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Breaking testimony from the Kouri Richins murder trial as the prosecution's key witness takes the stand. Carmen Lauber, testifying under immunity deals with three Utah counties and federal authorities, has told jurors she purchased drugs for Kouri Richins four separate times in early 2022—and that Kouri knew the final batch contained fentanyl.
According to Lauber's testimony, the drug procurement evolved from pain pills to something lethal. Cash was left in properties Kouri was flipping. Pills were dropped in a firepit. When Lauber told Kouri the drugs were fentanyl, not just standard painkillers, Kouri allegedly said to proceed anyway.
The timeline prosecutors have presented is damning. Weeks before Eric Richins died, Kouri allegedly obtained a fraudulent life insurance policy. Months earlier, she had already booked a Caribbean vacation with her boyfriend—scheduled for the month after her husband's death. Text messages to that boyfriend included: "If he could just go away and you could just be here, life would be so perfect."
A forensic toxicologist has confirmed Eric had five times the lethal dose of illicit fentanyl in his system when he died. Two weeks before his death, Eric allegedly told a friend he believed his wife was trying to poison him after a sandwich she left him caused severe hives requiring an EpiPen.
Defense attorney Wendy Lewis is attacking Lauber's credibility on multiple fronts. Lauber admitted to regular methamphetamine use during the period of the alleged drug purchases. She initially told investigators Kouri asked for oxycodone—not fentanyl. And the defense introduced a recording where an investigator told Lauber to provide details that would ensure conviction. Lauber's response: she'd do whatever it takes.
Cross-examination continues. Kouri Richins has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent.
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Breaking developments in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigation—and they're coming from inside the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Multiple current and former members of Sheriff Chris Nanos's own agency are publicly questioning how the search for Savannah Guthrie's mother is being handled.
Sgt. Aaron Cross, president of the Pima County Deputies Organization, delivered a damning assessment to reporters: "It is a common belief in this agency that this case has become an ego case for Sheriff Nanos." Former Chief Deputy Richard Kastigar, who gave 46 years to the department and served directly under Nanos, says the sheriff holds "great disdain" for the FBI and is "still pissed" about an investigation that took place in 2015.
Tonight we're examining what that 2015 FBI probe involved, why it allegedly created lasting tension, and how those feelings may be affecting decisions in the Nancy Guthrie case. Sources indicate the FBI wants to assume a lead role in the investigation—but Nanos won't allow it. Evidence has been routed to a private lab rather than the FBI's facilities at Quantico.
Nanos calls the accusations political distraction and insists federal cooperation is solid. But his recent public statements haven't helped: "I'm not used to everyone hanging onto my every word and then holding me accountable for what I say."
We're also digging into the 2024 election controversy where Nanos placed a political opponent on administrative leave weeks before voting—and the federal retaliation lawsuit that followed.
Four weeks. No suspects. No arrests. Nancy Guthrie is still missing. We're live with the latest.
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Investigators had been watching the man they believed was LISK—the Long Island Serial Killer—for months. They had cell tower evidence. Burner phone records. But they needed DNA.
Then he threw away a pizza box.
In the final part of our Gilgo Beach Killer series, we examine how a discarded pizza box allegedly provided the evidence that led to charges in a thirteen-year cold case—and what happens when the alleged Long Island Serial Killer faces trial in September 2026.
The investigation stalled for years after bodies were discovered along Ocean Parkway. Then a new Suffolk County task force formed in February 2022 with a mandate to apply modern technology to old evidence from the Gilgo Beach murders.
Six weeks in, an investigator noticed an old witness statement. An "ogre-like man" driving a Chevrolet Avalanche near where Amber Costello vanished. A database search returned one name.
From there, cell phone records allegedly connected the alleged Gilgo Beach Killer to burner phones in every instance. But investigators needed physical proof.
Enter whole genome sequencing—technology that can extract DNA from degraded, rootless hairs. A California lab applied it to evidence from six victims. According to prosecutors, the results linked hairs to LISK and his family.
Then the pizza. DNA from the crust matched a male hair on Gilgo Four victim Megan Waterman. A profile found in only 0.04% of the population.
"That was a remarkable day," DA Tierney said. "You read the report and you read it again."
July 13, 2023. The alleged Long Island Serial Killer arrested. Twelve-day search. Fifty-eight hard drives. Over two hundred firearms. The planning document.
The defense challenged the DNA technology as "magic." Judge Mazzei allowed it—the first time in a New York criminal trial.
The LISK trial happens September 2026. Part 5 of 5.
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Three cases. Three legal minefields. Former prosecutor Eric Faddis breaks down the week's biggest developments in one extended conversation.
Kouri Richins' finances are now on full display for the jury. A forensic accountant testified she was $1.6 million in debt the day after Eric died—business imploding, checks bouncing, hard money loans stacking. The prosecution wants jurors to see premeditation. The defense says it's just reckless spending from someone who was always in over her head. Eric Faddis explains how financial evidence becomes murder motive—and where that argument can fall apart.
In the Nancy Guthrie case, there's still no arrest—but innocent people are already suffering. A man was detained, questioned for hours, and released. A schoolteacher is being harassed by amateur investigators convinced he matches doorbell footage. The Guthrie family had to be publicly cleared. Eric Faddis explains what legal recourse exists when you've been named in a case you had nothing to do with.
And the Cascio family—who spent 25 years defending Michael Jackson in court, on television, and in print—are now suing, alleging he drugged, raped, and trafficked them since childhood. The estate calls it extortion. A hearing this week determines whether this goes to public trial or sealed arbitration. Eric Faddis breaks down the credibility nightmare, the settlement the Cascios already collected, and what federal trafficking law actually requires.
One conversation. Three completely different legal questions.
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Leaving is the most dangerous time.
The moment you start seeing clearly is the moment risk spikes. The relationship was never about love. It was about control. When control slips, they tighten their grip.
This is Part 5 of "Surviving the Fog"—examining escalation through the Kouri Richins case. We're not diagnosing anyone. We're exploring documented patterns.
Prosecutors allege Eric was asking questions. Wanted to change his will. Something was shifting.
Valentine's Day 2022: Eric allegedly gets sick after eating a sandwich prosecutors say Kouri bought. He recovers.
Two weeks later, five times the lethal dose of fentanyl.
If the prosecution's timeline is correct, Eric was in the danger zone without knowing it.
Narcissistic collapse happens when control is threatened. The response isn't reflection. It's rage. Escalation.
Lethality indicators: escalating threats, weapons access, stalking, strangulation history, possessiveness, separation intent, financial desperation.
"If I can't have you, no one can" is ownership, not romance.
The danger zone is real. But so is the other side. People leave every day and survive. The fog lifts. The chains break.
Leave strategically. Make a plan. Tell someone. Document everything.
You're worth saving.
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