A Utah mother of three who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband then wrote a children's book about grieving is asking a court to let her out on bail.
Attorneys for a Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief after her husband’s death, and was laterhim, argued in court on Monday she should be released on bail for the duration of her trial.
The mother of three self-published an illustrated book about an angelic father watching over his sons after passing away.The case became a true-crime fixation when charges were filed last month, prompting people to pore over the children's book and scrutinize remarks she made while promoting it as a tool to help children grieve the loss of a loved one.
In a motion calling for her release filed on Friday, Kouri Richins’ attorneys argued the evidence against her is circumstantial because police never seized fentanyl from the family home. They also called into question the credibility of the key witnesses expected to support the prosecutors' request to keep her in custody.
If the case goes to trial, it could hinge largely on an unidentified informant who prosecutors say sold Richins the drugs that medical examiners later found in her husband's system.
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