Kouri Richins Trial: Jeff O'Driscoll — State Calls Lead Investigator
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🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Jeff O'Driscoll, Summit County Detective, 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. Now, back to the courtroom. |
| 0:11.3 | Detective, let's get you sworn it. |
| 0:30.0 | Do you solemnly swear the testimony you're about to give in the matter before the court to be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the true subject to the pains and penalties of perjury? |
| 0:30.6 | I do. |
| 0:31.4 | Would you have a seat? Yeah. One more time, sir. What is your name? |
| 0:50.0 | Detective Jeff O-Driskell, O-A-A-A-A, capital D, R-I-S-C-O-L-L. |
| 0:58.9 | And what, sir, do you do for a living? |
| 1:02.0 | I'm a narcotics and major crimes detective for the Summit County Sheriff's Office. |
| 1:06.9 | How long have you been with the Sheriff's Office? |
| 1:09.7 | Ten years. |
| 1:14.6 | What did you do before becoming a detective? I worked in the patrol division with the sheriff's office. |
| 1:17.6 | I had a number of primary duties as well as lateral duties. |
| 1:21.6 | I was mainly responsible for responding to calls for service. |
| 1:25.6 | I also was a K-9 handler. I was a UAS pilot or drone pilot. |
| 1:32.2 | I was a member of the SWAT team as well as a SWAT sniper and various other administrative duties. |
| 1:41.1 | When did you become a detective? |
| 1:44.3 | July of 2022. |
| 1:47.0 | And, sir, what types of cases have you handled as a detective? |
| 1:52.0 | All types of cases. |
| 1:53.5 | As far as property crimes, frauds, thefts, mail thefts, home burglaries, vehicle burglaries, and then persons crimes everywhere |
| 2:05.9 | from simple assault to sexual assault, shootings. |
| 2:12.6 | I was also on part of an on-call rotation for any in progress or major incidents in the county as well as all deaths in the county. |
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