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Kouri has been charged with Aggravated Murder and Attempted Murder in this case. She also has 26 charges of fraud that are part of a separate case.

Timeline:

• June 15, 2013: Kouri and Eric Richins marry.
• 2015-2020: Kouri begins having financial problems and was taking money from Eric. He consults attorneys and places his estate under the control of his sister.
• Jan 2022: Kouri changes the beneficiary of Eric's $2 mil life insurance policy to herself and purchases prescription meds from a friend.
• Feb 11, 2022: Kouri acquires fentanyl from the same friend.
• Feb 14, 2022: Eric and Kouri have dinner at home and Eric becomes ill. Eric tells a friend he thinks Kouri tried to poison him.
• Feb 26, 2022: Kouri contacts the same friend for a 3rd time and asks for more fentanyl.
• March 3, 2022: Kouri claims she and Eric were celebrating a real estate deal she had closed. She made Eric a Moscow Mule and Kouri claims he ate a THC gummy.
• March 4, 2022: Kouri claims she woke around 3am and found Eric deceased. The autopsy revealed there was five times the lethal dosage of fentanyl in Eric's system.
• April 2023: Kouri self-publishes a children's book about coping with grief to help her 3 sons.
• May 8, 2023: Kouri was arrested for murder and 3 counts of possession of drugs.
• March 26, 2024: An additional charge of attempted murder is added for the Valentine's dinner. Fraud charges were also added.

Please see this article for a much more in depth timeline on this case.

ABC4: Kouri Richins complete timeline in murder case