Author accused of murder is said to have contacted lover via text message before her husband's death

The accused woman assassination her husband and then writing a Children- Book about grief: She allegedly sent text messages to a secret lover hours before her husband died.

Eric Richins, 39, was found dead in her Utah home in 2022. His wife, mother of three Kouri Richins, appeared on a local television show to talk about his death and the memorial book she wrote, “Are You With Me?”

Kouri told authorities she found her husband “cold” on the floor of their bedroom.

Prosecutors allege that the 34-year-old killed her husband by lacing his Moscow Mule cocktail with fentanyl and that she also sent messages to her lover in the weeks before her husband's death.

“I just want to lay on the couch and cuddle you,” Kouri wrote in a text message, according to court documents. “Watch a murder documentary and cuddle.”

The night her husband died, Kouri texted her boyfriend, saying, “I love you.”

Prosecutors also allege that Kouri once tried to poison Eric's Valentine's Day sandwich.

“The defendant spends Valentine’s Day with her lover,” the prosecutor said in court.

Kouri denies killing her husband.

Prosecutors outlined the charges against her in a pretrial hearing and the judge ruled Tuesday that there was enough evidence to put Kouri on trial.

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