Friend testifies Kouri Richins said husband's death would be better

A friend of Kouri Richins testified at her trial that Richins once stated it would be better if her husband were dead. The testimony came during proceedings related to accusations that Richins poisoned her husband in 2022. Richins has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Becky Lloyd, a neighbor and friend of Kouri Richins, provided testimony on Thursday at Richins' ongoing trial. Lloyd described conversations they had regarding Richins' marriage to her husband. According to Lloyd, Richins expressed in a serious tone: "In many ways it would be better if he [Richins' husband], if he were dead."

Richins faces accusations of fatally poisoning her husband in 2022. She denies the allegations and has entered a not guilty plea to the charges. The trial continues to examine the circumstances surrounding her husband's death and the details of their relationship as revealed through witness accounts like Lloyd's.

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Courtroom illustration depicting Kouri Richins' conviction for her husband's fentanyl poisoning murder.
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Utah jury convicts Kouri Richins of aggravated murder in husband's fentanyl poisoning

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A Utah jury convicted Kouri Richins of aggravated murder and other charges on March 17, 2026, after three hours of deliberation in a three-week trial, finding she poisoned her husband Eric with a fentanyl-laced cocktail in March 2022. The 35-year-old mother faces 25 years to life; sentencing is set for May 13.

Kouri Richins, the children's book writer who penned a grief story after her spouse's death, was handed a life sentence without parole this week for his murder. A Utah court convicted her of lacing Eric Richins's drink with a massive fentanyl dose in March 2022.

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Utah mother Kouri Richins received a life sentence without parole on Wednesday for murdering her husband with a fentanyl-laced drink in 2022. The sentencing came on what would have been Eric Richins' 44th birthday.

A North Carolina man has been sentenced to decades in prison after fatally shooting his wife and disposing of her body in a lake. Omar Drabick, 37, received consecutive terms for second-degree murder and concealing the death of his wife Hadeel Ghadhanfer Hikmat, 34, in Apex.

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Mikayla Kloth, 27, faces a first-degree intentional homicide charge after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend Lukas Rosch, 25, to death during an argument over dinner plans in Lac La Belle, Wisconsin. The incident occurred Friday night at her apartment, where Rosch arrived with chicken drumsticks instead of going out as she wanted. Rosch was pronounced dead at a hospital after suffering a chest wound.

Kirstin D. Bowers, a 31-year-old mother from Indiana, has agreed to plead guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in death after her 7-year-old son died in a house fire last June. Under the deal, she faces a 30-year sentence with 16 years in prison. Prosecutors will dismiss three additional neglect charges.

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An Illinois woman has been charged with hiding the death of her elderly neighbor for over three years after allegedly finding the body and continuing to access the victim's financial accounts.

 

 

 

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