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Murderous Moscow Mule Mom's Lover Breaks Down in Court | Crime Alert 6AM 03.06.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alard Hourly Update, Breaking Crime News Now, I'm Sidney Sumner.
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  Speaker 1: A dramatic moment unfolded in the murder trial of Utah
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  Speaker 1: Children's Grief author Corey Richards as her alleged handyman lover,
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  Speaker 1: broke down in court while testifying. Robert Grossman, forty three,
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  Speaker 1: an Iraq war veteran, took the stan Wednesday and described
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  Speaker 1: a series of intimate text messages exchanged with Richins just
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  Speaker 1: weeks before her husband's death in twenty twenty two. According
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  Speaker 1: to testimony, less than a month before her husband, Eric
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  Speaker 1: Richins died, Corey Richins sent Grossman a message asking if
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  Speaker 1: I was divorced right now and asked you to marry
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  Speaker 1: me tomorrow, you would, Grossman replied, yes, in love with
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  Speaker 1: y O you, of course I would, Prosecutors say. The
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  Speaker 1: messages reveal the pair discussing a future together. In another
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  Speaker 1: text shown to jurors, Richins allegedly wrote that life would
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  Speaker 1: be perfect if her husband could just go away and
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  Speaker 1: you could just be here. Richins muses about purchasing a
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  Speaker 1: mansion with Grossman, living in the guest house and renting
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  Speaker 1: out the main house as an event center. Richins suggests
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  Speaker 1: they hang out every day on a little farm and
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  Speaker 1: raise her children. As the texts were displayed in court,
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  Speaker 1: Grossman became emotional and wiped away tears During his testimony.
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  Speaker 1: Grossman also described a troubling conversation he had with Richins
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  Speaker 1: just days after her husband died. He told jurors she
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  Speaker 1: asked him if he had ever killed anyone, referring to
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  Speaker 1: his military service in Iraq, and questioned him about how
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  Speaker 1: it made him feel. Grossman said at the time he
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  Speaker 1: had no suspicion that Richins might have been involved in
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  Speaker 1: her husband's death. Prosecutors alleged Richins killed Eric Richins in
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  Speaker 1: March twenty twenty two by slipping four times the lethal
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  Speaker 1: dose of fentanyl into a Moscow mule cocktail she prepared
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  Speaker 1: for him. Additional charges accuse her of a previous attempt
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  Speaker 1: to kill Eric by spiking his sandwich with fentanyl a
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  Speaker 1: month earlier, on Valentine's Day. After his death, Richins went
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  Speaker 1: on to self publish a children's book about coping with grief,
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  Speaker 1: saying it was meant to help her sons and other
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  Speaker 1: children deal with the loss of a parent. Prosecutors argue
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  Speaker 1: Richinds plan the killing in hopes of starting a new
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  Speaker 1: life with her lover and believe she would inherit her
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  Speaker 1: husband's estate, valued at more than four million dollars. Her
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  Speaker 1: defense team, however, maintains that Eric Richards died from an
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  Speaker 1: accidental overdose. They say it's unclear how Eric ingested the
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  Speaker 1: drug and that investigators did not thoroughly test the drink's
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  Speaker 1: cup for evidence. Corey Richins has pleaded not guilty and
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  Speaker 1: the trial continues. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 1: The nation is carefully watching local election races in California.
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  Speaker 1: In Arkansas, as a convicted sex offender and alleged murderer
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  Speaker 1: run for public office. In California, a registered sex offender
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  Speaker 1: running for city council held a press conference near an
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  Speaker 1: elementary school last week. Renee Campos, forty one, who has
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  Speaker 1: sought the Fresno City Council's District seven seat, has a
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  Speaker 1: twenty eighteen conviction for possessing child sex mas materials. On Friday,
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  Speaker 1: Campos held a press conference outside Saint John's Catholic Church,
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  Speaker 1: which is across the street from Big Picture Academy. School
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  Speaker 1: Officials say they are exploring their legal options as Campos's
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  Speaker 1: proximity to the school absolutely violated the law. Campos pleaded
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  Speaker 1: guilty in twenty twenty one to the child pornography charges
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  Speaker 1: and was sentenced to two years probation. While Campos has
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  Speaker 1: not formally filed to run for city council, assembly Woman
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  Speaker 1: Esmuel Desoria of merced introduced a bill on Tuesday to
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  Speaker 1: prevent registered sex offenders from running or holding local or
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  Speaker 1: state office. Meanwhile, Campos described the move as institutional overreach.
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  Speaker 1: He went on to explain that he chose to hold
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  Speaker 1: Friday's press conference outside of a church as its a
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  Speaker 1: symbol for rehabilitation and forgiveness. Campos has until the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day to formally file to have his name
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  Speaker 1: on June's ballot. In Arkansas, a man accused of killing
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  Speaker 1: another man who allegedly kidnapped and raped his fourteen year
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  Speaker 1: old daughter in twenty twenty four won a primary election
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  Speaker 1: for county sheriff. Aaron Spencer reportedly shot Michael Fossler, sixty seven,
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  Speaker 1: after discovering him in a car with his daughter. Despite
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  Speaker 1: being charged with Fossler's second degree murder, Spencer won the
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  Speaker 1: Republican nomination for Lonoke County Sheriff, winning fifty three percent
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  Speaker 1: of the vote. The girl's mother set on Facebook that
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  Speaker 1: there was an active protective order against Fossler as he
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  Speaker 1: was accused of stalking and raping her daughter months before
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  Speaker 1: the October twenty twenty four shooting. Further, Lonoke County Police
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  Speaker 1: confirmed Fossler's July twenty twenty four arrest for Internet stocking
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  Speaker 1: of a child and sexual assault. The victim's mother said
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  Speaker 1: they were unaware their daughter was back in contact with Fossler,
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  Speaker 1: who was free on bond. Spencer's trial was expected to
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  Speaker 1: begin in January, but it was delayed after the State
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court removed the presiding judge. The State Supreme Court
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  Speaker 1: also dismissed that judge's order, which limited the public's access
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  Speaker 1: to the trial. Spencer cannot serve as sheriff if convicted
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  Speaker 1: of murder. A hearing to reschedule his trial is scheduled
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  Speaker 1: for this month. Linoki Kik County Prosecuting attorney Chuck Graham
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  Speaker 1: says Spencer's trial will begin in late April or late June.
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  Speaker 1: The Brazos County Sheriff's Office in Texas released an image
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  Speaker 1: of a truck belonging to Nicole Nicki Winder, a fifty
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  Speaker 1: three year old who has not been seen since February
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  Speaker 1: twenty fifth, According to the Sheriff's office, Police located the
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five white Chevrolet on an oil pad site
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  Speaker 1: off FM nine seventy four north of Highway twenty one
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  Speaker 1: on Wednesday after it had been torched. Police said Winder
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  Speaker 1: was last seen at around three pm last Wednesday, leaving
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  Speaker 1: her place of employment in Bryan. Law enforcement are encouraging
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  Speaker 1: residents near the nineteen hundred block of FM nine seventy
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  Speaker 1: four to check security and game cameras for footage on
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  Speaker 1: February twenty fifth between three pm and four fifteen pm.
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  Speaker 1: On Monday, police expanded their search to include the surrounding areas. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the Texas Department of Public Safety issued a statewide clear
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  Speaker 1: alert for Winder after love one said they were concerned
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  Speaker 1: for her safety. Winder is described as five feet seven
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  Speaker 1: inches tall and about one hundred and thirty pounds, with
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  Speaker 1: green eyes and blonde hair. She was last seen wearing
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  Speaker 1: a dark gray shirt and pink pants. Police asked anyone
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  Speaker 1: with information to contact their local law enforcement or the
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  Speaker 1: Brazos County Sheriff's Office at nine seventy nine three sixty
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  Speaker 1: one forty nine hundred For the latest crime and justice
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sidney Sumner.