Kate Snow

And especially on day one, there were spectators lined up well before 6 a.m.

to get seats in the courtroom.

The trial began with opening statements.

The prosecution went first.

And Karen, you and I, we've been on this story for a while.

We've learned pieces of their case over the past few years.

What exactly did they share on Monday in their openings?

So the state is accusing Corey of intentionally poisoning Eric with fentanyl.

And the attorney for the state, Brad Bloodworth, began by giving the jury a dramatic play-by-play of what the prosecution alleges happened that night, starting with Corey texting the man that she was having an affair with, love you, and then handing Eric a drink in their bedroom.

She nudges him.

He does not respond.

She sees that he is stiff and pale.

The prosecution told the jury this wasn't the first time Corey had attempted to murder Eric, that she'd allegedly laced a sandwich with poison a couple of weeks earlier on Valentine's Day.

Did the prosecution offer a theory about how Corey got her hands...

On the fentanyl.

Yes.

So the prosecution told the jury that Corey got the fentanyl from her housekeeper, who had bought the fentanyl from a drug dealer.

That housekeeper is expected to be a key prosecution witness.

The prosecution talked about the possible motive for these alleged crimes, which, of course, money is at the center.

Eric Richens was well off.