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Children’s grief author, husband killer Kouri Richins stares blankly in fresh-faced new mug from Utah prison

Nypost · · 238 words · By Priscilla DeGregory
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Children’s grief author, husband killer Kouri Richins stares blankly in fresh-faced new mug from Utah prison See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Children’s grief author, husband killer Kouri Richins stares blankly in fresh-faced new mug from Utah prison See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleKiller Utah mom Kouri Richins was snapped blankly staring in a fresh mugshot taken at her new prison digs where she was sentenced to life last week for fatally poisoning her husband.

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Richins, who notoriously wrote a children’s grief book after murdering her sons’ dad, Eric Richins, was photographed with her hair down and fresh-faced after she was transferred to Utah State Correctional Facility where she’s slated to spend the rest of her…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/kouri-richins-stares-blankly-in-fresh-face…

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Claim 1: “Richins, 35, was convicted by a jury in March of lacing Eric’s Moscow Mule cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl”
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Multiple sources (Daily Record, US 'grief author' report) confirm she is 35 and was convicted by a jury in March for poisoning Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in a cocktail.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins, a mother of three, called police late one night in March 2022 and said her husband, Eric Richins, was "cold to the touch". She told authorities she had made her husband a mixed vodka dr…
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65536506
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web search NEUTRAL — Utah mother Kouri Richins, 35, was convicted by a Summit County jury of killing her husband Eric with a lethal fentanyl-laced cocktail in March 2022.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/woman-found…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins was convicted of poisoning her husband.Richins, 35, was also convicted of other felonies, including attempted murder for trying to poison her husband weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day wit…
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article…
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Claim 2: “Richins... wrote a children’s grief book after murdering her sons’ dad, Eric Richins”
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Three independent sources (YouTube/The People v. Kouri Richins, OPB, and AOL) confirm she wrote a children's book about grief following the death of Eric Richins.
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web search NEUTRAL — When her husband is found dead of an apparent overdose, Kouri Richins writes a children's book about grief.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2DflEVCq4
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins, a Utah mother of three, published a children's book about grief to help cope with the death of her husband, Eric Richins.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/18/grief-author-kouri-ri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins, a Utah mother accused of murdering her husband and later publishing a children's book about grief, has been found guilty on all charges by a jury in Utah.
https://www.aol.com/articles/kouri-richins-mom-wrote-grief-0…
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Claim 3: “to cash in on his $4 million estate”
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The evidence provided discusses her massive debts (over $4.5 million and $3.2 million), but does not explicitly mention a '$4 million estate' belonging to Eric Richins that she intended to cash in on.
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web search NEUTRAL — On the day Eric Richins died, Kouri Richins owed over $4.5 million to over 20 different lenders for her house-flipping business, and she was about to take on an additional $3.2 million in debt upon cl…
https://abcnews.com/US/kouri-richins-murder-trial-utah-openi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty to counts of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, insurance fraud and forgery. If convicted of the most serious charge, she could face up to life in pri…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/us/kouri-richins-trial-murder…
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web search NEUTRAL — Richins' defense attorney said Eric Richins was addicted to painkillers and had asked his wife to procure opioids for him. Kouri Richins, however, told police earlier in a video that her husband had n…
https://abc7news.com/post/kouri-richins-verdict-author-book-…
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Claim 4: “The mom of three is currently at the facility’s intake center after she was moved from the jail where she spent the past three years awaiting trial and sentencing”
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While sources confirm she was sentenced and is being moved to a facility, the provided evidence does not explicitly mention the 'three years' duration of her jail stay or the specific 'intake center' detail.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who wrote a children’s book on grief after her husband’s death, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for his murder.Before her sentencing, Richins read…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/us/kouri-richins-murder-sente…
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web search NEUTRAL — After Kouri Richins’s husband died suddenly in 2022, she wrote a children’s book about coping with grief to help their three boys process his death. This month, she was found guilty of his murder.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/kouri-richins-husband-murder…
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web search NEUTRAL — Judge Richard Mrazik sentenced Kouri Richins to the maximum sentence after she was found guilty of aggravated murder by a jury in March. Judge Mrazik also imposed the full sentences for attempted murd…
https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/kouri-richins-sentence…
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Claim 5: “she was transferred to Utah State Correctional Facility”
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Both the NY Post and Reuters (via web search) report that she is slated to be transferred to the Utah State Correctional Facility (USCF).
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins was sentenced to live in prison without parole and is headed to prison soon. via REUTERS. Richins is slated to be transferred to the Utah State Correctional Facility. Utah Department of …
https://nypost.com/2026/05/14/us-news/kouri-richins-headed-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins' detention hearing, which was scheduled for Friday, May 19, was postponed due to amended charges which included new insights into the case.
https://www.abc4.com/richins/new-information-on-kouri-richin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who wrote a children’s book on grief after her husband’s death, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for his murder.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/us/kouri-richins-murder-sente…
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Claim 6: “Judge Richard Mrazik threw the book at Richins – who won’t have the possibility of getting out on parole”
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Multiple sources (NY Post, CNN, and other reports) confirm Judge Richard Mrazik sentenced her to life without the possibility of parole.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins was convicted in March of aggravated murder for lacing her husband’s cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl at their home near Park City in 2022. “A person convicted of tho…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-woman-h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Judge Richard Mrazik handed down the life sentence – the most severe penalty Richins faced for her aggravated murder conviction – on what would have been her late husband’s 44th birthday.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/us/kouri-richins-murder-sente…
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web search NEUTRAL — Judge Richard Mrazik sentenced Kouri Richins to the maximum sentence after she was found guilty of aggravated murder by a jury in March. Judge Mrazik also imposed the full sentences for attempted murd…
https://wwmt.com/news/nation-world/kouri-richins-sentenced-t…
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Claim 7: “Kouri Richins was sentenced to life last week for fatally poisoning her husband.”
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Multiple independent news sources (CNN, Google News/Hannah Schoenbaum, and another news report) confirm Kouri Richins was sentenced to life in prison for poisoning her husband.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins sentenced to life without parole after her sons say they fear her.Kouri Richins, who wrote a children’s book on grief after her husband’s death, gets life sentence. 7 hours ago. By Hanna…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ms. Richins had waived her right to testify during the trial, and her lawyers did not call any witnesses. But at the sentencing hearing at the Summit County Courthouse in Park City on Wednesday, Ms. R…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/kouri-richins-sentenci…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who wrote a children’s book on grief after her husband’s death, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole for his murder.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/13/us/kouri-richins-murder-sente…
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