Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife with protein shakes faces new charges – NBC New York

A Colorado dentist accused of spiking his wife’s protein shakes with a lethal dose of poison faces two new charges, including solicitation to commit murder, officials said Friday.

James Craig, who was indicted last year and pleaded not guilty to murdering Angela Craig, is now also charged with first-degree solicitation of perjury, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Additional information about the new charges was not immediately available.

It came a day after Craig’s lawyer withdrew from the case, on the day jury selection in Craig’s case was supposed to begin, NBC affiliate KUSA in Denver reported.

The attorney cited professional conflict and other reasons, including the client’s “persistence in engaging in conduct related to the attorney’s services that the attorney reasonably believes to be criminal or fraudulent,” the station reported.

It is unclear whether Craig has a new lawyer to speak on his behalf.

Angela Craig, a mother of six who was married to her husband for 23 years, died March 18 from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline poisoning, authorities said. The latter is found in over-the-counter eye drops.

According to an arrest warrant in the case, she went to the hospital three days earlier with a severe headache and dizziness. After suffering a severe seizure, she was placed on life support and died, according to the warrant.

At a preliminary hearing last year, a prosecutor said that shortly after James Craig began the affair, his Internet search history included the phrases “how to make a murder look like a heart attack” and “does arsenic show up in an autopsy?” Associated Press.

According to the arrest warrant, the couple’s relationship had been strained for years, with James Craig having multiple affairs and Angela Craig repeatedly saying she wanted to leave her husband.

At a preliminary hearing, James Craig’s lawyers argued that there was no direct evidence that he slipped a lethal dose of poison into his wife’s drink and said he searched the Internet for ways to kill himself, the AP reported.

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