Prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge Thursday against an Aurora dentist accused of killing his wife by poisoning her.
Arapahoe County District Attorney prosecutors have filed charges against 45-year-old James Craig, who was arrested on Sunday. His wife, Angela Craig, 43, died on Saturday. The charging document states that James Craig, between March 5 and March 21, “unlawfully, criminally, after deliberation, and with intent to cause the death of a person other than himself, caused the Death of Angela Craig”.
She had felt dizzy and passed out and visited University Hospital three times this month, according to an Aurora police affidavit. Police investigators alleged in the affidavit that Craig used a computer at his office to research poison and bought arsenic and cyanide which he put in protein shakes he took. prepared for his wife.
Court officials on Thursday set a status hearing for April 7 to deal with defense motions for a preliminary hearing, where prosecutors are expected to present their evidence. After this status hearing, a date for a preliminary hearing would be set.
Aurora Police Division Chief Mark Hildebrand, in a statement after Craig’s arrest, said the death was “a heinous, complex and calculated murder”.
***FORMAL CHARGE FILED***
Today the 18th Judicial Prosecutor’s Office filed a formal charge of First Degree Murder against James Craig, the #Dawn dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife earlier this month. A copy of the complaint can be obtained from the courts.@AuroraPD pic.twitter.com/lpITNv66uO– AD Office of the 18th (@DA18th) March 23, 2023
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