Kouri Richins Trial Day 14: Brad Bloodworth — Prosecutor’s Final Push for Conviction Part 2
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
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Summary
Brad Bloodworth, chief prosecutor for Summit County, serves up closing arguments in the Kouri Richins trial.
The Kouri Richins murder trial continues in Utah as the state prosecutes the children's book author for allegedly poisoning her husband Eric Richins with fentanyl. Prosecutors allege she killed him for insurance money after secretly increasing his policy to $1.9 million. The defense maintains Eric died from accidental drug use.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to continuing coverage from the trial of Corey Richards, from the Hidden Killers podcast and true crime today. |
| 0:08.0 | Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:11.0 | Yes, Your Honor. |
| 0:12.0 | Ms. Lewis? |
| 0:13.0 | Yes, sir. |
| 0:14.0 | We'll see what we're talking. Thank you. Please have a seat. |
| 1:01.7 | Mr. Blutterworth, you can make sure that mic is still on, and please proceed. Very good. |
| 1:06.7 | Thank you, Your Honor. |
| 1:12.2 | We call it the outset of closing one. |
| 1:16.3 | We were looking at the aggravated murder charge. |
| 1:21.1 | I mentioned the first two elements are murder, and then we get into the two aggravators. |
| 1:30.1 | So the closing up until now has been the murder charge. That is straight murder. And then we get into the two aggravators. So the closing up until now has been the murder charge. That is straight murder. But the state, of course, is charged aggravated murder. |
| 1:37.0 | So now we'll talk about the two aggravators. The why aggravator, money motive, and the Hal aggravator administering any substance in a lethal amount. |
| 1:56.5 | You'll recall Brooke Carrington's testimony. |
| 2:01.9 | And when she began her forensic accounting analysis, this drew her attention. |
| 2:11.6 | The number of overdraft and non-sufficient funds transactions beginning in April. |
| 2:18.5 | That jumped from one in September to 37 in October, sorry, beginning in October. |
| 2:24.9 | That jumped from one in September to 37 in October to 77 in December. |
| 2:32.6 | And Brooke Carrington's analysis was the beginning of the downward financial |
| 2:37.0 | death spiral. |
| 2:44.0 | Then Ms. Carrington analyzed the overall debt, and it showed a growing debt picture |
| 2:55.2 | nearing $8 million in debt when Corey Richens closed |
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