EMT Found Pill Bottle On Night Stand In Kouri & Eric Richins' Bedroom

Описание: Andy Crnich is a sergeant with the Summit County Sheriff's Office in Utah who responded to Kouri Richins' 911 call about finding her husband, Eric, unresponsive on March 4, 2022, while a volunteer with the South Summit Fire Department.

He testified in Richins' murder trial today (Tuesday, February 24), including about retrieving a pill bottle from a nightstand upon request from EMT Margie Offerett. Photos entered as evidence showed him at the scene and , included a nightstand with a pill bottle and later with a wallet added.

01:57 "When I arrived that night, EMS had responded or arrived before I had I asked what they needed and asked me to take over airway."

03:29 "Where are you in this photo?"
"I'm the one wearing red next to the bed where I just turned around from retrieving that bottle from the nightstand."

04:46 cross-examination from Richins' lawyer Kathy Nester

06:02 "So did you put a tube down his throat?"
"Yes, I did."
"And when you put the tube down his throat, was there any blood on his face before you did that?"
"Not that I can remember. No."
"Okay, great."

08:07 "Is that the nightstand you pulled the pill out of the box like the nightstand?"
"Yes."

09:16 "There's some pills and a little metal, like push thing that you push pills out of, right? Do you see that next to the TV power?"
"Yes, alright. And were those pills taken by you or anyone else? Do you know to be tested?"
"They were definitely not taken by me."

12:52 re-direct
"Was it your job that night to collect evidence?"
"It was not."

Background:

Kouri Richins, 35, is accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with fentanyl at their home in Kamas, Utah, in March 2022. After he died, she self-published a children's book she authored titled "Are You With Me?" about coping with grief.

Eric Richins, 39, was found dead in their home on March 4, 2022.

Prosecutors allege Kouri dropped a lethal dose of fentanyl in a Moscow Mule cocktail she prepared for him. They say she was motivated by money because she owed nearly $5 million to lenders and had changed her husband's life insurance policies prior to his death while also taking out a home equity line of credit without his knowledge. She also was in a romantic relationship with another man.

You can watch the prosecution's opening statement here    • Greed & Lust Drove Kouri Richins To Poison...   and the defense opening statement here:    • Defense Says Kouri Richins' Husband Overdo...  

Prosecutors allege she previously tried to murder him by poisoning his sandwich on Valentine's Day 2022, which her husband told a friend about.

Richins' criminal charges in Summit County, Utah, include aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery and two counts of insurance fraud.

She's charged in a separate case with 26 financial crimes includes five counts of mortgage fraud, seven counts of money laundering, five counts of forgery, seven counts of issuing a bad check and single counts of communications fraud and engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity.

Her trial in the first case is scheduled to last five weeks. Judge Richard Mrazik in Utah's 3rd District Court is presiding at the Silver Summit Justice Center near Park City.

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