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Kouri Richins Trial Day 5 Recap: The Dealer Who Said No

The prosecution's own witness told the jury he never sold fentanyl. Robert Crozier — the dealer Carmen Lauber says she bought pills from — insisted he only sold prescription oxycodone. But a new witness placed the word 'fentanyl' in Kouri's orbit for the first time, and Ramos landed a quiet blow on cross: Crozier couldn't prove what was actually in those pills. Here's everything that happened on Day 5.

February 28, 2026
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Kouri Richins Trial Day 4 Recap: Four Drug Deals and a Detective's Promise

Five times the lethal dose. An illicit fentanyl marker in Eric's stomach. Then the prosecution's star witness described four escalating drug purchases for Kouri — including a $1,300 check with a fake memo line written after Eric was already dead. The defense fired back with interview footage of detectives telling her to 'give us the details that will ensure she gets convicted.' Here's everything that happened on Day 4.

February 27, 2026
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Kouri Richins Trial Day 3 Recap: The Crime Scene Nobody Fully Searched

A short but revealing day. Defense attorney Kathryn Nester spent the morning hammering Chelsea Gipson on everything investigators didn't do — no kitchen photos, an untested hydrocodone bottle, and a cabinet nobody opened. Then the word 'jail' stopped everything.

February 26, 2026

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