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Welcome to Dateline True Crime Weekly.

I'm Andrea Canning.

It's February 26th, and here's what's on our docket.

In Miami, a jury hears unusual testimony at the trial of a former college football player accused of murdering his teammate.

In Dateline Roundup, the son and alleged killer of slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner appears in court, and a former American Idol contestant is accused of murder.

Plus, after Savannah Guthrie calls for more attention to be paid to the families of the missing, we bring you the case of a young mother I've never been able to forget.

But before all that, we're heading to Utah, where the highly anticipated murder trial of mom of three, Corey Richens, is finally underway.

Corey Richens first made news in April 2023 when she appeared on a local ABC4 morning show, Good Things Utah, to promote a children's book she wrote about grief after her husband Eric died suddenly the year before.

A month later, she was arrested and charged with her husband's murder.

Prosecutors say Richens poisoned her husband, Eric, with fentanyl so she could cash in on his life insurance.

Richens has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against her.

And as she told Dateline in an exclusive recording she made from jail back in 2024, she's been eagerly awaiting the chance to defend herself.

That time has finally come.

Richen's trial began Monday in the Summit County Courthouse in Park City, Utah.

Dateline producer Karen Israel was there and is joining us to give us all the details.

Hey, Karen.

Hi, Andrea.

And I know that you're a little under the weather and it didn't help that you had to wait hours to get into the courtroom, right?

No, and I apologize for my voice.

So yeah, there's been a lot of anticipation for this trial.