Medical Examiner Could Not Determine How Fentanyl Killed Eric Richins

Описание: Fentanyl killed Eric Richins. The doctor who examined his body says so. But how it got there? She couldn't say.

Dr. Pamela Ulmer is the retired medical examiner who performed Eric Richins' autopsy and determined the cause and manner of his death. She found fentanyl at toxic levels in his blood, and staggering concentrations in his stomach, along with an antipsychotic medication Eric was never prescribed. She ruled the cause of death as fentanyl intoxication. But the manner of death, whether this was a homicide, an accident, a suicide, she left as "not determined." She retired before the investigation concluded and never changed that ruling.

Watch how both sides use this witness. The prosecution needs you to understand what was in Eric's body and who was calling the medical examiner's office afterward. The defense needs you to see that the person closest to the science couldn't call this a homicide. Pay attention to what Dr. Ulmer did and didn't have access to when she made her decision.

⏰ KEY MOMENTS

01:35 - Dr. Ulmer returns to the stand. The toxicology results are about to hit the record.
05:28 - Fentanyl at 15 nanograms per milliliter. For someone with no prescription, that number should have been zero.
27:50 - The stomach contents come in. 20,000 nanograms per milliliter of fentanyl. Even the ME says "call the toxicologist."
33:07 - Here it is. "Could not be determined." The manner of death ruling that the defense will build its case around.
38:40 - Kouri Richins called the ME's office. Listen to the health narrative she provided and ask yourself why.
1:13:28 - The defense walks Dr. Ulmer through every possible manner of death. Accident is still on the table.
1:20:14 - Prosecution fires back. What didn't Dr. Ulmer have when she made her ruling? This is the moment that matters most.

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📖 CASE BACKGROUND

On March 4, 2022, Kouri Richins called 911 from her Francis, Utah home at 3 a.m. Her husband Eric was unresponsive. Toxicology revealed five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. Eric had no history of drug use.

Prosecutors allege Kouri had been taking money from Eric for years. They say she owed lenders more than $1.8 million and had opened nearly $2 million in life insurance on Eric without him knowing.

Eric discovered the financial issues in 2020. He changed his will, created a trust naming his sister as trustee, and removed Kouri as beneficiary.

One year after Eric's death, Kouri published a children's book about a father watching over his son from heaven. Four weeks later, she was arrested. The defense maintains her innocence.

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