“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. Richins told authorities one of their sons was having bad dreams, so she went to sleep in his room around 9:30 p.m., charging documents said. They noted it seemed like Eric Richins had been “dead a while,” the charging documents said. The autopsy revealed Eric Richins died from a fentanyl overdose, with about five times the lethal dose in his blood. 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 22, 2026 23:52 UTC