Kouri Richins Deleted 100s Of Texts w/ Drug Source Housekeeper, Expert Says

Jurors in Kouri Richins' murder trial on Monday (March 2, day 6) saw records showing she deleted texts between her and Carmen Lauber, the housekeeper whjo testified she got Richins fentanyl. Chris Kotrodimos, a digital forensics expert, testified about his analyis of phone records associated with the investigation into Eric Richins' drug overdose death. You can watch Kotrodimos' entire direct-exam here:    • Forensic Expert Testifies About Kouri Rich...   01:33 "So if I'm a common user of a phone and I delete a photo, how long would it be in, kind of in the background of that phone, and able to be downloaded, by this report, before it's gone forever?" "Well, it kind of varies..." 3:16 "Now, if a user deletes a text from a phone, from their own phone, does that affect how the text message would show up on the receiving end?" "No." "From January of 2022 to say, March 15 of 2022, what was the volume, or approximate volume, of text messages between Kouri Richins and Carmen Lauber for that three-month period, between the two of them?" "About 800 text messages." :03:58 "So from March 16, 2022, to the end of that year. So March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. ...How many text messages between Kouri Richins and Carmen Lauber for that nine month timeframe?" "About 600 650." "Okay, we're going to do some quick math. Is that about three per day?" "It's about three per day." "Now, to be clear, I'm not asking you if they communicated three times a day, right? Just doing the average, that's about what it would come out, right?" "It's about a 70% decrease. If my math is right." "Where does that data come from?" "The call detail records between Kouri Richins and Carmen Lauber and because it's a call detail record, we don't have the content of any of those messages?" "Correct?" "They've been deleted from Kouri Richins' phone?" "Yes." 07:11 "Were these part of a text message at some point?" "Yes." "Do you know if that text message was incoming or outgoing from Ms. Richins' device?" "No." "Why not?" "Because the original images and the source of these images was deleted from the phone. It no longer exists on the phone." 10:15 Google searches 13:30 "We saw some web searches on 3-2060 that related to remotely wiping an iPhone or remotely deleting text messages." "Yes." "Was the blue iPhone being used by Kouri Richins in the time after her original phone, that white iPhone, was seized by police?" "Yes." 15:00 "So when we're seeing this activity on the phone, does that indicate a website visit?" 15:11 searches about deleting stuff Jurors saw three images Richins accessed on her phone after medical examiners took her husband's body and investigators left the home.They were of Donald Trump with the quote “I’m really rich!”, Jeff Daniels rubbing cash on his face as Harry Dunne in Dumb and Dumber and Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood in “House of Cards” with the quote “Idiots. Idiots everywhere." Background: Kouri Richins, 35, is accused of fatally poisoning her husband, Eric Richins, with fentanyl at their home in Kamas, Utah, in March 2022. After he died, she self-published a children's book she authored titled "Are You With Me?" about coping with grief. Eric Richins, 39, was found dead in their home on March 4, 2022. Prosecutors allege Kouri dropped a lethal dose of fentanyl in a Moscow Mule cocktail she prepared for him. They say she was motivated by money because she owed nearly $5 million to lenders and had changed her husband's life insurance policies prior to his death while also taking out a home equity line of credit without his knowledge. She also was in a romantic relationship with another man. You can watch the prosecution's opening statement here    • Greed & Lust Drove Kouri Richins To Poison...   and the defense opening statement here:    • Defense Says Kouri Richins' Husband Overdo...   Prosecutors allege she previously tried to murder him by poisoning his sandwich on Valentine's Day 2022, which her husband told a friend about. Richins' criminal charges in Summit County, Utah, include aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, forgery and insurance fraud. Her trial is scheduled to last five weeks. Judge Richard Mrazik in Utah's 3rd District Court is presiding at the Silver Summit Justice Center near Park City. ****************************************************************************** Subscribe to Legal Affairs and Trials with Meghann Cuniff: https://www.legalaffairsandtrials.com...