ユタ州の母親、コーリ・リチンズ被告は、2022年に夫をフェンタニル入りの飲み物で殺害した罪により、水曜日に仮釈放なしの終身刑を言い渡された。判決は、生きていればエリック・リチンズさんの44歳の誕生日となる日に下された。
ユタ州地方裁判所の裁判官は、3月に加重殺人、殺人未遂、保険金詐欺、文書偽造などの罪で有罪評決を受けたリチンズ被告に対し、判決を言い渡した。検察側は、同被告がパークシティ近郊の自宅で、致死量の5倍近いフェンタニルを混入させたモスコミュールを夫に飲ませたと主張した。裁判官は、被告を二度と社会に解き放つには危険すぎる人物だと評し、犯行の動機が保険金と不動産取引による金銭的利益であったことを指摘した。
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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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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.
A judge in West Virginia sentenced Rebakah Weikle to two consecutive life terms for murdering her 4-year-old daughter in 2022. The killing stemmed from jealousy over attention the child received from her father. Weikle pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.
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A Virginia man has been sentenced to life in prison plus five years for the first-degree murder of his 63-year-old landlady, whom he stabbed more than 90 times before hiding her remains in a toolbox. The case came to light after Capps' husband discovered a single drop of blood in their home. Authorities found overwhelming evidence linking Hagen Lawrence Roberts to the October 2020 killing in Virginia Beach.
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.
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A disgruntled former employee in Colorado confronted his ex-colleague at home after being fired, but ended up shooting the man's wife dead when she answered the door. Ernest Cunningham, 53, received a 42-year prison sentence for the second-degree murder of 23-year-old Kelsey Roberts-Gariety. The incident occurred in Denver in June 2024.