About this episode

Andrea Canning reports on the case of Utah mother Kouri Richins, who wrote a children's book about grief following her husband's death and recently went on trial for his murder.

Andrea Canning reports on the case of Utah mother Kouri Richins, who wrote a children’s book about grief following her husband’s death and recently went on trial for his murder. Blayne Alexander and Andrea Canning go behind the scenes of the making of this episode in 'Talking Dateline' Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/4t238vK Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F2CtvcWe7j641Cmvumz02

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Host: Andrea Canning

Guest: Blayne Alexander

Topics covered

• true crime
• murder trial
• grief
• children's book
• Utah

Keywords

• Kouri Richins
• murder trial
• children's book
• grief
• Utah

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Organizations: NBC News

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