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She allegedly asked for "the Michael Jackson drug" after the first attempt failed. She texted that she felt "relieved" after her husband died. She then wrote a children's book about grief. And two of the prosecution's key witnesses flipped their stories after receiving immunity deals. This Hidden Killers Week In Review brings together former FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke, defense attorney Bob Motta, and host Tony Brueski to work through the Kouri Richins case from every angle listeners have been asking about.

Robin addresses the behavioral reality of escalation: what does it take for someone to fail at something like this and then immediately seek a more lethal method? That's not panic—Robin explains what it actually is. He takes on the behavioral significance of the children's book: in his FBI career, has he seen a move that audacious, and what does it communicate about managing public identity under pressure?

The prosecution has put nearly forty witnesses on the stand. Two mistrial motions have already been filed. Bob Motta breaks down what the defense strategy tells us—and whether it makes sense when the evidence is this heavy. How do you attack a three-pillar circumstantial case without hoping the jury doesn't connect the dots?

Carmen Lauber came in meth-positive. Robert Crozier contradicted his own sworn affidavit. At what point do shaky immunity witnesses become more dangerous to the prosecution than the defense?

And the human question at the center of all of it: Eric Richins suspected something. His friends knew something was wrong. His sister hired a private investigator. He'd met with a divorce attorney. He told his family: if I die, look at her. How does someone walk through all of that warning—and still end up dead?

Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty.

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