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This week in Hidden Killers' Week in Review, the most useful expert analysis of the Kouri Richins trial comes into sharper focus now that the verdict is in. Eric Faddis — defense attorney and former felony prosecutor — sat down with Tony Brueski before the jury returned and worked through exactly where this case would be decided. Three hours of deliberation and a guilty verdict on all counts later, his breakdown holds up as a precise map of what the jury was weighing.Faddis examined the defense's drug use theory — the foundation of their case — and assessed what the judicial ruling against it, testimony from Eric's inner circle, and the forensic toxicology record had done to it. He addressed the immunity witnesses directly: both changed their stories, both had something to gain, and a detective's recorded words were turned against the state mid-trial. He didn't minimize any of it.But he also laid out what no defense attorney wants facing them at closing: a client whose deception record spans phone searches, a jailhouse tampering letter, a forged insurance document, and text messages requesting fentanyl three days after her husband died. That analysis is paired with Tony's Day 13 breakdown — the denied directed verdict motion, Detective O'Driscoll's final cross, and the one-hour recess that ended with three available witnesses and a defense that chose silence.The jury answered the question Faddis raised. Guilty on all counts.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#KouriRichins #KouriRichinsGuilty #EricFaddis #KouriRichinsTrial #HiddenKillersLive #DefenseRests #FentanylMurder #EricRichins #MurderVerdict #LegalAnalysis
