Kouri Richins Trial Day 4: Chelsea Gipson Part 2 — Evidence Handling Under Fire
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 26 February 2026
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Summary
The Kouri Richins trial brings Chelsea Gipson, Lead Crime Scene Technician, to the stand for cross from the defense.
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.
True Crime Today delivers real-time trial coverage as it happens—key testimony, critical cross-examinations, and the moments that matter. No waiting for nightly recaps. Watch the case unfold live.
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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. |
| 0:08.4 | Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:12.0 | Ms. Gibson, you are still under oath. Do you understand that? |
| 0:15.7 | Yes. |
| 0:16.2 | Okay. |
| 0:16.8 | Ms. Nestor, please proceed. |
| 0:18.4 | May it please the court. |
| 0:19.5 | Good morning. |
| 0:20.3 | Good morning. |
| 0:21.6 | We're going to try this one more time. |
| 0:24.6 | So when we were last speaking yesterday morning, we were talking about an individual, |
| 0:32.6 | an individual from the United States Postal Service named Agent Travis Smoot that was present on the search on the 12th. |
| 0:42.9 | Do you remember that? |
| 0:43.9 | Yes. |
| 0:44.9 | Okay. |
| 0:45.9 | And you mentioned that one of the reasons he was there was to just look for any evidence that might have come through the Postal Service, right? |
| 0:51.9 | Yes. |
| 0:52.9 | Was there another reason he was there? |
| 0:55.0 | I believe he was also there to test any drugs for narcotics. |
| 1:00.0 | Right. |
| 1:01.0 | And the reason that you all asked him to do that, or well, I'm not going to say y'all anymore, |
| 1:06.0 | the reason that he was asked to do that was that there was a thought there may be fentanyl in the home. |
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