Kouri Richins will remain behind bars in the Summit County Jail until she faces a jury in her murder trial next year, a judge ruled Tuesday.

A Park City judge ruled on several motions in the Kouri Richins murder case Tuesday morning, including the motions to reconsider bail and dismiss drug distribution charges. Kouri Richins, the Kamas woman accused of poisoning her husband and later writing a children’s book on grief,

Third District Judge Richard Mrazik ruled on multiple motions in the case against Kouri Richins, a Utah mother and author accused of fatally poisoning her husband.

A judge denied bail for Kouri Richins a second time on Tuesday, ordering the Utah mom to remain in jail until she goes on trial for allegedly fatally poisoning her husband in 2022.

Two drug charges have been dropped from the case of a Summit County mother charged in the death of her husband.

Kouri Richins, charged in her husband's death, is seeking to have her bail conditions reconsidered and charges severed at hearing Tuesday.