The fourth day of the Kouri Richins murder trial put the prosecution’s most important witness on the stand — and the defense spent the rest of the afternoon trying to tear her apart. Carmen Lauber, the former housekeeper who allegedly obtained the fentanyl prosecutors say was used to kill Eric Read more…
Defense attorney Kathy Nester told the jury something remarkable in her opening statement: after four years of investigation, prosecutors have “zero evidence” showing how fentanyl got into Eric Richins’ body. This week’s testimony proved her point. The Moscow mule cups at the heart of the prosecution’s theory were never tested—the Read more…
This wasn’t a professional job. The evidence says so. The suspect visited Nancy Guthrie’s home before the night she disappeared. When he came back, he didn’t know about the doorbell camera. Tried to disable it and failed. Grabbed weeds to cover the lens. That’s improvisation. That’s someone who thought they Read more…
Carmen Lauber, Former Richins Housekeeper, is cross-examined by the defense in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his Read more…
December 6, 2025. Monique was in Indianapolis. According to the affidavit, McKee was at her house. She left the game at halftime. No documented tip-off. Her nervous system picked up a signal the rest of us would have missed entirely. This episode examines life after escape — the PTSD, the Read more…
Carmen Lauber, Former Richins’ Housekeeper, testifies in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What prosecutors describe Read more…
Four hundred investigators. DNA at the scene. Forty thousand tips. No suspect. The Nancy Guthrie investigation has reached a crossroads. Sources say operations may soon transition from surge mode to a smaller long-term task force. The family has been briefed. Two people were detained and released with no connection. CODIS Read more…
Two cases that defy easy explanation. One expert who can illuminate what the rest of us can’t grasp. Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper has maintained complete silence for three weeks. No contact with investigators. No response to the family’s desperate pleas. No ransom demand. Just nothing. What does that absence of communication Read more…
Ryan Holden, Senior Forensics Scientist, takes center stage in the Kouri Richins trial. Kouri Richins stands accused of poisoning her husband Eric Richins with a lethal dose of fentanyl in March 2022—allegedly to collect on a $1.9 million life insurance policy she secretly increased just weeks before his death. What Read more…
This is the episode I’ve been thinking about for months. The Kouri Richins trial just started in Utah. The headlines are all about the fentanyl, the children’s book about grief, the alleged affair. But nobody’s talking about what Eric Richins actually lived through—the years of psychological warfare before the night Read more…