Kouri Richins: FBI Analyst Reveals the Behavioral Red Flags Before Eric's Death

Nearly $2 million in life insurance policies taken out without Eric's knowledge. A confrontation in 2020 when he discovered the financial fraud. An alleged failed attempt on Valentine's Day 2022. Then his death eighteen days later.

FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke has spent his career profiling individuals capable of sustained deception and violence. His "Life Arc" framework examines the pressures, patterns, and escalating behaviors that shape someone's trajectory toward harm. In this episode, we apply that lens to Kouri Richins—using the prosecution's own timeline to ask what someone trained in threat assessment would have seen before March 4, 2022.

Prosecutors allege Kouri obtained fentanyl on February 11th, then contacted her supplier again on February 26th reportedly asking for "something stronger"—allegedly calling it "some of the Michael Jackson stuff." Robin breaks down what that procurement escalation signals about psychological state, and why a failed first attempt typically changes the risk calculus rather than stopping someone.

The behavioral foundation goes deeper. Years of alleged mortgage fraud, falsified bank statements, and money laundered through multiple accounts—all while maintaining an outward appearance of normalcy. When Eric discovered the financial deception in 2020 and consulted a divorce attorney, how did that shift Kouri's baseline? Robin explains the internal transition from sustained deception to something more dangerous.

With jury selection complete and trial beginning February 23rd, this conversation provides the behavioral framework for understanding the patterns prosecutors will present. Not speculation about guilt—that's for twelve jurors over five weeks. But the psychological architecture that allegedly made what happened predictable to anyone trained to see it.

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