Kouri Richins GUILTY, Defense Fumbles, and Cheerleader Indicted for Manslaughter, with Ian Runkle
Kouri Richins GUILTY, Defense Fumbles, and Cheerleader Indicted for Manslaughter, with Ian Runkle  
Podcast: MK True Crime
Published On: Wed Mar 18 2026
Description: MK True Crime hosts Ashleigh Merchant and Dave Aronberg join the show to discuss the jury returning a guilty verdict on all five charges against Kouri Richins, what it’s really like to be in the room when the jury comes back with a verdict for your client, Ian Runkle, Canadian criminal defense attorney and host of the YouTube channel “Runkle of the Bailey,” joins Ashleigh and Dave to discuss how the state weaponized Kouri’s own words against her in its closing argument, the major defense fumbles, the two conflicting stories about Kouri’s financial situation, why Kouri’s facial expressions worked against her, the indictment of cheerleader Laken Snelling on a first-degree manslaughter charge, why Snelling will need to take the stand in her case, and more.    Ashleigh Merchant: https://www.criminaldefenseattorneysmarietta.com   Dave Aronberg: https://davearonberglaw.com   Ian Runkle: https://www.youtube.com/@RunkleOfTheBailey   Cozy Earth: Visithttps://www.CozyEarth.com/MEGYN& Use code MEGYN for up to 20% off   Birch Gold: Text MK to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold   ARMRA: go tohttps://tryarmra.com/MEGYNto get 30% off your first subscription order   Follow MK True Crime on all social platforms: YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/@MKTrueCrime X -https://x.com/mktruecrime Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/mktruecrime TikTok -https://www.tiktok.com/@mktruecrime Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.