Kouri Richins: Behind the Facade

5/25/202645 min

Scared of their own mother. Why the children of convicted killer Kouri Richins want her to stay behind bars. Natalie Morales reports.

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Clips

First 90 seconds

Speaker 00:00
[pensive music] This case is about a wife and a mother who found herself in perhaps a failing marriage, a business in trouble.
Speaker 10:18
What's your first name?
Kouri Richins· Soundbite0:19
Kouri.
Speaker 00:20
And took, some could argue, an easy way out.
Laura· Guest0:23
I think she really wanted to improve her life and be free and be rich and have this facade of being this successful person that she wanted to be.
Speaker 00:35
My name is Eric.
Laura· Guest0:36
My name is Laura, and we served as jurors in the Kouri Richins trial.
Speaker 10:40
Please have a seat.
Laura· Guest0:41
Kouri Richins didn't seem to me like s- someone with a very strong moral compass.
Speaker 00:47
[pensive music] Eric Richins was found dead in his home on March 4th, 2022. Eric was married to Kouri Richins, and they had three children.
Speaker 10:59
911, what's the address of the emergency?
Kouri Richins· Soundbite1:02
My husband's not breathing. He's cold. I just came into bed, in our bed, and I turned over and he's, and he's cold. He's just cold.
Speaker 01:12
So what happened today?
Kouri Richins· Soundbite1:17
I don't know. It was just fine. He was fine. I don't know, it just, it didn't... He didn't really look good.
Speaker 01:28
The family