Sneak peek: The People v. Kouri Richins | Forensic Files

[Music] it's a small town it's Rural America in every way this is the family next door very
connected very loving very bonded they spend a lot of time together a happy American
couple Eric ran a successful contracting business he was involved in his boys sports
[Music] activities he was very good to the boys and he taught those boys so much Cory was a real estate agent that
also would buy and fix up and flip homes she was smart she was Savvy she knew how
to connect she was absolutely in love with Eric and absolutely in love with her boys Eric and Corey were probably at the
best place they've ever been in their marriage and seemed genuinely happy with each other they had it all I mean it was
one happy family at 3:00 in the morning I got a phone call and it was Corey and she said
get up here Something's Happened to Eric he went to sleep and never woke up she was a complete
wreck she's sitting on the couch she's just balling were they giving you a sense of
how he may have passed um so the paramedic said aneurism so we were all believing
aneurism I had saw him the day before he looked horrible he said my chest hurts so the last time you're seeing him
alive you don't think he looked very good right the lead detective in a another officer came to her house and
said they were going to close the case they're done it's an accidental overdose they communicated that
erad died of a fentanyl overdose in the weeks and months after Eric's passing how would you describe
Corey her State of Mind emotionally how was she handling things it probably took her 2 months to go back
in her own bedroom it was devastating to her she writes a children's book she did this to help her work
through the feelings with her children the book I think was 100% beneficial to the
boys then you can take a sigh of relief it's over we're done we can start living
again and then I got a phone call Cory was just arrested in Salt Lake a Summit County woman who wrote a
children's book about coping with grief following her husband's death now accused of being the one that actually
killed him I think she felt that this would be treated as an accidental overdose and
nobody was going to be the wiser he told his family if I die you need to take a look at her because I
think she's trying to kill me they're going to have to prove that she got the drugs and that she somehow gave them to
him and unless they can connect those dots they're going to have a hard time proving murder in this
case

When her husband is found dead of an apparent overdose, Kouri Richins writes a children's book about grief. Soon after she’s charged with his murder. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports Saturday, Feb. 24 at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

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Brief Summary

Corey, after writing a children's book on grief, is arrested for allegedly killing her husband Eric, initially thought to have died of an overdose.

Key points

A Happy Family's Tragedy. Eric's sudden death shatters a seemingly perfect family life.
From Grief to Arrest. Corey, who wrote a children's book on grief, is now accused of murder.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

He went to sleep and never woke up.

Corey recounts the shocking moment of Eric's death.

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