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Colorado Dentist Fatally Poisons Wife’s Protein Shakes To Start New Life With Lover: Police

<p>A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;colorado&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;post&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;list&lowbar;posts&amp&semi;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;cop0vm&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTExOTc2MDYwMC4xNjc5MzQ4NTEw&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY3OTQwMjk4Mi4yLjEuMTY3OTQwMzI2OS4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Colorado<&sol;strong><&sol;a> dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife and mother to his six children so he could begin a new life with his lover was arrested on Sunday &lpar;March 19&rpar;&comma; an arrest affidavit states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>James Toliver Craig<&sol;strong> reportedly flew in his mistress &&num;8211&semi; described as a Texas orthodontist who he had sent &&num;8220&semi;sexually explicit&&num;8221&semi; emails &&num;8211&semi; while his wife lay dying in the hospital in what investigators said was by his own doing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Husband Googled For Which Poison Can&&num;8217&semi;t Be Detected&comma; Wife Taken Off Of Life Support Sunday<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The 46-year-old even searched online for which poison would kill a person without being detected&comma; and even purchased a can of toxic potassium cyanide to his office&comma; just two days before his wife&comma; Angela Craig&comma; 43&comma; was admitted to the hospital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Angela&&num;8217&semi;s allegedly was complaining of headaches and dizziness&comma; according to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;auroragov&period;org&sol;cms&sol;One&period;aspx&quest;portalId&equals;16242704&amp&semi;pageId&equals;19419386" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>affidavit<&sol;strong><&sol;a> published by The City of Aurora&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her condition continued to rapidly decline after being admitted last Wednesday&comma; and was put on a ventilator before doctors declared her brain-dead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She was taken off of life support Sunday&comma; according to authorities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1637563413621534720" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Affidavit Shows Troubled Marriage&comma; With Infidelity And Financial Issues Plaguing The Couple<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The affidavit in question reads as a troubled marriage&comma; with everything from financial issues to infidelity&period; Craig even reportedly poisoned his wife in a past incident&comma; the legal document states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Angela&&num;8217&semi;s sister reportedly told investigators that Craig &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;had multiple affairs with several women&comma; told Angela he had been addicted to pornography since he was a teenager and drugged Angela approximately five to six years ago&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She added that Angela had told her Craig &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;was on the verge of bankruptcy&comma;” which would make for a second time&comma; according to authorities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;baton-rouge-woman-convicted-of-fatally-poisoning-her-boyfriend-is-also-implicated-in-estranged-husbands-death&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;2ngcta&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTExOTc2MDYwMC4xNjc5MzQ4NTEw&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY3OTQwMjk4Mi4yLjAuMTY3OTQwMjk4Mi4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Baton Rouge Woman Convicted Of Fatally Poisoning Her Boyfriend Is Also Implicated In Estranged Husband’s Death<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Angela&&num;8217&semi;s sister also reportedly told her that Craig drugs her and planned to kill himself with a lethal injection&comma; and didn&&num;8217&semi;t want her to try and stop or save him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1638164158691565569" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Husband Orders Arsenic&comma; Cyanide To Dental Practice&comma; Police Say He Poisoned Her Protein Shakes<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>She told her husband via text that she &&num;8220&semi;felt drugged&&num;8221&semi; earlier this month&comma; when she first started to show symptoms of poisoning&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Given our history I know that must be triggering&comma;” Craig replied to her text&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just for the record&comma; I didn’t drug you&period; I am super worried though&period; You really looked pale before I left&period; Like in your lips even&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Authorities say they believe he poisoned her with arsenic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Craig allegedly used an computer at his dental office to determine how much of the drug is needed to kill someone&comma; and placed orders for three deadly chemicals&comma; arsenic&comma; cyanide and oleandrin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Investigators went on to claim that he poisoned his wife’s protein shakes with the toxins before eventually killing her with cyanide he ordered at his office&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1637912906754031616" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Husband Tried To Say Wife Was Suicidal&comma; But Investigators Say She Never Showed Signs Of Suicidal Thoughts<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>He even told an employee at his dental practice that he was expecting a personal package that was to be delivered to the office&comma; and specifically asked her not to open it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But another worker ended up opening it by accident&period; When the first staffer was resealing the package&comma; she discovered &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a bio-hazard sticker and what said &OpenCurlyQuote;Potassium Cyanide’ on a circular canister” inside&comma; the affidavit states&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Craig reportedly tried to explain away the poison&comma; claiming he ordered the potassium cyanide for his wife because she was suicidal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; investigators said Angela never showed any signs of suicidal thoughts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"single&lowbar;&lowbar;content entry-content m-bottom ">&NewLine;<p>Aurora Police Department Division Chief Mark Hildebrand called the reported poisoning &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a heinous&comma; 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