Kouri Richins Bought a Mansion the Day After Her Husband Died — Now a Forensic Accountant Just Told the Jury Why That Matters

The Kouri Richins murder trial entered its second week in Park City, Utah with a witness prosecutors have been building toward since opening statements — a forensic accountant who spent the day methodically dismantling any notion that Kouri Richins' finances were simply the casualty of an ambitious businesswoman moving too fast.

Brooke Karrington, with more than thirty years of forensic accounting experience, walked the jury through a financial picture that prosecutors argue makes their case: by the time Eric Richins died on March 4, 2022, his wife was carrying $7.5 million in debt, burning through $80,000 a month in payments, and cycling through four separate payday lenders at $2,100 per day. Her business account had been described — from the stand — as "perpetually in the hole." She had written $60,000 in checks to herself that bounced. She had claimed 147 employees to a lender while her bank balance sat at $1,500.

The day after Eric died, she purchased a $2.9 million mansion. Seven days after that, she tried to sell it. It eventually foreclosed.

Kouri collected $1.35 million from Eric's life insurance policies. By September 2022, after spending it all, forensic records show she had approximately $800 left.

The defense argued the financial evidence is speculative, that Eric had access to the same accounts, and that debt does not equal motive for murder. Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The trial continues — and the jury now has the full financial picture in front of them.

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