“Now the state must prove the allegations beyond a reasonable doubt.”Kouri Richins, left, and her late husband Eric Richins are seen in an undated photo Richins shared on social media. They noted it seemed like Eric Richins had been “dead a while,” the charging documents said. Richins told investigators she left her cellphone in the master bedroom and called 911 immediately after she found her husband dead. Kouri Richins told investigators her husband would sometimes take THC gummies before bed – and that she believed they could have contained fentanyl. Eric Richins told the other friend he broke out in hives, then injected himself with an EpiPen and drank a bottle of Benadryl.

Source: CNN February 23, 2026 17:21 UTC