The young children of grief author Kouri Richins have begged a judge to never let her walk free from prison after she fatally poisoned their father, voicing fears that their lives and those of their family members could be in danger.<\/p>\n
In heartbreaking letters to Judge Richard Mzarik on the eve of their mother\u2019s sentencing, Richins\u2019s three sons, now aged 13, 12 and nine, said they are terrified of the 35-year-old as they revealed chilling new details about the night she murdered their dad. <\/p>\n
\u2018If she got out I would be so scared,\u2019 the youngest child, who was just five when he lost his dad, said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Once she is gone, I will feel happy and I will feel safer and relaxed and trust people more. She took away my dad.’<\/p>\n
Richins killed her husband, Eric Richins, by giving him a Moscow Mule cocktail laced with a lethal dose of fentanyl at the family home in Kamas, Utah.<\/p>\n
For more than a year, the real estate agent then played the grieving widow, publishing a children\u2019s book titled Are You With Me? and even appearing on local TV to promote it and share her seemingly heartbreaking story of navigating grief with their sons.<\/p>\n
But in May 2023, the facade crumbled and Richins was arrested and charged with Eric\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
In an explosive trial this March, jurors heard how the realtor had been motivated by a desire to get her hands on Eric\u2019s $4 million estate and to escape their marriage in order to start a new life with her handyman lover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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