The events leading up to James Craig’s trial were unusual, involving two delays, three shifts in legal representation, five additional charges, and a strange incident where one of his attorneys reportedly set his own house on fire.

Nonetheless, the Aurora dentist’s trial commenced and concluded after jurors listened to four women, who claimed James Craig confided to them that his marriage was finished, yet a divorce would financially devastate him.

Crag faced six felony counts:

• Murder in the first degree
• Two counts of solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence
• Three counts of solicitation to commit perjury in the first degree

According to court records, Craig, detained on a murder accusation concerning his wife, Angela Craig, allegedly tried to persuade fellow inmates, a former lover, and even one of his children to tamper with evidence, staging it to appear as though Angela Craig intended to commit suicide.

Prosecutors allege that James Craig even attempted a failed murder-for-hire plot targeting the lead detective in the case just before a second trial attempt the previous year. Craig is accused of offering money and dental services to individuals in exchange for their participation in a cover-up.

Craig insists he ordered poison because she asked him to.

James and Angela Craig were married for more than two decades, building a close-knit family of six with cheerful, content children. Despite their busy schedules, the Craigs always found time to incorporate exercise into their daily life.

The couple regularly went for runs or visited the gym together, and upon returning home, James would prepare protein shakes or fruit smoothies for breakfast while Angela focused on getting the children ready for their day.

Angela complains of having a really nasty headache, along with problems with her eyesight.  She goes to the hospital, saying she feels tingly and cold. Doctors cannot figure out what’s wrong with her.

Angela goes to the hospital multiple times, only to be sent home. When she goes back for a third time, that’s when she’s checked in, and her condition deteriorates, coding quickly.

Angela passes away.

One of Summer Brooks’ dental assistants recalls opening a package for Dr. Craig that had potassium cyanide in it. She googles the symptoms of cyanide poisoning and is horrified at how closely they match Angela’s symptoms.

She immediately calls Craig’s partner, Ryan Redfearn, hoping he has some other explanation for the contents of the package…but he doesn’t.

While visiting Angela, Redfearn tells a nurse about the cyanide, explaining there’s no medical use for the element in their practice. As a mandatory reporter, the nurse calls the police.

With suspicions raised, Angela Craig is sent for an autopsy with additional toxicology screening. Tests reveal the otherwise healthy mom of six died of poisoning from both cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, a common ingredient in eyedrops.

While investigators have no definitive evidence that Angela’s food and drinks were poisoned with cyanide, the tests reveal her cyanide levels increased while she was in the hospital.

Police then check Craig’s computer, finding strange searches.  One of them was how to poison someone, how to make poison, and the top five or top 10 undetectable poisons that people won’t be able to find after someone has died, and will not signal foul play.

Less than 24 hours after his wife’s death, dentist James Toliver Craig is arrested for Angela’s murder and additionally charged with tampering with evidence.

A 52-page arrest affidavit details Craig’s concerning computer searches, three poison orders, an ongoing affair, and proof that Craig took several measures to cover his tracks.

Police then learn the dentist allegedly tried to hire his cellmate to kill Aurora PD’s lead detective, Bobbi Jo Olson, for $20,000. Calling Olson the “worst, dirtiest detective,” James Craig tried to recruit Nathaniel Harris to take her out for cash or free dental work.

Olson wasn’t the only person on his list. Craig also asked Harris to kill another Aurora PD officer and two inmates, ‘Roger’ and ‘Tommy.’

Now the details of Craig’s “sugar dating life” revealed.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

Additional Guest

• Steffan Tubbs – Host: ‘Arsenic, DDS – The Bizarre Case of Dr. James Craig’; Former patient of James Craig

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[Feature Photo: Angela, left, and James Craig/Facebook]