Bereavement author found guilty of fatally poisoning her husband

Kouri Richins, a bereavement author, was convicted by a jury of fatally poisoning her husband in March 2022 with a fentanyl-laced drink. Richins had published a book about grief and loss following her husband's death, positioning herself as an expert on bereavement while prosecutors argued she deliberately killed him. The conviction carries significant weight because it exposes the disconnect between Richins' public persona as a grief counselor and the alleged premeditation behind her husband's death. The case underscores how Richins profited from and publicly mourned a death she is now proven to have caused herself.