Kouri Richins: What an FBI Profiler Saw in the Years Before Eric Died

The insurance policies started in 2015. By 2017, prosecutors say Kouri Richins had positioned nearly $2 million on her husband Eric's life—without his knowledge. When he discovered her alleged financial fraud in 2020, he met with a divorce attorney. Eighteen months later, he was dead.

Robin Dreeke spent his FBI career reading the behavioral patterns that precede violence. His "Life Arc" framework asks not just what someone did, but what made them capable of it. In this Hidden Killers conversation, we apply that framework to the Kouri Richins case—examining the prosecution's timeline through the eyes of someone trained to assess threats before they materialize.

The compressed timeline is what stands out. Prosecutors allege Kouri obtained fentanyl on February 11, 2022. On Valentine's Day, they say she left a poisoned sandwich in Eric's truck—he survived. On February 26th, she allegedly went back to her supplier asking for "something stronger." By March 4th, Eric was gone. Robin explains what that escalation pattern reveals about psychological state—and why a failed attempt typically increases rather than decreases risk.

But the foundation was laid years before. Financial fraud. Falsified documents. A Power of Attorney Eric never signed. When he confronted her in 2020, something shifted. Robin breaks down what happens to someone's behavioral baseline when their deception is exposed and divorce becomes a real threat.

Trial begins February 23rd. Five weeks. Twelve jurors. This conversation provides the behavioral lens for understanding the patterns they'll see—the years of positioning, the escalation, and the trajectory that allegedly led to a Moscow Mule laced with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl.

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