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Deepfake Plot and Murder-for-Hire Allegations Emerge in Colorado Dentist Trial

Jurors heard daughter testimony on Craig’s letter outlining a deepfake scheme together with allegations that he offered payments to eliminate investigators

James Craig, who is accused of killing his wife of 23 years, wipes his face during opening arguments in his murder trial at the Arapahoe District Court, on July 15, 2025, in Centennial, Colo.
James Toliver Craig was arrested in March 2023, days after his wife died of what investigators believe to be cyanide poisoning.
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Overview

  • A daughter testified that Craig sent her a handwritten letter detailing how to create a deepfake video of Angela requesting toxic chemicals and how to conceal the evidence.
  • The oldest daughter said Craig opposed an autopsy on his wife and suggested her death might have been self-inflicted, contradicting prosecutors’ account.
  • The dental office manager testified that she handled a sealed package for Craig containing potassium cyanide which was delivered weeks before Angela’s final hospital stay.
  • Prosecutors highlighted Craig’s motive as financial distress alongside an affair with a Texas orthodontist, pointing to browser history and poison shipments.
  • Evidence suggests Craig offered $20,000 to a fellow inmate to kill the lead investigator as well as to another person for false testimony that his wife intended suicide.