Mormon Mom CHARGED W/POISONING HUBBY 'DEAD BY COCKTAIL' CLAIMS RIGHTS VIOLATED
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 16 March 2025
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Summary
Kouri Richins' defense alleges that the Summit County Sheriff’s Office illegally obtained evidence while investigating the death of Eric Richins.
Defense attorneys Kathy Nester and Wendy Lewis say detectives violated Richins' constitutional rights and argue that the evidence should be ruled inadmissible during her murder trial.
At the center of the motion are the "Walk the Dog" letter and data from her phone and Apple accounts. Defense attorneys argue that investigators took Kouri’s phone without a proper warrant and failed to inform her of her right to remain silent, her right to request a lawyer, and her right to refuse questioning.
The case began when Eric Richins became violently ill on multiple occasions after having dinner with his wife, Kouri.
The couple, who owned a successful real estate business, was celebrating a big sale when Kouri Richins prepared a drink for her husband. She then went to care for their children. Hours later, when she went to bed, Eric Richins was dead.
Investigators believe his wife killed him by putting a fatal dose of fentanyl in his drink. Police also discovered that Kouri Richins attempted to change the beneficiary of her husband's life insurance policy.
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- Jeffrey Wolf - Criminal Defense Attorney; Twitter: @JeffWolf5280 and @WolfLawLLC
- Dr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta GA.- Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women; Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University; Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital
- Bobby Chacon- Former Special Agent FBI, Screenwriter for “Criminal Minds;” Instagram/Twitter: @BobbyChaconFBI
- Dr. Paul Christo - Opioid Expert, Associate Professor for The John Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine; Author and Host of "Aches & Gains: A Comprehensive Guide To Overcoming Your Pain"
- Dr. Kendall Crowns- Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Lecturer: University of Texas Austin and Texas Christian University Medical School
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:07.0 | Why won't she just go away? |
| 0:09.0 | So-called Moscow Mule Mom, Corey Richens' defense is arguing that vital evidence be suppressed for a jury never to hear about it. |
| 0:20.0 | Cory Richens charged in the poisoning death of her husband, the father of their children. |
| 0:26.7 | I'm Nancy Grace. |
| 0:27.7 | This is Crime Stories. |
| 0:29.0 | Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:31.3 | In the last days, Moscow Mule Mom, Corey Richens, lawyers insist Summit County Sheriff's office illegally obtained evidence investigating her in connection to the death of her husband, Eric Richens. |
| 0:47.1 | They want data from her phone and Apple accounts. |
| 0:51.1 | The controversial letter recovered from her jail cell, commonly referred to as the |
| 0:57.0 | dog letter where she's trying to scrape up an alibi and convince people to lie for her, |
| 1:03.1 | and statements made by Corey Richens before her arrest, all three of those bodies of evidence are subject to being suppressed. |
| 1:17.6 | Repeat three motions to suppress made by Moscow Mule Mom Corey Richens. |
| 1:23.6 | One, statements made by Richens before her arrest. Two, data from her phone and Apple |
| 1:30.8 | accounts. And three, the controversial walk the dog letter. What happened to Corey Richens' husband, |
| 1:40.9 | Eric? First of all, take a listen to our friends at KU TV. This is the home where police |
| 1:46.4 | found Eric Richens dead on his bedroom floor in March. Richens and his wife, Corey, were |
| 1:51.6 | celebrating a business accomplishment the night he died. Corey made Eric a Moscow meal, which he drank |
| 1:57.1 | in the bedroom. They say Corey told authorities that she left to help one of their |
| 2:01.4 | children and returned to the bed several hours later. It was then they say she noticed Eric was |
| 2:06.8 | cold to the touch and called 911. What a horrible event to leave your husband, go fall asleep |
| 2:15.3 | in the bedroom with one of your sons. |
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