The Charges
The new charges were filed Monday by Summit County prosecutors, who allege Richins had tried to poison her husband at least once before, on Valentine’s Day. In new documents, prosecutors allege Eric took a bite of a sandwich left in his truck along with a note on that day, only to end up breaking out in hives and blacking out.
Witness testimony recounted Kouri buying the sandwich from a local diner the same week her housekeeper allegedly sold several dozen fentanyl pills to Kouri. Prosecutors allege that Kouri later returned to the same housekeeper asking for stronger fentanyl.
mortgage and insurance fraud charges for allegedly forging documents and claiming insurance benefits after her husband’s death
As I wrote, there are a lot of bad, incomplete, or rural sources. This isn’t Long Island. Above is from USA Today 3/22/24. More from ABC:
Kouri Richins was also newly charged with three counts of forgery, two counts of insurance fraud and two counts of mortgage fraud, according to the amended charging document.
Prosecutors allege that she forged her husband’s signature on an insurance application weeks before he died. The insurance policy, which became effective 10 days before the alleged Valentine’s Day poisoning, had a death benefit of $100,000, according to the charging document.
Prosecutors also claim she submitted falsified multiple bank statements when she applied for a mortgage with several companies in 2021.
May 8, 2023: Kouri was arrested for aggravated murder and three counts of possession of drugs with intent to distribute. (abc4.)