Sons of Kouri Richins say they'd feel unsafe if she wasn't in prison
Prosecutors said Kouri Richins laced her husband's cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in 2022.
The young sons of Utah author Kouri Richins said ahead of her sentencing hearing Wednesday that they would feel unsafe if their mother was ever released from prison after she was found guilty in March of killing their father.
Richins, 35, faces several decades to life in prison on five felony convictions, including aggravated murder.
She then self-published a children's book titled "Are You With Me?" about a boy coping with the death of his father shortly before her arrest in May 2023. She even promoted the book on a local Utah television news program.
In the book, Eric Richins is portrayed as an angel who is always close by.
"Yes, I am with you on Christmas," Kouri Richins writes, "You can't see my smile but it's there. I'm here, and we're together."