New charges submitted versus a Colorado dental practitioner implicated of fatally poisoning his partner's protein shakes concentrate on his supposed efforts to eliminate an investigator associated with the case, authorities stated.
A spokesperson for the Aurora Police Department validated the precision of a report from NBC affiliate KUSA of Denver about the solicitation to devote first-degree murder charge submitted recently versus James Craig, 46.
Craig was formerly apprehended and charged with first-degree murder in the March 18, 2023, death of his spouse of 23 years, Angela Craig, 43. He has actually pleaded innocent to that charge.
Pointing out an expert dispute, Craig's legal representative withdrew from the case right before district attorneys submitted the solicitation charge recently. It wasn't right away clear if Craig has a brand-new lawyer to speak on his behalf about the brand-new charges, which likewise consist of solicitation to devote perjury.
According to records acquired by KUSA, Craig remained in prison two times with the male he apparently looked for to have murder the investigator, as soon as in May and June 2023 and once again last month. The prisoner has actually not been implicated of any criminal activities in connection with the Craig case, the station reported.
Pointing out numerous sources acquainted with the examination, the station reported that the investigator who was the target of the supposed plot dealt with the examination into Angela Craig's death.
The authorities spokesperson decreased to supply extra information to NBC News about the accusations.
Angela and James Craig.Facebook
Authorities formerly implicated James Craig of dosing his partner's beverage with cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, a medication discovered in eye drops. She initially ended up being ill in early March 2023 and was confessed to a medical facility on March 15 with an extreme headache and lightheadedness. Angela Craig later on passed away after experiencing an extreme seizure, authorities stated in James Craig's arrest warrant.
Private investigators at first thought her death was an outcome of poisoning by arsenic and cyanide, according to the arrest warrant. The county coroner later on associated it to a mix of cyanide and tetrahydrozoline.
Authorities have actually indicated Craig's web search history, which revealed he inquired on whether arsenic was noticeable in an autopsy. They likewise indicated his online purchases: Weeks before his other half's death, Craig purchased potassium cyanide from Amazon and had it provided to his oral practice, the warrant reveals.
When James Craig's service partner discovered of the purchase, he flagged it as suspicious to a nurse at the center where Angela Craig was hospitalized. There was no medical factor to purchase cyanide for an oral practice, he informed the nurse, according to the warrant.
The nurse, an obligatory press reporter, then gotten in touch with authorities.
When business partner challenged James Craig about it, he at first rejected purchasing the cyanide however later on stated his partner asked him to purchase it, according to the warrant.
At a court hearing in 2015, Craig's defense attorney stated there was no direct proof revealing his customer poisoned his better half's beverage.
