Overview
- Jurors found Richins guilty on all counts, including aggravated murder, attempted murder, insurance fraud, and forgery, after about three hours of deliberation.
- The verdict form says the murder and an earlier attempted poisoning were committed for financial benefit, with prosecutors citing heavy debt and life insurance policies exceeding $2 million.
- A medical examiner described the fentanyl in Eric Richins’ system as roughly five times a lethal dose, and prosecutors argued it was slipped into a Moscow Mule the night he died.
- Prosecutors tied Richins to the killing with deleted messages, phone location data, internet searches about fentanyl and poisoning, and a jail-cell “Walk the Dog” letter about a planned false narrative.
- Housecleaner Carmen Lauber testified she obtained pills for Richins, with cell phone data placing her and alleged supplier Robert Crozier at a gas station on key dates; additional money-related charges remain pending.