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The "Walk the Dog" letter surfaced from Kouri Richins' jail cell. Prosecutors called it blatant witness tampering — alleging she was instructing family members on how to testify and claiming Eric had purchased drugs from Mexico himself.

What does it tell us when someone facing murder charges continues trying to control the narrative and recruit others into their version of events? Is this desperation, or is it consistent with how they've always operated?

Psychotherapist Shavaun Scott joins Hidden Killers Live to examine cognitive distortion at its most striking. Kouri isn't just charged with murder — she's filed lawsuits from jail demanding millions from Eric's estate. She wrote a grief book and promoted it on television. When she learned she'd been cut from the will two days after Eric's death, testimony says she punched his sister in response.

How does someone inhabit a version of reality so different from what everyone else is seeing — and genuinely believe their version is the true one?

After Eric's death, prosecutors say Kouri went on exotic vacations and presented herself as a grieving widow processing an "unexpected" tragedy. Meanwhile, they allege she'd been planning his death for weeks and had a boyfriend waiting.

The 911 call was played in court — hysterical sobbing, barely able to speak. Yet prosecutors say her phone was active before that call, and Eric's sister testified Kouri appeared "well put together" when she arrived.

How does compartmentalization allow someone to perform grief they may not feel? Can that performance become so convincing that even they start to believe it?

After nearly three years in jail, Kouri maintains her innocence. Her mother says she believes "a hundred percent" she'll be acquitted.

Shavaun Scott breaks down how distortion becomes reality — and whether that reality can survive contact with evidence.

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