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Podcast: The Case Against Kouri Richins
Episode: Kouri Richins Trial Preview: The Recanted Witness, the Jail Cell Letter, and What Prosecutors Have Left
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Two weeks before Kouri Richins faces a jury for allegedly poisoning Eric Richins with fentanyl, the prosecution's supply chain theory just collapsed.Robert Crozier was the key witness. He originally told investigators he sold fentanyl to housekeeper Carmen Lauber—the alleged middle link between the drugs and Kouri. Now he's recanted. Signed affidavit. Says it was OxyContin, not fentanyl. Says he was detoxing and "out of it" during the original interview.If the fentanyl didn't come from Crozier, prosecutors can't trace it to Lauber. If it didn't come from Lauber, they can't place it in Ko...