Overview
- Kouri Richins, convicted in March, received life without parole on Wednesday in a Park City, Utah courtroom for aggravated murder.
- Judge Richard Mrazik also imposed consecutive 1-to-15-year terms for insurance fraud and forgery tied to life-insurance paperwork.
- The sentencing fell on what would have been Eric Richins’s 44th birthday, after their three children told the court they feared their mother.
- Defense lawyers said Richins maintains her innocence and will appeal the conviction and sentence.
- Prosecutors argued a financial motive, citing heavy debts, secret life-insurance policies, a prior Valentine’s Day poisoning attempt, a witness who said she sold Richins opioid pills, phone data near key locations, and an autopsy finding about five times a lethal fentanyl dose.