Overview
- After roughly three hours of deliberation, a Summit County jury found Richins guilty on all counts, including aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery and insurance fraud.
- The medical examiner determined Eric Richins had about five times a lethal dose of illicit fentanyl that was orally ingested.
- Prosecutors argued Richins was drowning in debt, had taken out life insurance policies totaling about $2 million, and believed she would gain control of an estate valued at more than $4 million.
- Housekeeper Carmen Lauber testified she sold fentanyl pills to Richins and received immunity for her cooperation, testimony the defense sought to undermine.
- Jurors heard digital forensic evidence of internet searches about lethal fentanyl and deleted messages, and the defense rested without calling witnesses as Richins declined to testify.