# Eric Richins Told His Sister Kouri Richins Was ‘The Most Evil Person He’d Ever Met’

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Podcast: [Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hidden-killers-with-tony-brueski-true-crime-news-commentary-5840426)
Published: 2026-06-11T17:00:00+00:00
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Eric Richins told his sister Katie that Kouri Richins was the most evil person he had ever met. He told her he would live through hell every single day until his youngest son turned eighteen rather than risk a family court giving Kouri equal custody. Katie begged him to leave. His other sister Amy begged him to leave. He had already sat down with a divorce attorney. He had the legal groundwork and his family ready to catch him. He chose to stay. This episode is about that choice — not as a failure of judgment, but as the product of an impossible equation that anyone in Eric’s position would recognize. Eric believed he was the only thing standing between Kouri and his three boys. As long as he was in the house, he was the safety system. If he left, the barrier left with him. His role as a father and protector wasn’t just his identity. It was the lock on the cage. But Eric wasn’t passive inside that decision. He ran a parallel operation his wife never knew about. He met with a divorce attorney through his brother-in-law Clint Benson. He changed his will. Formed the Eric Richins Living Trust and placed everything under Katie’s control for the boys. Changed his power of attorney and his life insurance beneficiary. He built a fortress around everything Kouri could take if he died. He didn’t build one around himself. That distinction is the center of this piece. Eric’s preparations protected the money, the business, the children’s financial future. Somewhere along the way, his own death shifted from something to prevent to something to prepare for. When danger lives in your house long enough, it stops being an emergency and starts being weather. This episode examines how that shift happens and what it cost everyone inside that home. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPIS…

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