son Christopher's wife was suspected, 48 hours wouldn't be able to shut me up. Good thing he's still single! LOL 😂 Maybe the lawyer for their side advised them against doing any interviews? 🤔
@@RandomChristianMusings The family refused the interview and instead had a hired guy speak on their behalf.
@@RandomChristianMusings yeah, they are very wealthy and would rather not air the dirty laundry. They had the roe lawyer make statements for them.
What about her "paramour"? Her lover who she texted right before Eric died... was never brought up.
Now she can write a children's book on how to cope with mom murdering dad.
The woman’s defense attorney was so unbelievable!!! Just incredible, not in a good way!!!
I thought the defense attorney was smarmy ans not in a good way. She was a bit on the creepy side in my opinion
The fact that the attorney makes you feel that way means that she is doing her job well.
She defended dentist, James Craig, who poisoned and murdered his wife. 🤨
@@annfisher3316damn she wild too I guess
RIP Eric. I turn 39 in 2 weeks. I’m single and I don’t have any kids but I feel like I have a lot of life to live.
For you youngsters out there: Make the most of each and every single day. The time from 21 to 39 feels like a couple of years. I still feel like I’m 21. My body still feels like it’s 21. But the reality is I’ve likely spent more than half my time in this life.
Don’t waste a single day. Eric likely believed he had many years left with his children and wife. Within a very short period of time his life was over. Don’t take any breath for granted. Before you know it, you’ll be old and gray or you may not be here at all.
That’s not to depress people who read this, it’s to motivate them and have them appreciate how fragile life really is.
Stay safe out there. RIP Eric
LOVE this!! And a great reminder! Thank you!
@@creativecuriosities thank you for your kind words. It’s appreciated when people notice and understand even something as simple as a CZcams comment. Have a great day!
@@eaglewinnings8003 Of course. I know I am not the only one your kind words and reminder will affect. Thanks for the motivation and note! You have a great day too!
Well appreciated, thanks buddy.
So inspirational. I wish I had read this before I turned 40. You are a great writer!❤
This is the most misogynist and preposterous 48hrs i've seen. That's a lot of saliva to transform a drug user, 5 months out of 12 on the lam, paranoiac into a sweet family loving husband/father. She's working 7/7, raising 3 sons, making a great deal of money and 48 is attacking her on that and the fact that she's worried about her defense??! Two families that hate each other is quite common and surely doesn't make the mom a killer. The husband's lawyer should consider a career in writing scripts for hallmark movies and also learn how to shave under his nose; he's disgusting.
Ooh sounds like you're family lol. Maybe she shouldn't write letters to her family asking them to falsely testify in her behalf
Truth hurts right? I bet you are family
There is a huge reason her husband never told her about the trust..he didn't trust her.
What about the infamous party she had a couple of days after Eric’s death at that huge mansion?! Odd that wasn’t mentioned?
If it's proven she forged her husband's signature on the 1 insurance policy, then she's guilty!!
Uh, not remotely enough to establish and prosecute Malice-A-fore-thought.
3 days ago, they announced that Kouris mom could possibly have been involved in the planning of Erics death. Moms previous partner died under the same suspicious circumstances .....
She totally did it. Its sad her family cannot see this
First her family says he wanted her to be a stay-at-home mom, then they say he was happy she was working. Which is it?
I’m quite sure we will never know! They lied so much in this interview!
The dont know either 😂 theyve tried covering all parts of their story
@@kellybundyskrewI think her brother really wanted to tell the truth, but is afraid of possible consequences from mommy dearest
Many young mothers work without excessive, over-the-top urgent greed.
How did they go from “they were happy couple that had everything and were perfectly happy” to creating secret wills, physical altercations between in laws, couple fights, etc? These two were NOT the lovebirds they make them out to be.
Welcome to the real world, not what people see on social media.
They were probably never happy, apart from the very beginning
To have 12 different extremely suspicious actions and motives pointing at you and your attorney can offer 12 excuses doesn’t help. You might be able to excuse 5 or 6 angles away but all 12? No…it just ridiculous.
Her mom's dude died under suspicious circumstances too. Hmmmmm 😵😵.
Shame on you 48 hours for giving this family a platform to defame a victim!!!
That’s the show. Don’t watch then. My brother died this way. Awareness is necessary. No one NO ONE investigated my brothers death. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
You don't either, it works both ways. Why are you even defending the nonvictim? Don't read comments if you can't handle differing opinions.🙄🙄🙄
he may have died from an overdose. and not all people who die are above criticism.
Mr Ballen did a story on this case. Very interesting.
Well said!
Mom says he wanted her to be a stay at home mom, and then says he supported her house flipping business. She is full of contradictions trying to defend her murderer daughter.
Did Kouri's family pay 48 hours to make this?
Kouri, Mother husband also dies of an overdose!! And guess what she got a large Insurance Payout... What a Coincidence .what are the odds that both mother and Daughter husbands dies of overdose.And both husbands have Big Life insurance policy through the roof..
6 life insurance policies?!
And multiple life insurance policies on the kids….
@@FactsNotSpeculation Probably whole life policies to pay for college. Everything on earth isn't nefarious. 😂
Some folks have one through work, an individual policy, smaller ones through things like AAA ect. Not all that uncommon.