Additional details released about the Utah woman that poisoned her husband with fentanyl

The arrest of this woman was posted on the OT last week, but now court documents have been released from the hearing on Thursday.

I want to feel bad for the guy, but he was a dumb arse for trying to stick around for the kids knowing his wife wanted to kill him.

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PARK CITY, Utah — A woman who allegedly spiked her husband's drink with fentanyl and then wrote a children's book about grief after he died is now accused of secretly taking out almost $2 million in life insurance policies on him.

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The court document filed Thursday alleged that in September 2020, Eric Richins found out that his wife had obtained and spent a $250,000 home equity line of credit on their home in Kamas, had withdrawn at least $100,000 from his bank accounts, and spent more than $30,000 on his credit cards.

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Richins is also accused of appropriating distributions made from her husband's business "for the purpose of making federal and state quarterly tax payments and not paying the taxes," the document alleged.

The stolen tax payments totaled at least $134,346, it said.

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Richins also allegedly changed a separate life insurance policy that her husband had to list herself as the beneficiary.

The policy had initially listed his business partner as the beneficiary.

Eric Richins was alerted to it and was able to change it back to his business partner, the filing said.

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Eric Richins' family has said that she tried to poison him multiple times.

One of those attempts happened last Valentine's Day.

According to the filing, Richins allegedly made her husband a sandwich and left it on the seat of his truck with a love note.

"Shortly after consuming the sandwich, Eric Richins broke out in hives and had difficulty breathing," it said. "Eric found his son's EpiPen and administered it to himself and slept."

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Days after her husband's death, Richins allegedly had a locksmith drill into his safe, which contained between $125,000 and $165,000 cash, according to Thursday's filing.

When Eric Richins' sister suggested that Richins should not touch the money, she allegedly became enraged and punched the woman in the face and neck.

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