Juror says Kouri Richins sympathy flipped after trial exposed kids’ book author’s plot to kill husband: report

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. After a three-week trial, a Utah jury convicted Kouri Richins of aggravated murder, insurance fraud and forgery, finding she poisoned her husband Eric with a lethal dose of fentanyl to collect on millions in life insurance. A juror in the murder trial of Utah children’s book author Kouri Richins is speaking out for the first time, describing how the panel went from early sympathy to a unanimous guilty verdict in the fentanyl poisoning death of her husband. Richins, 35, now faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison after the jury found her guilty on all counts. Her sentencing is scheduled for May 13 at 9:30 a.m. MST. In an interview with ABC’s "Good Morning America," a juror named Laura said her initial impression of Richins shifted dramatically as the trial unfolded. "The first thing we hear is these terrible things about her …