Children's Grief Book Author's Murdered Husband Suspected She Was Having An Affair

perezhilton.com:

Remember the author of that children’s book about grief — the one who was just arrested for the murder of the husband she wrote about grieving?

Well, his family is speaking out, and they have a lot of disturbing details to share. As we covered last week, Kouri Richins of Kamas, Utah was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in connection to the death of her husband, Eric Richins, per court docs.

As the investigation has unfolded, officials discovered she allegedly fatally poisoned the 39-year-old by spiking his Moscow Mule with five times the lethal amount of fentanyl.

He died just hours after consuming the drink in their bedroom on the night of March 3, 2022. Meanwhile, Kouri was in their children’s bedroom sleeping until she woke up at 3 a.m., found him unresponsive, and called 911. Related: ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow Found Guilty Of Murdering Her 2 Children When paramedics arrived, she claimed she’d tried CPR (though they thought that was unlikely given the state he was in) and suggested he had a problem with substance abuse in high school (his friends and family had never heard of such a thing).