Richard Boughton

Rich or later Rick, is Karrin Murphy 's second ex-husband. He is an FBI agent currently stationed in Chicago.

Biography
In Blood Rites, Karrin learns that Rich is engaged to be married to her little sister, Lisa Murphy. Karrin is not happy about it. He is a cop in New Orleans and he is getting transferred to the Chicago FBI. Karrin's mother, Marion Murphy, always liked him (Ch 28, Blood Rites).

In Proven Guilty, he is now called Rick. As an FBI agent, he is called in on the SplatterCon!!! case by Detective Greene. He is in the room when Det. Greene is illegally interrogating Molly Carpenter. Rick seems genuinely surprised when Harry reveals that Molly is a juvenile and Greene doesn't have parental permission. (Ch 22, Proven Guilty).