Boston.com | Kouri Richins, author of a children’s book on grief, gets life sentence for killing her husband by Associated Press AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. Kouri Richins, a Utah mother who wrote a children’s book about grief, was sentenced on May 13, 2026 to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a March conviction for aggravated murder and four additional felonies. Prosecutors proved she laced her husband Eric Richins’s cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in 2022, and earlier attempted to poison him with a fentanyl‑containing sandwich on Valentine’s Day, while also committing insurance fraud, forgery and other crimes motivated by debt and a plan to inherit his $4 million estate. The judge called her “simply too dangerous,” and Eric’s father urged a harsh sentence to protect the three young sons, who testified they felt unsafe and were abused by their mother. Richins maintains her innocence and will appeal, even as she faces a separate case with more than two dozen money‑related charges. Read more: https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2026/05/13/kouri-richins-author-of-a-childrens-book-on-grief-gets-life-sentence-for-killing-her-husband/ #KouriRichins #EricRichins #crime #EugeneRichins