The Sinister Secrets of Kouri Richins: A Toast to Die For!

it was supposed to be a celebration a toast to success but when Eric Richins took that final sip of his Masco mule he wasn't just drinking a cocktail he was unknowingly sealing his fate in what would become one of the most chilling True Crime cases of our time Ki and Eric Richins seemed to have it all a picturesque life in the Serene mountain town of commas Utah three beautiful children prosperous careers from the outside they were the perfect couple in in the American dream but behind closed doors a dark and twisted story was unfolding one that would end in tragedy and leave a community in shock Kori Richins a successful real estate agent had built a reputation as a driven professional and a devoted mother but beneath the polished exterior was a woman facing a financial storm one that threatened to unravel everything she had worked for so she came up with a plan as Sinister as it was coldblooded on the night of March 3rd 2022 Cy proposed a toast Eric had just closed a significant business deal and she wanted to celebrate a Masco mule his favorite cocktail was the drink of choice as she handed him the glass Cory watched as Eric took that first sip her smile masking The Deadly Secret that only she knew what Eric didn't realize was that his loving wife had lace the drink with a lethal dose of fent or five times the amount necessary to kill him but this wasn't the first time K had tried to poison her husband just weeks earlier on Valentine's Day she had mixed something into his drink that made him violently ill Eric had confided in a close friend afterward saying he suspected KY was trying to kill him yet in the Name of Love he had dismissed the thought chalking it up to paranoia or a bad reaction to food little did he know that his suspicions were not only valid but just the beginning of a deadly plot so on that March night after handing Eric the Fatal cocktail KY tued her children into bed and retreated to another room claiming she needed to be with one of the kids she returned to their bedroom hours later around 3:00 a.m. only to find Eric cold and unresponsive frantically she dialed 911 her voice filled with what appeared to be genuine Panic the paramedics arrived swiftly but it was too late Eric richens was declared dead at the scene the the initial cause of death was suspected to be a heart attack and for a moment it seemed that Ki might get away with murder but then the autopsy report came back and everything changed the toxicology results showed an extraordinarily high level of fenel in Eric's system enough to stop his heart in its tracks this was no accident the authorities knew it and soon they began to unravel the web of Deceit that Ki had spun but why would a wife a mother a successful woman resort to such a heinous act the answer lay in the one thing that has motivated countless crimes throughout history money Cory was drowning in debt and Eric was worth far more to her dead than alive she had taken out multiple life insurance policies on him totaling nearly $2 million she was also in the midst of a heated battle over a $2 million mansion she desperately wanted to purchase a decision Eric had vehemently opposed for CI killing her husband was the key to solving all her problems but cow's greed didn't stop at life insurance policies and real estate deals after Eric's death she sought to paint herself as a grieving widow she even wrote her children's book about grief titled are you with me a twisted attempt to profit from the very tragedy she had orchestrated the book was meant to be a guide four children dealing with the loss of a parent a chilling irony given that ceri was the reason her own children were now fatherless so as investigators dug deeper they uncovered damning evidence that pointed directly at Cory she had been in contact with a drug dealer purchasing fenel under the guise of needing the Michael Jackson stuff a reference to the drug that had famously claimed the pop star's life her digital footprint left a trail of premeditation from the fenal purchases to the meticulous planning of Eric's final moments in May 2023 more than a year after Eric I's death Ki was arrested and charged with first-degree aggravated murder and three counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance the charges sent shock webs through the Titanic community of commas and the nation watched in horror as the case unfolded but Kori didn't Flinch she pleaded not guilty maintaining her innocence even as the mountain of evidence against her grouw her trial is set to be a spectacle one where the dark underbelly of a seemingly perfect life will be laid bare for all to see so the question remains what drives someone to commit such a calculated and heartless crime was it desperation greed a desire for control whatever the reason KY richin story serves as a chilling reminder that sometimes the most dangerous threats come not from strangers but from the people we trust the most the people we love as the trial approaches the world waits to see if Justice will be served but one thing is certain Eric Rich's death was not an accident it was the result of a cold and calculated plan executed by the person he should have been able to trust more than anyone and in the end it was that trust that cost him his life this is the story of Ky Richins a woman who turned a celebration into a death sentence and a marriage into a murder plot the toast that Knight was supposed to be for success but instead it was a toast to die for remember be captivated terrified and intrigued stay curious stay Brave stay haunted thanks for watching I'm Ethan Blackwood signing off from murder media please check out our other true crime videos available now