Kouri Richins and the Paper Trail She Left Behind
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In true crime, the most damaging evidence is often the kind the defendant created herself. In the Kouri Richins murder trial, the jury has seen phone searches for "fentanyl poisoning" and instructions on deleting messages. They've seen a jailhouse letter where Kouri allegedly tells family members what to say and how to say it. They've heard testimony that the signature on a life insurance policy taken out a month before Eric died likely wasn't his.
And they know that minutes after first responders left the house where Eric lay dead, Kouri's phone accessed deleted memes — one captioned "I'm really rich."
True Crime Today takes a hard look at what that kind of behavioral and digital record does to a defendant in front of a jury. Tony Brueski and Eric Faddis examine the deception pattern the prosecution has built, what it proves legally, and the impossible choice Kouri now faces — testify and try to explain it, or stay silent and let it speak for itself.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski and Robin Dree. |
| 0:07.8 | Before the jury ever decides whether Corey Richens murdered her husband, they've already learned a lot about who she is. |
| 0:14.2 | Her phone showed searches for fentanyl poisoning, how to delete iPhone messages. |
| 0:19.7 | Moments after first responders left the house where Eric lay dead. |
| 0:22.9 | Her phone was used to access deleted memes. |
| 0:26.2 | One caption, I'm really rich. |
| 0:28.6 | She allegedly wrote a letter from jail coaching her family on what to say the walk the dog letter. |
| 0:34.5 | That's been introduced now too. |
| 0:36.5 | A handwriting expert says Eric probably didn't sign |
| 0:39.2 | his own life insurance policies. Three days after his death, she was texting about more drugs. |
| 0:46.3 | Eric Fattis is with us to help us break this all down. Eric, when the defendant has a documented |
| 0:52.8 | pattern of deception, which they have laid out pretty well here, lying to friends, allegedly coaching witnesses from jail. |
| 1:00.2 | I mean, she stole roughly 45 grand from a friend for a real estate investment. |
| 1:05.6 | It was supposed to go over here. |
| 1:06.7 | It went to Corey's debts, and her friend was just out of luck with that. |
| 1:11.7 | It paints a really damning picture of someone who really doesn't have a lot of care for other people other than themselves. |
| 1:18.6 | It doesn't necessarily make someone a murderer, but it really shows what is at the core of their character. |
| 1:25.8 | How is all of this at the end of the day going to play |
| 1:29.6 | out in a jury's mind? Is it direct evidence of guilt or does it mainly hurt her if she actually |
| 1:36.0 | takes the stand knowing what her past track record has been with others in this planet? |
| 1:43.0 | You know, Tony, there's this legal fiction that judges impose in trials whereby they presume |
| 1:51.0 | that the jury is going to follow all the jury instructions. |
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