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Colorado dentist arrested for allegedly poisoning wife in ‘complex and calculated’ plot – James Craig, 45, searched ‘how to make poison’ online before allegedly lacing her wife’s protein shakes with arsenic and cyanide

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362828&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>James Toliver Craig&comma; 45&comma; of Aurora&comma; drove his wife Angela&comma; 43&comma; to a Colorado hospital on Wednesday after she complained about headaches and dizziness&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362828&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>James Craig&comma; a dentist&comma; was charged Sunday with fatally poisoning his wife of more than 20 years <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362828&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Angela Craig had been experiencing dizziness and headaches for weeks&comma; <strong>thought she had a sinus infection&comma;<&sol;strong> foul play was not initially suspected <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362828&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>She was admitted to hospital on Wednesday&comma; her condition rapidly deteriorated and she was taken off life support on Sunday <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362828&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Detectives who determined Angela was poisoned&comma; believe James Craig poisoned the protein shakes he made for his wife<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362828&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Craig had previously ordered arsenic and cyanide and searched online about how to poison someone&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362828&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He was also having an affair&comma; police said <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;James-Craig-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-434845" width&equals;"838" height&equals;"1006"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>James Toliver Craig has been charged with First-degree murder&period; He was arrested on Sunday after detectives discovered his wife had been fatally poisoned<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Colorado dentist has been charged with murder after his wife and mother of his six children was allegedly poisoned to death&period;<br>James Toliver Craig&comma; 45&comma; of Aurora&comma; drove his wife Angela&comma; 43&comma; to a Colorado hospital at about 8&colon;45pm Wednesday after she complained about headaches and dizziness&period;<br>In the hospital&comma; Angela&&num;8217&semi;s condition deteriorated rapidly and she was soon placed on a ventilator in the intensive care unit&period; She was soon declared brain dead and doctors eventually made the decision to turn off her life support&period;<br>Her death was investigated by Major Crimes Homicide Unit detectives who initially discovered she was poisoned&period; Police believe Craig poisoned the protein shakes he made for his wife&period; <br>He had previously ordered arsenic and cyanide and searched online about how to poison someone&period; According to Aurora police&comma; he was also&comma; having an affair&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;A warrant for first-degree murder was obtained early Sunday morning shortly after doctors made the decision to take the victim off life support&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said police&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;It was quickly discovered this was in fact a heinous&comma; complex and calculated murder&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Police Chief Mark Hildebrand said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;Angela-Craig-and-James-Craig-with-their-children-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-434848" width&equals;"840" height&equals;"654"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>James and Angela Craig pose for a family picture with their six children aged eight to 20<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Weeks before her death&comma; Craig used a shared computer at his workplace to conduct multiple searches about poison on Google and Youtube such as &&num;8216&semi;how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human&period;&&num;8217&semi; <br>Other searches included&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Is Arsenic Detectable in Autopsy&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;Top 5 Undetectable Poisons That Show No Signs of Foul Play&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;How to make poison&comma;&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;The Top 10 Deadliest Plants &lpar;They Can Kill You&rpar;&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to a police affidavit&period;<br>Craig allegedly ordered the arsenic online on February 27&comma; and received the package on March 4&period; <br>Angela was admitted to a hospital with symptoms that aligned with poisoning two days later&comma; and while Angela was in the hospital&comma; a woman with whom Craig had exchanged sexually explicit messages flew from Texas to Colorado to visit him&period;<br>In the affidavit police wrote&colon; &&num;8216&semi;It appears James was flying this woman into Denver while his wife and the mother of his children was dying in the hospital&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Craig told the seller of potassium cyanide that he was a surgeon and intended to use the potassium cyanide for a medical procedure&period;<br>He proceeded to give the seller his dental license number and work email in order to order the poison&period; <br>Craig had the cyanide sent to his dental office&comma; where an employee opened the package and saw what he had ordered&comma; before resealing it and giving it to James&comma; who told his business partners that the personal package was a ring he had ordered for his wife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;03&sol;James-Craig-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-434846" width&equals;"841" height&equals;"1103"&sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>James Craig was a practicing dentist and part of the Summerbrook dental office&comma; which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2021&period; Angela has been described as supportive in their 20-year marriage but his philandering have since been exposed<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The couple had been married for more than 20 years and were parents to five girls and a boy&comma; ranging in age from eight to 20&period; A close family friend described the mother-of-six as a &&num;8216&semi;phenomenal woman&comma; outgoing&comma; and the best mother you could imagine&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;She was very supportive of her husband&comma; even working in his practice during financial difficulties&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Craig and his practice&comma; Summerbrook Dental&comma; filed for bankruptcy protection in 2021&comma; according to court records&period;<br>Angela began experiencing symptoms of dizziness and headaches a few weeks ago and told her family&period;<br>She was examined in hospital at least twice prior to her Wednesday morning admission&comma; but family members thought it was perhaps a sinus infection because she was susceptible to them&period;<br>The family friend who gave the background revealed that until Angela&&num;8217&semi;s hospital admission there was no reason to suspect foul play&period; <br>However&comma; after the hospitalization James apparently was not there for her&comma; making himself scarce&colon; &&num;8216&semi;He had not been around the family much in the last few days&comma;&&num;8217&semi; which&comma; &&num;8216&semi;led to some suspicion&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said the source&period;<br><br><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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