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A Colorado dentist was found guilty of murdering his wife in a methodical plot to poison her.
Dr. James Toliver Craig, 47, a Colorado dentist, was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder for poisoning his wife, Angela Craig.
Additionally, he faced convictions on five more charges: two counts of solicitation to tamper with physical evidence, two counts of solicitation to commit first-degree perjury, and one count of solicitation to commit first-degree murder. He was acquitted of a lesser manslaughter charge.
Craig was sentenced afterward to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Cain said Craig claimed he was newly divorced and living in an apartment. But under cross-examination, she acknowledged that wasn’t true.
“Yes, a lot of what the defendant told me wasn’t true,” she admitted.
Just three days into their relationship, Craig wrote, “I’ve fallen in love with you so deeply that the list of attributes has become endless.”
Prosecutors argued Craig’s lies and secret relationship were key to his motive.
Another witness, Carrie Hageseth, testified about her encounter with Craig on the dating platform Seeking.com. She explained that their association was transactional, wherein he paid for her daughter’s car expenses.
Angela and James Craig take a selfie. James is charged with murdering Angela by adulterating her protein shakes with potassium cyanide. (Angela N Jim Craig (Facebook))
In a dinner conversation, she recounted, Craig mentioned the film “The Purge,” where, for one day, people can kill anyone they wish without repercussions.
She stated that Craig mentioned that if he could “purge” someone, the target would be his wife. He elaborated, Hageseth testified, on how one could execute an injection with impunity.
Together, the women’s accounts painted Craig as a man leading a double life. Prosecutors used the volume and tone of his communications to argue this was a calculated scheme.
