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How Did the Kouri Richins Verdict Land for the PI Who Built the Case?

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews

Tony Brueski

News Commentary, True Crime, News

4.2 โ€ข 612 Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 28 May 2026

โฑ๏ธ 22 minutes

๐Ÿงพ๏ธ Download transcript

Summary

Under three hours. That's how long the jury deliberated before convicting Kouri Richins on all counts โ€” aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery, insurance fraud. Judge Mrazik sentenced her to life without parole and told the courtroom she's "simply too dangerous to ever be free."

For Todd Gabler, the man who spent over a year building the evidentiary foundation that helped make that conviction possible, the verdict wasn't just a legal outcome. It was the end of a case that pulled him across a line he'd never crossed in 34 years. Every homicide he'd ever worked was for the defense. This was the first time his evidence became the prosecution's weapon. And when it was over โ€” when the verdict dropped and the sentence came down โ€” Gabler had to reckon with what the case had done to him.

In the final part of this three-part interview, Gabler tells Tony Brueski what hit him first when the jury came back, who Eric Richins became to him after a year of reconstructing a dead man's life, and whether this is the kind of case a PI walks away from โ€” or the kind that walks with him.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske.

0:03.2

Here now, Tony Bruske.

0:06.2

Todd Gabbler showed up to testify six weeks after neck fusion surgery.

0:11.0

You walked in with the cane, you had the big neck brace on,

0:14.3

told the judge that you even skipped your pain medication,

0:17.6

so your mind would be clear.

0:19.9

We all saw that and were like, Bravo. This man is here

0:23.6

with a mission and he has a purpose to be here. Joining the conversation to discuss all this Robin

0:30.2

Drake, retired FBI, Special Agency for the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program. And of course,

0:35.7

our guest, Todd Gabbler, is with us. Todd,

0:38.9

just in your own words, obviously you made it happen to be there. As concise as you can be about it,

0:46.3

why was it so important for you to be there that day and have your voice heard and have your

0:52.6

findings be heard in front of that, Sherry.

0:55.9

Well, you know, a spinal cord injury, the spinal cord injury that I had was severe.

1:03.4

It needed to be corrected and for me being able to walk and feel things in my hands and feet.

1:12.2

The recovery from that surgery is 52 weeks.

1:17.5

So, year.

1:18.7

Yeah.

1:18.9

And traveling in an airplane was excruciating.

1:24.6

Yeah.

1:24.9

But this is not the kind of case that I was willing to phone in or Zoom

1:33.3

from. This, the seriousness of this case, the over 900 hours of investigation that I had in this case,

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