The People v. Kouri Richins | Full Episode + Post Mortem

Kouri Richins wrote a children's book about grief after her husband was found dead of an apparent overdose. Soon after she's charged with his murder.

Watch "The People v. Kouri Richins" and then catch up with "48 Hours" correspondent Natalie Morales and producer Betsy Shuller on "Post Mortem" as they dig into the headline-grabbing case of Utah mother Kouri Richins, who wrote a book to help her children cope with the death of their father, Eric, and was later charged with murder. They discuss the six life insurance policies that Eric had, the 20,000-square-foot mansion Kouri purchased just after his death, and the potentially incriminating handwritten letter found in her jail cell.

00:01 The People v. Kouri Richins
42:00 Listen to a post-mortem on the episode

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[rhondaalbrecht]

MONEY was her goal. She was so underwater in her real estate business, and she wanted Eric's money, his life insurance. She stole from Eric's business accounts. That mansion that they were supposedly celebrating the night he died? HE NEVER wanted it, he wouldn't back her on purchasing it. She went ahead and got it, anyways. THEN we have the fact that Kouri was having an affair with another man. ALL of this ties everything together. She did it.

[kerryharvey]

I hope Eric’s family keep the boys and she gets life

[SolaComoLocaMala]

Her mother, Lisa Darden, probably helped her; she was involved in the death of her female lover that died under similar circumstances in 2006. I don’t believe in coincidences.

[janegao]

I am sorry to say her mom is one of the reasons she becomes the person she is. The grandma should not be allowed to see the boys until this case is over.

[rasputanrasputan]

Husband changed his will. That says a lot.. He left his estate to his sister….6 policies

[LockedNloadEED]

It’s really disgusting how this family is trying paint Eric the bad guy on pills, when their daughter is the root of all evil!

[mochans]

As a former medic, there is no way to diagnose a death by aneurysm in the field. That should have never been suggested.

[concerned]

I do not believe a word out of her family’s mouth.

[BarnabyBaltimoron]

_”It took her 2 months to go back in her bedroom after his death. She was devastated”_

Then she threw one hell of a party the day after he died and got into a fight when she found out she wasn’t the beneficiary of his estate.

[astrusalemezzocuore]

Imagine saying: "If anything happens to me take a look at my wife/husband " and ending up dead no long after... Coincidence?

[abc]

FYI, she actually didn't write the book but commissioned an agency to do that for her—presumably paying with her dead husband's money.

[ritagamez]

They were celebrating that she was deep in debt, and had just purchased a 4 million dollar mansion. Nothing makes sense.

[SMALLDANE]

This family is toxic. I'm happy to hear police is looking into the mother, too.

[bigbadlust]

She has a fake, almost Batman's Joker kind of smile.
The eyes are not smiling.
People, stay away from these fakes.

[nancymcdermott]

NO MOM it's heart wrenching to know that your off the wall daughter murdered the poor boys dad, Eric!

[CatFluff-pmqr]

Imagine killing your husband for money and then she finds out he's left his estate for his boys with his sister in charge?

[CJLOVE]

Ugh… Kori’s mother seemed like a nosey busybody, a mother in-law from hell. And her family are pulling every pathetic excuse out their rear ends for a murderer. Sickening

[No-svmu]

Her mom complaining the boys only get 2 video chats with Kouri a week. Those boys will never see their father again. Her family came off really bad in this

[c.l.freshwaterfishing]

She went to her son's room for comfort while knowing that his father was in the next room dying because she'd poisoned him. She's a cold blooded, cold hearted savage! It was planned and she followed through with the plan. That's a savage!

[petratuccino]

The apple doesn't fall far.. her mother is scary.