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

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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: 2026-05-18T19:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8904211
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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 coming home. She told them to stop trusting the family who finally made them feel safe. Jennifer Coffindaffer and retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke have spent decades reading people in high-stakes moments, and they don’t let any of this slide. They dissect the behavioral meaning behind Kouri’s total non-acknowledgment, the legal calculus of attacking your own verdict at sentencing, the deliberate way Kouri admitted to marital flaws while refusing to concede the conviction, and the moment she floated doubt about her husband’s death in the middle of a speech supposedly about her children. Tony Brueski, Robin Dreeke, and Jennifer Coffindaffer. LINKS & DISCLAIMER 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 availa…

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