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Sons of Utah woman convicted of murder worry she would hurt them if she was ever freed from prison

  • Utah children's author Kouri Richins was convicted of killing her husband with fentanyl and faces decades to life at her sentencing Wednesday.
  • Her three young sons told the court they'd feel unsafe if she were released, saying they don't miss her and describing ongoing trauma from their father's death.
  • Prosecutors say she had a financial motive—multiple life-insurance policies and millions in debt—and note she published a children's book about a boy coping with a father's death shortly before her arrest.
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