Utah mom Kouri Richins is set to be sentenced Wednesday for the murder of her husband, Eric Richins. File Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo
May 13 (UPI) -- Kouri Darden Richins, found guilty of murdering her husband, Eric, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole.
Richins caused "the absolute tragedy that has befallen Eric Richins' sons and family and a person convicted of those things is simply too dangerous to ever be free," Judge Richard Mrazik said in his decision.
Richins, 35, was found guilty in March of all charges -- first-degree aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery and insurance fraud -- in the death of Eric Richins, 39, of a fentanyl overdose in 2022. Eric Richins would have turned 44 Wednesday.
At her sentencing hearing, Richins became emotional while her children's victim impact statements were read aloud on their behalf by their social workers.
