Kouri Richins Trial Update: Judge Drops BOMBSHELL Rulings — What the Jury Will NEVER Hear
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🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Kouri Richins is set to stand trial in February 2026 for the alleged fentanyl murder of her husband Eric Richins, and this week Judge Richard Mrazik handed down a cascade of pre-trial rulings that reshape everything. The prosecution wanted to paint Kouri as a woman who ran financial schemes for years before allegedly escalating to murder — but the judge just severed those fraud and forgery charges from the murder trial entirely. The jury won't hear them. The domestic violence expert prosecutors wanted to call? Barred. The FBI behavioral profiler? Severely limited. But the handwriting expert who says Kouri allegedly forged Eric's signature on insurance documents? He's in. The orange notebook containing what prosecutors call Kouri's firsthand account of the night Eric died? Conditionally admitted. The "Walk the Dog" letter found in her jail cell? Partially in. This episode breaks down every ruling from this week's hearings, what each one means for trial strategy, and how the battlefield has now been defined for both sides. We'll walk through the Valentine's Day sandwich allegation, the Moscow Mule, the $1.8 million debt versus the $5 million estate, the key witness who recanted, and why prosecutors are heading into this trial with a tighter case than they wanted. Jury selection begins February 10th. Five weeks of testimony starts February 23rd. Kouri Richins says she didn't do it. Twelve jurors will decide if they believe her.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:03.4 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:07.7 | So, about a month from now, if everything stays on track, |
| 0:15.5 | this is going to be a trial that we're going to be focusing on quite a bit. |
| 0:18.7 | A jury in semi-count of Utah will be asked to decide whether Corey Richens murdered her |
| 0:24.7 | husband, Eric, by slipping fentanyl into his drink, or whether this is all a catastrophic |
| 0:30.5 | misunderstanding involving a grieving mother who just happened to write a children's book |
| 0:35.1 | about death after her husband died under circumstances |
| 0:38.9 | that made investigators very, very uncomfortable. |
| 0:42.9 | Corey Richens has pled not guilty. |
| 0:44.5 | She maintains her innocence. |
| 0:45.9 | She has said publicly that she did not murder her husband. |
| 0:49.3 | And in about 32 days, she'll get a chance to say that to a jury. |
| 0:54.5 | But this week, before any of that happens, Judge Richard Marzik handed down a cascade of |
| 1:01.2 | pre-trial rulings that define exactly what the jury will hear, and maybe more importantly, |
| 1:08.0 | what they won't. |
| 1:10.0 | Because trials aren't truth. They're about admissible |
| 1:13.7 | truth and a significant amount just got carved out of this case. Let's back up for anyone |
| 1:20.8 | just tuning into this. Eric Richens, 39 years old, was found dead in the couple's bedroom in |
| 1:27.0 | Kamas, Utah on March 4th of 2022. |
| 1:30.7 | According to the autopsy, he had five times a lethal dose of fentanyl in his system. |
| 1:36.9 | The medical examiner determined it was illicit fentanyl, street drugs, not medical grade. |
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