Why Was One PI Outpacing an Entire Sheriff's Office on the Kouri Richins Case?

Todd Gabler gave the Summit County Sheriff's Office everything he found. The phone records connecting Kouri Richins to a housekeeper with a drug history. The GPS surveillance data. The interview summaries from nearly 50 conversations. Two hard drives of evidence. He handed it all over. They shared nothing in return. Police agencies, he testified at trial, are "one-way streets."

And that one-way street ran for over a year. The criminal investigation stalled by fall 2022. The arrest didn't come until May 2023. In between, Gabler was the one identifying key figures, tipping off detectives about interview timing, and searching the Richins home after law enforcement had already packed up and left. He wasn't working with them. He was working ahead of them.

In Part 2, Gabler talks to Tony Brueski about the frustration of watching a case move slower than the evidence demanded, the moment he pushed a detective to act on a lead she hadn't followed, and what Eric Richins' family endured while the system took its time.

Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod

This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

#KouriRichins #ToddGabler #EricRichins #TrueCrime #SummitCounty #HiddenKillers #PrivateInvestigator #UtahMurderTrial #CarmenLauber #TrueCrimePodcast