AURORA, Colo. — The trial for a dentist accused of killing his wife by poisoning her with potassium cyanide and Visine eye drops has been pushed back several months.
The new dates were set when James Craig appeared in court Friday morning. Instead of going to trial next month, he's now set for trial in early December in connection with the death of his wife, Angela Craig.
She died March 1, 2023, after ingesting lethal doses of cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, an ingredient commonly found in Visine, according to an autopsy report from the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office. The report also lists arsenic poisoning as a "significant condition" related to her death.
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According to an arrest affidavit from Aurora Police, Angela Craig went to a hospital three times before her death – on March 6, March 9, and March 15 – after becoming faint and dizzy.
The affidavit says James Craig used an office computer to research and buy "undetectable poisons," and he bought crystalline metalloid arsenic from Amazon a few weeks before his wife's death. Five days before her death, the document says, James Craig received a package at his office that was opened by an office attendant who found a biohazard sticker and a circular canister that said "potassium cyanide" on it.
According to the affidavit, James Craig's business partner told a nurse he believed Angela Craig had been poisoned because her husband had recently ordered potassium cyanide for their dental practice. That resulted in an investigation into her death.
Months after James Craig was arrested, prosecutors added a felony count of solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence. He was set to appear in court next Tuesday for a preliminary hearing related to that charge to determine if there was enough evidence to move to trial. That hearing has been pushed back to Aug. 15.
His trial for the other charges, including first-degree murder, is now set to begin on Dec. 2. James Craig's trial was previously delayed because a key witness was ill.