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Jurors in Kouri Richins' murder trial in Utah are hearing all-day testimony today for Brooke Karrington, a forensic accountant who analyzed Richins' finances, including her house-flipping business and the millions of dollars of debt associated with that.

Brad Bloodworth, the chief criminal prosecutor in Summit County, questioned Karrington in direct-examination.

Before this part of Karrington's testimony began, Judge Richard Mrazik instructed jurors not to consider the evidence in relation to Richins' character, only her possible motive. This is over the objection of her lawyers, who don't want any of this evidence coming in.

You can watch the judge and attorneys discuss this issue outside the jury's presence here:    • Judge Hears 'Bad Character' Evidence Argum...  

03:00 "So in the header, we can see the company is C and E Stone Masonry LLC, which is Eric Richinss and his business partner's company. ... What is the ending balance?"
"The ending balance of those three accounts is $210,898.61."

05:11 "Ms. Karrington, did you analyze whether all of Kouri Richins' and credit card delinquencies were paid off in July of 2021?"
"I did."
"Were they?"
"No."

05:37 "This is then the secured promissory note between K Richins' Realty and Iron Bridge and the loan amount, where it says principal amount is $346,500 at a 10% interest rate."

06:56 "So it was started in in the summer, and she had the monthly payments on it, and then she had to either refinance or pay it off by January 8 of 2022." "Did Kouri Richins endeavor to refinance?"
"Yes, she did."

08:06 Richins' personal checking account:

"and the total of the two accounts is $1,893.94."

08:55 Richins' online real estate biography

09:40 Ms. Karrington, did you analyze Kouri Richins' finances to determine
if she employed anyone, and if so, how many employees she had?"
"Yes."
How many employees did she have?"
"I don't know how many employees, but the payroll expenses that appear on her bank account statements are in the neighborhood of like $1,500 or $2,500. They're not consistent... So I don't, I don't know how many, but
it's a very low number."

10:59 "In your analysis, did you find any evidence that Kouri Richins profited $1 million on any five of her deals combined?"
"No."

13:57 "I want to ask you now about a $45,000.06 $35,000 set of wire transfers related to the Barney home. Do you know what I'm talking about?"
"I do. What is your understanding of the purpose of those wire transfers?" "Those were in January of 2022 from Chelsea Barney to Kouri Richins, and for the purpose of a down payment to buy the 299 Barney house."

15:08 "Ma'am, is this a text, a text string between Chelsea Barney and Kouri Richins?"
"That's my understanding, yes."

23:32 "That tax exchange mentioned a $45,000 down payment. Did you trace
those two wires?"
"Yes, yes, I did."

24:23 "And when you trace that those two wires totaling $45,000 did they land in this account?"
"Yes, they did."

25:26 "Those are those two wires from Chelsea Barney."
"What was the accounts balance?"
"It was in the negative. $1,996.68 and $996.68."
"Did you then trace the funds from this account?"
"I did."
"Can you please show us what happened to that money?"
"Well, the majority of it, well, a lot of it, almost half went to the family account."

26:45 "Then how long did it take her to deplete the rest of that $45,000?"
"Well, we have to account for the another $9,000 that came into the account, but it was gone within a few days."

29:08 "So that came out of the family account, and I know from tracing this that went to fund five for Kouri Darden Richins, and fund five was one of her payday lenders."

Background:

Kouri Richins, 35, is accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with fentanyl at their home in Kamas, Utah, in March 2022. After he died, she self-published a children's book she authored titled "Are You With Me?" about coping with grief.

Eric Richins, 39, was found dead in their home on March 4, 2022.

Prosecutors allege Kouri dropped a lethal dose of fentanyl in a Moscow Mule cocktail she prepared for him. They say she was motivated by money because she owed nearly $5 million to lenders and had changed her husband's life insurance policies prior to his death while also taking out a home equity line of credit without his knowledge. She also was in a romantic relationship with another man.

You can watch the prosecution's opening statement here    • Greed & Lust Drove Kouri Richins To Poison...   and the defense opening statement here:    • Defense Says Kouri Richins' Husband Overdo...  

Prosecutors allege she previously tried to murder him by poisoning his sandwich on Valentine's Day 2022, which her husband told a friend about.

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