更新时间：2026年3月16日 / 美国东部时间晚上10:17 / CBS新闻
[科夫里·里奇斯]，这名被指控谋杀丈夫后又出版儿童致哀书籍的犹他州母亲，已被犹他州陪审团裁定所有罪名成立。
陪审团在周一进行了约三小时的审议后作出裁决。
35岁的里奇斯面临多项重罪指控，称其于2022年3月毒杀了丈夫埃里克·里奇斯（Eric Richins）。检察官称，她在帕克城郊外家中调制并给他饮用了一杯莫斯科骡子鸡尾酒，据称其中掺入了致命剂量的芬太尼。法庭文件显示，该饮品中芬太尼含量是致命剂量的近五倍。
针对里奇斯的最严重指控为加重谋杀罪和企图加重谋杀罪，最高可判处终身监禁。此外，在丈夫死后一天，她涉嫌签署一份数百万美元的房地产交易文件以完成抵押欺诈和伪造，因此还面临额外指控。她对所有指控均不认罪。
sentencing hearing has been scheduled for May 13.
量刑听证会定于5月13日举行。
宣判时，身着带有浅蓝和桃色花朵白衬衫的里奇斯低头垂目，呼吸急促。
据《美联社》报道，埃里克·里奇斯的妹妹艾米·里奇斯（Amy Richins）在裁决后表示：”说实话，我们都很震惊。虽然已经过去很久，但正义终于到来。我们为哥哥讨回了公道，感到非常欣慰。”
被告里奇斯于2026年3月16日在犹他州帕克城第三地区法院聆听结案陈词。照片来源：David Jackson/ Pool Photo via AP
[里奇斯的审判于2月]在帕克城的萨默县法院开庭，持续约三周。此案包含13天证词，其辩护团队未传唤任何证人。里奇斯在庭审中拒绝作证，检方将她描绘成谋夺丈夫财产的凶手。
在调查埃里克·里奇斯中毒案期间，其家人向执法部门表示怀疑妻子涉案。据法庭文件，该男子的妹妹回忆，他曾认为科夫里·里奇斯数年前在希腊旅行期间试图杀他。另一份文件显示，2022年情人节，埃里克·里奇斯食用妻子制作的三明治后出现荨麻疹和呼吸困难，这发生在他去世前不久。
在里奇斯的审判中，一名邻居作证称，2021年圣诞节期间，两人争吵后，里奇斯曾告诉她”如果丈夫死了会更好”。
法庭文件还显示，埃里克·里奇斯遇害时正考虑与妻子离婚，并就是否购买一套价值200万美元的豪宅与她争执，那是她房地产公司计划”倒手”的房产。科夫里·里奇斯是丈夫多份人寿保险单的受益人，检方称她在2015至2017年间未经其知情购买了其中四份。丈夫去世前不久曾试图将她从人寿保险单和遗嘱中除名。丈夫死后一天，她涉嫌签署文件完成该豪宅的购买手续。
案发后一年内，里奇斯因所著儿童绘本《你与我同在吗？》受到关注，该书围绕如何应对亲人离世展开。她曾在犹他州当地电视台宣传该书，讲述自己和三个儿子如何面对丧父之痛。在采访中，她称父亲的去世是意外。
她于[2023年5月]被捕。
美联社对此报道有贡献。
Kouri Richins, Utah mom who wrote grief book, found guilty of murdering her husband
Updated on: March 16, 2026 / 10:17 PM EDT / CBS News
[Kouri Richins], a Utah mother accused of murdering her husband and later publishing a children’s book about grief, has been found guilty on all charges by a jury in Utah.
The jury deliberated for about three hours on Monday before returning the verdict.
Richins, 35, faced multiple felony charges for allegedly poisoning Eric Richins, her late husband, in March 2022. Prosecutors said she mixed and served him a Moscow Mule cocktail she had allegedly spiked with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home just outside of Park City. The drink contained nearly five times what is considered a deadly amount of the opioid, court filings showed.
The most serious counts against Richins, for aggravated murder and attempted aggravated murder, carry maximum sentences of life in prison. Richins also faced additional charges for mortgage fraud and forgery, after she allegedly signed to close on a multimillion-dollar real estate deal the day after her husband died. She had pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for May 13.
Richins, wearing a white blouse with pale blue and peach-colored flowers on it, looked down and began breathing heavily when the verdict was announced.
“Honestly, I feel like we’re all in shock. It’s been a long time coming,” Eric Richins’ sister, Amy Richins, said following the verdict, The Associated Press reported. “So just very happy that we got justice for my brother.”
Defendant Kouri Richins listens to closing arguments in Third District Court in Park City, Utah, on March 16, 2026. David Jackson/Pool Photo via AP
[Richins’ trial began in February] at the Summit County Courthouse in Park City and lasted for about three weeks. The case included 13 days of testimony, during which her defense team did not call any witnesses. Richins declined to testify at the trial, where the prosecution painted her as a killer set on taking her husband’s money.
During the investigation into Eric Richins’ poisoning, his family members told law enforcement that they suspected his wife was involved, with the man’s sister recalling that he had believed Kouri Richins tried to kill him during a trip to Greece several years prior, according to court filings. In another incident, the documents said Eric Richins broke out in hives and experienced difficulty breathing after eating a sandwich that his wife had made for him on Valentine’s Day 2022, shortly before his death.
At Richins’ trial, one of her neighbors testified that Richins had told her around Christmas 2021 that it would be better if her husband were dead, after the couple had had a fight.
Court filings also showed that Eric Richins was considering divorcing his wife when he was killed, and had argued with her over whether to purchase a $2 million mansion that she could “flip” for [her real estate business]. Kouri Richins was a beneficiary of multiple [life insurance policies on her husband], of which prosecutors said she had bought four, without his knowledge, between 2015 and 2017. He had tried to remove her from his life insurance policies and his will not long before he died. The day after his death, she allegedly signed papers to finalize the purchase of that mansion property.
Within the year, Richins was garnering attention for a children’s picture book she authored called [“Are You with Me?”] that centered on ways to cope with the loss of a loved one. She appeared on a local Utah television station while promoting it, and described the challenges that she and her three sons confronted while navigating their own personal grief. In that appearance, Richins said their father’s passing was unexpected.
She was arrested [in May 2023].
The Associated Press contributed to this report.