Children’s Author Kouri Richins Hit With New Charges Alleging Earlier Attempt to Kill Her Husband

Children’s Author Kouri Richins Hit With New Charges Alleging Earlier Attempt to Kill Her Husband
Kouri Richins looks on during a hearing in Park City, Utah on Nov. 3, 2023. Rick Bowmer/Pool/AP Photo
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SALT LAKE CITY—A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day.

Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in a small mountain town near Park City in March 2022. New charging documents filed Monday by Summit County prosecutors allege that was not her first attempt on his life.