Key Facts

• Kouri Richins was sentenced to life in prison without parole on her husband’s birthday.
• She was convicted of killing her husband by giving him a Moscow Mule drink with a lethal dose of fentanyl.
• The amount of fentanyl in the drink was nearly five times the deadly level.
• Richins was also convicted of mortgage fraud and forgery linked to real estate deals after her husband died.
• Her children said they would feel unsafe if she were released.
• Richins wrote a children’s book about coping with grief before her arrest.
• The trial lasted about three weeks, and Richins did not testify or call witnesses.
• She faces other criminal charges related to financial crimes that have not yet been tried.