Denver – The trial for murder of a dentist of Colorado accused of killing his wife poisoning his protein smoothies and then trying to pay someone to kill the principal investigator in the case will begin with the opening arguments on Tuesday.
James Craig, 47, allegedly used cyanide and tetrahydrozolina, an ingredient in the drops of free sale eyes, to kill his 23 -year -old wife, Angela Craig, two years ago in the Denver suburbs.
Craig declared himself innocent of several positions, including first degree murder.
Prosecutors say that Craig supposedly bought arsenic at the time of his wife’s symptoms (dizziness and headaches that perplexed doctors, and that after their initial attempts to poison their failed, he ordered Potassium cyanide.
They also said that Craig looked on Google “how to make a murder seemed like a heart attack” and “is arsenic detectable in an autopsy”, and that he tried to seem that his wife had committed suicide.
Angela Craig, 43, who had six children with James Craig, was hospitalized several times. After the first time, he can be seen in a home of homemade surveillance accusing her husband of involving the medical staff that was suicidal.
“It is your fault to treat me as if it were a risk of suicide, as I did for myself, and as nothing I said I could believe,” she told her husband in the video.
After the arrest of Craig in 2023, the prosecutors alleged that he offered a prison partner of $ 20,000 to kill the main investigator of the case and offered someone $ 20,000 to find people to falsely testify that Angela Craig planned to die for suicide.
In addition to the first degree murder, Craig declared himself innocent of the other positions, including the request to commit murder and request to commit perjury.
Craig’s lawyers have questioned the reliability of inmate’s claims, he said that the police were biased against the dentist and that the evidence of protein milkshake containers did not reveal signs of poison.
Around their arrest, prosecutors said Craig was experiencing financial difficulties and seemed to be having an adventure with a fellow dentist, although they have not yet described a reason in the death of his wife.
Craig remains in custody, according to prison records.
