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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

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