Kouri Richins Trial: Deputy David Pementel — Explains Medical Log Timeline
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Deputy David Pementel, Summit Co. Sheriff's Office, 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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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to continuing coverage from the trial of Corey Ridgians from the Hidden Killers podcast and true crime today. |
| 0:08.0 | Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:11.0 | Good morning. Go ahead and pull that mic towards you a little bit just to make sure we don't miss anything. |
| 0:16.0 | If you could state your name and spell your last name, please. |
| 0:18.0 | David Pimentel, P-I-M-E-N-T-E-L. Where do you work? |
| 0:23.6 | I work at the Summit County Sheriff's Office. How long have you worked there? Almost seven years. |
| 0:28.6 | What's your assignment at the Summit County Sheriff's Office? Currently I'm on patrol with the |
| 0:32.9 | K-9 unit. What about in 2022? What was your assignment then? That was the same assignment. |
| 0:39.3 | You were working as a patrol deputy? |
| 0:41.3 | Yes, correct. |
| 0:42.3 | Before we jump into the case at hand, I want to talk a little bit with you about the chain of command within the police, within the sheriff's office. |
| 0:53.3 | So you mentioned that you're a patrol deputy. |
| 0:55.4 | Yes. And above that, there's a patrol sergeant. Is that correct? Yes. There's a lieutenant. |
| 1:01.4 | Yes. There's a captain. Yes. And there's also an investigations division. Correct. |
| 1:06.7 | And as a patrol deputy, you went out to the scene on March 4th of 2022. |
| 1:12.6 | That's correct. |
| 1:13.6 | And that was at the 282 Willow Court home? |
| 1:16.6 | Yes. |
| 1:17.6 | What were your responsibilities that night? |
| 1:20.6 | Primarily would be scene security, but I was also tasked with starting a medical log. |
| 1:28.7 | What's a medical log? |
| 1:30.2 | It's basically a log of any medication that the decedent would have in their possession. |
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