A mother who wrote a book about grieving to help her sons is now on trial accused of killing her husband

Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who gained attention for writing a children's book about grieving, is on trial for the 2022 murder of her husband, Eric Richins. Prosecutors allege that she killed him with a lethal dose of fentanyl hidden in a cocktail, motivated by a desire to escape financial ruin and start a new life with another man.

Kouri maintains her innocence and claims her husband died of a drug overdose from THC gummies, evidence suggests she had been removed from his will and had fraudulently taken out life insurance policies shortly before his death. The case has drawn interest due to the irony of her publishing a book on coping with loss while allegedly being the cause of her family's tragedy.