Fox News: Dentist accused of fatally poisoning wife hit with new charges as lawyer quits

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Dentist accused of fatally poisoning wife hit with new charges as lawyer quits

James Toliver Craig is accused of killing his wife of 23 years, Angela Craig, by putting poison in her protein shakes – he now faces two additional charges.......                    ...                        ...Days after his defense team "suddenly quit" during jury selection, a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login accused of poisoning his wife's protein shakes to start "a new life" with another woman is facing new charges.......The 18th Judicial District Attorney's office announced in a Friday post on X that James Toliver Craig faces two additional charges of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login in the first degree and solicitation to commit perjury in the first degree. Last year, he was charged with and pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Angela Craig. ......In a separate post, the office wrote that 45-year-old Craig "declined to represent himself," and that a judge "continued the trial over the People's objection." Prosecutors did not elaborate on why Craig faces new charges.......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.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......On Thursday morning, Craig's defense counsel moved to withdraw from the case due to a "professional conflict," according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office. The trial had been delayed before and was set to begin last Thursday with jury selection, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......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."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The charging document described the couple's troubled marriage, financial difficulties and Craig's alleged 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. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......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.......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.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Craig also allegedly researched "undetectable poisons" and purchased some, and he ordered a rush shipment of potassium cyanide even though it was not needed.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......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.......GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Angela Craig had complained to her sister that her husband had recently gambled away more than $2,000 on a trip to Las Vegas.......Craig was accused in May 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 November 2023.......His You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is scheduled for Dec. 16.......Fox News' Stepheny Price and the Associated Press contributed to this report. ...

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