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CBS News
18 hours ago
- CBS News
Aurora detective testifies numerous searches about poison were found on computer of dentist accused of murdering wife
The trial for the Aurora dentist accused of murdering his wife is heading into a second week. Prosecutors say James Craig poisoned his wife in several ways including by adding poison to her protein shakes. They say his motive was financial trouble and an affair with another woman. A detective who was on the stand for most of the day on Friday talked about the search history of a computer connected to Craig that included questions like, "How to make murder look like a heart attack?" "Is there such thing as an indetectable poison?" ad "How long does it take to die from arsenic poisoning?" Craig's defense argues investigators have had tunnel vision from the beginning and in opening statements described Craig's wife, Angela, as a struggling mother, saying her death may have been a suicide. The same detective who reviewed the computer's search history testified that they also examined Angela's phone. The detective says in the days and weeks before her death she was searching for answers about a sudden onset of health problems including headiness, chills, mini-seizures and cold lips. The prosecution asked the detective if they found any searches about poison, self-harm or depression on the device, to which she replied "No." The remainder of her testimony focused on text messages between the couple including one where Angela Craig tells her husband, "I feel drugged," his response, "For the record, I didn't drug you." Friday's day of trial ended with Craig's business partner taking the stand and answering questions about the accused man's financial trouble. He was also asked about a confrontation he had with Craig where he questioned why he had potassium cyanide delivered to the dental office.
Daily Mail
20 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Cruel texts 'killer' dentist sent to wife while he was 'poisoning' her AND having an affair read out at murder trial
The Colorado dentist on trial for fatally poisoning his wife had been confronted by her about his infidelity in the months before the mother-of-six's March 2023 murder, jurors heard on Friday. Aurora Police Detective Molly Harris read out texts between Dr James Craig and his wife, Angela, 43, from just before Christmas in 2022 – three months before prosecutors allege he fatally poisoned her. 'You had a month's worth of chances to save your marriage, but what you wanted with her was more important to you than us,' Angela texted her husband in December 2022, Harris testified. 'I hope she was worth it.' Angela told her husband she was just trying to 'get through Christmas with the kids' but 'I don't have anything left to give you after that.' Craig protested: 'It was not worth it, it absolutely wasn't worth it … I used her to build up my own ego. I wasn't emotionally attached or physically involved. 'I already feel very validated by and loved by you. It makes no sense. I often found myself wondering what on earth I was doing because it didn't fill any particularly void or anything. I was so happy with you.' The exchanges made clear the couple had dealt with Craig's' infidelity before, however. Angela said she feared her husband 'could have emails, phones, Venmo accounts, bank accounts and a whole life I know nothing about.' Harris read out groveling texts from Craig sent in early January in which he claimed he 'did this to myself' and 'I'm praying with everything I have ... that I can show up better for you.' 'I have been so dumb time and time again,' the dentist wrote on January 4, 2023 - adding five days later: 'I want you to know that I'm absolutely committed to this relationship.' Craig said he was setting boundaries, reading psychology books and looking for a therapist - and the couple had returned to affectionate and everyday chit-chat via text when Angela fell in on March 6 with mystery symptoms. Craig was arrested the day after Angela's March 18 death and charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors allege he considered Angela a 'problem' and killed her to pursue his latest romance with a Texas orthodontist and to ease his financial strain - poisoning her with lethal substances including cyanide and a chemical commonly found in eyedrops. He has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges stemming from plots prosecutors say he tried hatching from behind bars - including ordering a hit on a detective and trying to get his teen daughter to fake evidence. In the immediate days before Angela became sick, texts she exchanged with her husband that read out in court indicated they were working through issues and he'd shared deeply personal struggles. Angela had just returned from a genealogy conference in Utah, and he'd just returned from a dental conference in Vegas - where prosecutors say he first struck up the new affair. On March 1, Angela asked her husband if there was 'anything else you're not telling me or you've been keeping from me. 'I honestly don't want to ask, but I'm honestly scared not to,' she texted. Craig answered: 'I really was in Las Vegas by myself, and I don't want to sleep with anyone else but you.' When asked if he was still in communication with any other women, Craig said 'not any of the girls off of that site.' Harris read out texts between the couple from during her illness - in which Craig repeatedly expressed his love. While she was in the hospital on March 11 - five days after she began showing symptoms after drinking a shake he'd prepared - Craig texted: 'I just woke up dreaming about making love you. 'I love you and I want you.' Other texts Harris read out from the period where Angela was hospitalized also showed Craig urging her to leave in an IV after her discharge so he could administer fluids and drugs to her at home. He also repeatedly suggested bringing her liquids to her bedside. The jury was also on Friday shown emails from Craig's personal address – jimandwaffles@ - detailing orders for oleander and arsenic. He started searching poisons within days of beginning an affair with a Texas orthodontist, prosecutors alleged. A new amazon account created with the aforementioned gmail address also ordered arsenic in late February, after Craig had returned from meeting his latest paramour at a dental conference in Las Vegas, the court heard. He and the orthodontist exchanged 4000 text messages and 80 declarations of love in the weeks after their meeting, prosecutors allege. The Aurora detective on Friday also told the court about searches discovered on a computer in an exam room at the dentist's practice - where his office manager later spotted him working after hours in the dark instead of using his own laptop or office desktop. A digital forensics examination revealed searches beginning February 27 that included: 'How to make poison from oleanders,' 'Is arsenic detectable,' 'how many grams of purse arsenic will kill a human,' 'how to make murder look like a heart attack,' 'dosage of tetrahydrozoline that is fatal' and 'how long does it take to die from arsenic poisoning.' While searches for poisons were being done on a computer at his dental practice, searches on Angela's phone were routine and everyday, the detective testified - until March 6. That's the first day the 43-year-old began exhibiting symptoms that would kill her in less than two weeks. 'Pre-workout supplement made me dizzy and eyes are blurry an hour later,' she searched on her phone that morning, Davis testified. Searches continued throughout the day: 'Side effects of high blood pressure.' 'Dizziness slow focus tired head pressure hearing distortion.' 'Menieres disease.' 'Mini seizures.' The next morning, she was searching urgent cares, then 'signs of type 1 diabetes' and 'high blood sugar symptoms on skin.' By March 8, she was looking for an app to monitor her blood pressure and heart rate - and an app she could share with a loved one. On the day before her final hospital visit, she searched: 'Internal shivers causes.' 'Deep snore internal tremors.' 'Obstructive sleep apnea.' 'Internal tremors and chills.' Her final search on March 15 - the day she'd be declared brain dead - was for an emergency room. Jurors also heard on Friday how Craig, in the days before his wife's death, had urgently texted his dental assistant to check if a package had been delivered to the office for him. The court heard testimony earlier in the week about how Craig's office manager found potassium cyanide in a personal package he'd ordered to his workplace – and told her not to open it. On Friday, dental assistant Angel Amerine testified that, while his wife lay in the hospital, Craig kept texting her to see if a package had been delivered to the practice. He'd never texted her about packages before, and she didn't normally deal with deliveries, Amerine testified. Craig also texted Amerine and other staff members about needing out-of-hours access to his office because he didn't have his key, she added.
CNN
a day ago
- CNN
Dentist accused of fatally poisoning wife asked daughter to create deepfake video of mom asking for chemicals, daughter says
A daughter of James Craig, the Colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife and the mother of their children, testified Thursday that her father asked her make it seem like her mother wanted Craig to order the ingredients which ultimately led to her death. Craig gave step-by-step instructions in a letter for how to create a deepfake video of his wife, the daughter testified. Deepfakes are inauthentic images, videos or audio recordings created by artificial intelligence that appear real but have been digitally manipulated, or faked. 'I love you … I'm sorry to even have to ask you for this help,' prosecutor Michael Mauro read in an excerpt of the letter, which the daughter testified was written in her father's handwriting. Craig is accused of poisoning his wife, Angela, in March 2023, with a mix of arsenic, cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, a medication commonly found in eyedrops. Once she was in the hospital, he allegedly filled a pill with cyanide and made sure she took it, killing her, according to the prosecution. Prosecutors allege he killed his wife because of his growing financial troubles and his affair with another woman. Craig has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder, solicitation to commit first-degree murder, solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence and solicitation to commit perjury. He had told several people that his wife was suffering from suicidal ideations leading up to her death, according to the probable cause affidavit. The letter's directions included buying a 'cheap' laptop, installing a private network and dark web browser and paying for the project using a pre-paid Visa gift card, the daughter testified. The video must appear to have been made in the weeks before Angela Craig's death, the daughter testified. He also asked her to burn the video to thumbdrives and let an investigator know she found them in her mother's bag, all before destroying the laptop, she testified. The letter said the second-oldest daughter out of six children was chosen to do this favor because she is most like her mother – stoic and practical – and is technologically adept, she testified. In cross examination, she admitted the letter was disappointing, confusing and made her feel a lot of emotions. The 20-year-old daughter said she was living at home at the time her mother became sick and she drove her to and from emergency rooms to be treated, while also taking care of her younger siblings. In one instance, she found her mother 'almost fainted on the floor' of their bathroom, she was 'super tired and super out of it,' she said. Craig's oldest daughter also testified Thursday, revealing her father did not want an autopsy to be conducted on her mother. He didn't want to 'satisfy their curiosities' and have them poking at her, the daughter testified her father said after her mother's death. When she expressed her concerns about her mother's illness being hereditary and that she might have passed it on to her youngest children, the daughter testified her father stayed quiet. During her emotional testimony, the daughter said that while her mother struggled 'like anyone else,' she wouldn't have taken her own life. 'We were making plans,' the 21-year-old woman said. With a comfort dog named Fancy by her side on Thursday, the oldest daughter testified, often through tears, that her mother was her best friend and she tried to talk to her each day. She knew her mother to be very active, loved exercising on her stationary bike and did yoga and Pilates. But in early 2023, her mother had gotten very ill and was frustrated over not knowing what was wrong with her. Her oldest daughter remembers her mother saying she felt 'dizzy' and 'heavy' before her symptoms worsened and she felt 'pukey' and 'less stable on her own two feet.' Andi Babineau reported from Centennial, Colorado,and Cindy Von Quednow reported from Los Angeles.
Fox News
a day ago
- Fox News
Detective faces accused killer dentist in court showdown after alleged $20K hit attempt: 'ups the ante'
Print Close By Peter D'Abrosca Published July 18, 2025 Arapahoe County, Colorado prosecutors on Thursday called the lead detective in James Craig's murder investigation to testify in his high-profile trial. Det. Bobbi Olson of the Aurora Police Department sat just feet from Craig on the witness stand while she briefly testified about the collection of digital evidence after the alleged murder of his wife, Angela Craig. James Craig is suspected of killing Angela by poisoning her protein shakes over a period of several days in March 2023. DENTIST ACCUSED OF POISONING WIFE'S SHAKE SAID HE GAVE HER 'TOO MUCH PROTEIN': CO-WORKER Olson was asked by prosecutors to identify a computer hard drive and phone seized from Craig during the investigation. After only a few minutes on the stand, the defense was called to cross-examine her. They asked her to confirm that Craig voluntarily handed over his electronic devices and that he was cooperative with authorities, to which she responded affirmatively. Olson is expected to testify at length later in the trial. In December of last year, Craig was charged with solicitation to commit murder in the first degree and solicitation to commit perjury in the first degree. During a February pretrial hearing, a judge found that there was sufficient evidence to levy the two new charges. During that hearing, prosecutors confirmed that the target of the hit was Olson. Craig reportedly offered a fellow inmate $20,000 to kill Olson. VICTIM OR MANIPULATOR? COLORADO DENTIST'S MURDER TRIAL PAINTS DUELING PORTRAITS OF WIFE IN TROUBLED MARRIAGE Eric Faddis is a former Arapahoe County prosecutor who is not involved in the Craig case. He has been inside the courtroom this week observing the proceedings. "As a former prosecutor, anytime there is some threat or an assault or some harm towards law enforcement, the prosecution takes that super seriously, in part because, as a prosecutor, you work hand-in-hand with these people, these police officers, these detectives," Faddis told Fox News Digital. "Certainly the prosecution is taking that solicitation of first-degree murder charge against the detective very seriously," Faddis continued, adding that Olson is a "seasoned detective" at a large law enforcement agency, and that prosecutors often face threats from defendants. "Anytime there's a threat against a detective's life, that sort of ups the ante a little bit, and the prosecution is certainly taking that very seriously," he said. Thursday's proceedings also included testimony from David Lee, a U.S. Secret Service network intrusion forensic analyst and former Aurora Police officer. COLORADO DENTIST'S ALLEGED INTERNET SEARCH HISTORY TAKES CENTER STAGE AS MURDER TRIAL BEGINS He examined the phones belonging to James and Angela Craig, and confirmed that several messages were sent from James' phone to third parties, including his alleged mistress Karin Cain and former friend Ryan Redfearn. Those messages were recovered by investigators via screenshots, which Lee confirmed for the defense could, in theory, be manipulated. The state then called Cassie Rodriquez, a former customer service representative at Nebraska-based Midland Scientific, who handled communications with Craig regarding his alleged purchase. On Thursday, March 9, 2023, the date Angela was admitted to the hospital after falling ill for the second time in three days, Craig ordered the potassium cyanide from Midland Scientific, according to the prosecution. The order, placed using the email address jimandwaffles@ was received by Rodriguez. Craig is also suspected of using that private email address on only one device, an exam room computer in his office, to communicate with Cain during their alleged fling. Rodriquez described a days-long back-and-forth conversation with Craig, during which he requested overnight air shipping on the cyanide. According to Rodriquez, he told her in a "formal usage statement" provided by the company that he intended to use the cyanide during "some type of seminar he was presenting." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The package didn't arrive until the following Monday, March 13, and was retrieved by an office employee. Angela ws still in the hospital that day, but was released on Tuesday. She was readmitted for the final time on Wednesday, March 15. Craig is accused of poisoning his wife while secretly having a relationship with Cain, which began three weeks prior to Angela's death. James and Angela Craig had six children and were active in the Mormon Church. Cain maintains that Craig told her he was divorced when their romance began. Print Close URL
CTV News
a day ago
- CTV News
Dentist accused of fatally poisoning wife asked daughter to create deepfake video of mom asking for chemicals, daughter says
Colorado dentist James Craig is accused of fatally poisoning his wife in 2023. (Christopher Oquendo/Pool/Daily Mail via CNN Newsource) Centennial, Colorado — A daughter of James Craig, the Colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife and the mother of their children, testified Thursday that her father asked her make it seem like her mother wanted Craig to order the ingredients which ultimately led to her death. Craig gave step-by-step instructions in a letter for how to create a deepfake video of his wife, the daughter testified. Deepfakes are inauthentic images, videos or audio recordings created by artificial intelligence that appear real but have been digitally manipulated, or faked. 'I love you … I'm sorry to even have to ask you for this help,' prosecutor Michael Mauro read in an excerpt of the letter, which the daughter testified was written in her father's handwriting. Craig is accused of poisoning his wife, Angela, in March 2023, with a mix of arsenic, cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, a medication commonly found in eyedrops. Once she was in the hospital, he allegedly filled a pill with cyanide and made sure she took it, killing her, according to the prosecution. Prosecutors allege he killed his wife because of his growing financial troubles and his affair with another woman. Craig has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder, solicitation to commit first-degree murder, solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence and solicitation to commit perjury. He had told several people that his wife was suffering from suicidal ideations leading up to her death, according to the probable cause affidavit. The letter's directions included buying a 'cheap' laptop, installing a private network and dark web browser and paying for the project using a pre-paid Visa gift card, the daughter testified. The video must appear to have been made in the weeks before Angela Craig's death, the daughter testified. He also asked her to burn the video to thumbdrives and let an investigator know she found them in her mother's bag, all before destroying the laptop, she testified. The letter said the second-oldest daughter out of six children was chosen to do this favor because she is most like her mother – stoic and practical – and is technologically adept, she testified. In cross examination, she admitted the letter was disappointing, confusing and made her feel a lot of emotions. The 20-year-old daughter said she was living at home at the time her mother became sick and she drove her to and from emergency rooms to be treated, while also taking care of her younger siblings. In one instance, she found her mother 'almost fainted on the floor' of their bathroom, she was 'super tired and super out of it,' she said. Craig did not want autopsy for wife, oldest daughter says Craig's oldest daughter also testified Thursday, revealing her father did not want an autopsy to be conducted on her mother. He didn't want to 'satisfy their curiosities' and have them poking at her, the daughter testified her father said after her mother's death. When she expressed her concerns about her mother's illness being hereditary and that she might have passed it on to her youngest children, the daughter testified her father stayed quiet. During her emotional testimony, the daughter said that while her mother struggled 'like anyone else,' she wouldn't have taken her own life. 'We were making plans,' the 21-year-old woman said. With a comfort dog named Fancy by her side on Thursday, the oldest daughter testified, often through tears, that her mother was her best friend and she tried to talk to her each day. She knew her mother to be very active, loved exercising on her stationary bike and did yoga and Pilates. But in early 2023, her mother had gotten very ill and was frustrated over not knowing what was wrong with her. Her oldest daughter remembers her mother saying she felt 'dizzy' and 'heavy' before her symptoms worsened and she felt 'pukey' and 'less stable on her own two feet.' By Andi Babineau and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN
