Tuesday is the deadline for a Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife’s protein drinks in order to kill her to enter a plea to first-degree murder.
According to the police, James Craig, who had an affair before his wife passed away on March 18, looked up information online such as “Is arsenic detectable in an autopsy.” also, “How to make a murder look like a heart attack.” In the days that followed, Angela Craig, Craig’s wife, searched for symptoms she was experiencing on Google, including vertigo, shaking, and icy lips, according to District Attorney John Kellner at a preliminary hearing in July.
According to Kelly Lear, the coroner for Arapahoe County, Angela Craig, a mother of six who had been married to her husband for 23 years, passed away from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline poisoning.
James Craig’s attorneys contended at the preliminary hearing that there was no concrete proof that Craig had put poison in his wife’s shakes and that the main detective was biased toward Craig. The hearing’s testimony and the affidavit did not mention how the investigators think the tetrahydrozoline poisoning of Angela Craig occurred.
Later, Craig was also accused of tampering with the evidence, though specifics of that accusation have not been made public.
Defense counsel alleged that Craig, who had previously made an attempt at suicide, had been looking for ways to end his life online. At the preliminary hearing, the case’s chief investigator, Bobbie Olson, admitted that tests on two shakes-related bottles turned up no evidence of cyanide or arsenic.
Investigators claim that on March 6, Craig, who frequently made protein drinks for his wife, attempted to poison it with arsenic. According to court records, after she pulled through, Craig requested an expedited delivery of potassium cyanide, telling the supplier that it was required for a procedure.
According to the arrest affidavit, a dental practice partner of Craig’s reported to a nurse that Craig had bought potassium cyanide despite the fact that they didn’t require it for their work, which sparked an investigation into Craig.
According to police, Craig allegedly started seeing someone else while his wife was receiving medical attention. However, the woman admitted to ABC’s GMA that she didn’t voluntarily date a married man.