Why Kouri Richins’ Murder Trial Has Everyone Watching
People are camping outside the courthouse for Kouri Richins’ murder trial — a Utah mom accused of killing her husband, who wrote a book to help her family grieve. Host Ali Vallarta asks KCPW reporter Connor Thomas and KSL podcast executive producer Amy Donaldson to lay out the facts and make sense of the cultural implications of the case.
Follow along with Connor's reporting of the case.
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