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James Craig, 47, allegedly used cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, an
ingredient in over-the-counter eye drops, to kill his wife of 23
years, Angela Craig, two years ago in suburban Denver.
Craig has pleaded not guilty to several charges, including
first-degree murder.
Prosecutors say that Craig allegedly purchased arsenic around
the time of his wife's symptoms — dizziness and headaches that
perplexed doctors — and that after his initial attempts to
poison her failed, he ordered potassium cyanide.
They also said Craig searched Google for “how to make a murder
look like a heart attack” and “is arsenic detectable in an
autopsy," and that he tried to make it appear his wife had
killed herself.
Angela Craig, 43, who had six children with James Craig, was
hospitalized several times. After the first time, she can be
seen on home surveillance video accusing her husband of implying
to medical staff that she was suicidal.
“It’s your fault they treated me like I was a suicide risk, like
I did it to myself, and like nothing I said could be believed,”
she said to her husband on the video.
After Craig's arrest in 2023, prosecutors alleged that he
offered a fellow jail inmate $20,000 to kill the case’s lead
investigator and offered someone else $20,000 to find people to
falsely testify that Angela Craig planned to die by suicide.
In addition to first-degree murder, Craig has pleaded not guilty
to the other charges, including solicitation to commit murder
and solicitation to commit perjury.
Craig's attorneys have questioned the reliability of the
inmate's claims, said the police were biased against the dentist
and that tests of the protein shake containers didn't reveal
signs of poison.
Around the time of his arrest, prosecutors said Craig was
experiencing financial difficulties and appeared to be having an
affair with a fellow dentist, though they have not yet described
a motive in his wife's death.
Craig remains in custody, according to jail records.
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