Natalie Morales

Thank you, Anne-Marie, for having me again.

And boy, is this explosive, this sentencing hearing.

We not only heard statements from Corey for the first time, but also from Eric's sisters, also from Eric and Corey's children in a statement, which you'll hear as read by their counselors.

Now, this is a case, as you know, it's been getting a lot of media attention.

We've reported on it extensively as well.

We're going to break it all down for you today.

Well, let's go back to March of 2022.

And, you know, Corey Richens at the time was 31 years old.

Eric, 39 years old.

They seem to have it all by outward appearances.

They seem to be in a good marriage.

They had three young sons.

But it was in the early morning hours of March 4th, 2022, that Corey called 911.

And she called and told the first responders that she had fallen asleep with one of the kids when she put him to bed.

And then when she woke up, she went back to her bedroom.

And she found Eric cold to the touch and not breathing.

So when the first responders arrived, they tried to save Eric, but it was already too late.

Now, initially, authorities thought that Eric may have died from an accidental drug overdose.

But as investigators dug deeper, they suspected that Corey poisoned Eric for financial gain.

The prosecution alleged that Corey poisoned Eric with fentanyl that was served to him either in a Moscow Mule cocktail or a lemon drop shot after apparently previously attempting to poison him via a breakfast sandwich.