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Deepfake Plot and Poison Searches Highlight Premeditation in Dentist’s Murder Trial

Testimony from Craig’s daughters with a detective’s revelations of extensive poison searches on his computer underscores prosecutors’ premeditation narrative.

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

  • One daughter testified that James Craig asked her to fabricate a deepfake video showing his wife requesting toxic chemicals, aimed at supporting an accidental overdose claim.
  • Craig’s oldest daughter told jurors her mother was not suicidal and described her refusal of an autopsy, challenging the defense’s suicide theory.
  • Detective Bobbi Olson detailed hundreds of online searches for cyanide, arsenic and undetectable poisons on Craig’s computer while finding no self-harm queries on Angela’s phone.
  • Prosecutors introduced shipment records showing Craig ordered potassium cyanide online amid financial troubles and an extramarital affair as motives.
  • Craig faces additional charges of solicitation to commit murder, tampering and perjury after allegedly offering inmates payments to kill the lead detective or provide false testimony.