A dentist accused of murdering his wife by poisoning his protein drinks, was accused of trying to convince a fellow inmate to kill a detective investigating the murder case.
Prosecutors filed two new charges against James Craig last week – incitement to commit murder as well as incitement to commit perjury. The charging document does not specify who Craig allegedly wanted to kill, but an Aurora police spokesman, Joe Moylan, confirmed Wednesday evening that the alleged victim was an Aurora police detective.
Online court records did not list an attorney representing Craig on Thursday. A judge allowed Craig’s latest lawyer, Harvey Steinberg, to withdraw from the file On November 21, after discussing a professional conflict, as Craig was preparing to stand trial for first-degree murder in the death of Angela Craig. Prosecutors filed the two new charges against Craig the next day.
Craig’s trial has been postponed indefinitely. Craig, who has pleaded not guilty, is due in court with a new lawyer on December 16.
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Angela Craig, 43, died in March 2023 from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline poisoning, the latter substance found in over-the-counter eye drops, according to the coroner. The couple had been married for 23 years and had six children together.
Craig was also accused of smuggling a letter out of jail with an inmate bailed by an adult daughter. He asked her to make a fake video of Angela Craig asking Craig to get her poisons, according to prosecutors.
He is also accused of asking another inmate to leave false diary entries at the Craig home, suggesting that Angela Craig committed suicide. The inmate refused, according to court documents. Craig’s initial defense team emphasized that the inmate only contacted authorities after an initial hearing to review evidence in the case, which was widely covered by the media.
Prosecutors also allege that Craig attempted a more elaborate and convoluted approach to blame his wife. In court documents, they said he asked another former fellow inmate to find attractive women who would be willing to testify at his trial that they had relationships with him and, after Angela Craig found out, they had refused to help trap him.
Police called James Craig’s alleged plot “a heinous, complex and calculated murder.”
Three of Jim and Angela Craig’s six children live with James Craig’s brother, “48 hours” reported earlier this year. The other three are now adults living alone, including their daughter Mira. On the occasion of Mother’s Day 2023, Mira wrote this message on social networks: “starting tomorrow my mother will be two months old. I don’t have the words to express the sorrow that my brothers and sisters and I feel every day.”
Mira’s last words in this post: “I love you so much mom”… “we miss you.”
