Colorado dentist who 'poisoned wife's protein shakes' hit with new charges as his lawyer bails

A Colorado dentist who was accused of poisoning his wife's macromolecule shakes past twelvemonth faces caller charges arsenic his lawyer has bailed owed to imaginable 'criminal' conduct.

James Craig was arrested connected a complaint of first-degree execution successful March 2023 for allegedly dosing his wife, Angela, with a fatal dose of potassium cyanide, resulting successful her death.  

He then tried to transportation 1 of his daughters to dispose of cardinal grounds successful the lawsuit against him. Craig was besides accused of trying to person a chap jailhouse inmate to works termination letters successful his residence.

The erstwhile dentist present faces charges of first-degree solicitation to perpetrate perjury, according to a connection from the state's 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office, successful summation to the first-degree execution complaint to which helium pleaded not guilty. 

This comes 1 time aft Craig's lawyer withdrew from his lawsuit connected the time assemblage enactment for his proceedings was acceptable to begin, NBC News reported. 

The lawyer said that helium had a 'professional conflict' arsenic good arsenic different reasons, including that Craig 'persists successful a people of enactment involving the lawyer's services that the lawyer believes is transgression oregon fraudulent,' the outlet reported. 

Earlier this twelvemonth helium was charged with felony number of solicitation to perpetrate tampering with carnal grounds aft his crippled with his girl was revealed.

On April 10, the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office filed a question to adhd different 'tampering with carnal evidence' number to the accused's complaint sheet. 

Aurora Police Detective Bobbi Olson, the pb detective connected the case, said that she spoke with an inmate who was imprisoned successful a compartment adjacent Craig. 

She told the justice and tribunal that Craig reportedly told the inmate astir his charges  and asked them to spot letters successful his store and motortruck astatine his home.

Olson testified that the letters were allegedly written from wrong the situation and meant to look arsenic his deceased woman had written them.

 According to the detective, the letters were meant to amusement that Angela was not blessed with her life, felt suicidal and was alert astir her husband's affair. 

She testified that the full constituent of those letters being written and dispersed crossed the location was truthful that instrumentality enforcement oregon defence attorneys could find them letters.

Olson besides told the tribunal that the accused murderer had offered the inmate escaped dental enactment oregon wealth successful speech for scattering the letters crossed his house. 

However, the inmate did not instrumentality up the connection and alternatively contacted the authorities. 

In a preliminary proceeding past year, a authoritative said that soon aft Craig started an affair, his online hunt past included the phrases: 'how to marque execution look similar a bosom attack' and 'is arsenic detectable successful an autopsy?'

According to the apprehension warrant, their matrimony had been strained for years with Craig having aggregate affairs and Angela repeatedly saying she wanted to permission her husband. 

His defence attorneys claimed that determination was nary nonstop grounds showing helium had enactment the fatal dose of poison successful his wife's portion and claimed Craig had been searching online for ways to instrumentality his ain life, according to Associated Press. 

 Craig was arrested successful Aurora, Colorado aft his woman began feeling unwell aft drinking a shingle that her hubby made her connected March 6. 

 The parent of six visited the infirmary aggregate times implicit the pursuing 10 days and complained of nausea and dizziness. 

On March 15, her member took her to the infirmary again wherever she had a seizure and mislaid encephalon function. 

While his woman was successful hospital, Craig's mistress - who was uncovered to beryllium 49-year-old Texan orthodontist Karin Cain - flew to Colorado to beryllium with him betwixt March 8 and March 10.

The hubby and woman exchanged substance messages passim her infirmary visits revealing that Craig had drugged Angela earlier and she was becoming suspicious of him arsenic her information worsened. 

'Are you nauseous?' helium asked his wife.

'No. I consciousness drugged,' she replied.

'Given our history, I cognize that indispensable beryllium triggering. Just for the record, I didn't cause you. I americium ace disquieted though. You truly looked airy earlier I left.'

Prosecutors allege that Craig archetypal gave his woman the poison connected March 6, successful a shingle helium mixed earlier their workout.

According to the charging documents, Craig had researched poison connected his bureau computer.

Search presumption included: 'how galore grams of axenic arsenic volition termination a human'; 'Is Arsenic Detectable successful Autopsy'; 'Top 5 Undetectable Poisons That Show No Signs of Foul Play'; 'how to marque poison,' and 'The Top 10 Deadliest Plants (They Can Kill You).'

The substance exchanges passim Angela's infirmary visits amusement Craig sending declarations of love. 

At 1 constituent helium apologized for not bringing her flowers successful hospital, and said helium was looking guardant to her returning location and to the marital bed.

'I emotion you. It was truthful bully hanging retired with you and conscionable watching a amusement and snuggling,' helium wrote connected March 7 - the time aft helium allegedly administered the poison.

He tells her: 'I'm readying connected coming location to devour luncheon with you though.

'I'll request to inquire you what you're bare for and bring it to you. I'm kinda feeling conscionable a smoothie oregon something.'

She tells him she's not hungry.

While she wrestles with her nausea, headaches, exhaustion and vomiting, Craig texts her repeatedly, telling her helium loves her and wants her to recover.

'I'm going to spot that you are conscionable sleeping and not dormant somewhere,' helium says astatine 1 point, erstwhile she fails to reply to his text.

He says helium is 'heading location to marque you immoderate dinner.'

On March 9, Angela is successful hospital. As her symptoms worsen, Craig texts his wife: 'Man, baby, you've got to halt scaring maine similar this! I emotion you truthful much, and I'm not utilized to each of this excitement!'

At the aforesaid time, prosecutors say, Craig's mistress was visiting him, having flown successful from Austin, Texas.

On March 10, with his mistress inactive successful town, Craig texts his wife: 'I privation I could person stayed longer. I emotion you and americium truthful gladsome you look to beryllium doing better.'

On March 11, helium tells his wife: 'I conscionable enactment up dreaming astir making emotion to you. I emotion you and I privation you.'

As she is discharged, helium tells her: 'I can't WAIT to spot you astatine location successful my furniture tomorrow!'

She says she needs to halt vomiting earlier she tin deliberation astir sex.

Craig is meantime ordering much poison, with a transportation of cyanide dispatched connected March 13.

On March 14, she returned home, and accused her hubby of trying to poison her, helium told a confidant.

'James told her erstwhile Angela was discharged she made accusations that James had poisoned her,' the charging documents state.

'Angela said thing to James on the lines of "there are poisons they don't trial for".'

Back home, her information dramatically worsened and she was readmitted connected March 15, suffering a seizure and ne'er regaining consciousness.

Craig's mistress expressed wanting to comfortableness him connected March 16, arsenic Angela's information worsened. 

'I americium atrocious I americium not a portion of your satellite to beryllium of much assistance to you and alternatively I americium pulling you away,' she wrote.

'This is truthful hard. I privation to beryllium and bash immoderate I tin to enactment and promote you and I don't privation to adhd to what has go an incredibly hard time.

'I bash privation to springiness you immoderate comfortableness I tin but I bash not consciousness it is close for maine to premix successful with those gathering to mourn Angela either and I bash not privation to conscionable your household arsenic a person and conceal what I consciousness for you.'

Craig was reported to authorities by a coworker who became suspicious of his behaviour and the poison deliveries. 

The dentist besides refused to person an autopsy conducted connected his wife, contempt pleas from acrophobic friends who were disquieted the origin of decease whitethorn beryllium familial and passed to her children. 

Craig had allegedly ordered the arsenic online connected February 27 and received a bundle astatine location connected March 4. 

His 2nd bundle arrived astatine his enactment connected March 13, which was discovered by an worker who opened the container and recovered a biohazard sticker connected a canister marked 'Potassium Cyanide'. 

After googling the compound, she recovered that Angela's symptoms were akin to that of cyanide poisoning. She past heard Angela had been readmitted into infirmary and told Craig's concern spouse of her discovery. 

He past told a nurse, during a sojourn to cheque up connected her. The caregiver called police, and her decease was past investigated by Major Crimes Homicide Unit detectives who determined she was poisoned. 

Craig had told investigators that his woman had intentionally overdosing connected opioids since helium had asked for a divorcement successful 2022. 

The dentist's location and concern were raided and constabulary seized macromolecule powders, shakers, a machine tablet, phones and 2 Ziploc bags with powdery substances. 

A information investigation of his devices revealed the chilling searches helium had conducted online, including a $13 Amazon bid for 'Arsenic Metal 99.9999% Crystalline Metalloid 10 grams for Element Collection.'

When constabulary combed done his email relationship jimandwaffles@gmail.com they recovered further purchases of poison, according to the affidavit.

Mark Pray, 55, Angela's member spoke exclusively to DailyMail.com and said helium wanted to convey the Aurora detectives and the DA's bureau for their 'unwavering dedication for seeking justice' for his 'beloved sister's senseless murder.' 

'The heinous actions of her slayer person near a void successful the lives of her children, our family, her countless friends, and the world, depriving america of Angie's emotion and light,' helium said.

According to Pray, 'This cowardly act, driven by self-absorption, is simply a stark reminder of the depths of quality depravity.

'The caller revelation of grounds tampering serves arsenic damning impervious not lone of his guilt successful orchestrating Angie's torment and demise but besides of his utter disregard for the well-being of those astir him, including his ain children.'

Pray continued, 'He manipulates and exploits anyone and thing to evade accountability for his monstrous deeds. However, his reckoning is inevitable. Whether successful this beingness oregon the next, justness volition prevail, and helium volition look the consequences of his actions.'

The mates had been joined for much than 20 years and were parents to six children - 5 girls and a lad - aged 8 to 20.