Kouri Richins Trial: Every Development Before Jury Selection Begins

Jury selection starts February 10th. Trial begins February 23rd. And the real fights — Crozier's recantation, O'Driscoll's witness texts, a timeline the defense says is impossible — are just getting started.

Judge Richard Mrazik denied the defense's second venue change motion, finding a fair and impartial jury can still be seated in Summit County. Prosecutors pointed to 830 potential jurors who said they hadn't heard of the case or hadn't followed it — nearly half the questionnaire pool. The defense claimed only 72 viable jurors remain. The court disagreed.

Kouri Richins is charged with aggravated murder in the 2022 fentanyl death of her husband Eric in Kamas, Utah. Prosecutors allege she spiked his cocktail with five times the lethal amount after a failed attempt on Valentine's Day two weeks earlier. The alleged motive is financial — her realty company owed at least $1.8 million while Eric's estate was worth roughly $5 million.

Her case appeared in a January 2026 Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin warning law enforcement about domestic partners using chemical and biological toxins to kill. DHS documented seventeen cases since 2014 with at least eleven deaths — substances like cyanide, antifreeze, fentanyl, and eye drops chosen because they mimic natural illness. The bulletin specifically cited Richins' upcoming trial as part of this accelerating national pattern.

What makes this case so well-known traces back to the allegations themselves. A children's book about grief written after Eric's death and before her arrest. A six-page jailhouse letter allegedly laying out fabricated testimony. Nearly $2 million in life insurance policies. And Robert Crozier — the drug source who now says under oath he never sold fentanyl at all.

Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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