The Grief Author Guilty

She killed her husband. Then she wrote a book about grief.
In March 2022, Eric Richins died at his Utah home after drinking a cocktail his wife, Kouri, had lovingly prepared for him. Investigators would later discover it contained five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. He was 39 years old. His three young boys had just lost their father.
Within months, Kouri Richins did something that stunned the nation: she self-published a childrens book titled Are You With Me? — a tender guide to help children cope with losing a parent. She gave interviews. She shed tears. She played the grieving widow flawlessly.
But behind the carefully crafted public image was a calculated killer.
Prosecutors revealed that Kouri had tried to poison Eric on Valentines Day — just weeks before she succeeded. She had secretly taken out nearly $2 million in life insurance on her husband without his knowledge. She had purchased fentanyl illegally, searched "lethal doses of fentanyl" on her phone, and even attempted to tamper with witnesses from her jail cell — claiming she was "writing a fictional book."
The childrens grief book? A ghostwriter wrote it.
On March 16, 2026, after just three hours of deliberation, a Summit County, Utah jury returned a verdict: Guilty of Aggravated Murder. Kouri Richins now faces 25 years to life in prison — and her legal nightmare is far from over. A second trial for 26 additional financial crime charges looms on the horizon.
The Grief Author: Guilty takes you inside one of the most chilling true crime cases of the decade — a story of betrayal, greed, a mothers monstrous deception, and the justice that finally caught up with her. From the Valentines Day poisoning attempt to the shocking verdict, every twist of this real-life thriller is more disturbing than the last.
She thought writing about grief would make her look innocent. She was wrong.