Kouri Richins GUILTY, Defense Fumbles, and Cheerleader Indicted for Manslaughter, with Ian Runkle

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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MK True Crime hosts Ashleigh Merchant and Dave Aronberg join the show to discuss the jury returning a guilty verdict on all five charges against Kouri Richins, what it’s really like to be in the room when the jury comes back with a verdict for your client, Ian Runkle, Canadian criminal defense attorney and host of the YouTube channel “Runkle of the Bailey,” joins Ashleigh and Dave to discuss how the state weaponized Kouri’s own words against her in its closing argument, the major defense fumbles, the two conflicting stories about Kouri’s financial situation, why Kouri’s facial expressions worked against her, the indictment of cheerleader Laken Snelling on a first-degree manslaughter charge, why Snelling will need to take the stand in her case, and more. Ashleigh Merchant: https://www.criminaldefenseattorneysmarietta.com Dave Aronberg: https://davearonberglaw.com Ian Runkle: https://www.youtube.com/@RunkleOfTheBailey Cozy Earth: Visit https://www.CozyEarth.com/MEGYN & Use code MEGYN for up to 20% off Birch Gold: Text MK to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold ARMRA: go to https://tryarmra.com/MEGYN to get 30% off your first subscription order Follow MK True Crime on all social platforms: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@MKTrueCrime X - https://x.com/mktruecrime Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mktruecrime TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@mktruecrime

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0:00.0	Welcome to MK True Crime.
0:06.0	I'm Ashley Merchant, criminal defense lawyer out of Atlanta, Georgia.
0:09.0	Here's what's on the docket today.
0:11.0	The Corey Richens murder trial has come to a close on Monday.
0:14.0	A jury found Richens guilty of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric, after less than three hours of deliberation.
0:20.0	We'll bring you all of the details.
0:22.4	And later, we'll be joined by Ian Runkle. He's a Canadian criminal defense attorney and host of
0:27.0	the popular YouTube channel, Runkle of the Bailey, to dig into the state and the defense's closing
0:32.4	arguments in the Richens trial. And a former cheerleader and beauty queen has been indicted
0:37.0	on a manslaughter charge will bring
0:38.8	you the latest. I'm joined today by my co-host Dave Arrenberg, the Florida law man, Florida State
0:44.6	Attorney for Palm Beach County former and managing partner at Dave Aaronberg Law. So Dave, we got a
0:50.7	verdict. We got a verdict a little bit sooner than I think we expected on Monday in the Richens trial.
0:55.0	But before we dive into that, I want to share the jury's verdict with you and our audience.
1:00.0	Count one, aggravated murder.
1:05.0	We, the jury, unanimously find that the defendant Corey Richens is guilty of aggravated murder.
1:14.7	We, the jury unanimously, agree that the prosecution has proved the following circumstance or circumstances regarding count one beyond a reasonable doubt.
1:26.8	The homicide was committed for pecuniary gain,
1:30.3	and the homicide was committed by means
1:33.5	of the administration of any substance administered,
1:36.9	any lethal amount, dosage, or quantity.
1:42.0	Count two, attempted aggravated murder.
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