A Utah mother convicted of murdering her husband writes a children’s book about grief, ‘Are You With Me’

Kouri Richins, the author of the self-published children’s book “Are You With Me,” tells the sad story of being found guilty of aggravated murder of her husband, who he poisoned with fentanyl. Kouri Richins published the book a year after her husband, Eric Richins, was killed in March 2022. She spiked his cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. The jury deliberated for three hours before announcing the verdict.Richins, a real estate agent who was deeply in debt, wanted to leave her husband but stayed because of his money, prosecutors said. She was planning a future with another man and had a life insurance policy taken out on her behalf without her husband’s knowledge. Prosecutors showed the jury text messages between Richins and Robert Josh Grossman, with whom she allegedly had an affair, in which she fantasized about leaving her husband, getting millions of dollars in a divorce and marrying Grossman.

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Richins’ search history included “what is the lethal dose of fentanyl, luxury prisons for wealthy Americans and what is written on the death certificate if someone is poisoned.”After poisoning her husband, she called 911, which prosecutors said was not “the sound of a widowed wife.” “This is the sound of a wife turning into a black widow,” they said. Before his arrest in May 2023, Richins self-published a children’s book about coping with the loss of a parent. During the case, the lead investigator revealed that she actually paid a ghostwriting company to write the book for her. The book, which says it aims to create peace and comfort for bereaved children, tells the story of a young boy who questions whether his father is there for him during special moments like birthdays, Christmas and the first day of school.