Kouri Richins Trial Preview: The Recanted Witness, the Jail Cell Letter, and What Prosecutors Have Left

Two weeks before Kouri Richins faces a jury for allegedly poisoning Eric Richins with fentanyl, the prosecution's supply chain theory just collapsed.

Robert Crozier was the key witness. He originally told investigators he sold fentanyl to housekeeper Carmen Lauber—the alleged middle link between the drugs and Kouri. Now he's recanted. Signed affidavit. Says it was OxyContin, not fentanyl. Says he was detoxing and "out of it" during the original interview.

If the fentanyl didn't come from Crozier, prosecutors can't trace it to Lauber. If it didn't come from Lauber, they can't place it in Kouri's hands. And no fentanyl was ever recovered—no pills, no powder, no forensic link tying Kouri directly to the drugs that killed Eric.

Eric Richins had five times the lethal dose in his system. Someone gave it to him. But proving who just got a lot harder.

On top of the recantation, the defense dropped another bomb: a motion alleging prosecutors are intimidating witnesses, threatening arrest, and suggesting immunity could be revoked.

This episode breaks down every pretrial ruling heading into February 23rd. The FBI profiler limited to rebuttal. The domestic violence expert blocked. The 26 fraud charges severed. The statements suppressed after a Miranda violation.

And then there's the "Walk the Dog" letter—allegedly found in Kouri's jail cell, allegedly instructing her mother how to lie on the stand. Prosecutors call it witness tampering. The defense says it was fiction.

80% of Summit County residents recognize this case. Eight jurors from that county will decide whether Kouri Richins murdered her husband.

Defense attorney Eric Faddis breaks down what the prosecution still has—and whether it's enough.

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