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

The Benton County Attorney’s Office charged Christopher L. Neal, 45, of Aurora, with second-degree murder in the death of Victoria Gamble of Sauk Rapids.

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.

Democratic strategist David Axelrod argued President-elect Trump’s second administration has a “wholly different feel” from his first team. “Say what you will about the direction he wants to take the country but this is a wholly different feel from 2016.

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