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Podcast Summary: Rotten Mango Episode #270
Episode Title
Children’s Book Author Writes About Losing Husband - Then Gets Arrested For His Murder
Overview This episode delves into the sensational case of Kouri Richins, a children's book author who gained media attention for her book on grief after the unexpected death of her husband, Eric Richens. Shortly after her television interview, she was arrested for his murder, leading to widespread public intrigue and speculation.
Key Points
Introduction to Kouri Richins
- In March 2023, Kouri Richins appeared on a Utah news segment discussing her new children's book titled *Are You With Me?*, which aims to help children cope with the loss of a parent.
- Kouri shared her experience of losing her husband, Eric, which elicited emotional responses from viewers and the news anchor.
- Soon after the interview aired, staff members received anonymous tips accusing Kouri of murdering Eric.
Background of Eric Richens
- Eric Richens was a well-regarded figure in Summit County, Utah, known for his hard work and outdoor lifestyle.
- He had a successful masonry business and was involved in his children’s lives, coaching their sports teams.
- Eric had a tumultuous previous marriage that ended in a painful divorce, and he was protective of his new family.
Relationship Dynamics
- Kouri and Eric married in 2013, and despite initial happiness, their relationship faced challenges, especially regarding financial decisions and a prenup.
- Kouri allegedly stole money from Eric and had been secretly changing beneficiaries in insurance policies.
- Tensions heightened when Kouri insisted on purchasing a $2 million unfinished mansion, which Eric opposed vehemently.
Circumstances of Eric's Death
- Eric was found dead on March 4, 2022, with discrepancies in Kouri's account of the events leading to his death raising suspicions.
- Initial 911 calls revealed inconsistencies regarding Kouri's CPR claims and her description of their activities leading up to Eric's collapse.
Investigation and Arrest
- An autopsy determined Eric died from an overdose of illicit fentanyl, with police investigations revealing Kouri's suspicious actions, including recent Google searches related to drugs and insurance.
- Kouri reportedly sought fentanyl pills shortly before Eric's death and had been involved in drug transactions with a known dealer.
Legal Proceedings
- Kouri was charged with aggravated murder and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.
- Following Eric’s death, Kouri attempted to claim life insurance payouts and filed lawsuits against Eric's family, believing she was entitled to assets that Eric had transferred to a trust.
Public Reaction and Ongoing Developments
- The case gained significant media attention, leading to online speculation about Kouri’s motives, her children's well-being, and her previous behavior.
- The narrative has sparked discussions about familial loyalty, the impact of wealth, and the psychological aspects of Kouri's alleged actions.
- Kouri pled not guilty, and the trial proceedings are closely followed by the public.
Conclusion The episode closes with reflections on the tragic outcome of the Richens family and the ongoing legal challenges Kouri faces. The host emphasizes that the three children are the victims in this case and highlights the emotional toll on the family.
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Key Takeaways
- Power Dynamics: The financial and emotional struggles within Kouri and Eric’s marriage played a significant role in the events leading to Eric's death.
- Family Loyalty: Eric's family's protective instincts towards him led to serious legal disputes after his death.
- Media Influence: Kouri's initial portrayal as a grieving widow sharply contrasts with subsequent revelations of her alleged criminal actions.
- Cultural Context: The case touches on broader issues regarding grief, mental health, and the potential for manipulation in relationships.
Additional Information
- Resources for Help: The episode includes links for listeners who may struggle with drug use disorders or related issues.
- Future Updates: The host encourages listeners to stay tuned for updates on the case as it progresses through the legal system.
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Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:02Let's talk about March 2023. So this is a recent case. This is an ongoing developing case. There's this news network called... 2023, so a couple months ago. A few months ago. Oh, wow. Yeah. There's this news network in Utah called Good Things Utah. And it's kind of like a feel-good segment. That's what they do. So they bring on people from Utah and they interview them about their lives. And at the end of the interview, you just feel better about life. You feel like there's hope. There's something to look forward to. So they had this woman on the show. Her name is Kori Richens, and she's like this new breakthrough author in the children's book space.
0:39And she's like in a very interesting niche. So her whole thing is that she writes children's books about grief. She's teaching her kids how to grieve the loss of their dad. In the interview, there's like a live audience. There's viewers at home that are watching and listening to how Kori's entire life had changed in the span of like, oh my gosh, just a few moments. she went from being a wife to a widow. She went from like being a mom to this huge family of five. So they have three sons together. And now she's a single mom trying to cope and trying to teach her kids how to process these very, very big emotions that, you know, dad is no longer here because he's passed away.
1:20So you're talking about three sons and two daughters? No, no, just three sons. You say five kids? Family of five. Oh, family of five. She said it was really hard to find like a children's book on how to cope with grief, right? She said, I just watched the struggle that my kids were going through. But I just wanted some story to read to my kids at night. And, you know, I just I couldn't find anything. So I thought, let's write one. She stated, you know, grief is about making sure that their spirit is always alive in your home. It's explained to my kid that just because dad's not here and he's not present with us physically, it doesn't mean that his presence isn't with us.
1:57Dad is still here, just in a different way. The interviewers, they all feel their eyes starting to water because, I mean, just listening to how shocked she felt, I mean, he passed out of nowhere. It was so unexpected. It wasn't a slow death. It's not like he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. She was blindsided. And to help her kids through that, it just felt like a lot. And she said that writing this book was a welcome distraction. It was a way for her to put all of these emotions into something that could help other people, into something that was beautiful. And cut. The cameras were off.
2:34The interviewers, they shake Corey's hand and they give her words of encouragement like, your sons are so lucky to have you. You're an amazing mom. Don't sit. No, you're doing the best you can. And they know that it's going to get easier. They're saying all these nice things. The host of the show, they see Corey off. and they start to head back to their office. They sit down, open up their laptop, and they get a new notification. An anonymous email. All it said was, you know she killed her husband, dot dot dot. A fellow news anchor would also receive a private message on her Facebook just a few days later, a few days after the segment went live, and the whole message, it just read, you need to investigate her.
3:20She's a suspect in the husband's murder. the staff at Good Things Utah had just spent the day with an alleged murderer and had absolutely no idea and soon they would find themselves back on the topic of Corey Richen's new book but this time they would be updating their audience that she was in jail for murder this is the case, the viral case of the quote child book killer as always full show notes are available at rottenminglepodcast.com A few things to note, at the time of filming this, this case is still ongoing and there are new developments like every day, every single week. I mean, truly, this case has a couple of upcoming hearings and I'm guessing it won't go to trial for quite a few months, but there's been a lot of new things that have been coming out.
4:07There are also three young kids involved in today's case and we're going to be protecting their names, their identities for the purpose of this episode. and since the trial has not concluded yet, the individual in custody has yet to be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. So any new evidence that comes up could refute some of what we know now, some of the evidence that we have as of now. And lastly, today's case does touch on the topic of drug use disorders. So if you or anyone else is struggling, links to the resources will be listed in the show notes. So with that being said, let's get into it.
4:41March 7th, 2023. a new children's book hits the market. It's titled, Are You With Me? Written by a grieving widow. She had lost her husband, and she and her three sons are coping with the grief. They're coping with the loss. And she said that she wrote this book to help other kids and other parents that are in the same situation, and they just, they don't have anything to read their kids and to help them get through the pain. The summary of the book reads, a heartwarming and reassuring book that gently guides children through the difficult experience of losing a loved one. Written by a loving mother who personally faced this challenge, this book is designed to offer comfort and solace to young minds in a way that is both accessible and engaging.
5:26Are You With Me follows the story of a child who has lost their father, but who is reminded of his presence still exists all around them. Are You With Me is a must-read for any child who has experienced the pain of loss and for parents who want to provide their children with the emotional support that they need to heal and grow. A story of hope, healing, and the unbreakable bond between parent and child. Wherever you go, whoever you become, their love remains with you. I mean, it's very emotional. It's very loaded. But her social media, the author's social media and Google searches tell a completely different story.
6:04At first glance, the author has all the social media dedications you would expect from a grieving widow. She had the Facebook caption that read, Life is just so damn hard without you here. The cards I have been dealt seem like a game that just cannot be played. Hashtag please come home. But when you dig deeper, like if you go on her Pinterest account, you would see that she had a new Pinterest board titled Wedding that was just added 22 weeks before her husband's death. A what? A Pinterest board titled Wedding that she had created 22 weeks before her husband died. So six months. Yes, but just to give you some clarification, they got married years and years ago and they had no new plans to renew their vows.
6:50They don't have a daughter or family member that was getting married around that time. And even if she did, it was a bit strange because most of the Pinterest pins inside that wedding board were like wedding lingerie. They all kind of had these sexual undertones. 22 weeks before her husband died, she created this board, allegedly. Now, coincidentally, around that time, she had also allegedly been pinning quotes that would read, sometimes it's just better to let things be. Let people go. Don't fight for closure. Don't ask for explanations. Don't chase answers. And don't expect people to understand where you're coming from.
7:26Like, very heated. She also pinned one that says, you can't change someone who does not see an issue with their actions. You can only change how you react to them. But her Google searches get a lot more blatantly suspicious. The same author that went on to Good Things Utah to talk about how she grieved the loss of her husband and how to remain strong for her kids, she was allegedly found Googling, what is a lethal dose of fentanyl? Death certificate says pending. Will life insurance still pay? What? Can cops force you to take a lie detector test? How to permanently delete information from an iPhone remotely?
8:06And maybe the most important one in her perspective, luxury prisons for the rich in America. Shut the front door. I'm serious. Wow. Yeah. So, did we find out what's the luxury prison? No, okay. I mean, if you want that in your Google searches, be my guest. But I mean, it's kind of crazy that this is after her husband's death. She's allegedly Googling all of these things. Oh, this is after? Yes. The same woman that wrote this Are You There children's book. So did this woman murder her husband and then write a book for grief for her kids, for other kids? So let's dive into the viral case of Corey Richens.
8:49And she was the evil wife, that's what they call her, to a man named Eric Richens. So Eric is the oldest of the Richens family. And you're like, okay, what does that even mean? So if you live in Summit County, Utah, you might know how important that is. The Richens are one of the largest, most prominent, well-known families in Summit County. Yeah, they're very wealthy. Very wealthy. But they're not like your stereotypical rich family. It's very interesting. So the Richens were, they were known for generations of hard work and making a name for themselves. They kind of give me Southern vibes, like in the best way possible.
9:22like they have the generational wealth but um this is what people say and i think they mean it in like the best way possible they're just good honest country people they're people that like to be outdoors they're not really like your rich city people like trying to shop at louis vuitton every day they're just very they're into like animals and being outside they even had buildings named after them in the town but they were not really in it for the money okay i mean to a degree I'm sure they were, but they weren't obsessed with like flexing and spending all this money. It helped, but they were just very dedicated people who were very into having a strong work ethic.
10:01So their whole family was brought up on family, faith and hard work. So Eric is the eldest son and he grew up on the Richens family ranch where he would actually care for the animals and the livestock. So his parents never let him slack. They were like, we don't care that you're the eldest kid. We don't care if you think you're like an AR. You're not going to slack. Like not in my life, okay? So they worked him pretty freaking hard. He spent countless hours just helping his dad haul hay, feed the animals, mend the fences. He's like working this ranch. And probably a direct result of this is that Eric ends up a very outdoorsy person.
10:34Like he loves anything in the great outdoors. Anything to get his hands dirty. It's in nature. I'm talking cross country, sports, hunting, construction. Like he loved all the motor sports. probably not formula one maybe formula one but like um he loved like atv-ing like that kind of motor sports so like when you think of boys and their toys like you think of trucks and nerf guns but like men and their toys are just bigger versions of that okay so he like loved the guns the boats the snowmobiles the atvs and this is exactly what eric loved to do in his free time he was not afraid to get dirty he was always on the go he owned like four wheelers side by sides trucks snowmobiles i mean just a whole very expensive collection of toys and due to his hobbies he actually broke some records in the family yeah yeah he had the family record for the most rolls in a vehicle most wheels no like he would crash and roll oh yeah that was like a thing okay they count it so i guess if you roll twice that's like two rolls on your sheet are you talking about accident yes just like pure accident he had the most collisions in a motorized vehicle record for that in the family and after an accident he had the record of the family member with the most amount of stitches he had 200 stitches on his face after an accident yes and according to his family and friends there was like never a dull moment around this guy whether it be him showing up to a family dinner with no socks and no sleeves on his shirt and you're like um eric you're missing sleeves i know like it it looks like you like ripped them off he's like oh yeah i was driving down the countryside there was no bathroom so i had to use that i went outside and you get it okay so sometimes he'd call you and you'd have the most casual conversation like hey eric what's going on and he'd just act like nothing's going on and then at the end before you hang up he's like so by the the way, I'm upside down in an ATV right now.
12:38I need you to come pick me up and probably let the authorities know. You're like, okay, maybe you should have told me this in the beginning. So he just, he was someone that really liked to surprise people. You know, you just never knew what you were going to get with this guy. So after graduating high school, Eric goes on a two-year mission trip to Mexico City and he learned Spanish fluently. I'm telling you, this guy lived like 25 different lives and everyone in Mexico City called him Rico while he was there. And they did it in a very like endearing way everyone there could feel his appreciation for latin culture and they just really liked the guy okay he was a people person but not even the way that most people are like meaning people person means like you're good with people eric didn't even have to try i think that's what made people like him he was just very naturally likable he was a walking party even when it came to serious things like work working with eric was always a good time eric would come back from his mission trip and he started his own business with a good buddy of his named Cody Wright.
13:38So the two start this successful masonry business from the ground up. It was called C &E Stone Masonry. They would essentially install walls, but it's not like the walls that you're thinking. It's not drywall, but I'm talking these crazy concrete walls, these stone walls like outside of your home, kind of more aesthetic, like very fancy fireplaces, patio walls, walkways. Typically they worked with stone okay so you know like those like very intricate yeah i mean it's considered like a specialty contractor they were more like artists than anything and they're really good at what they did people were constantly coming for them to sign big projects on massive homes office buildings everything from what i could tell eric seems like the type of person that i would want to work with because you know when you're like in this construction business and you're hiring a contractor and you're debating between two firms, there's just always that person that doesn't make you feel dumb and you feel like they actually care about your home and they're like trying to sit you through every single process.
14:39They're passionate. They're patient. That's Eric. He put 100 % of his effort into every little project that he had, including falling in love. Eric's first marriage was to a woman named Julie. They were married in 2005. They divorced four years later and people said the divorce was really bad like really really um the word that they used is unsavory it did not end well and just two years after their divorce julie was killed when she was rear-ended from behind by a massive truck going 70 miles per hour julie's death is not completely unrelated to this case okay it has nothing to do with eric's death but i would say that it's related to this case because let me just give you the rundown her killer was a man that was high on marijuana.
15:25He literally had smoked it in his car and the smoke had frosted up the window and instead of slowing down when he couldn't see, he sped up and was going 70 miles per hour when he hit Julie and she ended up passing away. Now, like I said, the tragedy is not directly linked to Eric's death, but I would say that it's a huge part of Eric's life. We don't know exactly how he was impacted by his ex-wife's passing, like sudden passing, but I imagine it did something. I imagine it was emotional to a degree. And a big part of how Eric's family responded to that, especially Eric's mom, they just got fiercely protective of Eric.
16:06Like I think it just, you know, when you see someone who's so kind and is such a nice soul and they go through so much heartache, it's almost this primal instinct where you're like, I gotta protect this person. I literally have to shield this person so that they don't experience any more hardships in life because they don't deserve it. that's kind of the feeling that Eric's family had. So Eric was heartbroken and the family feels really, really bad. Yeah, it seems like it. So by the time that Eric is 32, he's divorced. He wasn't really dating much. He didn't have children, which he wanted. And he was just so focused on his work.
16:44That's all he was doing. I think it was just hard to find someone that he clicked with. Especially as you get older, you become stronger in your beliefs and what you like and who you are as a person, it's harder to be impressed by someone. Like it's harder to find someone that ticks all the boxes. Home Depot changed everything. Eric is at Home Depot. Again, because he's a contractor, he's always at Home Depot and he goes to the same one every single time. He actually had an older family friend, Linda King, that was working at Home Depot as a cashier. She's like the mom, the mom of Home Depot. That's how everyone saw her.
17:18All these contractors would come in every day for work She would take good care of them. Even if her line to check out was the longest, all of them would wait in line to have their little moment with Mama Linda. And Linda really, really favored Eric. She said, you know, working at Home Depot, you get a lot of these contractor guys, and some of them are really aggressive. Some of them feel like you don't know what you're talking about. Some of them get so upset when you do one thing or they got to wait a little. Never Eric. He was never mad. I mean, even if he had to wait around for an hour for something, never mad he'd just walk around talking to people yeah just a very nice guy he was so kind he would uplift the mood at work even though he doesn't even work at home depot and one day linda spots eric in her line as usual but as he's waiting he keeps kind of like side-eyeing the next cashier over the new cashier she's young she's pretty and before he could put all of his things down on linda's belt she's like ah go check out over there go oh my god go to the pretty young girl's cashier gang go over there he smiles and he goes over there and he ends up getting all of his things and a date with cory his soon-to-be wife and soon-to-be alleged killer linda thought he was kind of perfect like back when they first started dating they were so adorable they were so patient with each other they had like the same sense of humor linda said they were glued to each other.
18:48I mean, I thought it was perfect. I thought it was a fairytale romance. I mean, that's what I thought in my pea brain. There was not an inkling that they were bad for each other. Like not even a single little inkling. In fact, this is a story people would go around telling others about. Like how cute is this? Wealthy contractor business owner is at Home Depot. His older family friend encourages him to check out with the young pretty cashier. They get married. I mean, it sounds like a dream, right? And the fact that it was Corey, it made a sense to a lot of people, at least at the time it did. Corey was like the it girl in her little neighborhood.
19:22Everyone who knew her said that she was the prettiest girl in town, the prettiest girl in the area. She was also very, very smart. All of her co-workers, including Linda King, would always tell her, don't be a cashier. You got to go do things, you know? You can do it. Go. But that's easier said than done. Corey didn't actually quit until she married Eric, and most likely through his financial stability, she was able to pursue a new career. She became a realtor. Side note, we don't know too much about Corey other than her dad seemed to be in and out of her life. He passed away three years prior to them meeting and Corey was raised by her mom.
19:59The one thing that we know is that Corey was a freaking hustler. Corey was an incredibly hardworking person and this probably helped her match up with Eric. She was constantly working as like assistants at hospitals. She tried her own hand at a cleaning business. All the while, she's in college getting her healthcare admin degree. She's working at Home Depot. She's trying to follow her dreams of being a realtor. Like this woman worked a lot of jobs. And back then, Linda remembered being so proud of Corey. Like just all the accomplishments that she had after leaving Home Depot. She watched them get engaged.
20:32She watched them get married in 2013. She watched them welcome three young sons into the world. they were like the ultimate happy ending family fairy tale.
20:46So Eric grew up in this very religious household and the whole Richens family, they were members of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints and they continued this into the marriage. It seems like both of the couple, they were quite religious and they were people of faith. We're going to come back to that later. Now, the two settled down in Kamas, Utah. I think I'm saying that right. And the town is very like sleepy suburbia. It's almost as if the town exists in its own little bubble. Like nothing really ever happens in a place like this. But the day that Eric and Corey Richens got married, something did happen.
21:21Something that would cast a forever shadow over their whole relationship. On the day of the ceremony, allegedly, Corey was approached by the matriarch of the Richens family. So Eric's mom. She comes by and allegedly she had Corey sign a prenup. and you're like, Stephanie, I don't see the problem with this. Neither do I. It just kind of makes sense, you know? The Richens family, they're wealthy. Corey is just starting off in her career. This is Eric's second marriage. And those who saw Eric go through his first marriage, I think it's alleged that he didn't have a prenum with his first marriage.
21:52And it said that he was drained of his love, hope, spirit, and a whole lot of cash after his first marriage. So, I mean, it kind of makes sense. It doesn't feel all that weird. To Eric's mom, she's just trying to protect her son. She's just trying to make sure that he doesn't go through this same thing over again. You can't really blame her. And Corey did not object. She's like, yeah, absolutely. I'll sign whatever you want. Let's sign it right now. So the document and their wedding certificate were signed June 15, 2013. Under the terms of the prenuptial agreement, if Eric and Corey were to be divorced, Eric's assets and Corey's assets would be split as if they were before they were married.
22:33So basically, all of Eric's wealth would go back to Eric. Any houses, rental properties that he had, they would all be Eric's. Any cars, vehicles, all of that. And then Corey's wealth would stay Corey's. It's definitely a bit more complicated than that because there's like community property and all these things. But that's the main gist. What was Eric's was Eric's and what was Corey's was Corey's. Now Eric's mom ensured that there would be no mistake in case of a divorce. Like there would not be another repeat of Eric's first marriage. Under the condition of Eric's death, however, And this is pretty standard in prenuptial agreements.
23:08Everything that the couple had, including everything that Eric had, would go to the widow or the widower. Again, very normal for a prenuptial agreement. Because, you know, when you divorce, of course, you don't want your partner to get your things, I guess, because you're divorcing because you don't like them, right? But when you die, you want to make sure that they're taken care of. So in the case of Eric's death, all of his assets would pass on to his wife to ensure that she would have enough to support any offspring that they had. Now, most people drafting prenups don't assume that their spouse is going to kill them for it.
23:42And clearly, Eric's family, they all had Eric's best interests in mind. There was no way for them to think that that specific clause would become suspicious or twisted or demented later. Again, it's very normal in prenups. However, allegedly, Corey remembered that clause from the beginning. Allegedly. Like literally the day that they signed their marriage, it was probably very clear to her that her husband, Eric Richens, was more valuable to her dead than he was alive. Here's the crazy thing, though, okay? The prenup was just there. It's there for protection. It's not like he was cheap about their marriage or their relationship or even their family.
24:28Like Corey got a lot of financial benefits being married to Eric. She was living in a multi-million dollar house that she wasn't really paying for. She got work connections. She had the ability to buy her kids whatever they wanted. Eric made sure that his family never wanted for anything. Like he was not shy about pouring his money into the family and even pouring his time. Like not just financially, he would spend a lot of time with his sons. He did his absolute best. in any sport that his son was in, like all three of his sons, because I'm sure they're doing all different sports. They're all in different grades.
25:00He was always the assistant coach or the head coach on every single team. And all the other little boys were so jealous. He was the cool dad that everyone was. He was always involved. He was so good at sports. They're like, dad, why can't you be that good? Come on, get up off the bleachers. Look at Eric. That's the type of dad. And parents even loved him too. because Eric was not the type of captain that would go in there and be the coach and be like, okay, I'm going to put a spotlight on my kids. I'm going to make my kids look good. He actually encouraged every single kid to do well. And he was just so excited to take his kids fishing, to help them learn archery.
25:40He was just obsessed with being outdoors and he brought his sons into it. He just really knew how to manage his time and he had a very successful business on top of all of this. It said that he would even help his wife, Corey, with her business ventures too. So side note, I hate attributing a woman's success to a man or a husband. But I do think that Eric helped a lot in her career. And let me tell you why. When you're a realtor, especially in a place like Utah, Utah from what I hear is such a well-connected place. Everyone knows everyone. Everyone's got a friend in every industry, right? To build up your clientele, so incredibly difficult.
26:19but very very quickly Corey was successful in selling and closing in a lot of luxury homes in Utah my speculation is I imagine the Richens had a lot of wealthy friends so it's probably quite natural for them to be like oh you're buying a house well Eric's wife is a realtor like here let me give you her number she was doing so well in fact she started her own real estate company called Kay Richens Realty in April of 2019 wow yes so again And very, very hard for a new up-and-coming realtor to make that much progress. Yeah, yeah. She starts her new venture and it's flipping homes. It made a lot of sense business-wise.
27:00So with Eric's contracting business, his knowledge in the industry, his connections, and Corey's real estate license and her ability to gauge prices in the area and see what's up and coming, it just kind of made sense. So she's doing very well herself at this point. Yeah, very well. She's making money, has her own business. Like, it doesn't seem like she's struggling financially. Not at all. Yeah. So on paper, they were like the power couple duo of real estate. And it said that they made quite a bit of money flipping homes. And I'm sure that, well, I think, I speculate, this is a personal speculation, that most of the money would be going to Corey because it's under her business.
27:39And like the prenup, Corey's wealth is Corey's wealth and Eric's wealth is Eric's wealth. So they would purchase these cheap homes, renovate them, put them up for sale for so much more than what they bought it for, and they would pocket the profits. Then they would repeat. Both seemed to be involved in the business, and a lot of times it would lead to fights. The most recent one prior to Eric's death, literally like days before Eric's death, was about a McMansion from hell. Let me tell you. Okay, this McMansion from hell is a$2 million mega mansion, but the type of ones that look mega produced over scale, a mini castle, but just like you go on Photoshop and you just widen it and you lengthen it.
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28:20It just looks like a very kind of a weird looking house. It's a McMansion. It's a pretty tacky home. But not only that, for$2 million, it's not even finished. It's just walls and windows. There's no drywall on the inside. Everything is that like scratchy wood. There's no flooring. There's no lighting. I mean, it looks like the house is probably made from very cheap materials. Just everything looking at pictures of this house, it screams a money pit. And I'm not even in the real estate business. The house is sitting on nine acres of un-landscaped land. There's no pool. There's no landscaping. There's no fence, no gate.
28:58And it's not in an established neighborhood. It's if you look at a Google Maps picture of this McMansion from hell, it's smack dab in the middle of nowhere literally in the middle i would be terrified to live in the middle of nowhere like that and i'm not talking the middle of nowhere as in like oh my god it's like the countryside no that's beautiful i'm talking it looks like you drive off a highway and there's like businesses nearby and you drive down a road and then it's just your house no other houses just like you and nine acres of unfinished land and an unfinished home can you just imagine how much money needs to be poured into a project like that to flip it.
29:35And then when you flip it, imagine how small your clientele, your potential buyer pool becomes because how many people buy $10 million homes? How much could you really sell it for? And the amount of time that you would have to pour into this project, it would just, it would be a behemoth to finish. It was honestly a dumb idea. Everyone who knew anything about real estate was like, that's a really dumb idea there's a reason that no one's buying that unfinished house and she bought it she was like i need to buy it she just love it she loves it 20 000 square feet of unfinished home in the middle of nowhere and eric is like that is the dumbest business idea i've ever heard in my life we are not buying that like that's not happening there was even a guest home that's also unfinished like Can you imagine the shit show that you are getting yourself into?
30:26The black hole of money spending. Oh my gosh, I don't even know if banks want to be involved in this. It was bad. And you would think that if Corey is going to take advice from anyone, it would be her husband who has a very successful multi-million dollar business that's connected to this industry, that's almost directly related to the real estate industry. Corey was hooked on this house. Hooked. I don't know if she thought this was going to up her prestige in the business world, where she goes from a regular house flipping person to a real estate developer, if that's what she's imagining in her head.
31:07I don't know why she's hooked on this home, but she's like, a dog barking up a tree, cannot get over this house. Now, can I just say something? I don't even think that she's that great at her job. so i don't think that she would be capable at flipping this two million dollar house and that's a personal opinion but um i will back it up with something lawsuits were filed against cory by a couple who bought a home from her and they stated that the house was sold to them under the impression that it was fine but it had significant leaks and toxic mold growing in the home and it said that these were pre-existing conditions due to improper installations so these are hazardous levels of fungus in the basement as well as other areas of the residence and they didn't find out through inspection no i guess not and it's then that's inspection's problem okay okay but they're saying that cory knew oh she withheld information yeah and then she like covered it up oh that's shady yeah so that's what they're alleging in the lawsuit i don't know where it's gonna go because you know when it comes to stuff like housing it can get very emotional and i don't know what's going on but i'll just say i don't know if she knows exactly what she's doing so just just bear with me eric vehemently denied his wife's request to purchase and flip the mcmansion from hell i feel like he had to be involved he was involved for some reason it's not like cory could just go and close on the house herself he was involved and i'm not exactly sure why and i'm sure it's going to come out during the trial so the two are fighting so much about it that eric decided that he would just go ahead and pretend to buy the house.
32:39He would put in a super low ball offer on the McMansion from hell just so he could show Corey, like, look, I'm doing something, all right? But he had zero intention of closing on this house. And if you've ever purchased a home, it's typically a long, drawn-out process where you have banks, inspectors, realtors, everybody's involved. Putting in a low ball offer is basically doing nothing because most likely the sellers won't take it. And even if they do, there's contingencies, there's inspection periods. It's a lot. So Eric tells his family that he has no intention whatsoever of actually purchasing this home.
33:13He was going to be telling Corey very, very soon. So that means Eric is about to deliver some very bad news to Corey. March 4th, 2022, Eric is found dead. And there is a discrepancy in the 911 call. Some say that it is more than a discrepancy. it's a blatant sign of guilt but I will let you come to your own conclusions. March 4th 2022 3 a.m 9-1-1 what's your emergency? The call was coming from the Richens residence and Corey was explaining to dispatch that her husband was cold on the floor of their bedroom and she was freaking out she thought that he was dead. She explained how she had gone to sleep in one of the son's rooms because one of the sons was having a nightmare and she had just snuck in out at like 3 a.m.
34:02to go back to the primary bedroom to sleep in her own bed, and she found her husband, the love of her life, cold, dead on the floor near the base of their bed. She told them that she tried to do CPR, but he was cold. He was cold. Police cars, multiple police cars, ambulances, they all show up to the residence, and they're lighting up the entire calm suburban street with chaos of the worst kind. I mean, emergency services they run, and they're performing life-saving measures on Eric Richens, but it was too late. 39-year-old Eric would be found dead. There was nothing more that they could do. And after a moment of silence for Eric, after the medical team and the police felt that, that like disappointment of having to tell another grieving family member that their loved one is gone, they noticed it.
34:56The discrepancy. Corey, the wife, had been telling dispatch and the officers that she had performed CPR prior to their arrival. But there was blood dripping from Eric's mouth and his body was seemingly untouched. Because the blood was so clean, like if he had been performing CPR, he would have smeared a bit. They did not believe that she had performed CPR on her husband. Now, this alone is not enough to kickstart an investigation into someone, but that someone is the wife. So you have to admit, it's a bit strange. You would imagine that most people's responses would be to freak out and cradle their loved ones in their arms and like, you're doing everything that you can.
35:34You're panicking. You're doing CPR. You're shaking them. You're trying to do everything. Even if you don't know how to perform CPR, you would most likely try to mimic what you see in movies or in documentaries. I mean, of course, there's exceptions to this. Like if there's been a clear homicide, maybe, maybe you wouldn't perform CPR. But in this sense, your husband who is healthy out of the blue collapses and you don't attempt CPR, but you tell people you did. It's a bit strange. Now, another discrepancy is that the police asked Corey what they were doing that night. And this is just like a preliminary like questioning of like, we just want to fill in the blanks.
36:10We don't really know what's going on. This isn't a homicide investigation as of right now. We're just trying to figure out. And she said, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. So earlier today, we were celebrating closing on a new home for the business. They're like, what? Closing on the$2 million house for the business. So at first, the police did not think anything of this because they didn't know that the couple were fighting about this. But she continued. You know, our three sons had gone to bed and we were going to wind down. Eric asked for a drink and for some THC edibles. so I served him a Moscow Mule which is like a vodka based cocktail with lime juice and ginger beer and she brought him an edible they're hanging out having a blast and then one of the sons wakes up and is like oh my god mom I can't go to sleep I had a nightmare so Corey goes to tuck him back into bed she's reading him a book and she falls asleep on her son's bed she states very clearly that she left her phone charging in the primary bedroom then she wakes up at 3am sneaks back into the primary bedroom and discovers Eric on the floor.
37:14So the first discrepancy is she said that she performed CPR. Police do not believe that. Later, the authorities find out that they would not be celebrating the closing of this house because Eric never wanted to close on this house. So that's another discrepancy. And what's crazy is the day after Eric's death, Corey Richens would close on that$2 million McMansion from hell. And with that, the police would slowly but surely unravel the ups and downs of the couple's very dangerous relationship, including the Greece incident. Let's talk about the Greece incident. So as a sister, I have a sister who's married.
37:52I can kind of tell when my sister and her husband are going through some rough patches. And it's typically like my sister will tell me about it or I just kind of get a feeling that they just seem more tense. And most likely it's like an unforeseen life obstacle. Or like when they first had kids, their identities are shifting, they're becoming parents. But nothing is too alarming about it. Like you expect that in a marriage. It's not going to be great all the time. But Eric's sisters were shocked at just how bad Eric's marriage was getting. He informed his sister that he would be making her the beneficiary of his will and estate.
38:27So even if he died, Corey would be getting nothing. Wow. Yes. Not only was he going to make her the beneficiary of his will but he was going to move all of his assets into a trust a living trust that she would be the benefactor of or the whatever of has he done it yet yes he did it three years before he passed away like secretly secretly wow and of course the sister's gonna ask like oh my god like whoa what's going on why would you make me i mean you can trust me i'm not gonna say anything and i'm not gonna do anything with your money but something must be going on like you don't just do that you don't just do that to your wife if nothing happened.
39:08He states that Corey had allegedly started stealing from him back in 2016. She was taking money from Eric's accounts and racking up debt in his name without him knowing. Allegedly doing so so she could fund these really bad real estate house flipping ventures that he was not on board with. Corey had allegedly pocketed$100 ,000 from him, borrowed over$30 ,000 from his credit cards, and borrowed about$250 ,000 by using a fraudulent power of attorney. Basically like signing for personal loans because she had power of attorney. Yeah. Okay. She forged his initials on documents that allowed her to act on his behalf without his knowledge.
39:48Court documents filed by prosecutors don't disclose the exact date that Eric found out about Corey stealing, but we know for sure that by October 2020, Eric had met with a divorce attorney and an estate planner. It's said that Eric confronted her about it and Corey admitted to taking the money She apologized to her husband and all of that, but she probably had her fingers crossed behind her back because she just kept doing it. Like, she was not going to stop anytime soon. Allegedly, she went as far as taking money that Eric had set aside for federal taxes. Eric's sister would hear about this in bits and pieces throughout the years.
40:23And however, something in 2020 would scare Eric so profoundly that he opened up to Katie and told her everything that had been going on behind the scenes. So you know how Eric changed his will so his sister would be the beneficiary instead of Corey? He also changed his life insurance beneficiary. He made his business partner, Cody Wright, instead of Corey the beneficiary. The reason being is he felt like if he passed, the money from the life insurance would buy Eric out of the business so that C &E would still go on to be successful without selling to a third party, without bringing in another partner.
41:00so I mean this just is another thing that shows how much Eric cared for the people in his life and this is another thing like I was saying the prenup is there but Eric was not a cheap person he was not someone that was stingy and nickel and diming because he was rich and you were not like he genuinely cared for the people in his life money was not the ultimate end game for him he cared about his legacy and his business and all these other things
41:28in january 2022 just a few months before eric's death cory had found out that eric had removed her from the life insurance policy she allegedly logged into eric's life insurance account and changed it back changed it from cody back to herself that's crazy that you can just change it like that i know like what that should not be okay yeah what yeah so after finding out about this eric is feeling very uncomfortable he draws up a new living trust to give him some peace of mind and he did this without telling cory he changed all the beneficiaries from literally everything from cory to his sister katie and his business partner cody wright and it's important to note that Corey would not even be able to think about touching his business if he passed.
42:19He made sure of it. He was adamant about it. The Richens' family legacy ran deep. The Richens, the siblings, they were raised to be fiercely loyal. So it was very clear that Eric trusted his sister and Cody way more than he did his own wife. And this distrust would be confirmed in early 2022 when Eric was alerted that Corey had gone into his account and changed it back to her name, right? So this is just, this is bad. He's letting his sister know everything that's been going on. He's like, she knows now. And I don't know what she's going to do now that she knows. So as of right now, just to make it very clear, Corey knew that he had changed his life insurance beneficiary to his business partner.
43:02But as of the day of his death, she is under the firm belief that the prenup is still in place and that she will still be the beneficiary of all of his assets. So his assets are one thing, his life insurance beneficiaries are another thing. She had no idea that he had transferred all of his assets to a living trust. Eric confided in his sister that he was afraid that his wife would kill him for his money. Now, this concern is undeniably valid. Not only would Corey receive the house, the kids, the cars, all of Eric's snowmobiles, the man toys that he loved a lot. She allegedly would also gain half of his business that's estimated to be millions of dollars.
43:39and I think a reported total of at least four different life insurance policy payouts. Payouts reportedly bought between 2015 and 2017, only two years after they were married, and aggregate death benefits were close to$2 million. That's just cash. Which, side note, Eric didn't even know about half of these life insurance policies. Corey had bought them without him knowing just two years after their marriage. Again? Can you do that? I guess so. Like you can just buy life insurance for someone without they knowing? I don't think you can. Or maybe she forged it. Yeah. And you know, people who kill for life insurance policy, I don't understand because this day and age, that's like the number one thing police are looking for.
44:25Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And there's a million ways to find out, right? Even if it's years in advance, like, come on. Or one day when the technology gets there. Yeah. Yeah. I mean. I mean, it's crazy. So, I mean, it just sounds very fishy to me. Like, hey, we just got married. We're both young. We have no health issues. I got a prenup that says I get more money if you're dead than alive. Let me secretly buy some life insurance policies. I don't know. Personally, I think it's weird. Moreover, allegedly in late January of 2022, Corey Richens applied for a new$100 ,000 life insurance policy on Eric Richens' life.
44:59It was issued on February 4th, one month prior to his death. Eric's family told investigators all of this and what happened in Greece let me tell you what happened in Greece a few years ago the couple went on a vacation to a vacation in Greece and one night while Eric was on vacation he calls his sister in a panic the sister alleged that Eric believed that Corey had just tried to kill him by giving him a drink that caused him to be quote violently ill Eric reportedly told his sister that he thought Corey had tried to poison him there's even a picture of them coming back from Greece and netizens have picked this picture apart stating that Corey's smile, it looks strained.
45:39It looks like she's forcing it and she's really thinking, why didn't it work? Why is he still here? Listen, I don't know about the picture, but I will say when you are at a stage where you get sick after drinking something and you think that your partner is trying to kill you, there's something going on. Like, I don't think that's just a crazy thought. That's your gut. You're like, something weird is going on. It must be so fishy. There must be such suspicious activity going on. So he tells his sisters that and that's exactly what they think too. Like no partner comes to this conclusion unless, unless.
46:15So they get back from Greece and it was alarming but the sisters said they can't really do anything about it because Eric seemed fine. He didn't seem like he wanted to talk further about the incident and so everyone just kind of assumed maybe he was being dramatic, maybe they had gotten into a fight and he had gotten food poisoning while traveling and it just all kind of merged. Maybe he came down with a stomach bug. I mean, there's genuinely probably a million other plausible explanations to why he felt sick versus your partner is trying to kill you, right? But it stayed in their minds. So this incident was staying in their minds, especially now that Eric was dead.
46:48And this uneasy feeling would only grow because autopsy reports were revealed. Eric Richens had died from an overdose of illicit fentanyl. Now the examiner also concluded that Eric Richens had five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system at the time of his death and all of it was consumed orally. Okay so a quick thing about fentanyl. It's a synthetic opioid. It can be sold on its own or in pills or in a liquid form for injections and the side effects are similar to heroin. That's what it said but it's not. And let me tell you why it's not similar to heroin. It is 50 times more addictive than heroin and 100 times more addictive than morphine.
47:25Think of it as there's two types of fentanyl, pharmaceutical fentanyl and illicit fentanyl, illicit being illegal or like street drugs. The huge difference between the two is that medical grade propofol and fentanyl, they're manufactured by some of the world's most knowledgeable scientists employed by pharmaceutical companies and are used mostly during a surgery when a patient is under anesthesia. Side note, that is why anesthesiologists make some big bucks in the hospital. They are some of the highest paid doctors because their job is quite literally teetering you on the line of life and death with these types of drugs.
47:59They have to go through at least eight years of school and four, if not five years of residency. Like these protections are put into place because these types of drugs, including fentanyl, is so dangerous. So if that's how dangerous medical grade fentanyl is, imagine how dangerous illicit fentanyl is. and it is one of the most terrifying things that's happening to our world right now. And it's oddly not that talked about in the younger generations. I hear a lot of older people talking about it, but it is tearing families apart. It is ripping loved ones from one another. It is taking countless lives.
48:33It's truly scary, not just because it's more addictive than other substances, but right now a lot of bad people out there are selling drugs with fentanyl cut into it. Meaning let's say you're buying powdered sugar from the guy from the alleyway. You know it's not powdered sugar, but you get it. You're buying powdered sugar. So right now what a lot of them are doing is selling you 90 % powdered sugar and 10 % fentanyl, but you would never know. Why do they do that? Because fentanyl is cheaper than powdered sugar. It's very cheap to produce, and it is so addictive, more addictive than powdered sugar.
49:04So you're going to keep coming back to buy that powdered sugar from that guy. And if you guys have been following the news, you know how bad this is. I mean, fentanyl has risen in the ranks of the leading causes of American deaths. and a fent overdose is now the number one leading cause of death for young adults aged 18 to 45 in America. What? It's that bad. It's like a serious, serious epidemic right now. And how this applies to Eric's case is authorities are able to distinguish between the two and one's body, whether it's medical grade fentanyl or illicit fentanyl. And Eric's was illegal fentanyl.
49:41So they had to run through all the possibilities. Maybe Eric is abusing other substances that had been cut with fentanyl and he died from an overdose. Maybe he took the drugs and the fentanyl knowing that he would die. I mean, there's just a lot of possibilities that they have to run through. The police bring in Corey and they ask her. This is like immediately after his death. Is Eric on any medications? Again, I think they are trying to get the right answer from Corey, but they're also trying to gauge her reactions and how someone responds to these types of very regular questions. She stated that Eric was indeed on some sort of medications, but she had no idea where they were.
50:20She said, and I quote, the maid just puts them in random places. She followed this up by informing the police that Eric had, quote, a pain pill addiction in high school, but I don't think he's had any substance abuse issues since then. kind of planting a seat. So a few weird things to note, okay, about her response. Corey and Eric had three little children at home. So if there are young kids in the house, why aren't the meds being put in a childproof location in a specific spot? And how are you as a mother just so casually saying, I didn't know where they are. The maid just puts them in random places.
50:57You're a mom. Like that sounds insane to me. And second of all, most people are saying, if I had a partner that just died, I'm not telling the police that he had a substance abuse problem in high school even if it's true I'm not telling them that why would I tell them that? it's in my best interest not to tell them that because I want to know what happened to my husband I don't want them to chalk it up to probably substance abuse case closed that's very true so it's like she's planting a seed almost another thing is most people in Eric's life are like what are you talking about? he had no problems in high school now I will say that teenagers and people, they can be very secretive.
51:36But I mean, every single person, even his sisters that he had been close with his entire life, they said he had no substance abuse problems. Unless you consider like an edible once in a while. Like this is crazy. So these comments, they just add to the bizarre actions of Corey Richens after her husband's death. So while all of this is slowly, so very slowly being uncovered in the investigation, Corey Richens is oh so very busy. She would play, some say in quotes, some say she's doing it, the part of a grieving wife and mother. She would go on to write and publish and promote her new children's book on grief, dedicated to her late husband, Eric.
52:20The police could do nothing but continue to investigate while they watched and re-watched her interviews about grief. While they analyzed her facial movements and her body language, they had to watch her play America's Sad Widow while they personally believed that she was guilty of murder. So she also knows she's under investigation. Yeah. The police were finally able to get a search warrant and this blew the case wide open. One crucial thing to remember is, do you guys remember, Corey stated that she had put her phone in the master bedroom when she had fallen asleep in her son's room. So he was left charging.
52:54Yes. Right, so from let's say like midnight to 3 a.m., her phone was not in use. It was charging in the primary bedroom. Forensic techs were able to find deleted messages from Corey's phone that had been sent and received around the time period she said that she was not using her phone. On top of that, they have all the evidence that Corey's phone was unlocked and locked a number of times during the hours of the night. You can't even unlock your phone without people knowing, okay? Just keep that in mind. Yeah. So to play devil's advocate, sure, Eric could have been the one opening and closing and playing on his wife's phone, But the deleted messages seem to point in a different direction.
53:30Between December 2021 and February 2022, court records show that Corey had been in contact with someone that has been known in the courts as CL. That's how they're identified right now. As an accomplice of Corey's alleged crimes. From the recovered deleted text messages, CL was selling drugs to Corey. She claimed that her client was having back problems. So I guess now your realtor is also your dealer. Okay, crazy. And she said that she needed to buy some like morphine or something. So she would leave money at a house that she was flipping. He would put it into the backyard fire pit. Then she would come and get the drugs and he would take the money.
54:16It was like a whole thing. Now it's unconfirmed if CL is the dealer himself or if he's just some sort of middleman. And ultimately, it doesn't matter because in the end, Corey was able to get her little hands on illegal drugs. Wait, so is CL caught or no? Yes. Oh, okay. They're hiding his identity? Yes. Most likely a plea deal and all these things. Yeah. So the first deal was for hydrocodone, which is an opioid painkiller that can very easily be abused. It is a Schedule II drug. It's really, really addictive. It's got a high potential for abuse. It does have medical use, but it's dangerous. So a few weeks later, after she gets her first little baggie of drugs, Corey contacts CL again and asks for something stronger.
55:01And she tells CL that she wants, and I quote, the Michael Jackson stuff. The police as well as CL believe that Corey was asking for fentanyl when she said this. Which, side note, in case people aren't familiar with the reference, okay? Michael Jackson allegedly died from an overdose of the drug mixture used by anesthesiologists. to put someone under. So in MJ's case, he was given another similar drug that was named Propofol, which is similar to fentanyl. However, Corey is asking for the street version, which is fentanyl. Anyhow, CL gave Corey 15 to 30 fentanyl pills and Corey paid CL$900 for the transaction.
55:38This deal occurred February 11th. Just three days later, on February 14th, 2022, Valentine's Day, Eric and Corey went out to dinner and Eric started getting flashbacks to his trip in Greece. After one bite of a sandwich served to him by Corey, he broke out into hives and respiratory distress. He reportedly self-administered his son's EpiPen as well as some Benadryl before passing out for several hours. He told a friend. He told a friend about this. He was like, this happened to me on Valentine's Day and I think that Corey tried to poison me again. And remember, this is about a month after Eric found out that Corey knew he had removed her from the policies and she switched it back.
56:19So his suspicion and fear for his own life was only growing exponentially. And allegedly, on February 26th, Corey asked for another$900 worth of fentanyl pills from CL. And according to CL, they got the pills for her, left them at the outdoor pit in the same midway flipping home. That would mean Corey picked up the second load of pills worth$900 six days before her husband's unexpected death by fentanyl poisoning. just one week after the alleged failed valentine's day poisoning so with all this new evidence the police arrest cory richens for charges of aggravated murder first degree felony and three counts of a second degree felony possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance i believe the three sons are being taken care of one of the richens family relatives they have filed for guardianship and there's just a lot of loose pieces so um i saved them for the end after cory found out that she wasn't getting anything after eric died she assumed that she was going to get all the assets she sued eric's sister for what she thought that should be hers cory filed for her insurance payouts and collection of eric's assets believing the prenup was still in place but she found out that eric himself had removed her and put his sister on there instead three years prior i mean okay so in the world of estate planning i imagine like Like there's a lot of, and I'm not sure, so don't quote me on it.
57:42But I believe that when someone is, you could argue that someone is in cognitive distress. Like when someone changes their will like a couple of days before they pass or when they have dementia, you could try to fight it in court. But when it's three years prior, it's like pretty, come on, you know, what are you going to say? And after she found out about this, Corey sued Katie, the sister. This legal battle is all occurring in the year after Eric's death, along with the subsequent police investigation that's going on at the same time. Corey is suing Eric's sister, Katie, for$3.6 million. She's stating that their family home was$1.4 million.
58:23She wants$200 ,000 of their personal property, about$2 million for the rights to the C &E Stone Masonry, the business, as well as like$3 ,000 that she had made once for the mortgage payments. Oh, and she said that she helped with the renovations of the home, which costed about$100 ,000. And she took care of all the landscaping in their family home, which is about$7 ,000. Yeah. She maintains that Eric had no right to transfer her share of the property into the trust, and he did so with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud her. Yeah. listen, it's just really messy. Eric's sister, Katie, vehemently disputes almost every aspect of her former sister-in-law's claims.
59:08And according to court documents, Corey's name was not on the home's deed. And in June of 2022, Katie countersued Corey and stated that Corey did not purchase or in any way contribute to the purchase of the family home. Evidence of this was the fact that she was just a cashier at Home Depot and like, sure, she could have saved up money, but like, it's a very expensive home and there's no proof that she had contributed that much money, if that makes sense. Katie also states that she's not trying to get money from Corey by filing this countersuit. She simply wants the claim dismissed and wants the attorney fees and court costs paid off.
59:41That's it. What's even crazier, it's also been alleged that the morning after Erica died, the day that Corey had closed on the McMansion from hell, she held a gathering to celebrate Corey's new business venture. The day after the death? Yeah. so there are allegations that cory physically assaulted eric's sister once she found out that she wasn't getting any assets but the only source i could find on that claim was the daily mail so i don't know we just have to wait and see where the lawsuit goes as well as the trial the case went very viral because well you have the children's book the interview that cory had on good things utah and a lot of netizens have picked that interview apart they noticed that Corey was strangely wearing this big brown leather jacket with a hood, which there's a reason you never see people on TV wearing hoods, unless it's for a show.
1:00:35Like for an interview, you never see people wearing hoods. What's a hoodie? Like a hoodie. So she's wearing a hoodie and then a brown leather jacket. You don't see that outfit a lot on cameras because it's very heavy for these interviews. It's like up to your neck. It kind of makes your proportions not look great. she's also sitting with her legs crossed and her hands holding her legs and a body language expert named patty wood said again this is not very standard clothing for an interview and typically like these producers will tell you like kind of the general vibe of what to wear right and she wore this she wore these heavy things she wore these colors she wore the hood because what it does is it protects someone so like you ever feel anxious or you ever feel like you're doing something that maybe you feel like you shouldn't be doing you probably feel more subconsciously comfortable in a hoodie where more of your body is covered.
1:01:28Like your neck is a little bit shielded. You feel like not all of you is exposed. Netizens were also very quick to feel like she wasn't that emotional during her interview and she wasn't wearing her wedding ring. Which again, it could be very normal things but it just kind of rubbed netizens the wrong way in hindsight after she was arrested. Now the body language expert, again, in hindsight said that she just doesn't seem very passionate about her message. Even when she's talking about her kids, she doesn't smile genuine smiles. She doesn't move forward towards the host, which is like a sign of I'm opening up to you, I'm being vulnerable with you, and I'm very attentive.
1:02:10It just felt very detached. Again, as for body language, I'm not a huge fan of picking it apart, and everything can make sense in hindsight, but I just wanted to include it because I know a lot of you guys would want to know. Now, a lot of people also believe that Corey's book title and theme are also revealing. One netizen wrote, I feel like she wrote the book to minimize what she did. It's almost like, see, he's still here. It's not that big of a deal that he died. It's fine because he's still here. So I guess they're saying like psychologically, the content of that book is also kind of strange.
1:02:44I don't know. I'm also just curious about why she wrote a book. Okay, so there's some speculation. The main speculation people think is that she wanted to profit. She did the murder for money. Allegedly, she murdered for money. And now she's thinking, okay, this is my way to fame and money. And technically, it's a very marketable background story for a children's book author. Wow. And then some people say that it's probably a mixture of that. And she's a narcissist. That's like just pure greed. Right? Just pure evil. Evil greed. And to do that to your three sons One more thing Yes You were saying that she was looking at weddings?
1:03:28Yeah, okay So it is alleged that she was probably having an affair And this is the perfect way for her to be a rich bachelorette Who could go on and move on with a new man Or be single again Yeah Okay Because a lot of people in their lives also alleged that she was having an affair there was recently a trial hearing a few days ago and side note cory pled not guilty but amy richard's eric's sister shared a victim impact statement and she said eric is gone and i'm broken hearted he was my best friend and protector i can never talk to him never hug him never even be a part of his life she also alleged that um cory would tell the kids that eric their dad didn't like them and that the richard's family were evil and didn't like them and she would constantly try to use the kids to her advantage.
1:04:20She would constantly manipulate them into being away from their own father and the father's side of the family. And she said, I never knew evil like that existed. How can someone value human life so cheaply? I cannot comprehend it. I just feel bad for the family because it doesn't seem like Corey is going to go down easy. So far, her attorneys have alleged that Eric had been cheating on her as well and that he wanted her to be a stay-at-home wife and homemaker and because she was so successful at her real estate business he was feeling threatened yeah she's also making a big deal and stating that she believes the richens family hired a pi to stalk her before the arrest so i don't know i think it's just going to be very messy and it's just ultimately like the kids are the biggest victims in this but that is where we now and as for Eric Richens not only was Eric an amazing member of his own family and a natural born entrepreneur and a protector but um he was very faithful to the LDS faith and from my understanding it said that when a member of the LDS faith dies they will join their god and their family later in eternal heaven where they're joined by their kids their parents their siblings and so I hope that I hope that he's there and that one day after his children have these long healthy, happy, full lives, they will be together again.
1:05:47So that's it for today's case. Please stay tuned for any updates and I'm interested to see what you guys think about the case so far, but I'll see you guys in the next episode on Wednesday. Please, please be safe. Bye.
From the publisher
March of 2023, a local news station interviewed a new children’s book author, Kouri Richins. She had just written a book for kids on grief. She said she pulled from her experience of losing her own husband and trying to help her 3 kids move on.
She talked about how she wanted to help other kids and parents cope with their pain. The news anchor felt tears pool in her eyes, listening to a grieving widow.
Right after the interview aired, the news anchor received a chilling anonymous email. It simply read, “you know she killed her husband…”
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