"A year after her husband died, a mother of three in Utah self-published a children's book that she said helped her sons cope with the sudden loss. Kouri Richins promoted her book "Are You With Me?" on a local TV station and drew praise for helping young children process the death of a parent. Weeks after the book's publication in 2023, she was arrested in her husband's death and charged with murder."
"Her defense attorneys, Wendy Lewis, Kathy Nester and Alex Ramos, said they are confident the jury will rule in Richins' favor after hearing her side of the story. "Kouri has waited nearly three years for this moment: the opportunity to have the facts of this case heard by a jury, free from the prosecution's narrative that has dominated headlines since her arrest," her legal team said in a statement. "What the public has been told bears little resemblance to the truth.""
A Utah mother of three self-published a children's book one year after her husband's death and promoted it on local television as a way to help her sons cope. Weeks after the book's 2023 publication, she was arrested and charged in connection with the death. She faces nearly three dozen counts including aggravated murder, attempted murder, forgery, mortgage fraud and insurance fraud and has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege she slipped fentanyl into his cocktail in March 2022 to kill him for financial gain while planning a future with another man. Her defense contests the public narrative and urges the jury to hear her account.
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