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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

Kouri Richins Trial: Clinton Benson — Brother-in-Law Speaks in Richins Trial

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Clinton Benson, Eric Richins' Brother-In-Law, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial.

Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tragic accident involving a man who, they claim, had a hidden drug problem.

This is gavel-to-gavel coverage of one of the most closely watched trials in Utah history. A children's book author. A grieving widow who wrote about "heaven" for kids while allegedly researching untraceable poisons. A husband who may have been killed in his own bed.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to continuing coverage from the trial of Corey Ridgians from the Hidden

0:05.3

Killers podcast and true crime today. Now, back to the courtroom. Can you please state your

0:12.6

full name and spell your last name for the record? Yes, Clinton Benson, B-E-N-S-O-N.

0:18.6

Sir, are you employed? I am.

0:22.2

How are you employed?

0:24.2

I'm employed by Salt Lake County.

0:27.3

I'm their real estate operations and asset manager.

0:32.7

I manage their portfolio of 1,700 parcels and about a $5 billion portfolio.

0:42.5

Do you have any other licenses or, yeah, licenses? Let's go with that.

0:43.5

I do, yes, I'm a licensed realtor as well as licensed appraiser.

0:47.5

I see.

0:50.5

You are married to Katie, Riches Benson. Yes.

0:55.0

And did you know Eric?

0:58.0

I did.

0:59.0

And Corey?

1:00.0

Yes.

1:01.0

Okay.

1:04.0

Are you familiar with the address of 282 Willow Court Road?

1:09.0

I am.

1:10.0

How are you familiar with that? That is one of our prior

1:13.4

homes and Eric Richens home. Okay. So you lived in it beforehand? Yes, we did. And then what

1:22.9

happened? We sold the home to Eric Richards. I see.

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