The positioning started seven years before Eric Richins died. Between 2015 and 2017, prosecutors allege Kouri took out life insurance policies on her husband totaling nearly $2 million—without his knowledge. In late January 2022, weeks before his death, she allegedly applied for yet another policy. For FBI behavioral analyst Robin Dreeke, that long-term pattern tells a story before any other evidence enters the picture.

This deep-dive applies Robin's "Life Arc" framework to the Kouri Richins case. His career profiling individuals capable of sustained deception and eventual violence taught him to read the formative pressures and escalating behaviors that precede harm. The question isn't just what prosecutors allege Kouri did—it's what made her allegedly capable of it.

The 2020 confrontation looms large. Eric discovered that Kouri had allegedly withdrawn $100,000 from his accounts, borrowed $30,000 on his credit cards, and used a fraudulent Power of Attorney. He met with a divorce attorney. He consulted an estate planner. Robin explains what happens to someone's behavioral baseline when their deception architecture collapses and their marriage becomes existentially threatened.

Then came February 2022. Alleged fentanyl procurement on the 11th. A Valentine's Day attempt prosecutors say caused Eric to black out but survive. A return to the supplier on the 26th, allegedly asking for "something stronger." And eighteen days after that first alleged attempt, Eric was dead. Robin breaks down what that compressed timeline reveals about psychological state—and why failure typically escalates rather than stops someone on this trajectory.

Trial begins February 23rd. This is the behavioral foundation for understanding five weeks of evidence.

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