Utah

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.

May 13, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

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.

Lawyers for Tyler Robinson, charged with murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk, have requested a delay in his preliminary hearing to review evidence, including an inconclusive ATF bullet analysis. The defense cites a federal report that could not connect a bullet fragment from Kirk's autopsy to a rifle found near the scene. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty in the case.

March 25, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

A 40-year-old Utah woman faces charges of child kidnapping and aggravated child abuse after allegedly forcing an 11-year-old boy into her vehicle to make him apologize for bullying her daughter. The incident occurred in Provo in September 2025, with charges filed this week. The boy's mother described tensions stemming from her son's rejection of unwanted attention from the suspect's daughter.

A manhunt for a 22-year-old suspect in a Utah triple murder ended on Thursday with his arrest in Colorado. Ivan Miller was taken into custody, concluding an investigation into the killings. Authorities have shared details on how they tracked him down.

March 05, 2026 An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI

Authorities in Utah discovered the body of 43-year-old Jeusselem Elieth Genes in a storage facility in Draper, days after she and her husband vanished from their home in Saratoga Springs. The husband, Alvaro Jose Urbina Rojas, has been named a person of interest in her death, which has been ruled a homicide. The couple left home on February 26, with Rojas telling family he was taking Genes to work.