Kouri Richins was sentenced last week to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2022 murder of her husband.
The Utah mother and author has maintained her innocence throughout the case. In a new episode of the CBS News program 48 Hours, two jurors discuss the key evidence that led them to convict Richins. Natalie Morales reports on the details.
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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.
Nicholas Kassotis, a former Navy JAG officer, was sentenced to life without parole after a Georgia jury found him guilty of murdering his wife Mindi Kassotis. Her dismembered remains were discovered in a swamp near Savannah in December 2022, months after he claimed she died suddenly in a hospital. The trial revealed a web of deception involving false claims of surveillance and a mysterious FBI agent.
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Lakeisha Holloway, now known as Paris Morton, received an 18-year prison sentence for plowing her car into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip in 2015, killing Arizona mother Jessica Valenzuela. Valenzuela was on an anniversary trip with her husband when the crash occurred. The sentencing followed a decade of legal delays due to mental health issues.
A man and his girlfriend in Utah face charges of desecration of a dead body and obstruction of justice after her husband's remains were found dumped on a rural road. The pair quickly accused one another of killing the victim, police said. Neither has been charged in connection with the death itself.
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Superior Court Justice Kristin E. Rodgers has sentenced 55-year-old Luis Sepulveda to two consecutive life sentences for the first-degree murder of his 44-year-old relative Angel Rodriguez. The fatal shooting occurred during a Mother's Day party in Providence, Rhode Island, in 2023. Sepulveda was convicted by a jury in October on multiple charges including murder and illegal firearm possession.