Kouri Richins: Behind the Facade
48 Hours
CBS News
4.1 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Scared of their own mother. Why the children of convicted killer Kouri Richins want her to stay behind bars. Natalie Morales reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back. |
| 0:04.4 | Mom! |
| 0:05.0 | Up the stairs for something. |
| 0:07.8 | Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for. |
| 0:12.0 | Mom, what's for dinner? |
| 0:13.6 | Chop, sizzle, done. |
| 0:17.1 | Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier. |
| 0:23.4 | So its phones down, forks up. |
| 0:25.5 | Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time. |
| 0:32.6 | This case is about a wife and a mother who found herself in perhaps a failing marriage, |
| 0:46.3 | a business in trouble. |
| 0:48.3 | What's your first name? |
| 0:50.3 | And took, some could argue, an easy way out. |
| 0:53.3 | I think she really wanted to improve her life and be free and be rich and have this facade of being a successful person that she wanted to be. |
| 1:05.0 | My name is Eric. |
| 1:07.0 | My name is Laura and we served as jurors in the Corey Richens trial. Please have a seat. |
| 1:11.6 | Corey Richens didn't seem to me like someone with a very strong moral compass. |
| 1:17.6 | Eric Richens was found dead in his home on March 4th, 2022. |
| 1:25.6 | Eric was married to Cory Richens, and they had three children. |
| 1:30.3 | My husband was not breathing. |
| 1:34.3 | He's cold. |
| 1:36.3 | I just came in the bed, in our bed, and I turned over, |
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