Why Didn't Kouri Richins Acknowledge a Word Her Children Said?

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · May 18, 2026 · 20m

Her children had therapists read their words because they couldn’t be in the room with her. They described locked doors, dead animals, a brother sneaking food to a sibling confined to his bedroom. They described fear. All of them asked for the same thing: keep her away.Kouri Richins stood up after hearing all of that and didn’t address one word of it. She announced an appeal. She told the judge this courtroom couldn’t get justice right. She told a jury that spent less than three hours convicting her that they decided her family’s future too quickly. And she looked at her boys and said she was…