# What Did Kouri Richins Say After Her Sons Begged To Be Kept Safe?

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Podcast: [The Case Against Kouri Richins](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-case-against-kouri-richins-6402997)
Published: 2026-07-08T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8910800
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Kouri Richins' children asked a judge to keep her locked away forever. Minutes later, she stood up and told them she's coming home. This look back sits with both — the words three boys wrote, and the response their mother gave. Their statements, read by therapists because the boys still can't face her, described a childhood most people can't imagine: locked bedroom doors, a mother they said was drunk almost daily, threats made against their pets, an older brother quietly feeding and looking after a younger one because no adult would. They wrote about a father who'll never coach another game or teach them to drive. And every one of them asked the court for the same thing — keep her away, because they finally feel safe, and that safety disappears the moment she's free. Kouri's response didn't acknowledge a single thing they said. Not the locked doors. Not the threats. Instead she spoke for more than half an hour about herself — her marriage, her love story, her fight to come home — told the boys to "be like your dad," the man she was convicted of killing, hinted his death may not have been what prosecutors said, and promised children who are afraid of her that she'll be back. Reporting later surfaced a message she sent after the verdict, vowing to expose everyone involved and warning they'd "seen nothing yet." We revisit where the case stood at the time of our reporting. This is the hearing where the distance between what those children needed and what their mother offered them was laid completely bare. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https:…

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