ST. GEORGE — Prosecutors say a letter written by Kouri Richins, a Kamas woman charged with killing her husband, asks her mother and brother to give false testimony at her trial.
The six-page handwritten letter to her mother was found inside a book during a search of Richins’ cell in the Summit County Jail on Thursday. The letter instructs her mother and brother to provide false testimony in the case, according to a motion filed in court Friday.
“This comes down to jealousy, money and Eric’s partying that they don’t want to acknowledge, and sadly an accidental overdose,” the letter says.
Prosecutors have asked the judge to restrict Richins from “further engaging in witness tampering” by restricting her from contacting her mother and brother.
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Written by EMILY ASHCROFT, KSL.com.
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