The Kouri Richins Trial (Part 2)
Court Junkie
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4.8 • 8.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Just two months after releasing a children’s book about coping with grief, Kouri Richins was arrested and charged with the murder of her husband and the father of their three children. In these episodes, we explore her murder trial, where the prosecution must prove their case.
NOTE: This is Part 2 of 3.
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| 0:00.0 | A year after the death of Eric Richens, investigators received a copy of a book that had just been published. |
| 0:08.4 | Towards the end of March 23, did the Summit County Sheriff's Office receive an anonymous Amazon delivery of the book? |
| 0:18.9 | Yes. A package showed up from Amazon with a copy of the book and also a little standard sticker that you can leave a personalized message on with a gift when you send something. |
| 0:29.8 | Did detectives investigate who anonymously sent the book? |
| 0:34.3 | Yes. |
| 0:35.2 | Subpoena was sent to Amazon to request the information on who the sender was, and it came back as Lisa Darden. |
| 0:42.0 | Lisa Darden was Eric's mother-in-law. She's Corey Richon's mom. |
| 0:48.0 | Did detectives investigate who wrote the book? |
| 0:52.5 | Yes. |
| 0:54.8 | Who wrote the book? Check. Who wrote the book? |
| 0:56.5 | Checks in the 4-1-4-3 and hearsay. |
| 1:02.3 | Overruled. |
| 1:03.2 | Go ahead. |
| 1:05.3 | We found text messages in the, I'm sorry, in Ms. Richon's phone, between her and a contact named |
| 1:15.7 | Book Writing Lane, who was a book writer, publisher of some type, regarding them writing the |
| 1:23.7 | book for her. Are they a ghost writer? Yeah. The title of the book was, |
| 1:28.8 | Are You With Me? And it was a children's book, reportedly written by Corey, to help Corey |
| 1:34.9 | and Eric's three children deal with the loss of their father. Included with a copy of the book |
| 1:41.2 | that was sent to investigators was a note that read, |
| 1:45.2 | There are two sides to every story. This is the true Corey, a devoted wife and adoring mother, |
| 1:52.4 | thought you should know. But just two months later, after a year-long investigation, |
| 1:59.0 | police arrested Corey for the murder of her husband. |
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