Dentist accused of poisoning wife to face murder-for-hire charge

Prosecutors to Present Evidence Colorado Dentist Charged in Wife’s Death Tried to Kill Detective

DENVER—Prosecutors on Friday are set to present evidence that a Colorado dentist charged with killing his wife also tried to get a fellow inmate to kill a detective investigating him. James Craig is accused of poisoning his wife’s protein shakes nearly two years ago, allegedly ordering a rush shipment of potassium cyanide that he said he needed for a patient after police say arsenic failed to kill her. Late last year, prosecutors filed new charg…

Dentist Charged With Poisoning Wife Is in Even More Trouble

A dentist charged with killing his wife by poisoning her protein shakes offered a fellow jail inmate $20,000 to kill the case's lead investigator, calling her "the worst, dirtiest detective," a prosecutor said Friday. The AP reports Senior Chief Deputy Michael Mauro said during an evidentiary hearing that the...

Dentist accused of poisoning wife to face murder-for-hire charge

James Craig is accused of soliciting the deaths of three witnesses in the case against him in his wife's death.