Kouri Richins stood in a Park City courtroom and told her sons not to hold hate. Prosecutors say she spent the years before that speech targeting every person connected to this case from her jail cell — and the sentencing memo lays it all out. A fake dating profile of the lead detective, posted online. What prosecutors describe as false DCFS reports against the family raising her children. Hired counsel to pursue criminal charges against her sister-in-law. Federal firearms charges pursued against Eric's father for removing his dead son's guns for safekeeping. A marijuana report on Eric's sister. Unfounded bar complaints against the prosecutors handling her case. According to the memo, none of it had merit. All of it had a target. Then she stood up and told her boys to forgive. Cameras caught Kouri scoffing and rolling her eyes while those same boys' impact statements were read by therapists. They described locked rooms, fear, and a home where they had to take care of each other because she wasn't doing it. Her own family took the podium, called her innocent and devoted — and the tears appeared on cue, reserved entirely for her own suffering. On what would have been Eric Richins' forty-fourth birthday, Judge Richard Mrazik sentenced Kouri to life without parole after a five-hour proceeding. Kouri spoke for forty minutes. She told her sons to "be like your dad" — the man she was convicted of taking from them. She told them their memories of what happened in that house were "an absolute lie." She never acknowledged a single thing her children described. Then a post-conviction message to an "admirer" surfaced — ending with a winking emoji and a promise: "They haven't seen anything yet." One of her sons had a simpler message. He's nine. He said: "Once she is gone, I will feel happy." Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice. #KouriRichins #EricRichins #RichinsSentencing #LifeWithoutParole #SentencingMemo #DARVO #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #ParkCityUtah #JusticeForEric