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The wife suspected of killing her husband by lacing his cocktail with a fatal dose of fentanyl and then publishing a children's book on grief a year later threw a party at the couple's Kamas, Utah, home the day after his alleged murder, authorities say. On Monday, Kouri Richins was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in connection with the death of Eric Richins. Richins, 33, has not yet entered pleas to the charges. According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the night of Eric's fatal poisoning March 3, 2022, Richins told investigators the couple was celebrating closing on a home for her business, so she made her husband a Moscow Mule. Richins said Eric, 39, consumed the cocktail in bed. A few hours later, she said she found him unresponsive. Following a call to 911, authorities pronounced him dead. Citing the affidavit for a search warrant, The Salt Lake Tribune reports, "The day after Eric's death, Kouri closed on the home, alone. She later invited her friends over for a large party at her home where she was drinking and celebrating." Kouri and Eric Richins.Kouri Richins/Facebook Court documents indicate the medical examiner determined Eric orally ingested approximately five times the lethal amount of "illicit" fentanyl before he died. The suspicious findings prompted investigators to obtain a search warrant for the couple's home and electronic devices, and several communications between Richins and an acquaintance were discovered. Investigators interviewed the acquaintance, who alleged Richins purchased hydrocodone from them sometime between December 2021 and February 2022, the documents state. Kouri Richins. Weeks later, Richins allegedly reached back out to the acquaintance and obtained 15 to 30 fentanyl pills worth $900 on Feb. 11, 2022. On Feb. 26, 2022, Richins allegedly bought another $900 worth of fentanyl. Less than a week later, Eric died, according to the documents. Over a year after his death, Richins published a children's book on grief, titled Are You With Me? Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. According to KPCW News, the book was inspired by her the couples' three children, their experience losing their father and the lingering questions they had. "You know, 'Is dad with us?'" she said during an interview with the outlet promoting the book in April. "Because they're going through the sadness of knowing that he's not here, presently." Richins remains in custody. She will appear in court May 19.

If it will be released amid her arrest.What are the allegations against Kouri Darden Richins?In the wake of her husband’s death, Richins told the police that she and Eric were celebrating the closing of a house for her business before heading to bed. She said she made a Moscow Mule for Eric and he drank it. Court documents say Richins left the bedroom to tend to one of their children and ended up sleeping in the child’s room. “(Kouri) said she awoke around 3 a.m. and came back to her and Eric’s bedroom. She felt Eric, and he was cold to the touch. That is when the defendant called 911,” the documents revealed as per KSL TV.Richins told authorities that she left her phone in their bedroom but records show that the device was active while she claimed to be in the child’s bedroom. “In addition, tolls on the defendant’s phone show that messages were sent and received during that time. These messages were deleted,” the documents alleged. An autopsy report later revealed Eric died from a fentanyl overdose. The medical examiner reportedly said that the fentanyl was “illicit” and did not have a medical grade. The report showed that Eric orally took the fentanyl approximately five times the lethal dosage.Police then obtained a search warrant for Richins’ phone and computers, which revealed several communications with an acquaintance. Cops later found out that the acquaintance had multiple counts of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and other drug-related charges. On May 2, 2023, investigators from Summit County interviewed the acquaintance and the latter said that Richins asked for “prescription pain medication for an investor” sometime between December 2021 and February 2022. Legal documents showed that Richins also received the medication during the same time frame.“(Kouri) told (the acquaintance) to leave the pills at a house defendant was flipping in Midway, Utah. (The acquaintance) left the pills at the house, and the defendant left cash for them,” the documents stated. The acquaintance claimed Richins allegedly contacted them two weeks later and said that her investor wanted “something stronger” and asked for “some of the Michael Jackson stuff,” specifically fentanyl. In February 2022, the acquaintance reportedly contacted a dealer in Ogden, Utah, and got 15 to 30 fentanyl pills. Richins visited the acquaintance’s residence in Summit County and paid them $900.Nearly two weeks later Richins contacted her acquaintance once again and received another round of fentanyl pills for $900. “The defendant told (the acquaintance) to leave the pills at the outdoor fire pit of the Midway, Utah house where there was cash waiting for her,” stated court documents. A few days after the last exchange, Eric died of fentanyl overdose and Richins now stands accused of his murder.

Kouri Richins, the Utah mother accused of murdering her husband by mixing a lethal dose of fentanyl with his cocktail, is speaking out from jail and proclaiming her innocence in a new audio recording.The 34-year-old mother of three, who wrote and self-published a children's book on grieving following her husband's death, has remained behind bars in the Summit County jail since her arrest in May 2023. She was charged last year with aggravated murder and drug charges in connection with the 2022 death of her husband, Eric Richins, 39. She has yet to enter a plea to the charges but she denies the allegations."The world has yet to hear who I really am, what I've really done or didn't do," Kouri Richins insisted in the audio, provided to ABC News through a trusted confidant. "What I really didn't do is murder my husband."Eric Richins was found dead in the couple's bedroom on March 4, 2022. An autopsy determined that he died from fentanyl intoxication, and that the level of fentanyl in his blood was approximately five times the lethal dosage, according to the charging document. The medical examiner determined the fentanyl was "illicit fentanyl," not medical grade, according to the charging document.Kouri Richins allegedly told police that she had made her and her husband Moscow Mules the night before and they drank them while sitting on the bed, according to the probable cause statement.Kouri Richins, who wrote a children's book about coping with grief after her husband's death and was