Utah mother accused of poisoning husband will remain in jail as murder trial proceeds

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A judge ruled Monday that a mother of three from Utah who authored a children's book about grief, will remain in custody throughout her trial for murder and drug charges.

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Kouri Richins knelt her head and cried on Monday as a detective testified about authorities finding her husband dead and"cold to the touch," and prosecutors argued the evidence against her was strong enough to deny her bail. While a handcuffed Richins shook her head in defiance, prosecutors questioned the detective about the housekeeper who claims to have sold her fentanyl weeks before it was found in her husband's system and the family's"bug out bags" full of emergency provisions and passports they suggested made her a flight risk unsuitable for bail.

And with members of both sides of the family sitting in the court gallery behind them, they asked the forensic accountant about Richins' personal financial struggles and the millions of dollars at stake in her husband's estate.

 

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