A Colorado dentist was charged Poisoned his wife’s protein shake According to reports, he tried to rig the murder trial by getting a fellow inmate to plant evidence that would make the woman’s death appear to be a suicide.
Aurora police say Dr. James Craig tried to convince a former prison inmate to commit perjury by writing letters and leaving a fake suicide note in his family home. According to the Denver Gazette,
According to that letter, Craig used to write those fake notes from jail and provide them to the person who was recently released.
Alleged killer tells how his would-be partner must find attractive women who agree to lie in court and say She had an affair with Craig, The police told the court.
Those affairs are believed to serve as inspiration for Angela to commit suicide due to her unfaithful husband.
According to the Denver Gazette report, Craig offered free dental treatment to his fellow inmate’s mother in exchange for a favor.
According to that outlet, the letter was never received — it was returned to sender after the dentist forgot to include his future partner’s apartment number in the address line.
Police told the court that a jail staff technician would receive, open and read the letter.
Defense attorney Harvey Steinberg abruptly withdrew from the case earlier this week before jury selection.
He cited two rules of professional conduct, claiming that his client was attempting to cause the lawyer to commit fraud or other criminal acts, According to the denver post,
The judge delayed the trial to accommodate the sudden change.
According to the Denver Post, Dr. Craig is due back in court on December 16, where he is expected to hire a new attorney.
Angela Craig, 43, died on March 18, 2023, from a lethal dose of the decongestants cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, found in over-the-counter eye drops.
Prosecutors say Craig searched online for ways to poison someone and purchased arsenic and cyanide in the days before Angela’s death.
Those searches reportedly conducted on public computers included: “How many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human being”, “Can arsenic be detected in an autopsy”, “Top 5 unknown poisons that show no signs of foul play” No Show’, ‘How to Make Poison, According to Prosecutors’, and ‘Top 10 Deadliest Plants (They Can Kill You)’.
Prosecutors allege that Craig made these discoveries shortly after beginning an extramarital affair and hatched his murderous plan.
The dentist is charged with first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, first-degree murder, solicitation to commit perjury stemming from his conspiracy letter to commit first-degree murder.
Craig maintains that he is innocent of all charges.
This journey is scheduled to begin in early January.
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