Did Utah mom poison her husband, then write a children's book on grief?

Friends and family expressed shock and disbelief when Kouri Richins was arrested in connection with the death of her husband, Eric, at their home in Kamas, Utah, in 2022. "I was shocked," said her mother Lisa Darden, remembering when she heard the news. "She can't be arrested." Darden believed that Kouri and Eric had a great relationship, though there were sometimes bumps in the road. Ronney Darden, Kouri's brother, said that at the time of Eric's death, "They were in probably one of the best spots I've ever seen them, um, in quite some time." A year after Eric's death, Kouri wrote a children's book to help her sons cope with the loss of their father, and the family, Lisa says, was on their way to healing. Just two months later Kouri was charged in his death. What is the real story of Eric and Kouri's marriage – a marriage that would end in tragedy? It begins at their wedding, in June of 2013. June 15, 2013: A wedding and a pre-nup Eric and Kouri Richins Skye Lazaro On June 15, 2013, Kouri Darden, 23, and Eric Richins, 31, got married in the backyard at their home in Utah. They already had one son, and their family would soon grow. According to court documents, the couple signed a prenuptial agreement that day, establishing that each party did not have rights to one another's "present or future income, property, or assets" — except if Eric died while the two were lawfully married. At that point, his stone masonry business, C&E Masonry, would transfer to Kouri. …