Notable Homicide Cases

Jury selection has begun in Utah in the murder trial of grief‑book author Kouri Richins, who prosecutors say killed her husband Eric by putting a fatal dose of fentanyl in his drink amid financial pressure and life‑insurance policies and then wrote a self‑help book about his “overdose”; Richins denies the allegations. Selection is scheduled to take five days ahead of a trial set to start Feb. 23, and the court denied the defense’s motion to change venue despite extensive pretrial publicity, with prospective jurors completing a 23‑page, 99‑question questionnaire that experts say tests the feasibility of seating an impartial panel. Richins’ mother says she is “a hundred percent” sure her daughter will be found innocent.