Wife Poisons Husband for Inheritance, Faces Sentencing

0:00On March 17, a Utah woman named Corey Richards has been convicted of aggravated murder for slipping five times a lethal dose of fentanyl into a cocktail her husband, Eric, drank back in March 2022. Prosecutors say she did it helping to inherit his estate worth more than $4 million. The 35-year-old real estate agent now faces a long prison term after the jury's decision this week. Courtiers was also found guilty of attempted murder for poisoning Eric, weeks earlier on Valentine's Day, with a fentanyl lace sandwich that left him, unconscious. Court records show she was drowning in debt at the time and had been making plans with another man. In the courtroom, prosecutors painted her as calculating, pointing to her calm 9-1-1 call after Eric collapsed. The defense countered that he struggled with painkiller addiction and had asked her to get opioids for him, calling her just the grieving widow. Several experts revealed searches on her phone for things like a lethal dose of fentanyl and luxury prisons for the wealthy.

1:02Jurors convicted her on top of forgery and insurance fraud charges tied to faking documents after his death. Richon sat staring at the floor and breathing deeply as the verdicts came down. She faces sentencing on May 13. The day Eric would have turned 44, marking the end of a case that shocked their community. Made in AI.