Newly-filed court documents have revealed that Kouri Richins, a Utah mother charged with the poisoning of her husband, was coping with around $2.5m in debt, including in tax liabilities and unpaid taxes, in the days leading up to the victim's death. Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of murder in connection to the death of Eric Richins, her 39-year-old husband and father to their three children, in March 2022. The documents have revealed details of previous poisoning attempts, including the discovery that in late January 2022, Ms Richins took out a new insurance policy on her husband totalling nearly $2m, and that she procured illicit fentanyl soon after. On 4 February, Valentine's Day, she prepared a sandwich with fentanyl for her husband while the couple were having financial disagreements. Eric Richins subsequently broke out in hives and had difficulty breathing, and told friends that he thought his wife was trying to poison him.
A 44-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder after police found a 43-year-old woman dead in Sparrow Park located near Cherrytree Drive and Sparrow Court in Brampton, Ontario. Officers were called to the park for someone who needed medical assistance. Despite their efforts to help the woman, she died at the scene. The suspect was located nearby and has been arrested. Both the man and woman are from Brampton. The suspect has appeared in court.
Two men have been arrested and one charged with murder after police found a metal cabinet containing the body of a 22-year-old man submerged in a creek in the Warrell Creek area of New South Wales. Officers acted following investigations into drug supply in Caringbah, a suburb of southern Sydney. The 22-year-old, who was charged with murder, was arrested in Peakhurst and refused bail. Last week, a 33-year-old was arrested in Brisbane and will be extradited to NSW.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of killing 20-year-old Madeline Pantoja, who was reported missing on 11 May from her home in Midland, West Texas. Pantoja’s keys, phone and car remained at her address. A recent ex-boyfriend is reportedly among the potential suspects suggested to authorities by Pantoja’s friends and neighbours. Police have not confirmed whether the suspect, Mario Juan Chacon Jr, was the missing woman’s boyfriend. Pantoja’s body was discovered over the weekend outside the city limits. Chacon Jr has been charged with first-degree murder. Pantoja’s disappearance led to around 100 people protesting outside Midland Police headquarters last week and a reward of approximately $27,000 being raised for details on her whereabouts.
A man who killed a child during a shooting incident at an elementary school in South Carolina when he was 14 has apologised as he appeared in court to ask a judge to reduce his sentence. Jesse Osborne was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders of six-year-old Jacob Hall and his father in 2016, and an additional 30 years in prison for the attempted murder of three other victims. Osborne’s lawyers are asking the judge to reconsider the sentence and re-sentence him to 30 years in prison for murder and 15 years for the three attempted murder charges.
