Dentist accused of killing wife tried to plant letters suggesting she was suicidal, police say

A Colorado dentist charged with sidesplitting his woman by putting poison successful her macromolecule shakes is present accused of asking a chap jailhouse inmate to works letters to marque it look similar his woman was suicidal

DENVER -- A dentist accused of sidesplitting his woman by putting poison successful her macromolecule shakes asked a chap jailhouse inmate to works letters to marque it look similar his woman was suicidal, constabulary say.

James Craig asked the inmate to enactment the letters successful Craig's store and motortruck astatine his home, Aurora constabulary detective Bobbi Olson testified Wednesday astatine a tribunal proceeding connected the caller allegation against Craig, KMGH-TV reported. The inmate believed the letters were written by Craig but meant to look arsenic if his wife, Angela Craig, had written them, said Olson, the pb detective successful the case.

Angela Craig, a 43-year-old parent of six who was joined to her hubby for 23 years, died successful March 2023 of poisoning from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, the second a substance recovered successful over-the-counter oculus drops, according to the coroner.

Craig is alleged to person bought poisons online conscionable earlier his woman began to acquisition symptoms that doctors could not find a origin for. But his lawyers person argued determination is nary nonstop grounds that helium enactment poison successful his wife’s shakes and person accused Olson of being biased against him.

According to Olson, Craig offered wealth to wage for the enslaved for the inmate to beryllium released from jailhouse oregon execute escaped dental enactment successful speech for planting the letters but the inmate decided not to instrumentality him up connected the offer, the detective testified.

The inmate alternatively contacted instrumentality enforcement, she said.

The defence argued that the inmate was not a credible witness.

One of Craig’s lawyers, Andrew Ho, pointed retired that the inmate lone contacted authorities aft an archetypal proceeding to reappraisal the grounds successful the lawsuit past summer, which was wide covered by the media, and that the inmate could not accurately place the colour of Craig’s truck.

However, a justice agreed prosecutors had presented capable grounds for Craig to besides beryllium tried connected the caller complaint involving the inmate, filed past month, of solicitation to perpetrate tampering with carnal evidence. The inmate's sanction was redacted from the document.

Craig was already charged with first-degree execution and and different number of solicitation to perpetrate tampering with carnal evidence. He pleaded not blameworthy to those 2 charges successful November 2023.

Craig is scheduled to look proceedings connected Aug. 8.