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Jury Begins Deliberations in Trial of Colorado Dentist Accused of Fatally Poisoning Wife

Jurors are weighing whether prosecutors established that James Craig deliberately poisoned his wife in 2023

James Craig talks with his family from his seat before opening arguments in his murder trial, as he is accused of killing his wife, at the Arapahoe District Court, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Centennial, Colo. (Stephen Swofford via Denver Gazette, Pool)
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Overview

  • An Arapahoe County jury began deliberations Tuesday after two weeks of testimony and two days of closing arguments
  • Prosecutors presented testimony from 48 witnesses detailing how Craig laced Angela’s protein shakes and prescriptions with cyanide and injected her with poison in her hospital room
  • Investigators introduced Craig’s digital trail, including online poison searches, shipping records and an iPhone “timeline” note outlining his role in the poisoning
  • Defense attorneys contended Angela’s journal entries point to depression and suicide, suggesting investigators overlooked other explanations for her death
  • Craig also faces charges of fabricating evidence to imply suicide, soliciting a jail inmate to kill lead investigator Detective Bobbi Olson and committing perjury