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Topics: Colorado, Crime, US News, True crime
Callum Jones
The heartbreaking final words of a mother who died after her husband allegedly 'poisoned her protein shake' has been revealed.
Not long after starting an affair with another woman, James Craig, a dentist from Colorado searched online for answers to questions including 'is arsenic detectable in an autopsy?' and 'how to make murder look like a heart attack' mere weeks before his wife died, according to a police detective's testimony.
The 47-year-old is alleged to have used cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, often used in over-the-counter eye drops, to kill Angela Craig in 2023.
Assistant District Attorney Ryan Brackley said the dentist administrated a final dose of the poison after Angela had already been admitted to hospital.
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"He went in that room to murder her, to deliberately and intentionally end her life with a fatal dose of cyanide," Brackley said during the opening arguments.
Angela began suffering from symptoms of dizziness, 'her head felt funny, her eyes did not want to focus, felt heavy and slow,' and she was 'vomiting' and had an 'extreme headache', according to police.
Her condition soon declined after she experienced a seizure and had to be placed on life support.
Craig is currently on trial for first-degree murder, and Renee Pray, Angela's sister-in-law, is one of those to have testified in court.
Pray told the court that Craig explained to her that Angela's last words were: 'Why do I hurt?', before she was declared brain dead on March 18, 2023.
Craig has pleaded not guilty to several charges he is facing, including that of first-degree murder that would likely see him spend the rest of his life behind bars if found guilty.
While Craig has admitted to cheating on his wife during their marriage, His attorney, Ashley Whitham, denies the former dentist had any motivation to kill his wife.
"That’s simply not the case,” Whitham said. “She knew Craig was cheating....He was candid with Angela that he had been cheating.”
Craig's oldest daughter testified in court last week and claimed her father did not want an autopsy to be conducted on Angela.
The 21-year-old admitted that while her mother struggled 'like anyone else', she doesn't believe Angela would have took her own life.
"We were making plans," the eldest daughter added, as she explained her mother felt 'dizzy' and 'heavy' before her deteriorated.
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