QuoteKouri Richins, a 35-year-old house-flipper, killed husband Eric Richins on March 3, 2022 with a fentanyl-laced Moscow mule cocktail so she could cash in on his $4 million estate and run off with her handyman lover, prosecutor Bradley Bloodworth said during opening statements Monday in Park City, Utah.

Then a year after the killing, Kouri wrote a children's picture book "Are You With Me?" — ostensibly to help her and Eric's three sons cope with his death.

She wouldn't be able to collect on the multi-million estate if they divorced, as part of a prenuptial agreement. On the other hand, if Eric died, Richins was the beneficiary, the prosecutor explained to jurors.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/23/us-news/kouri-richins-poisoned-husband-for-a-very-vain-reason-prosecutor-says/

QuoteA 2022 study reveals that by adulthood, 28% of daughters and 24% of sons are estranged from their fathers, while only 6% are estranged from their mothers.

So why are so many men losing their adult children? We can start with divorce. Nearly one-third of American children experience divorce before adulthood. Fathers are far more likely to become the non-resident parent post-divorce. Less time equals weaker bonds.

But while divorce affects the quantity of a dad's time with his children, it does not explain resignation. Even married fathers can be emotionally absent. This is when the culture takes over instead....One multi-year study found that as gaming increases, the perceived quality of family relationships tends to deteriorate — especially when parental bonds are weaker. If dad doesn't see his kids, the algorithm will.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-so-many-grown-kids-are-cutting-off-their-fathers

QuoteThe allegations first emerged when Hughes called police herself, accusing her husband of attacking her when he found her in bed with the 18-year-old student on Valentine's Day. It is not clear if he faces charges.

In the video, Hughes tells the interrogating officer that while her actions weren't "justified," she was "physically and mentally" abused by her husband.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/23/us-news/school-secretary-cries-while-quizzed-about-sex-with-student-her-hubby-found-her-in-bed-with-on-valentines-day/

QuoteCosgrove found the prosecution's soap-opera theory about the motive for the killing to be credible—Zaffino killed Zack at George's behest because Zack didn't want to end the affair and he threatened to take custody of the child he fathered with George.

The child's paternity was unknown to most everyone—including Ed George—until tests were conducted after the murder. The child was in court Monday to see her mother sent to prison.

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2025/07/29/george-gets-23-years-to-life/85425227007/

QuoteWarmus was 26 when she murdered Betty Jean Solomon, the wife of her colleague and lover, Paul Solomon.

Warmus has long maintained her innocence. But jurors convicted her in 1992, siding with the prosecution, which suggested her romantic obsession with Solomon led her to kill his wife half an hour before she met her lover for an evening of drinks and sex.

Warmus, the heiress to an insurance fortune, was arrested less than a month later.

https://people.com/crime/fatal-attraction-killer-released-prison-carolyn-warmus/

QuoteMichelle Hundley Smith was first reported missing on Dec. 31, 2001. At the time, officials with the Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said they were told that Smith, 38, had been missing for weeks. Her husband told investigators that she left their Stoneville home to go Christmas shopping at a K-Mart about 20 miles away in Martinsville, Virginia.

WGHP had previously spoken with Smith's daughter in 2021, exactly 20 years after her mother disappeared.

At the time, Amanda said she would have loved to know the reason that her mother vanished, even if only to rule out anything "sinister."

https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/north-carolina-woman-reported-missing-in-2001-found-alive-and-well/