DENVER– A dental professional accused of killing his wife by poisoning her protein shakes has actually been charged with attempting to get a fellow prison prisoner to eliminate an investigator examining the murder case.

Prosecutors submitted 2 brand-new charges versus James Craig recently– solicitation to dedicate murder along with solicitation to dedicate perjury. The charging file does not state who Craig presumably wished to have actually eliminated however a representative for Aurora authorities, Joe Moylan, validated late Wednesday that the supposed designated victim was an Aurora authorities investigator.

Online court records did not note a legal representative representing Craig since Thursday. A judge enabled Craig’s most current legal representative, Harvey Steinberg, to withdraw from the case Nov. 21, after he pointed out an expert dispute, simply as Craig will stand trial for first-degree murder in the death of Angela Craig. District attorneys submitted the 2 brand-new charges versus Craig the following day.

Craig’s trial has actually been postponed forever. Craig, who has actually pleaded innocent, is arranged to appear in court with a brand-new legal representative on Dec. 16.

Angela Craig, 43, passed away in March 2023 of poisoning from cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, the latter a compound discovered in over the counter eye drops, according to the coroner. The couple had actually been wed for 23 years and had 6 kids together.

Craig was likewise formerly charged with smuggling a letter out of prison with a prisoner bonded out by an adult child. It asked her to make a phony video of Angela Craig asking Craig to get toxins for her, according to district attorneys.

He is likewise implicated of asking another prisoner to plant created journal entries at the Craig home recommending that Angela Craig eliminated herself. The prisoner decreased, according to court files. Craig’s initial defense group explained that the prisoner just got in touch with authorities after a preliminary hearing to evaluate the proof in the event, which was commonly covered by the media.

Prosecutors likewise declare Craig attempted a more complicated and intricate technique to put the blame on his spouse. In court files, they stated he asked another previous fellow prisoner to discover appealing females who would consent to affirm at his trial that they had affairs with him and, after Angela Craig discovered, they had actually declined to assist her frame him.