Mother Writes Book to Help Sons Grieve Father She Allegedly Murdered | Kouri Richins Case Analysis 

Precisely

Not as easy as it sounds from the outside.

I never get this, either. If I had been poisoned more than once, I’m out and not coming back. Why does anyone wait around for someone to try something ?

@@vladimirputindreadlockrast812 I get that, but in three instances where this was the case, the victims were wealthy. It’s not like he didn’t have the resources to get away from her, so what do you think was holding him back?

The problem is that they could get custody, what kind of mother do you think she is? Have you ever had to give your child to someone you don’t trust? It’s horrible, especially if they beg not to be left. Narcissists often get pregnant immediately after marriage, or to force a marriage. They then hold the children over the other parents head. He probably stayed to keep things somewhat normal for the kids, to protect them.

Dahmer BOUGHT that book!!!

@@traybern 🫠🫠

Fava beans and a nice Chianti

Outstanding comment. 💯

@@traybern 😅🤣

THE NEXT DAY! WOW….

Yes. And what speaks even more volumes, is the book she wrote.

I wonder why she didn't think people might look at her sideways with this? When my fiance died, I was thankful for the funeral director and tell you a whole lot about the following days let alone months. I bet her sister-in-law went to the party and confronted her.

I'm sure she'll be signing her Netflix murder docuseries license shortly after this too.

The thing is that's how stupid she is, like simply that isn't "Normal" yet it didn't occur to her that she should at least pretend to grieve. OMG. I also have to say I don't get the usual creepy vibe from her which is also worrisome.

I’d still risk it all though 🥵

@@darklorddisco It’s not worth! Look’s aren’t everything.

AND was NEVER going to get ANY insurance/will money!!!!

The insurance was cancelled, she did it anyway

Doesn't Utah have execution by firing squad?

Being single is so easy and peaceful. My husband was my best friend, 30yrs together. I forgot how it felt to have silence. The first few months the TV was never on, no music, little web. I miss him and my mom. I lost 6 people close to me. Each one came with such heartache. My husband's was the hardest and still is. Maybe it's because I chose to live my life with him. I couldn't see life without him. Now it's forced upon me. This woman never loved anyone but herself. Yes, life is easier because the only person I have to take care of is myself but I sure miss laughing with my best friend. Be careful if you choose to date.

Hahaha nothing has ever been more true. Every time I get a bit lonely, I think of stuff like this

I’m so sorry for all your losses. But Thanks for sharing, beautiful to know you got to experienced a loving, healthy relationship with your husband. Don’t know the feeling of profound grief but sending you lots of healing 🙏🏽✨

Yeah the only two options are being single or murdered by your spouse

@@pyllywaltteri I think the point is that you never really know what’s going on in one’s head, which is true....

Eric believed his wife was going to poison him. She believed that nobody would catch her narcissistic self.

She has not only..one personality. ..she has sévèral...my god...

*The children are not orphaned, as their murdering mother is still alive- though it's very likely that she' will be going to prison' soon, for her terrible crimes. 😔

I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn’t eat anything around her or fall asleep near her either.

Poor guy, he was probably trying to placate her. He suspected it but couldn't believe she would actually do that to him.

He was also probably fearful of his children being with her without him.

Because successful men have no common sense

If he left and took the children and she called the police, there is a 99% chance the police would side with the woman. I’m sure he thought about it but knew the law was stacked against him.

only way it could get worse is having him stuffed at a taxidermist and posed wearing a Santa outfit for her boys to remember him fondly...

Hope their on the father's side 🙏

@@nancyhanscom1374 definitely. Especially since she assaulted her sister-in-law at her closing party for her home.

Yes, you're right; it is a very clever, special combination he is perfecting....the subtle, ironic humour that somehow manages not to trivialise the seriousness of the topic in question....and is much appreciated by us all 🤗

Agree. His snark is making me laugh.

Yes, I love his snarky ways.

Yea, it's almost like he isn't an understanding counselor anymore and has become pretty tired of people. Lol

It is called Dead-Pan Humor, and he nails it every time.

Don't know about rot in hell but if she never gets out of prison I'll be satisfied...

I think it’s good that she wrote the book. Better to have contributed one positive thing to the world instead of only murder.

​@@wilhelmhagberg4897 ..uh .. yeah .. maybe she can write a book,, "Why does Fluffy have to go to the vet one last time",, then go to the shelter and get a cat put him in a bag and throw him off a bridge...

​@@micnorton9487 lol

She DIDN’T KNOW he changed his will/beneficiaries!!!!! THAT’s why she CONTINUED with the PLAN!!!

What was she like?

Yeah what was she like

I had a former college friend commit a murder-suicide. I say former friend because I distanced myself from him after I graduated. My roommate met him working out in the campus gym. He seemed like a nice guy at first but then red flags started popping up (has a large firearm collection and seems to be obsessed with Nazi Germany). I felt bad for any female who met him on a dating site and that is exactly what happened. His life started to spiral out of control when he lost his job and his father passed away. When his girlfriend broke up with him he just snapped and went after her - murdered her then shot himself in the head.

On the other end of the spectrum, it’s weird for me to know that someone(ex boyfriend ) who threatened to kill me, (domestic violence), ended up being killed years later by his girlfriend. 😢❤😢. Too bad she didn’t see how it could go terribly wrong.

​​@@janetpattison8474 Oh wow now that is karma biting him in the arse, jesus. I lived with DV for 7yrs can't say after I finally got away that I didn't hope a tree would fall on him, or lightning hit him, car crash you know that sorta thing, hasn't happened yet, he's still out there stealing oxygen unfortunately.

Could be that she regretted her crime and recognized the pain she had caused the kids.

@Wilhelm Hagberg I think you're being way too generous, but it's a nice thought.

That we/he knows of. Not the smartest mastermind, that one...

@@janakakumara3836 that’s kind of the kicker for me… if you’re going to murder me, don’t be an idiot about it, that’s just embarrassing 😂

If he was a cat, she'd need to try at least 7 more times.

Yap and still hung in there. Like they say 3 rd time is a charm.

NO ! You’re wrong. People talking about this man staying with her after the attempted murders. Why would he do that? When men get divorced it can be worse than death. Wife gets everything, the house, alimony, child support. Wife gets rewarded for divorce. Men get a death sentence.

Divorces cost so much because it's worth it!

I can relate to experiencing a marriage like this. Once I left I never talked to my ex again. Not a word.

Glad you made it out in one piece. I remember the psychiatrist in the Depp/Heard case stating wives who threaten husbands with false DVs is extremely common. In domestic desputes, like 90%+. If a man were to report DV it's less likely to be believed by anyone. This guy probably went through this in his head, but stayed to protect the kids.

I think she also wrote the book to throw people off the track. She no doubt thought 'Who could ever possibly think I killed my husband after writing such an emotional and sentient book as a loving tribute to my deceased husband?' Personally, I think that was her Biggest motive for writing it.

@@dissidentfairy4264 I totally agree with you 100 percent. I think that was her true and main motive for writing it..to throw everyone off.

@@bellablayne4619 Exactly! Money would have been the icing on the cake for her but she mainly did it to cast off suspicion.

​@@dissidentfairy4264 ..but that's really schizo,, I mean writing the children's book with the,, demise,, of a child's father being from accident or disease or even in combat but,, when she actually bumped him off with a hot-dose Mickey... It's just sick... Truly mind-boggling...

@@micnorton9487 I agree. I don't know where all of these evil people come from!

Right? While clearly stating she wanted to kill someone with it. Also expecting to change his life insurance without him being notified - even if she did succeed, did she not think the insurance companies wouldn't investigate his timely death afterwards?

Exactly. Apparently, murderers do not watch the ID Channel, 20/20, 48 Hours, or Dateline. These murders are like reruns but with different characters. I feel so sad for her sons. I hope they can stay together. ❤

Yeah she’s not obviously not a criminal mastermind

Apparently she was trying to say that he had a secret drug addiction.. and accidentally overdosed. All they have to do is test his hair strands and see he doesn’t have any regular opiate use. People like her think they are smarter than everyone else.

Yep. Stupid

She probably never thought she would be caught.

Exactly my question!

The children and his religion.

He didn't leave because the law is always on the side of the Mom and he wanted to make sure the kids are safe. If he had walked out he would lose access to the kids

That’s exactly what I was thinking!!

Yes, and knowing that, why would he stay and let her do it and leave his children with this woman? Both of them just seemed to not care about their kids at all. He's gone and she's going to prison, what a legacy and horrific memory to leave your kids with. I hope these boys can move past this.

💯 exactly

Yeah??! tf let her mix him a cocktail?

Maybe he wanted to die

@chrissyknowsitall5170 maybe - just maybe - Eric DIDN'T keep taking food and drinks from Kouri. (nobody ever witnessed her actually make the lethal cocktail and give it to him, did they?) maybe, after the incident with the sandwich that made him violently ill, Eric decided to never again eat or drink anything Kouri handled/prepared outside of his presence. maybe Eric had gotten into the habit of doing that so consistently and for so long that Kouri began (and had a long time) to teach herself how to close/reseal open drink bottles so that, apart from advanced forensic inspection, it was impossible to tell they had already been opened. maybe Eric made the lethal cocktail himself and brought it to bed with him, taking (what he thought was sufficient) care to examine the bottle of each ingredient he used in order to ensure that Kouri had not tampered with it, all the while being completely unaware that she had already contaminated one or more of them with fentanyl...and he died, not due to being dumb enough to consume a drink his wife had made for him but, rather, as a result of not knowing how skilled she had ultimately become at disguising an opened drink bottle to appear as though it had never been opened at all. maybe. just maybe.

@arciphera I do feel so bad like I'm victim shaming. Bye far this isn't his fault at all. And I never want to come off like that. But him telling family members he feels like his wife is trying to poison him and getting so sick after eating food from her. I mean, come on!! Those are some serious 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩!!! But bottom line is she killed the father of her kids. Just get a divorce!!!

NO ! You’re wrong. People talking about this man staying with her after the attempted murders. Why would he do that? When men get divorced it can be worse than death. Wife gets everything, the house, alimony, child support. Wife gets rewarded for divorce. Men get a death sentence.

Not only cause of trust issues to the max, but women such as her is why I stay single. I'd rather be lonely and alive than hopelessly in love and dead. Sad but true

@@turkeydoctor5546 More men kill themselves because of loneliness than are murdered by their wives.

@@MrAerohank Haha, yeah, prob way more.

Same. Alcoholic drinks make it easy to disguise a deadly drug. If you suspect that your wife is trying to kill you and poisoning your food wasn't enough to do it, why on Earth would you accept an alcoholic drink from her? That part, just doesn't make any sense to me.

@@turkeydoctor5546 more men murder their wives than wives murder their husbands.

It’s not as easy as that though to get out like that

It happened 6 days after he told his friend this. Making fun of someone for getting poisoned by a person who he loved is a weird way to try and get a laugh and superfluous likes with a snarky comment is a weird way to get that fleeting dopamine hit a couple likes from a bunch of soulless assholes

@@charlyhammond5280 But it would be feasible, if not easy, to never eat or drink anything that your prospective murderer prepared.

@@kevinhornbuckle reread your comment, what super sense must one possess to know things before they happen?

@@madeleineprice3556 The man twice told other people that he believes his wife was trying to kill him, after having ingested food or drink which made him immediately ill. So he needed no super sense to predict that it could happen again - only common sense.

Denial. Excuses, justifications, downplaying

Lack of finances. Issues with child custody. It can cost $50,000 to divorce a narcissist. Do you have that? It’s ugly.

You underestimate how strong denial can be... especially when it comes to the thought of the person you love thr most trying to end your life.

NO ! You’re wrong. People talking about this man staying with her after the attempted murders. Why would he do that? When men get divorced it can be worse than death. Wife gets everything, the house, alimony, child support. Wife gets rewarded for divorce. Men get a death sentence.

She didn't just want to not be with him, she wanted to get all his money.

@@horsepanther did you miss the whole greed part? 😁. I said that at the beginning to underscore how awful this crime was.

Online dating is a full-blown disgrace!! I'm thirty-eight.

Yes, you DEFINITELY are. I've done LOTS of solo traveling, and plan to do more. LOTS of people do it.

Good luck. You'll need it, lots of it.

@@hydrohasspoken6227 Uh thanks. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I really liked this one as well. I think Covid has probably benefitted this sort of channel as well. I know I have changed my viewing habits since pre covid ; I spend much more time on RU-vid and much less time going out now. I only do you tube no other social media and I do keep a healthy work/life/ social balance though, for anyone worried !

With a divorce you only get half

It's better than staying with her and being murdered like their father though

Good point. However, if shes evil enough to do what she did, he could assume she would go ballistic with the news and possibly hurt him and their kids? Maybe he didn't want to "set her off".

I think he would have been terrified of her reaction if he had told her he changed the will back. Either way, she was gonna get him. It’s really too bad he didn’t leave her. Of course, he may have been terrified to do that.

Are they Mormons?

Thanks for sharing that. Sounds like he stayed to keep the kids safe, but payed the ultimate price. RIP Eric

@@007Taylor I don’t know, as my daughter is not LDS. 🤷‍♀️ it’s not a topic we have discussed.

@@007Taylor I read somewhere Eric’s family are in the LDS Church. Not sure about Eric though

Apparently she got life insurance policies for the children as well. Who does that?

Sure you can, military men and women do it all the time.

I'm so sorry he didn't pack his suitcase a week sooner. The life insurance incident was clue enough. But what you say makes sense.

Oopsie! Another reason I love working from home! 😂😂😳

Huh??

Usually, someone with a Master's degree has more options for a career than becoming a real estate agent. Nothing wrong with that career, but I doubt that's a first choice of most people with a Master's degree unless they got a Master's in selling real estate.

😂😂

Lol! Mormons drinking was my “click.”😂

Been in R.E. 25 years. Earned far more every single year than those with Masters Degrees.

That movie was extremely disturbing.

This comment made me realize how old I am 😂 that movie scared the sh*t outta me when I was a kid 😂😂

Sometimes I wish I had that kind of confidence. But then I realize it’s better to be competent and insecure 😂

A lot of wealthy people think laws are for poors

Join the club.

Makes me grateful to have never married.

This is so true. Fathers are treated so badly. I feel sorry for these poor men. The law needs to change all over the world, and give them their rights,as they do for wemen. It's not justice for the children and their fathers.

Insane in the membrane!

I know....[oor kids.....

Mothers almost always get the children. Would you feel like they would be safe? He sacrificed himself for his kids.

​@rhondasisco-cleveland2665 How can he protect his kids when he's dead? Did he have the confidence that if she killed him, she would be successfully charged and convicted so she wouldn't have custody of the kids? Sorry, that makes no sense.

Probably didn’t want to believe it but it bothered him enough to change his will.

Do you always blame the victim?

I read that he made his sister the beneficiary (who is also to be the guardian of his kids should he die)

It's been a few days . I've been wanting for his analysis :(

This perplexed me too but maybe it didn’t happen with the Moscow Mule.He may have ingested it from something she laced that he got ahold of…. This is puzzling.