Kouri Richins Timeline - Additions and changes welcome!
| October 1 2010 | Eric Richins and Cody Wright start C&E |
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| January 2012 | Eric Richins and Kouri Darden are engaged to be married |
| July 2012 | The first Richins child is born |
| November 2012 | They buy their home in Kamas, UT. It is in Eric’s name but Kouri contributed to the down payment. |
| June 15 2013 | Eric Richins and Kouri Darden are married |
| June 15 2013 | Kouri and Eric sign a prenuptial agreement (rumors: Eric’s mom presented it to her before the wedding) |
| September 5 2013 | Eric adds Kouri as a joint owner of an America First Credit Union account |
| 2014(?) | Second Richins child is born |
| 2016 | Eric discovers Kouri is stealing money from him |
| 2017 | By 2017, Kouri had purchased 4 life insurance policies on Eric worth $1,947,000 total |
| 2017(?) | Third Richins child is born |
| March 2018 | Linda Carter, Eric’s mother, dies in Hawaii |
| June 3 2019 | Eric’s big game hunting permit is revoked for 8 years. He appealed and got it shortened to 4 years, 8 months. |
| 2019 | Eric and Kouri go to Greece with six of their friends. He believes she tried to poison him there. He gets sick immediately after taking a drink. Kouri and another friend taste the drink and think it is alcoholic but the waiter said it was not. None of the friends saw Kouri handle the drink before Eric drank it - it was handed directly to Eric by the waiter |
| 2019 | Eric has recently contracted Lyme Disease and is taking a prescription medication; Eric is not supposed to mix this medication with alcohol or it would cause flu-like symptoms |
| Sep 2020 | Eric realized Kouri “borrowed” $250,000 from him by forging his signature and using a fake power of attorney |
| Dec 2020 | Eric Richins meets with a divorce attorney |
| Dec 2020 | Eric changes the beneficiary of his trust to his sister |
| Jan 2022 | Kouri applies for $100,000 life insurance policy on Eric |
| Feb 4 2022 | New life insurance policy is active |
| Feb 11 2022 | Kouri Richins meets with drug dealer C.L. to buy 15-30 Fentanyl pills |
| Feb 14th 2022 | Eric Richins suspects Kouri tries to poison him with a sandwich - he uses his son’s EpiPen |
| Feb 20th 2022 | Eric and Kouri Richins go out with friends, Eric jokes about being allergic to allergy medication [x] |
| Mid-Feb 2022 | Eric (and Kouri?) Richins go to Las Vegas. Eric buys THC gummies on the strip. They “fucked him up bad” |
| Late Feb 2022 | Kouri buys more fentanyl |
| March 1 2022 | By this date, Kouri owes $189,000 in federal taxes, $1,847,760 to a “hard money lender” and at least $514,346 to Eric Richins [Kouri’s defense says these numbers are inaccurate and also that she was current on all obligations] |
| March 3 2022 | Kouri has a phone conversation with the IRS |
| March 3 2022 9:58 PM | Last text sent from Eric’s phone |
| March 4 2022 | Eric Richins dies from a fentanyl overdose |
| March 4 2022 | Kouri Richins throws party |
| March 6 2022 | Kouri hires a locksmith to drill into Eric’s safe. There was somewhere between $125,000 and $165,000 inside |
| March 6 2022(?) | Kouri attacks Eric’s sister, Katie, after she said Kouri had no authority to open the safe and the money should go to the trustee |
| March 9 2022 | Kouri contacts C.L. and asks for more Fentanyl - $1300 worth |
| June 2022 | Kouri Richins receives $1.3 million in life insurance payouts |
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| March 7 2023 | Kouri Richins publishes “Are You With Me?” |
| March 15 2023 | Kouri reviews a ghostwriting service |
| April 2023 | Detectives interview C.L. for the first time; she faced felony probation violations, firearm charges, and potential federal charges |
| April 20 2023 | Detectives interview J.S., one of Eric’s two best friends |
| May 8 2023 | Kouri Richins is arrested and charged with murder |
| After May 2023 | Kouri speaks to filmmakers from jail; jokes about being a danger to her sister-in-law [x] |
| June 12 2023 | Kouri is denied bail |