James Craig also found guilty of trying to cover up killing by asking others to fake evidence
A jury convicted a Colorado dentist of first-degree murder on Wednesday after he repeatedly poisoned his wife, including by lacing her protein shakes.
Prosecutors had accused James Craig of repeatedly poisoning his wife, Angela Craig, over 10 days in March 2023. When those attempts failed, prosecutors said the dentist gave his wife a final dose of cyanide as she was hospitalized in suburban Denver with symptoms that puzzled doctors. She was declared brain dead soon after.
Craig stood in a hushed courtroom on Wednesday afternoon as the jury delivered a litany of guilty verdicts on murder and other charges. Afterward, he sat down and his attorneys rested their hands on his shoulder. They whispered to each other while awaiting sentencing.
Craig faces life in prison on the murder charge alone.
