# Why Did Kouri Richins Promise Her Terrified Children She’s Coming to Get Them?

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Podcast: [True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews](https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews-568948)
Published: 2026-05-16T01:00:00+00:00
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Her children begged a judge to keep her locked away forever. Kouri Richins responded by telling them she’s coming home — and everything she said in between is worse than you think. Minutes after therapists read the handwritten words of three boys into the court record — words describing locked rooms, neglect, dead animals, and a childhood spent in fear — Kouri stood and delivered a fifteen-minute statement that never once acknowledged what those kids lived through. She didn’t mention the locked bedroom doors. She didn’t mention the brother who had to sneak food to his sibling. She didn’t mention the animals that starved and froze while she was in charge. What she did talk about was herself. Her love story with Eric. How marriage is hard. How her love was “enough.” She told the boys their father “was in a lot of physical pain” — still nudging an alternate narrative even after a conviction. She told them to “be like your dad,” the man a jury says she killed. And she told children who described being scared for their lives to question the people who finally gave them safety. Tony Brueski plays back her full courtroom speech and dismantles it in real time. 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://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing publi…

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