Dentist accused of spouse’s deadly poisoning allegedly plotted to kill detective

A Colorado dentist accused of killing his spouse by poisoning her protein shakes now faces a brand new cost for allegedly trying to get a fellow inmate to homicide a detective investigating his murder case.    

James Toliver Craig, 45, was charged with solicitation to commit homicide within the first diploma and solicitation to commit perjury within the first diploma, the 18th Judicial District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced in a social media submit. 

Craig was beforehand arrested and charged with first-degree homicide within the demise of his spouse of 23 years, Angela Craig. He pleaded not responsible to that cost. 

Angela was a 43-year-old mom of six, who died in March 2023 of poisoning from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, the latter a substance present in over-the-counter eye drops, in response to the coroner. 

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Angela and James Craig in a household portrait. James has been charged with first-degree homicide for allegedly poisoning his spouse. (Fb)

Authorities imagine Craig allegedly tried to get one other inmate within the Arapahoe County jail to kill an Aurora police detective, who was engaged on the investigation into Angela’s 2023 demise, in response to courtroom information and “a number of sources conversant in the investigation,” KUSA reported. Joe Moylan, an Aurora police spokesman, instructed CBS Information that the supposed sufferer of the alleged plot was an Aurora detective.

The opposite inmate has not been accused of any wrongdoing associated to the alleged plot to kill the detective, KUSA added.

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Craig was beforehand accused in Might of asking a fellow jail inmate to plant letters in his storage and his truck to make it appear to be his spouse was suicidal, providing cash to pay the inmate’s bond with a purpose to be launched from jail or carry out free dental work in trade for planting the letters, police stated. 

The inmate, who reported the incident to authorities, believed the letters that had been meant to look as if Angela had written them had been truly written by Craig. 

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Colorado dentist James Craig, proper, is accused of fatally poisoning his spouse and the mom of his six kids, Angela Craig. (Fb)

Craig allegedly created a secret e-mail account and searched on-line for issues like “Tips on how to make homicide appear to be a coronary heart assault” and “Tips on how to make poison,” simply days earlier than his spouse looked for signs she was experiencing like vertigo, shaking and chilly lips, in response to police. 

Angela went to a hospital thrice earlier than her demise after changing into faint and dizzy, in response to the arrest affidavit. 

Authorities stated Craig additionally researched and bought “undetectable poisons,” and he ordered a cargo of potassium cyanide to his dental apply.

“In totality, this investigation has confirmed that James has gone to nice lengths to attempt to finish his spouse’s life,” Aurora police Detective Bobbi Olson wrote within the affidavit. 

Nevertheless, Craig’s attorneys claimed there is no such thing as a direct proof that he put poison in his spouse’s shakes and have accused Olson of being biased towards him.

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James Toliver Craig in a mugshot offered by the Aurora Police Division. (Aurora Police Division)

Craig additionally allegedly flew his orthodontist lover from Austin to Denver whereas his spouse was dying, and the 2 reportedly exchanged “sexually specific emails,” in response to the arrest affidavit. 

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Angela Craig instructed her sister Toni Kofoed a number of occasions over the previous 16 years that she deliberate to go away her husband, however he at all times satisfied her to remain. The couple was on the verge of declaring chapter for a second time, in response to the paperwork.

Kofoed instructed police that Craig had “a number of affairs with a number of ladies” and that he had drugged his spouse about 5 years earlier as a result of he had deliberate to die by suicide and did not need her to cease him.

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Two photographs of dentist James Oliver, who’s accused of murdering his spouse, Angela Craig. (Fb)

Craig’s trial for the homicide of his spouse, initially scheduled to begin on Nov. 21, was delayed, as his protection counsel moved to withdraw from the case attributable to a “skilled battle,” in response to the 18th Judicial District Lawyer’s Workplace. 

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The following listening to for Craig’s case is scheduled for Dec. 16, in response to the 18th Judicial District Lawyer’s Workplace.

Fox Information’ Christina Coulter contributed to this report