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Did Utah mom Kouri Richins poison her husband, then write a childrens book on coping with grief?

Friends and family expressed shock and disbelief whenKouri Richins was arrested in connection with the death of her husband, Eric, at their home in Kamas, Utah, in 2022. “I was shocked,” said her mother Lisa Darden, remembering when she heard the news. “She can’t be arrested.” Darden believed that Kouri and Eric had a great relationship, though there were sometimes …

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How slain Las Vegas journalist Jeff German may have helped capture his own killer

Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was a man who lived for his job. And as it turns out, may have died for it. In September 2022, he was stabbed to death by an assailant outside his home. German was a local legend–renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers. “How big a list of people …

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Inside the arrest of Nevada public official Robert Telles

After Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German was found stabbed to death outside his home, police quickly zeroed in on Robert Telles – the subject of a series of articles German had written. Take a look at the events leading to Telles’ arrest. Jeff German’s murder On Sept. 3, 2022, Jeff German’s body was found outside his home by …

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Fed up over bullying, Nevada women take secret video of monster boss. He was later indicted for murder.

When Aleisha Goodwin, an estate coordinator at the Clark County Public Administrator’s Office, reached out to Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German in March 2022 to describe the problems she and her co-workers said they were experiencing with their boss, she said they were at their breaking point. “We were desperate,” Goodwin told “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant …

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Amie Harwicks killer "wanted to make a statement by killing her on Valentines Day," says prosecutor

It’s been almost four years since Hollywood therapist Amie Harwick was murdered on Feb. 15, 2020. For the first time, the man who tried to save her opens up about what happened. Harwick’s roommate, Michael Herman, can never erase the memories of what happened to his friend in the early morning hours after Valentine’s Day 2020. “I remember thinking like …

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Digital evidence leads to clues in deaths of two friends who were drugged and dumped outside LA hospitals by masked men

This story originally aired on April 15, 2023. Hilda Marcela Arzola-Plascencia, a doctor in Durango, Mexico, was used to handling medical emergencies. But nothing prepared her for the call she got about her eldest daughter and namesake Hilda Marcela Cabrales. Dr. Hilda Marcela Arzola-Plascencia: I received the phone call in the middle of the night saying that she was so …

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The evidence that helped convict Amie Harwicks killer

Gareth Pursehouse was found guilty of murdering Hollywood therapist Amie Harwick and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Here’s a look at the evidence that led to his conviction. Gareth Pursehouse arrested In the afternoon of Feb. 15, 2020, Gareth Pursehouse was arrested near his home for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Amie Harwick. The two …

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How murdered Hollywood therapist Amie Harwick "testified" at her alleged killers trial

“Tonight I felt very scared. … It terrifies me that he’s been obsessed with me for nine years, thinks about me every day.” These are the words Amie Harwick, a successful family therapist in Hollywood, wrote in an email to herself after she ran into her ex-boyfriend, Gareth Pursehouse. A month later, she was dead. Prosecutors believe that a chance …

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