Overview
- Judge Richard Mrazik ordered life without parole in Utah state court, calling Richins too dangerous to release.
- A jury in March 2026 found her guilty of murder, insurance fraud, forgery and attempted murder.
- Prosecutors said she slipped a fatal fentanyl dose into Eric Richins’ drink in 2022, and the autopsy found levels far beyond a lethal amount.
- The case leaned on phone searches about fentanyl, narcotics buys, an earlier alleged Valentine’s Day poisoning attempt and her self-published grief book presented as corroboration.
- At sentencing, letters from her three sons asked for a life term as her attorneys said they will appeal.