A dentist accused of killing his wife by putting poison in her protein shake asked a fellow prison inmate to plant a letter that made it seem like his wife was suicidal, police said.
KMGH-TV reported that James Craig asked inmates to leave letters in Craig’s garage and in his truck, Aurora Police Detective Bobby Olson said during a court hearing Wednesday. He testified about the new charges against Craig. Olson, the lead detective on the case, said the inmate believed the letter was written by Craig, but intended to make it appear as if his wife, Angela Craig, had written it.
Angela Craig, 43, who was married to her husband for 23 years and was the mother of six children, died in March 2023 from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline poisoning. The latter is a substance found in over-the-counter eye drops, the newspaper reported. Coroner.
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Craig is said to have purchased the poison online shortly before his wife developed symptoms that doctors were unable to pinpoint. But the lawyers argued there was no direct evidence that Mr. Olson poisoned his wife’s shakes and accused him of bias against them.
Colorado dentist James Craig (right) is accused of poisoning his wife and mother of six, Angela Craig. (Facebook)
According to Olson, Craig offered to post bail or provide free dental care for the inmate’s release in exchange for planting the letter, but the inmate decided not to accept the offer, the detective testified. did.
The inmate contacted law enforcement instead, she said.
The defense argued that the inmate was not a reliable witness.
One of Craig’s lawyers, Andrew Ho, said the inmate only contacted authorities after an initial hearing last summer to review evidence in the case, which received widespread media coverage. , noted that the inmate could not accurately discern Mr. Craig’s skin color. truck.
However, the judge agreed that prosecutors had presented enough evidence to put Craig on trial on a new inmate charge filed last month of abetting tampering with physical evidence. The prisoner’s name was redacted from the document.
Craig has already been charged with first-degree murder and separate charges of abetting tampering with physical evidence. He pleaded not guilty to these two charges in November 2023.
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Mr. Craig is scheduled to go to trial on August 8th.
