“My name is Dr. Jim Craig and I practice at Summerbrook dental group.”
He advertised his practice on YouTube.
Craig had been a respected dentist. Now in a very different type of outfit, wearing handcuffs and shackles, he appeared in court on Thursday where he was formally charged with first-degree murder.
His wife Angela is believed to have been killed by poisoning. Court documents indicate his goal was to kill his spouse so he could be with a woman with which he was having an affair.
KNUS Radio talk show host Steffan Tubbs had been a patient of Craig, “It was stunning… this is a man that I trusted with my personal health, I would have recommended him to anybody.”
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In court, Craig’s attorneys requested a gag order They complained publicity is endangering the dentist’s rights. Court documents show a search on Craig’s computer asking “how many grains of arsenic will kill a human?”
There’s also an invoice for the purchase of the poison potassium cyanide.
Earlier this week CBS News Colorado spoke with friends of the Craigs.
Michael Lucero, a neighbor said, “I really felt bad for the family and when I found out what really happened the best I can describe it is like a punch in the gut.”
Other court documents revealed a letter from a woman who appears to be a mistress of the dentist.
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A text message from Angela Craig to her husband, read “I feel drugged.” The reply read, “Just for the record I didn’t drug you, I am super worried though.”
The couple had six children now they are without a mother and the father is behind bars.
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