Fox News: Colorado dentist's murder trial put on hold after defense 'suddenly quit' prior to jury selection

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Colorado dentist's murder trial put on hold after defense 'suddenly quit' prior to jury selection

A Colorado judge has delayed the trial for an Aurora dentist accused of poisoning his wife to death after the defense attorney suddenly quit during jury selection.......                    ...                        ...The murder trial for You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login accused of poisoning his wife to death has been put on hold after the defense attorney "suddenly quit" during jury selection.......James Toliver Craig, 45, is accused of killing his wife, Angela Craig, by putting poison in her protein shakes.......Angela Craig, a 43-year-old mother of six who was married to her husband for 23 years, died in March 2023 of poisoning from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, the latter a substance found in over-the-counter eye drops, according to the coroner.......The trial has been delayed before and was set to begin Thursday with jury selection, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login However, on Thursday morning, the defense counsel moved to withdraw from the case due to a "professional conflict," according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The judge allowed the withdrawal under the Rule of Professional Conduct, and Craig declined to represent himself, delaying the case.......Craig allegedly flew his orthodontist lover from Austin to Denver while his wife was dying, according to a detailed arrest affidavit. The two also reportedly exchanged "sexually explicit emails."......The charging document described the couple's troubled marriage, financial difficulties and Craig's alleged sinister plot to murder her......."In totality, this investigation has proven that James has gone to great lengths to try and end his wife's life," You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login wrote in the affidavit. ......On Feb. 27, Craig created a secret email account, jimandwaffles.com, which he only used on a computer in his now-shuttered Summerbrook Dental Group, investigators said.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Police say Craig searched online for things like "How to make murder look like a heart attack" and "How to make poison" days before his wife searched for symptoms she was having like vertigo, shaking and cold lips.......Craig also allegedly researched multiple "undetectable poisons" and purchased some, and he ordered a rush shipment of potassium cyanide even though it was not needed.......Investigators allege that Craig bought poisons online just before his wife began to experience symptoms that doctors could not find a cause for, but his lawyers have argued there is no direct evidence that he put poison in his wife's shakes and have accused Olson of being biased against him.......Her sister, Toni Kofoed, told police that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login about five years earlier because he had planned to commit suicide and didn't want her to stop him.......Kofoed also told investigators that the couple's marriage had always been "tumultuous" and that Craig had "multiple affairs with several women" and had been "addicted to pornography since he was a teenager."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Angela Craig told her sister several times over the past 16 years that she planned to leave him, but he always convinced her to stay. The couple was also broke and on the verge of declaring bankruptcy for a second time, the documents allege.......Angela Craig had complained to her sister that her husband had recently gambled away more than $2,000 on a trip to Las Vegas.......Back in May, Craig was accused of asking a fellow jail inmate to plant letters in his garage and his truck to make it look like his wife was suicidal. Olson said the inmate believed the letters were written by Craig but were meant to appear as if his wife had written them.......According to Olson, Craig offered money to pay the inmate's bond in order to be released from jail or perform free dental work in exchange for planting the letters, but the inmate decided not to take him up on the offer and reported the incident to authorities, the detective previously testified.......Craig was already charged with You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and another count of solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence. He pleaded not guilty to those two charges in Nov. 2023.......His You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is scheduled for Dec. 16.......Fox News' Rebecca Rosenberg and the Associated Press contributed to this report. ...

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