Husband Admits to Drugging Wife with Goal to Murder Her and Marry Her Daughter [Current Affairs]

LOVE MURDER

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette

True Crime, Comedy

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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On Current Affairs this week, Jessie and Andie provide an update in the case of Kouri Richins, the children's book author accused of poisoning her husband. In their main story, a man admits to trying to kill his wife by spiking her drinks so that he could marry her daughter. Current Affairs is Love Murder's show about the stories of love gone fatally wrong that are in the news right now. Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/28/kouri-richins-husband-poisoning-fentanyl/ https://people.com/kouri-richins-will-go-to-trial-for-husbands-death-judge-rules-8702853 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/indiana-man-sentenced-admitting-poisoning-wifes-coke-drugs-sex-stepdau-rcna168608 https://people.com/man-put-deadly-poison-in-wife-sodas-for-months-so-he-could-marry-her-daughter-8703385 Find LOVE MURDER online: Website: lovemurder.love Instagram: @lovemurderpod Twitter: @lovemurderpod Facebook: LoveMrdrPod TikTok: @LoveMurderPod Patreon: /LoveMurderPod Credits: Love Murder is hosted by Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette, researched and written by Jessie Pray, produced by Nathaniel Whittemore and edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Kern Affairs, our shorter length show about the stories of Love
0:11.4	Gone Fadily Wrong that are in the news right now.
0:14.6	We kick off today with an update in the case of Corey Richens.
0:19.6	Richens, a 34 year old mother of three, is set to stand trial for the alleged murder of her husband
0:25.2	Eric Richards. On August 27th after a tense preliminary hearing the Utah judge ruled that there
0:31.1	was enough evidence to move forward with charges.
0:33.7	Cori is accused of poisoning her husband with a fatal dose of fentanyl on March 3rd, 2022.
0:40.0	The prosecution's narrative paints a picture of a calculated and cold-blooded act driven by motives that are still being unraveled in court.
0:47.5	Cori has pleaded not guilty to all 11 counts she's facing and her trial is set for April 28th.
0:53.2	According to the prosecution, Corey allegedly obtained the fentanyl from the
0:57.2	family's housekeeper, Carmen Lober. The story takes a dark turn when it's
1:01.5	revealed that this wasn't the first attempt to poison Eric.
1:04.8	On Valentine's Day of 2022, just weeks before his death,
1:08.5	Corrie is accused of lacing his sandwich with fentanyl.
1:12.2	After eating part of the sandwich, Eric reportedly told friends,
1:15.1	I think my wife tried to poison me.
1:17.6	He became violently ill, even using his son's epipan, and drinking a bottle of Benadryl
1:22.3	in a desperate attempt to counteract
1:24.2	whatever was affecting him. There are also some new details surrounding Corey's
1:28.4	alleged attempts to cover her tracks. deleted text messages and location data recovered by investigators suggests that
1:35.3	Corey may have been having an extramarital affair.
1:38.8	On the day after the failed Valentine's Day poisoning attempt, she allegedly texted someone saying,
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