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Kouri Richins wrote this book on grief to help her children cope with the death of their father, Eric, and it catapulted the case into the national spotlight. The book was dedicated to Eric's memory, calling him an amazing husband and wonderful father, and was published shortly before her arrest.
So on the one hand, there was a book that Corey Richens wrote, a children's book after Eric's death. And that really catapulted this into the national spotlight.
— Episode: Inside the Kouri Richins Trial
Episode: Inside the Kouri Richins Trial
Kouri Richins wrote this book on grief to help her children cope with the death of their father, Eric, and it catapulted the case into the national spotlight. The book was dedicated to Eric's memory, calling him an amazing husband and wonderful father, and was published shortly before her arrest.
So on the one hand, there was a book that Corey Richens wrote, a children's book after Eric's death. And that really catapulted this into the national spotlight.
I actually have a copy of it in front of me. Are you with me? And Corey actually dedicates this book to Eric, to his memory. And you see in this picture, he's sort of the angel at the center right here. And she dedicates it to my amazing husband and a wonderful father.
She was arrested a month after this book was published. This book really, I think, served to sort of turn things into a boiling point in this case.