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Stephanie Cruz

Kouri Richins Murder Trial: Prosecutors Cite Secret Boyfriend, Fentanyl and $7.5M Debt as Motive

Kouri Richins Murder Trial (Credit: Screenshot from KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City)

Robert Josh Grossmann wiped his eyes, put his head down, and muttered 'oh boy' as intimate text messages between him and Kouri Richins lit up the courtroom screen. The judge offered a break. Grossmann didn't know if he wanted one.

Two weeks into Richins' murder trial in Park City, Utah, that moment captured what prosecutors have been building toward. A woman with a secret boyfriend, a house-flipping empire bleeding cash, and a husband who died after drinking what they say was a fentanyl-laced cocktail. Richins, 34, is charged with poisoning Eric Richins on 4 March 2022, according to CNN.

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