REVEALED: Utah Mom Accused of Poisoning Husband Owed More Than $2 Million in Taxes, Loans Before His Death
Murder
Kourin Richins’s hearing, scheduled for Friday, postponed as shocking financial details come to light
Murder
May 11, 2023
Eric Richins Stayed in His Marriage for His Children, Family Spokesperson Says
Kouri Richins has been charged with murder in Eric Richins’ death, from a fentanyl overdose, last year. Then she wrote a book about grief.
Murder
May 10, 2023
Grief Book Author Allegedly Tried to Kill Husband Multiple Times Before: Affidavit
Eric Richins thought his wife was trying to kill him for months, possibly even years, well before his death from a fentanyl overdose last March — and his wife’s arrest for his murder earlier this week. The couple took a trip to Greece a few years ago, family members told detectives investigating his March 2022 …
May 9, 2023
Widow Who Wrote Book About Sudden Loss of Husband Charged With His Murder
A Utah woman who wrote a book about coping with the sudden death of her husband has now been charged with his murder. Kouri Darden Richins, 33, faces a first-degree aggravated murder charge along with three charges of possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute. First responders found Eric Richins dead in his …
Murder
May 7, 2023
Utah Police Kill Man Who Drove From California to Kill His Brother, Set His House on Fire
A California man drove 12 hours to his brother’s home in Utah, where he shot and killed him, wounded his wife, set the house on fire, and then died in a shootout with police who were called by neighbors. A Ring doorbell camera captured most of the incident. The extremely graphic video, provided by the …
Lawsuit
April 24, 2023
Lawsuit: 17-Year-Old Girl Dies From Sepsis After Facility for Troubled Teens Allegedly Ignores Symptoms
A 17-year-old girl died from a curable disease at a “therapeutic boarding school” for troubled teens in Utah last December after management at the facility refused to take her to a hospital. The Utah Medical Examiner said that Taylor Goodridge, 17, died of peritonitis on December 20, 2022, at Diamond Ranch Academy, KTVX reported. The …
Murder
April 8, 2023
Utah Man Who Shot Family of 7 and Himself Left Note Blaming His Wife
Michael Haight was obsessed with appearances, according to a report on the incident from Enoch police.
Child sex crimes
March 19, 2023
Utah Man Uses Snapchat to Lure 13-Year-Old Girl, Rape Her
A Utah man allegedly lured a 13-year-old girl to a park, using someone else’s Snapchat account, where he told her she could have sex with him, or he would kill her. Danny Dinh, 23, was arrested this week on charges of aggravated kidnapping, child kidnapping, child rape, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, forcible sodomy, …
Murder
March 4, 2023
‘Squatter’ Charged With Murder of Missing Teen Farmer Dylan Rounds
The suspect in the disappearance of a teenage Utah farmer has now been charged with his murder. Dyland Rounds, 19, was last heard from at about 7 a.m. on May 28, 2022, when he told his grandmother by phone that he was “putting the grain truck in a shelter.” His family reported him missing two …
Kidnapping
February 8, 2023
Convicted Sex Offender Charged With Kidnapping, Raping Arizona Teen
A Utah man has been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and rape after a missing teenage girl from Arizona was found in his basement. Jordan Sorensen, 26, was arrested last week on a probation violation pending an investigation, KNXV reports. New charging document filed in the case this week say Sorenson made contact with …
Child sex crimes
February 2, 2023
Utah Man Admits Rape, Sodomy of Toddler, Giving her Gonorrhea
A Utah man has been arrested after he reportedly confessed to raping and sodomizing a toddler in 2021. Steven Johnson, 25, has been charged with two counts of rape of a child and one count of sodomy of a child, a probable cause affidavit says, according to KSL. Investigators first looked at the case in …
Murder
January 16, 2023
Bizarre Obit Praises Utah Dad Who Kills His Wife & 5 Children
A Utah newspaper published a glowing obituary of a man who murdered his family before killing himself earlier this month. Michael Haight “made it a point to spend quality time with each and every one of his children,” the obituary in The Spectrum read. Haight, 42, killed his wife, five children, and mother-in-law on January …