The Difference Between Guilt and Grief
That Mrs. Richins “wrote the book with your children” was confirmed in the promo on Good Things Utah. It is a children’s book, not many words and not that hard to write, particularly if you are doing it while gauging your kids’ reactions. You would need an illustrator, which she did, but she also used a ghostwriter.
The connection is, she uses people. Same with her relationship with Carla (C.L.).
Writing the book, if she had done it herself, is a worthwhile if not noble exercise. She lied and said she wrote it.
I was trying to think. What is it that bothers me about the house?
First, you wouldn’t be there if you are not a part of the LDS community–you don’t have to necessarily be Mormon, but you want to live among them. That includes a lot of repression, anxiety, conflict, and the like. Very oddly, this is not mentioned in the coverage. The Richins family are old-time homesteaders. The guy who pops-up frequently as their “spokesperson” is really the family lawyer. They are connected, inbred, and powerful. They are joined in and with the church.
The Darber family, they identify as Mormon too, is from the other side of the tracks. Kouri Richins, nee Darber, earned an undergraduate degree in healthcare management and a masters in human resources and worked as a housecleaner. She is the smart one in the family and a consultant and leader. She is ambitious and a hard worker–she worked in healhcare and as a cashier at Home Depot too–in the different place that is Utah. There are not a lot–any–Fortune 500 companies in Utah and prospects for women may be harder for entry-level women too. Kouri Richins wanted more.
As for the larger and imposing Richins family, there was the prenuptial agreement presented by Richins’ mother on their wedding day. To the Richins family, Kouri was looked down on. Their family, or the family, would always be more important than her family.
Second, the house was Eric Richins’ before the marriage (and they had a son together before the wedding). Seemingly, he still owned it, and that would still stand according to the prenup. It is masculine and reflects a male-dominated household, i.e., the LDS way. The giant unattached garage and paved yard are unusual, but they accommodate the snowmobiles, ATVs, gun locker, and probably other toys, expenses, and hobbies of the husband. The other side of the yard is a big white privacy fence with what looks like an instructions sign affixed. In between are some planted aspen and wood chips; perhaps partially because of wind, everything else is stone or concrete. Dog kennels, a synthetic basketball court, there are no flowers, yardwork, or feminine touches. Not only can you see the owner’s company in his wardrobe (almost everything has the C&S logo), you can see it in his home.
It was a bad, unequal marriage. As a matter of course, Kouri Richins was cut out in lieu of his family. The hunting, trucks, etc. was only going to get worse as the boys got older.
The prescription drugs that Ms. Richins took is not a good sign. Neither is Mr. Richins taking a THC gummy every night while she cared for the kids. There’s this pressure to marry and raise kids. Eric Richins had already failed once.
It is not fair to denounce the dead. No one deserves to be murdered. Eric Richins failed in his second marriage too.