Richins Trial: Inside the Prosecution's Case Against Kouri
The state says Kouri Richins poisoned her husband with fentanyl. They've presented their evidence to a jury—and you've got questions about whether it's enough to convict. Carmen Lauber testified she bought fentanyl for Kouri four times. She claims Kouri told her it was for an "investor"—a story that falls apart under any scrutiny. The prosecution is treating that cover story as evidence of pre...
17m Mar 02
17m
Guthrie Case Q&A: The Questions Nobody Can Answer
Fifty thousand tips. A million-dollar reward. A suspect's face broadcast nationwide. And four weeks later—nothing. No identification. No arrest. No Nancy. You've been asking questions about the Nancy Guthrie case, and honestly, they're the same questions we've been asking ourselves. So let's get into it. Is Nancy Guthrie still alive? What does a month of silence with no ransom demand tell us? ...
32m Mar 02
32m
Kouri Richins Trial: Memes, Recanted Testimony, and the 15-Minute Gap
"I'm rich." Three memes allegedly found on Kouri Richins' phone the morning her husband Eric's body was removed from their home. Their three sons were still upstairs, unaware their father was dead. The prosecution's opening painted a devastating picture: $4.5 million in debt, an affair with Josh Grossman, Caribbean vacation plans for one month after Eric's death, nearly two million in life in...
1hr 47m Mar 02
1hr 47m
Nick Reiner: Three Legal Doors, One Impossible Choice—Inside the Defense Strategy
The not guilty plea wasn't a claim of innocence. It was the defense buying time. Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing both parents to death in their Brentwood bedroom. His public defender entered a standard not guilty plea—which in California keeps every option on the table while psychiatric evaluations continue. The defense now has three potential paths:...
30m Mar 01
30m
Nancy Guthrie: The Prior Visit That Proves Premeditation—And Why No One's Been Arrested
He came to the property before. He saw the camera. He left. Then he came back with a plan. Law enforcement sources confirmed the doorbell camera images span multiple visits. At least one image—showing the suspect without his backpack—was captured on an earlier reconnaissance trip. The theory is he got spooked by the camera and returned with weeds to obscure it. Criminal defense attorney Bob M...
1hr 33m Mar 01
1hr 33m
Monique Tepe: The Long Shadow of Coercive Control and the Body That Never Forgets
She was at a football game in Indianapolis. According to the unsealed affidavit, surveillance footage shows Michael McKee walking through the Tepes' yard that same day. Monique left at halftime. There's no documented tip-off. Her body just knew. That's not paranoia. That's what years of alleged coercive control do to a human nervous system. This episode examines the long shadow—what life look...
30m Mar 01
30m
Kouri Richins: Why the Prosecution's Fentanyl Supplier Just Became Their Biggest Problem
Carmen Lauber claims she sold Kouri Richins the fentanyl used to kill Eric Richins. She's been granted immunity. But her supplier, Robert Crozier, has recanted his statement and now says whatever he sold wasn't fentanyl. No pills were ever recovered from the Richins home. No pills were ever tested. The physical evidence that should anchor this prosecution doesn't exist. Criminal defense attor...
1hr 3m Mar 01
1hr 3m
Michael McKee: The Surgeon's Two Identities—Public Credentials, Alleged Private Terror
It doesn't start with control. It starts with everything you've ever wanted. The constant texts. The overwhelming attention. The "I've never felt this way about anyone." It feels like being chosen. Being seen. Being the center of someone's entire world. That's the trap—because what feels like devotion in month one is actually reconnaissance. This episode maps the escalation of coercive contro...
32m Feb 28
32m
Nancy Guthrie: Inside the Investigation's Shift From Surge to Long-Term Task Force
The surge is slowing. After weeks of round-the-clock operations with four hundred investigators, sources say the Nancy Guthrie case may transition to a smaller, sustainable task force. The family has been briefed on the change. And the questions that remain unanswered are significant. The DNA recovered at the scene hit no match in CODIS. No vehicle has been connected to the crime. Two individu...
54m Feb 28
54m
Nancy Guthrie Week in Review: The Forensic Problems Nobody's Talking About—And the Pressure Building on the Suspect
We've been covering the Nancy Guthrie case since the beginning. This week, we step back from the daily updates and assess the investigation with two retired FBI experts who've been in rooms like this before. Jennifer Coffindaffer delivers a forensic reality check. The DNA from inside the Nancy Guthrie home? It's a mixture. Family, landscapers, service workers—all contributing to a sample that ...
36m Feb 28
36m
FBI Analyst Breaks Down Kouri Richins' 911 Call, Children's Book, and Jail Cell Letter
FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke spent his career reading deception in real time. His "Tempo Tells" framework identifies verbal and nonverbal deviations that reveal when someone is performing rather than authentically responding. In this episode, we apply that framework to fourteen months of Kouri Richins' public behavior after Eric's death—ending with her May 2023 arrest. The 911 call is c...
44m Feb 28
44m
The Shame Doesn't Belong to You — Reclaiming Identity After Abuse | The Tepe Story
Shame is the abuser's final weapon — and it's the one that keeps working long after they're gone. Shame for staying. Shame for not seeing it sooner. Shame for what you tolerated. Shame for needing help. That internal voice telling you you're weak, stupid, broken — that's not your voice. It was installed by someone who needed you to believe you were the problem. Put it down. Not all at once. Pi...
17m Feb 28
17m
Kouri Richins Trial: Robert Crozier — Ex-Dealer Testifies for the Prosecution
Robert Crozier, Former Drug Dealer, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a tra...
54m Feb 28
54m
Kouri Richins: Prosecution vs. Defense Evidence Battle & Nancy Guthrie's Vanishing
Two cases where the evidence tells competing stories. Both reaching moments that will define what comes next. In the Kouri Richins trial, both realities exist at once. The prosecution has motive evidence that stacks to the ceiling: five times the lethal fentanyl dose, a forged life insurance policy, a boyfriend she booked a Caribbean vacation with for the month after Eric's death, texts wishin...
49m Feb 28
49m
Kouri Richins Trial: Anna Isbell — Witness Recalls Phone Call About Fentanyl
Anna Isbell, Acquaintance of Kouri Richins, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense ...
27m Feb 27
27m
Nancy Guthrie Case: When the Sheriff Becomes the Story
The Nancy Guthrie investigation should be about finding an 84-year-old woman taken from her home in the middle of the night. Instead, the sheriff leading the case has become the story himself. Former Chief Deputy Richard Kastigar told the Daily Mail that Sheriff Chris Nanos has "great disdain" for the FBI and holds a grudge from a 2015 investigation. The president of the deputies' union says i...
14m Feb 27
14m
Kouri Richins Trial: Carmen Lauber — Day Two of Fiery Cross Part 2
Carmen Lauber, Former Richins Housekeeper, continues to be cross-examined in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, t...
52m Feb 27
52m
Kouri Richins: Prosecution Reveals Damning Timeline of Premeditation
The prosecution's case against Kouri Richins isn't just about fentanyl. It's about a timeline that points to planning. Months before Eric's death: Kouri books an all-inclusive Caribbean vacation for herself and her boyfriend—checking in the month after her husband would be dead. Weeks before: She texts that boyfriend, "If he could just go away and you could just be here, life would be so perf...
18m Feb 27
18m
Kouri Richins Trial: Carmen Lauber — Day Two of Fiery Cross Part 1
Carmen Lauber, Former Richins Housekeeper, continues to be cross-examined in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, t...
1hr 22m Feb 27
1hr 22m
Anna Kepner: Stepbrother Charged With Homicide — The Case the Feds Won't Unseal
Anna Kepner's sixteen-year-old stepbrother has been charged with federal homicide. The FBI won't confirm it. The DOJ won't comment. But a custody battle just exposed everything. A February 20th filing in Brevard County, Florida, revealed the teenager was charged on February 3rd, 2026, by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in connection with Anna's death aboard the Carnival ...
13m Feb 27
13m
Kouri Richins Trial: The Fentanyl Pipeline — What Carmen Lauber Just Revealed
The fourth day of the Kouri Richins murder trial put the prosecution's most important witness on the stand — and the defense spent the rest of the afternoon trying to tear her apart. Carmen Lauber, the former housekeeper who allegedly obtained the fentanyl prosecutors say was used to kill Eric Richins, testified to four escalating drug transactions she says she carried out at Kouri's direction....
18m Feb 27
18m
Kouri Richins: What the Prosecution Can't Prove — Eric Faddis Analysis
Defense attorney Kathy Nester told the jury something remarkable in her opening statement: after four years of investigation, prosecutors have "zero evidence" showing how fentanyl got into Eric Richins' body. This week's testimony proved her point. The Moscow mule cups at the heart of the prosecution's theory were never tested—the nanny washed them the next morning. Deputy Nguyen didn't secur...
32m Feb 27
32m
Nancy Guthrie Case: The Felony Murder Trap Waiting for Whoever Did This
This wasn't a professional job. The evidence says so. The suspect visited Nancy Guthrie's home before the night she disappeared. When he came back, he didn't know about the doorbell camera. Tried to disable it and failed. Grabbed weeds to cover the lens. That's improvisation. That's someone who thought they had it figured out—and didn't. If this was a burglary that turned into something the p...
19m Feb 27
19m
Kouri Richins Trial: Carmen Lauber — Housekeeper Grilled in Cross
Carmen Lauber, Former Richins Housekeeper, is cross-examined by the defense in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme,...
1hr 54m Feb 27
1hr 54m
The Fear That Never Leaves: Hypervigilance, PTSD, and What Monique Tepe Carried After McKee
December 6, 2025. Monique was in Indianapolis. According to the affidavit, McKee was at her house. She left the game at halftime. No documented tip-off. Her nervous system picked up a signal the rest of us would have missed entirely. This episode examines life after escape — the PTSD, the hypervigilance, the landmined ordinary moments, and the partners who inherit the fear. Spencer Tepe loved ...
13m Feb 27
13m
Kouri Richins Trial: Carmen Lauber — Housekeeper Says She Got Drugs for Richins Part 1
Carmen Lauber, Former Richins' Housekeeper, testifies in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls a t...
1hr 15m Feb 27
1hr 15m
Shavaun Scott: Full Analysis of the Guthrie Kidnapping and Richins Murder Psychology
Two cases that defy easy explanation. One expert who can illuminate what the rest of us can't grasp. Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper has maintained complete silence for three weeks. No contact with investigators. No response to the family's desperate pleas. No ransom demand. Just nothing. What does that absence of communication reveal about who has her and what they want? Kouri Richins allegedly ch...
53m Feb 27
53m
Nancy Guthrie: Investigation Shifting, Reward Exceeds $1.2 Million, No Suspect Named
Four hundred investigators. DNA at the scene. Forty thousand tips. No suspect. The Nancy Guthrie investigation has reached a crossroads. Sources say operations may soon transition from surge mode to a smaller long-term task force. The family has been briefed. Two people were detained and released with no connection. CODIS returned nothing. The backpack and gloves found near the scene led nowhe...
1hr 14m Feb 26
1hr 14m
Kouri Richins Trial: Ryan Holden — Fentanyl Test Results Revealed
Ryan Holden, Senior Forensics Scientist, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense cal...
11m Feb 26
11m
Kouri Richins: Inside the Mind of a Father Who Knew His Wife Was Dangerous—And Stayed Anyway
This is the episode I've been thinking about for months. The Kouri Richins trial just started in Utah. The headlines are all about the fentanyl, the children's book about grief, the alleged affair. But nobody's talking about what Eric Richins actually lived through—the years of psychological warfare before the night prosecutors say she killed him. According to court documents, Eric discovered...
37m Feb 26
37m
Kouri Richins Trial: Frank Root & Cheney Eng-Tow — Law Enforcement and Tech Evidence Collide
Police Detective & Digital Forensics Expert take the stand in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense call...
20m Feb 26
20m
Eric Richins Suspected His Wife—He Took Protective Steps and Stayed Married
Eric Richins took precautions. He consulted divorce lawyers. He met with estate planners. He removed Kouri from his life insurance policy. He transferred business assets into a trust controlled by his sister. He reportedly told people he suspected his wife was trying to poison him. And then he stayed. Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott examines the psychology of victims who remain in relationships...
16m Feb 26
16m
Kouri Richins Trial: Brianna Peterson — Lethal Fentanyl Dose Revealed in Court
Brianna Peterson, Forensic Toxicologist, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense calls ...
52m Feb 26
52m
The Reiner Siblings: Victims, Mourners, and Family of the Accused
She found the body. Romy Reiner, 28 years old, walked into her parents' Brentwood home on December 14th because a massage therapist couldn't reach them. She discovered her father in the master bedroom. She called 911. Hours later, her brother Nick was arrested. We've dissected Nick Reiner's case from every angle. His schizoaffective disorder. His conservatorship history. His not guilty plea. B...
14m Feb 26
14m
Kouri Richins Trial: Chelsea Gipson Part 2 — Defense Exposes Cracks in Evidence Collection
Chelsea Gipson, Lead Crime Scene Technician, takes the stand again in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defe...
43m Feb 26
43m
Kouri Richins: What the Investigation Missed — And What It Means
The defense came out swinging in the Kouri Richins murder trial and didn't waste a single minute. Attorney Kathy Nester used her cross-examination of crime scene technician Chelsea Gipson to expose a pattern of investigative gaps that go straight to the heart of the prosecution's case. A hydrocodone bottle from the victim's nightstand was never tested for fentanyl. The kitchen — central to the...
14m Feb 26
14m
Kouri Richins: Inside the Psychology of a Partner Who Allegedly Chose Murder
Why murder instead of divorce? That's the question the Kouri Richins case forces us to confront. Prosecutors allege Kouri Richins poisoned her husband Eric with fentanyl, that she made multiple attempts before the one that killed him, and that she stood to gain nearly two million dollars in life insurance while carrying on an affair. But financial motive doesn't explain the psychology. Plenty ...
22m Feb 26
22m
Nancy Guthrie: Psychologist Explains What the Kidnapper's Silence Means
Three weeks since Nancy Guthrie was taken. Her kidnapper has said nothing. No ransom demand. No proof of life. No communication of any kind. The silence is absolute—and it's the most important piece of evidence we have. The ransom notes that surfaced weren't from the perpetrator. Investigators believe those came from opportunists trying to exploit the situation. The actual person holding Nancy...
16m Feb 26
16m
Monique Tepe Did Everything Right — Why "Just Leave" Is the Lie That Gets People Killed
She left fast. Filed for divorce. Moved back to Ohio. Did everything right. And according to prosecutors, the man she fled from allegedly came anyway — eight years later. This episode breaks down the real barriers between victims and the door — financial traps, custody weaponization, a legal system that waits for the worst, trauma bonding, and the credibility gap. We examine why separation is ...
13m Feb 26
13m
Bob Motta: Three Cases, Three Legal Battles — Guthrie, Richins, Colin Gray
Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta delivers expert analysis on three high-profile cases: the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation stalling at day 23, the Kouri Richins murder trial in week one, and the Colin Gray prosecution that could reshape parental liability law. The Guthrie case has problems. Four hundred investigators, forty thousand tips—no arrest. DNA evidence stuck for potentially ...
58m Feb 26
58m
Kouri Richins: Breaking Down the 911 Call and Bodycam — What Do You See?
Forget the opening statements. Forget the attorneys' spin. In this episode, we go straight to the source — the two recordings that captured Kouri Richins in the hours after Eric Richins was found dead in their bed. First, the 911 call. Placed at 3:21 a.m. on March 4, 2022. Kouri is crying hard. She can barely form sentences. She tells the dispatcher her husband isn't breathing, that he's cold,...
40m Feb 25
40m
Nick Reiner: What "Not Guilty" Really Means in a Case Like This
Two words in a Los Angeles courtroom today. Not guilty. Entered by Nick Reiner's public defender as he sat slumped behind glass, charged with stabbing both of his parents to death. Rob Reiner. Michele Singer Reiner. Found in their bedroom with multiple stab wounds on the first night of Hanukkah. Their 32-year-old son arrested the same day, now facing two counts of first-degree murder with spec...
16m Feb 25
16m
Kouri Richins Trial: Chelsea Gipson — Defense Goes on the Attack Part 1
Chelsea Gipson, Lead Crime Scene Technician, takes the stand again in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defe...
33m Feb 25
33m
Kouri Richins Trial: Autopsy Confirms Fentanyl—But Can Prosecutors Prove She Did It?
The cause of death isn't in dispute. Eric Richins died of a fentanyl overdose—several times the lethal amount. Dr. Pamela Sue Ulmer confirmed it on the stand. No evidence of injury. No natural causes. The question is whether prosecutors can prove Kouri Richins put it there. Day 2 of this Utah murder trial featured first responders, medical examiners, and a 3D virtual walkthrough of the crime ...
21m Feb 25
21m
Kouri Richins: "I Think My Wife Tried to Poison Me" — The Valentine's Day Call
Eighteen days before Eric Richins died, he called two friends and said, "I think my wife tried to poison me." One friend says he heard fear in Eric's voice. That statement goes directly to the attempted murder charge against Kouri Richins—and it may be the most damaging evidence prosecutors have. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down the first week of the Kouri Richins trial in Summi...
23m Feb 25
23m
Colin Gray: "God, I Knew It" — What That Statement Means for His Defense
Within minutes of the Apalachee High School shooting, body camera footage captured Colin Gray telling deputies, "God, I knew it." He also said he'd been trying to get his son into counseling. Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta breaks down what those statements mean for Colin Gray's defense—and whether they're devastating admission or desperate father's guilt that a jury might understand. The ...
15m Feb 25
15m
Nancy Guthrie: Prior Surveillance Exposed — What Bob Motta Says Prosecutors Will Do With It
The Nancy Guthrie investigation just got a lot more complicated—and a lot more revealing about who we're dealing with. Law enforcement sources confirmed what many suspected: the doorbell camera images weren't all captured on February 1st. At least one image—showing the suspect without his backpack—was taken on an earlier visit to Nancy Guthrie's property. The theory? He showed up, saw the came...
20m Feb 25
20m
Kouri Richins Trial: Chelsea Gipson — What Investigators Found Inside the Home
Chelsea Gipson, Lead Crime Scene Technician, takes the stand in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the defense ca...
1hr 17m Feb 25
1hr 17m
Kouri Richins Trial: Pamela Ulmer — Autopsy Testimony Reveals Critical Details
Pamela Ulmer, Retired Utah State Medical Examiner, continues testimony in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit scheme, the ...
1hr 23m Feb 25
1hr 23m
Kouri Richins Trial: Maggie Mobeley & Pamela Ulmer — Medical Examiner’s Office Takes Stand
Maggie Mobeley & Pamela Ulmer, Utah State Medical Examiners, take center stage in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe as a calculated murder-for-profit sche...
41m Feb 25
41m