US Dentist Faces Murder Trial Over Wife’s Poisoning, Deepfake Scheme

James Craig, a Colorado dentist, is on trial for the first-degree murder of his wife, Angela Craig, whom prosecutors allege he fatally poisoned in March 2023 with cyanide, arsenic, and tetrahydrozoline. His 20-year-old daughter testified that he asked her to create a deepfake video of her mother requesting the toxic ingredients, providing detailed instructions in a letter to make it appear that Angela sought the substances herself. Prosecutors claim Craig also manipulated his wife into ingesting cyanide while she was hospitalized, leading to her death, and that he plotted further criminal acts from jail, including soliciting another murder and evidence tampering. The daughter described the emotional toll of the situation, recounting her care for her mother during hospital visits and denying any hereditary illness concern with her father remaining silent. Craig's financial troubles and extramarital affair are cited as motives for the alleged murder, and he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The case has revealed a calculated attempt to fabricate evidence and manipulate perceptions of Angela's death through advanced technology and deception.