‘Killer’ Utah grief author Kouri Richins, 33, faces losing $2 million and book deal amid claims mother-of-three tried to murder husband Eric with a poison-laced sandwich a month before he was killed by fentanyl-spiked Moscow mule

The Utah ‘killer’ funeral author who allegedly poisoned her husband with a fentanyl-laced cocktail could lose $2 million and a book deal if a new law is passed.

Kouri Richins, 33, of Kama, Utah, has been accused of poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, 39, by serving him a fentanyl-laced Moscow Mule on March 3, 2022.

Utah State Representative Brett Garner, a high school friend of Eric’s, has introduced a new law banning convicted murderers from receiving money through a prenuptial agreement.

If the new bill passes and she is convicted, Kouri could lose millions from the sale of the house she shared with Kevin and the rights to her children’s book, which she wrote shortly after his death.

The American sun reported that although Garner and Kevin knew each other, they had not been in contact for years.

Prior to his death, the couple battled over financial issues regarding their $2 million, 10-acre home and signed an agreement that would grant her the sale of the home.

The home was sold in January 2020 to Alec and Taryn Wright, who went on to sue Kouri and her real estate agency after claiming they had to vacate the property due to dangerous mold levels and a slew of unexplained health issues.

On Monday, newly filed documents allege that Kouri first tried to kill her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl just a month before she allegedly served him the spiked cocktail.

Prosecutors have alleged that a sandwich she got him on Valentine’s Day was left in the front seat of his truck with a note.

She bought the sandwich at a local restaurant in town, and that same week, witnesses said she bought several dozen fentanyl pills.

Two of Eric’s friends said they remembered him calling them that same day, after eating the sandwich, and telling them, “I think my wife tried to kill me,” according to witness statements.

The legal documents said that before making that phone call, Eric had rushed to inject himself with his son’s EpiPen and drank a bottle of Benadryl after reacting to the drugs.

When he woke up from a deep sleep, he called his friends and told them he thought he was going to die and that it was his wife’s fault, the documents said.

A housekeeper, who is also a key state witness, told police that she had sold drugs to Kouri just a few days before the alleged first poisoning attempt.

According to the latest documents, Kouri allegedly told the housekeeper that she needed stronger medicine because the pills initially provided were not strong enough.

A month after that attempt, Kouri called 911 and reported finding Eric “cold to the touch” at the foot of their bed, the police report said.

Medical examiners later discovered that her husband had five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in his system.

Summit County’s chief prosecutor, Patricia Cassell, has alleged that the Kouri put the obscene amount of drugs in Eric’s cocktail that night, even though the woman’s family said his death was an accident.

Kouri’s brother Ronney said: ‘Eric loved to party, he loved to have fun.’

“The simplest answer is often the right one. It was most likely an accidental overdose.”

The same night Eric died, Kouri’s mother, Lisa Darden, and she celebrated her recent closing of the mansion. Kouri owned a real estate company and her husband had a successful masonry business.

A day after his death, search warrant affidavits show Kouri signed closing papers for the couple’s $2 million estate and invited friends to a party where she drank and partied.

According to court documents, Kouri and her husband had previously argued over her plans to purchase the house in the days before he was found dead.

Prosecutors said Eric found out his wife had taken out a $250,000 line of credit and spent it, withdrew $100,000 from his bank accounts and spent more than $30,000 on his credit cards.

Kouri also stole about $134,000 from her husband’s business, intended for tax payments, the documents said.

The documents state that she agreed to pay her husband back when he confronted her about the missing money.

Prosecutors alleged that Kouri purchased four different life insurance policies, which totaled more than $1.9 million between 2015 and 2017.

In the new legal filing, it was revealed that Kouri had a negative bank account balance, owned more than $1.8 million in lender assets and was being sued by a creditor.

Shortly after her husband’s death, the mother of three self-published a children’s book titled “Are You With Me?” about a deceased father dressed with angel wings who watches over his sons.

She promoted it on television and radio, describing the book as a way to help children grieve the loss of a loved one.

She said in an interview that she was motivated to write the book after searching Amazon and Barnes and Noble and finding “nothing” to help them “cope,” and dedicated the book to Eric.

Kouri has been hit with new charges following the recently filed documents, including attempted murder, mortgage fraud and insurance fraud for allegedly falsifying loan applications and fraudulently claiming insurance benefits following Eric’s death.

Prior to his death, Eric had changed his will to make his sister the sole beneficiary of his life insurance policy and was even considering divorcing Kouri, his family said.

Family lawyer and spokesman Greg Skordas previously told DailyMail.com that Eric feared Kouri was trying to kill him after two separate instances in which he became violently ill after drinking or eating with his wife.

His family has insisted that Kouri is responsible for his sudden death.