Crime Stories with Nancy Grace - DID 'PORNY' MORMON DENTIST MURDER WIFE? HEAR ARREST WARRANT DETAILS
Episode Date: March 25, 2023A Colorado dentist is charged with murder, accused of poisoning his wife, the mother of their 6 children. Police say James Craig bought arsenic and cyanide, and secretly poisoned his wife's protein s...hakes. Hear the arrest warrant verbatim. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace.
Did a Colorado dentist murder his wife, the mother of his six children, in order to be with his dental worker girlfriend.
He's in hiding while he's in court hanging his head.
According to prosecutors, the porn-addicted Mormon dentist slowly poisoned his wife,
and it wasn't the first time he tried it either.
She'd been in the hospital multiple times. What can we learn from the arrest warrant? We've just gotten our mitts on that
arrest warrant and we are learning startling new details. Take a listen to a verbatim reading
of the arrest warrant for the porn addicted Mormon dentist accused of murder aurora police department case number 2023-48975
authored by detective b olson james tolliver craig district court arapahoe county colorado
date filed march 20 2023 8 30 a.m arrest warrant people of the state of colorado to all peace A complaint in writing under oath has been made, and it appears that there are reasonable grounds for believing that between March 6, 2023 through March 15, 2023, way in the city of Aurora in Arapahoe County and state of Colorado. James Tolliver Craig,
date of birth, 2-11-78, race, white, gender, male, height, 5'9", weight, 185 pounds, hair blonde,
eyes blue, did then and there commit the crime of 18-3-1021A, respectively,
and as further set forth in the complaint attached hereto and made a part thereof,
you are therefore commanded to arrest James Tolliver Craig, date of birth 21178,
and bring him before the nearest available district court without unnecessary delay to be dealt with according to law,
issued this 18th day
of march 2023 description address 6795 south robertsdale way city of aurora age 45 race white
height 59 weight 185 richard hayes farrow district Court Magistrate printed.
Bail set in the amount of no bond hold.
Aurora Police Department case number 2023-48975 authored by Detective B. Olson, James Tolliver Craig.
Judge District Court Magistrate Signature District Court Arapahoe County, Colorado.
Affidavit of probable cause for arrest warrant. I, Detective Bobby Olson of lawful age and being first sworn upon oath, state that I have probable cause for believing
that defendant James Tolliver Craig, date of birth 21178, race white, gender Hair, blonde. Eyes, blue. Did commit the crimes of 1.
CRS 18-3-102-1A.
Charge, first degree murder after deliberation, class F1.
Your affiant Bobby Olson is a police detective with the City of Aurora Police Department
and has been employed since July 2013.
Your affiant was previously a licensed peace officer in Minnesota from 2004 to 2013.
Uriafiant has authored numerous search and arrest warrants
while participating in individual and organized crime-related investigations.
Additionally, Uriafiant has conducted and supervised hundreds of investigations
in both an overt and covert capacity.
Uriafiant is currently assigned as a detective with the Aurora Police Department Major Crime
Homicide Unit, MCHU.
Uriafiant is responsible for investigating significant incidents of violent crime, focusing
on homicides, attempt homicides, and officer-involved shootings.
Uriafiant has conducted numerous investigations in this capacity and routinely utilizes search
warrants for residences, vehicles, cellular call detail records, social media accounts,
etc. as an investigative tool when appropriate.
As a detective, Uriafiant is authorized to carry firearms, execute warrants, make arrests
for offenses against the state of Colorado, as well as perform other duties
as authorized by state and federal law. Uriafiant has completed thousands of hours of training over
her career, beginning with a basic police academy. In addition, Uriafiant received a bachelor's degree
in criminal justice from Metropolitan State University. The facts below are based on personal
knowledge and or interviews with witnesses and fellow officers and or review of official law enforcement reports.
On March 15, 2023, at approximately 11.08 a.m., victim Angela Craig, DOB 415-1979, presented herself to University Hospital because she had a severe headache and was experiencing dizziness.
Angela was accompanied by her brother, redacted, Utah 84651,
and later met by her husband, James Craig, DOB 211978.
At approximately 2 p.m., Angela experienced a seizure and began to rapidly decline medically.
Eventually, she was placed on life support in the intensive care unit hospital medical personnel could not
find a known medical condition that would have caused Angela's rapid medical
decline your affiant was told James was a dentist who worked at the Summerbrook
dental group James was business partners with redacted also a dentist ryan and his wife redacted dob 622 1970 are friends with james and
angela on march 15 2023 james communicated with redacted via text message from his cell phone
redacted and informed redacted that angela had been admitted to the university hospital and her
condition was grave redacted and they both responded to university hospital at the hospital
redacted spoke with one of the attending nurses regarding his suspicion that angela was the
possible victim of poisoning redacted explained to to the nurse that James recently ordered potassium cyanide for their
dental practice, adding that there was no medical reason or purpose to order potassium cyanide for
a dental practice. As a mandatory reporter, the nurse called the police and an investigation
ensued. The major crime homicide unit was contacted and took over the investigation. On March 16, 2023, in the early
morning hours, Uriafiant spoke with Redacted at the Aurora Police Department headquarters,
where they had volunteered to talk with Uriafiant. Redacted began by saying he and James have been
business partners since August of 2022, when Ryan acquired James Dental Practice, which had been struggling financially.
Redacted stated, although he recently took over James Dental Practice,
they have known each other for over 20 years and went to dental school together.
Redacted described James as a risk taker and found out he had filed for bankruptcy in 2021
and was on the verge of bankruptcy again.
Redacted also stated that in January,
James confided in Redacted,
telling him that he and Angela were having marital problems.
On March 15, 2023,
office manager Redacted contacted Redacted via phone
as he was driving to the university hospital to be with James.
Redacted was contacted by another office
manager redacted redacted that on March 6 2023 the day Angela first became sick and went to Parker
Adventist she was working late at the dental office redacted said James returned to the office
after hours redacted observed James at an exam room computer with
the lights off doing something on the computer. This was odd because James had his own office
with his own computer and personal laptop he regularly took to and from the office. Redacted
said approximately 30 minutes after James left the office, he texted Redacted telling her that
he would be receiving a personal package and told her not to open it
redacted stated that a package arrived for James on Monday March 13 2023 redacted found that the
package box had been opened Caitlin said she found out that another employee redacted had
opened the package forgetting that James was getting a package she looked inside
the package inside the package redacted said she saw a biohazard sticker and what said potassium
cyanide on a circular canister redacted realized that was the package for James redacted sealed the package back up and gave it to James redacted said she later Googled what
potassium cyanide was used for and saw that Angela had the same symptoms Caitlin called Jacqueline
when she heard Angela was back in the hospital on March 15 2023 and told her about the contents of
the package redacted arrived at University Hospital in separate vehicles,
but entered the hospital together.
Upon arriving, they spoke briefly to James,
but he received a phone call from a doctor, so he stepped away.
While James was on the phone, a nurse came out to speak with them.
Redacted, stated while James was on the phone,
he pulled the nurse away and told the nurse about
his concerns that Angela may have been poisoned with potassium cyanide while at the hospital
redacted observed James meeting with doctors about Angela's prognosis redacted observed James crying
after the meeting redacted then left the hospital and returned to the
vehicle while in redacted vehicle redacted received a call from James
personal cell phone redacted phone connected to redacted vehicles bluetooth
so that redacted could hear the conversation. James told Redacted he had heard some disturbing information
and then asked Redacted if he had said anything to the hospital staff.
Redacted admitted that he talked to the hospital staff about this incident.
Redacted advised that he was aware of the package that James had ordered.
James replied that the package was a ring for Angela and that he wanted aware of the package that james had ordered james replied that the package was a ring
for angela and that he wanted to surprise her redacted countered by telling james he knew it
was not a ring james claimed the package was never open so redacted couldn't know what was in it
redacted advised that the package was definitely opened and it did not contain a ring.
Redacted asked James why he would buy potassium cyanide.
James eventually recanted and admitted that the package contained potassium cyanide,
but claimed that Angela asked him to order it.
James claimed that Angela couldn't order the potassium cyanide because she didn't have the proper credentials James told redacted he ordered the potassium cyanide but he didn't think she Angela would actually take it James described the situation
as being similar to a game of chicken at that point redacted told James to stop talking and
get a lawyer you're a fine and detective gra then Michelle, who provided a similar account of events as her husband, Ryan.
Redacted told Eurofiant that Angela had first become sick on March 6, 2023.
Angela went to Parker Adventist Hospital and was released the same day.
Angela reported she was dizzy and weak.
Redacted stated Angela fell ill again and returned to parker adventist hospital on march 9
2023 angela was admitted on march 9 2023 and released on march 14 2023 medical personnel
were unable to determine what was causing angela to have her symptoms redacted stated that the next
day march 15 at approximately 11 a.m Angela was brought to
University Hospital by her brother redacted redacted added that she had exchanged text with
James since Angela was admitted to Parker Adventist on March 9 2023 trying to keep up to date with
Angela's medical condition redacted stated she was a professor and had a Ph.D. in nursing,
so she asked James to keep her updated on Angela's symptoms
to potentially assist in diagnosing her.
Redacted provided Uriafiant screenshots of the text exchange
between her and James beginning March 9, 2023.
Uriafiant confirmed the contact Jim Craig
in redacted cell phone was James' phone number.
Redacted.
Uriafiant reviewed the text messages.
The blue boxes outlined redacted statements
and the white boxes outlined James' response
in reference to Angela's medical conditions.
Thursday, March 9 at 3 p.m.
Redacted name.
What hospital is Angie in?
Do you need anything?
Craig reply.
Parker Adventist.
Thanks for offering, but for now I think we've got more support than we can handle.
Gotta love the church.
Redacted name.
Do you have a diagnosis yet?
I'm so sorry.
We are praying.
Craig reply.
No diagnosis. Thank you. Thursday, March 9, 621 p.m. have a diagnosis yet i'm so sorry we are praying craig reply no diagnosis thank you thursday march
9 6 21 p.m redacted name any news craig reply nothing yet they just admitted her to the hospital
for observation redacted name good i'm praying for you redacted name i mean good i'm glad she's being admitted craig reply lol yeah i figured that's
what you meant friday 9 0 7 a.m redacted name how did ang do overnight craig reply low blood
pressure all night vomiting in the morning still trying to figure this out redacted name
ugh i'm so sorry tell her we love her and we are praying craig reply i sure will thank you friday
6 14 p.m redacted name just checking to see how ang is doing and if they have made any headway
today how are you doing do you need anything craig reply thanks redacted it's been pretty rough not
having any answers i get pretty nervous they did so many tests. They have done
four or five different blood draws. Their regular blood panels all come back okay, and she is
negative for autoimmune disorders, negative for diabetes. Her A1c was 5.5. The main issue they
seem to be concerned about right now is blood pressure. They pumped 5L into her IV over 24
hours, and she looks super puffy and swollen but her
blood pressure is barely 100 over 60. yesterday morning it was 56 over 44. so although that is
the main concern that doctors have my main concern is just how she's feeling really pretty crappy
they are going to keep her one more night hopefully she can come home tomorrow sometime redacted name how did her
kidneys handle that kind of fluid redacted name i'm sure she is miserable and this has to be so
frightening for everyone craig reply her bun urea nitrogen was 29 yesterday but it's back down to
in the normal range of 21. they think she was just dehydrated. Her kidneys seem to be doing well
so far. I thought it might be adrenal insufficiency, but they tested for that too, and so far,
just no answers. Redacted name. Low BP would cause her to be lethargic and slur her speech.
I'm glad she doesn't have those disease processes, but any answer would help ease anxiety and have a plan
not knowing is more terrifying in my opinion redacted name what about scan to check for a
tumor thyroid adrenal I'm sure everyone is thinking of every pathophysiological process
that affects blood pressure Craig reply they did an MRI on her head because brain tumors are in the family they did an
ultrasound of the heart they did a head CT and they did a chest and abdomen CT and everything
has come back negative so far so I guess that's good no tumor is a good thing right redacted name
yes that is a good thing I'm glad they ruled it out especially with a family history it's just
hard to imagine she was so dehydrated
to cause so low blood pressure i'm sure she is puffy with 5l of fluid on board and i'm sure her
kidneys are working double time to process it i'm glad her a1c was normal i would have sworn she was
having a diabetic ketoacidosis but i couldn't imagine that they wouldn't have checked a blood
sugar on the first ER visit.
I will continue to pray for answers.
I know you have amazing support, but please let us know how we can help.
Craig reply.
They did check blood sugar on the very first ER visit.
She was 195 and she was throwing glucose in her urine.
That was Monday.
So they were almost sure that it was diabetes.
But then we went back again yesterday, checked on her blood sugar was lower, but still high
like 145, but there was no glucose in her urine at all.
And then her A1C came back at 5.5.
So that was a mystery.
Redacted name.
So A1C is an average of the last 90 days.
If this is new blood glucose problem it won't necessarily
show in her a1c craig replied yeah that's a good point but no glucose in her urine today so there's
that redacted name but has she been eating much since monday craig reply let's see a little bit
but not very much today the only thing that she has had is one cracker and she threw it up.
Yesterday, the only thing she had was a protein shake in the morning, which she threw up,
and some chicken noodle soup for dinner, which she also threw up.
So I see the point you're making.
There may not be any sugar to throw into the urine.
Redacted name.
Yes, that's what I'm thinking. thinking however her iv could have sugar in it d5 lr with or without k or are they running in s craig reply lr without k
which also surprised me because her potassium and something else some other electrolyte, but I can't remember now what we're both low today.
They gave her potassium supplements orally,
the first one she was able to take, the second one she threw up.
She's also on tramadol for her headaches,
and they have her on 8 mg of Zofran every 4 hours, I think. The next dose is due in about an hour and a half,
although this morning her most violent vomiting episode
happened about five minutes after they gave her iv zofran that's weird redacted name 5l is a lot to
run with d5 so lr makes sense that is strange because giving it iv would work pretty quickly
i'm glad they ruled out brain tumor the committing with an anti-medic and headaches would point that way.
If her K stays low and she continues to vomit, I would expect they will add K to her IV.
Craig reply.
If it wasn't my wife, this would be kind of a fun puzzle to try to work out.
Redacted name reply.
Truth.
Craig reply.
I'm surprised they haven't yet. Redacted name reply truth Craig reply I'm surprised they haven't yet redacted
reply that's all we need is a low-k to move her to electrical issues with her
heart on to what she is dealing with what about a blood culture to rule out
an infectious process her WBC and leukocytes all normal I know they are
smarter than me I'm just working through all the things in my mind.
Craig reply.
They haven't done a culture, but her WBC leukocytes are normal.
Oh, her reactive protein is super high, though, like 20.
I think the high end of normal is 2.99.
So, you know, there's an inflammatory process somewhere.
Redacted reply. Well well that's huge and says
there is something going on friday 6 24 p.m craig reply angie's heart ultrasound was normal except
for quote unable to accurately measure pulmonary pressure due to insufficient triscus PID valve regurgitation envelope, unquote. Redacted.
Interesting assessment.
So she is having tricuspid regurgitation to the point that her PA pressure can't be measured?
Craig reply.
Is that what that means?
Hmm.
Redacted reply.
I could be wrong, but that's how I read it.
Tricuspid regurgitation means the tricuspid valve leaks
and blood is able to go back into the right atrium I would think that could affect pulmonary artery
pressure redacted tricuspid regurgitation is usually associated with high PA pressure redacted
in reading I think an insufficient TVR envelope suggests pulmonary hypertension.
That is the opposite of what I first thought.
Craig replied,
From my nephew, he's an internist,
symptoms of pulmonary hypertension usually involve breathing issues such as shortness of breath.
She hasn't been experiencing that,
so not being able to accurately measure pulmonary pressure doesn't really matter much at this point.
Redacted reply, well, that's good to know.
Redacted text, with such a low blood pressure,
maybe it throws off the ability to get a reading.
Craig reply, the doc is going to do some imaging of her gallbladder
and some other internal organs to see how they look.
Still, pretty much
the same though. When I talk to her, she seems like she's in a ton of pain and super, super tired.
Of course, all of the tests are coming back perfect. Redacted reply. Well, we know we just
haven't found the cause yet. We will keep praying for answers and for Angie and your family. Tuesday, 6.34 a.m. Redacted text.
Any update on Ang?
Craig reply.
Not really.
No answers.
She's on oxygen full time now.
Redacted reply.
That must be so frustrating for everyone.
I'm so sorry.
Is she home or still admitted?
Craig reply.
Still admitted.
Yesterday, 12.07 p.m.
Redacted text. Whatever you need, we are here. Craig reply.
Thanks, redacted name. She's at University Hospital, so maybe another set of eyes on this
case will help. Redacted reply. I think Ryan is trying to get a hold of you. Craig reply. Yeah,
I just talked to him. Redacted reply. I'm glad she's in there and I pray they can find the answer.
B.C.
There is clearly something.
Redacted a text.
Is she conscious?
Craig reply.
No.
Redacted reply.
How are holding up?
I know that a dumb question.
How are the kids?
Craig reply.
She's not laughing at any of my jokes either.
So, you know, it's really bad.
Redacted reply, that's distressing.
Redacted text, because you're funny.
Craig reply, honestly, I haven't really told the kids how bad it is right now.
I don't really have any information to tell them, and I don't want to scare them needlessly.
Nora and Violet are at the zoo with friends.
The other kids know that she went back to the hospital,
but they are just doing school stuff.
Redacted from reply.
That's smart.
I'm scared, Jim.
Redacted text.
Is that bad to say?
Craig reply.
Not at all.
I am too.
Redacted sends picture from finding Nemo with the caption,
I know funny.
I'm a clownfish. Redacted text,
that's for laughing at the jokes part. Craig reply, it's weird not being able to wake her up.
Redacted reply, I'm sure it's frightening. James then texted redacted two pictures
showing hospital room. Under picture, Craig texted, crash, intubated, 55 over 44 pulse, 115 SPO 284.
Doc says she would be mentally responsive by now and she's not. Doc says she, quote,
very, very worried. Use the word tenuous, redacted reply. Any progress? That's a lot of people and that's never good. Redacted text.
You probably have more people than you can deal with, but I will come and just sit. Craig reply.
My brother-in-law is here, but if you want to come, you can. Redacted replies. I will. Redacted
text. University Hospital in Colfax, like by Children's? Craig reply, yes, ED room 5.
Redacted reply, Ryan and I are coming.
The text messages noting the day Friday was on March 10, 2023.
The text message noting yesterday was on March 15, 2023.
Redacted contacted your affiant on March 15 2023 at approximately 9 a.m redacted stated
james called redacted however he did not answer redacted then received the following text message
from james good morning redacted thank you for taking my patient load today. I want to make an urgent plea to you.
If we were ever friends, please do this favor for me.
Please don't talk to anyone about what we talked about last night,
including any law enforcement officers.
You are under no obligation to answer their questions unless you are served a subpoena,
and you will do more damage than good to my family by continuing to insert
yourself into this angela is gone and i am devastated there is nothing that can bring her
back and i want desperately to tell you all of the details so that you can better understand what's
gone on behind the scenes with her there is so so much that you don't know that i wish you did
if you knew everything this would make so much sense to you, but there's no use in telling you right now.
You and I have a history of you and the other partners and Jackie all talking about me behind my back and deciding what you think is best.
And then you're always the fall guy that has to pull the trigger or tell me what you've all decided about me.
I'm fact.
Yesterday, you didn't even come to me. I had to seek you out. You have never given me the advantage of talking with me first. You just decide and then act and hope I'll pick up the
pieces later. This is a pattern in our business dealings and now has become a factor in our personal dealings. Let me paint a picture for you of what this has done.
Yesterday, I had to tell my kids their mom was not going to wake up
and they were there to say their final goodbyes.
That was at 6.45 p.m.
The hospital said we could bring the kids up to say goodbye at that time.
But because of the investigation you opened by your incomplete
information the hospital made those poor grieving hysterical kids wait until after 10 p.m to see
their mom after an hour or so of saying goodbye to her we went home just before midnight only to
have our house sealed against our entry by the police instead of getting to go home and find
comfort they were met with
flashing lights and cold, unfeeling cops, and the kids, scared and confused, had to go sleep at the
home of a ward member. Family is starting to come into town today, and I have to tell them they
can't come to my house and try explain why. I have to hire a homicide attorney to make sure I don't end up being painted in the light that you know some hungry DA is anxious to paint me in because I am most likely going to be charged even though that is absolutely not what happened.
Ryan, I understand why you did what you did.
I do.
I get it. But if you had come to me personally, man to man, instead of talking to everyone else about opinions and gossip ahead of me. For that,
I am very, very mad at you. I have talked to you about this multiple times, but you don't seem to
care. And now what you thought was responsible has become reckless and so, so destructive.
And so I'm asking if there was ever any love in your heart for me, please don't make this any
worse by talking to any officers or anyone else about this
unless you are legally forced to. And whoever else on the team you think is going to be questioned,
I would ask that you privately ask them to honor this request too. And please do not respond to
this text message until I text you again. Aurora Police Department Major Crimes Homicide Detective
Chamberlain responded to University Hospital on March 16, 2023,
at approximately 12.30 a.m. to speak with attending hospital staff.
Detective Chamberlain learned that Angela arrived at University Hospital at approximately 11 a.m.
At approximately 2 p.m., Angela began suffering from a serious seizure,
and doctors struggled to intubate her.
Angela suffered from a lack of oxygen
had no pupil reaction and began to have increased in her cranial pressure which caused decreased
perfusion pressure and was sent to the intensive care unit detective chamberlain learned that
angela was still on life support had no brain activity and her prognosis was poor that she may
not make it through the evening redacted was contacted and asked if
she would respond to the Aurora Police Department to speak with detectives. In summary, Redacted
stated that she had been office manager for the dentist's office for approximately six months
and worked for James at Summerbrook Dental. Although Redacted is also a dentist, he does
not work at the dental clinic but is a partner in the business. Redacted knew also a dentist, he does not work at the dental clinic, but is a partner in the business.
Redacted knew that on March 6, 2023, James and his wife Angela worked out in the morning.
Before their workout, James made Angela a protein shake or pre-workout shake,
in which James gave her extra protein because she was feeling sluggish.
After the workout, Angela became faint and dizzy, and ultimately, James took Angela to the hospital.
Redacted also started and noticed odd or strange things around the office.
On March 6, towards the end of the day, she found James in the dentist's office in a back medical area,
which she referred to as Examination Room No. 9.
She thought this was strange because James had his computer in his office,
and his wife has just been discharged from the hospital.
Redacted confirmed it was not common for James to use the computer in the exam room,
specifically number 9, because he had his own computer in the office
and a laptop that he took home with him.
Redacted left a short time later, and James remained in the office.
Approximately 30 minutes later later James sent her a text message
saying he had a personal package coming to the office to let her know when he came during this
time frame Angela became ill and was taken to the hospital where she was constantly throwing up it
was unclear what her diagnosis was and James had said Angela's blood pressure was low during Angela's
time in the hospital James had conversations with redacted where he told her
he didn't think his wife was going to make it in the same conversation james asked about business
in the office redacted found it strange james was concerned about his dental practice when his wife
was in a dire medical condition on march 13 2023 redacted said one of the office attendants opened a package that came into the
office this package was addressed directly to james she knew this to be the personal package
james had been asking about this attendant had already opened the package redacted took the
package from the office attendant which she intended to put in james office as redacted
repackaged the box she noticed a packing slip that read potassium cyanide
redacted described the package as a foil square with no other markings on it redacted said the
package had a biohazard or warning but she couldn't remember what it was redacted resealed
the box and hand delivered the package to Jamesames redacted later saw james walking down
the hall of the office with a cylindrically shaped canister wrapped in brown paper or construction
paper with a metal lid redacted was unsure what this cylindrical canister was but stated in the
sixth month she had been at the dental office she had not seen a similar canister redacted had never seen potassium
cyanide delivered to the office and was unsure what it was for so she performed a google search
in that search redacted noted the side effects of ingesting potassium cyanide and matched the
same symptoms angela had been exhibiting over the last week, including nausea, vomiting,
and low blood pressure. Redacted said James told her when Angela was discharged March 14, 2023.
She made accusations that James had poisoned her. Angela said something to James along the lines of
quote, there are poisons they don't test for, unquote. Redacted heard from James that Angela was sent home on oxygen
and they didn't know what was wrong with her.
On March 15, 2023, Redacted learned that Angela was back in the hospital with the same symptoms.
Redacted said at one point she called her manager, Jacqueline,
who also thought James might be responsible for Angela's sickness,
then shared the information she had about finding the potassium cyanide invoice.
Redacted stated she knew that James and Angela were having marital problems
because James had recently mentioned he had told Angela that he wanted a divorce.
Redacted said James had been distant from time to time at work
and would leave sometimes at lunch because he and Angela were having fights.
Redacted said
she had not seen the package since the day she gave it to James and said the trash was collected
by the trash company daily. On March 16, 2023, Detective Marino was contacted by Child Protective
Services caseworker Sidney Romero, who met with the members of the Craig family, James Craig and
his children, individually.
In her conversations with James, she believed James made some concerning statements.
Namely, James alleged that Angela was suicidal and had been for some time.
James claimed that he, personally, has had to revive Angela on several occasions over the last few months.
James said he asked Angela for a divorce in December of 2022, and since that time,
Angela's depression and suicidal ideations have increased.
James believed that Angela was intentionally overdosing
on opioids and another unknown substance.
James never reported any of these incidents,
never sought medical attention for Angela
during, after the alleged overdose attempts,
and never sought medical attention for Angela during, after the alleged overdose attempts, and never sought professional counseling, therapy for Angela's depression and suicidal ideations.
James told Sidney he was sure that Angela's toxicology would come back positive for substances,
but said he did not know what kind.
Sidney felt compelled to report the following statements because none of Angela's children mentioned their mother's depression,
nor did they mention any alleged previous suicide attempts. Sidney believed that
it was improbable that this type of event, overdose suicide attempt, could happen with no one inside
the household except James being aware. Sidney provided her opinion that James was attempting
to build a cover story for what really happened to Angela. On March 16, 2023, Detective Marino communicated with a friend of the Craig family.
Redacted informed Detective Marino that James was currently at her residence
and intended to spend the night with his children
while he was waiting for his two oldest children to come in from out of town.
Redacted stated that she resided at Redacted and that james would be there through
the morning on march 16 2023 detective marino submitted three search warrant applications and
affidavits to the 18th judicial district courts one for james and angela's home redacted one for
the summerbrook dental office 14991 east hampton number 370, and one for redacted address. Redacted.
Detective Marino was sworn in by Magistrate Richard Farrow, who signed and issued all three
search warrants. On March 16, 2023, at approximately 8.30 a.m., Aurora Police Department Detective
Graw and your affiant responded to, redacted, where we spoke to James. James
stated he did not wish to speak to us about his wife's medical status. James was provided a copy
of the signed search warrant requesting his cellular phone, Angela's cellular phone, his wallet,
and his laptop. James handed Uriphiant Angela's cell phone and provided the passcode. James then handed your affiant his cell phone, a light blue iPhone 14, and provided the passcode.
James said the laptop that he used regularly was at the dental office.
James provided your affiant with the laptop's password.
James said he did not carry a wallet but kept his credit cards and ID in his phone case.
Your affiant took pictures of the cards and his colorado driver's license and
gave them back to james on march 16 2023 at approximately 8 45 a.m your affiant along with
other major crimes homicide detectives responded to 6795 s robert staleway and executed search
warrant upon clearing the residence to ensure no one was inside your affiant noted the house was
affixed with both external and internal
surveillance cameras.
After the residence was cleared,
Aurora Police Department Detective Marino
completed an amended search warrant to
include the seizure and search of
the external and internal surveillance
equipment and recorded surveillance footage.
The search warrant was signed by
18th Judicial District Magistrate
Heidi Kutcher.
During the search of the residence, multiple items believed to have information and or evidence related to this incident were located.
The items collected from the residence were the following.
Multiple types of powder proteins.
Multiple workout-style shakers used to consume protein drinks or shakes.
A computer tablet two different plastic ziploc style bags that both had white powdery substances in them neither labeled what they are a water
bottle located on the exercise bike in the main bedroom area while executing the search of the
residents we could not locate a hard drive or device that would obviously maintain data for
a surveillance device there was a security system affixed to the wall that could play the video exterior only,
but it was not something that would be easily unplugged to seize.
It is believed that the surveillance information would most likely be maintained on devices
such as a phone, tablet, or computer in a cloud-based system.
On March 16, 2023, at at approximately 11 45 a.m your affiant and other major crimes
homicide detectives executed the search warrant at summerbrook dental 14991 east hampton avenue
suite number 370 in aurora colorado the dental office was closed for business upon entry to the
business multiple cameras affixed to the office walls were observed the offices were clean
and orderly the information previously provided was that james had been in dental room nine where
he was on a computer there in the dark your f.i. view the dental room and found it to be an open
style dental room allowing someone to see if a person were at the computer each room had individual
lights but when not illuminated with overhead lights the
rooms were dark each exam room was identified by a silver metal style number on the hallway
walls next to the entrance of the room exam room number nine was found to be at the far end of the
clinic's dead end hallway your affiant collected the hard drive that was hooked up and connected
to the monitor in exam room number nine the hard drive
was a dell optiplex 3070 the drive had a log check usb plugged into the back the hard drive was seized
your affiant located an office in the clinic's southeast corner containing two office desks
on the far desk south a laptop was observed when the laptop screen was woken it showed the last logged in person was
James the password James provided for the laptop was entered to make sure that the laptop was his
the password activated the laptop and opened it no further investigation into the laptop's contents
was conducted the laptop was collected and determined to be a Dell Precision 7750, gray, silver in color. The series of characters on the back of it had ST, 3QCFYD3, and EX, 8123367351.
James' laptop was seized.
Aurora Police Department Detective Harris located a small hand vacuum in the office with three additional desks with computers.
The vacuum had a white powdery substance inside it.
A portion of the substance was collected and seized.
Detective Harris located James' DEA number, FC0032348, United States Drug Enforcement Registration Number.
Your affiant knows a DEA number is assigned to health care providers allowing them to write prescriptions. United States Drug Enforcement Registration Number.
Uriafiant knows a DEA number is assigned to health care providers, allowing them to write prescriptions.
Uriafiant accessed Angela's cell phone text messages and found several between her and James.
Uriafiant found Angela and James' text messages were comparable to other couples texting about their day, the children's day, and their activities. Your affiant found Angela had James in her phone as the boy,
with a picture of the two of them,
and confirmed the phone number had matched that of the phone number Ryan and Michelle said was his.
While reading through the text messages on March 1, 2023,
your affiant found Angela and James were discussing their relationship, mainly about James' healing and counseling.
Your affiant noted the following text exchange.
Angela's text messages are in blue and James is in white.
Angela text, your healing and happiness, this marriage is more important than my day.
You are more important than my day.
James text, thank you.
I know you were getting ready to go out and spend some time with Tony, and I would like to ask that you keep last night's conversation details just between you and I.
I trust Tony, but it was hard for me to even tell you that stuff.
I'm definitely not ready for anybody else to hear it.
Angela text, of course, I wasn't planning to talk about any of it.
I haven't actually talked to Tony about any of the last few months
since that initial conversation. James, I'm sorry. I know she is kind of your outlet and your strength
and support and somebody who you could always go to vent. I hate taking away even a part of that
since I know that is really, really hard for you. Angela, I just waited for Belle. It's weird because my
eyes seem to be focusing better today. James, well, that's good, I guess. Angela, I woke up
with a headache and spits in my eyes. Spots went away. Headache's still there. James, sorry, baby.
That sounds awful. James, your family is out of control, but hilarious. Angela.
I'm aware of both of those things.
BS and only 97 today.
James.
Wow, that's weird.
A1C.
Angela.
Not doing urine test here.
They recommend I go back to the ER, but my A1C was normal yesterday, right?
Isn't that what the ketones are?
Never mind.
She told me they don't have the capability to do that test,
but my PCP should.
I'm tired.
How did your talk with Matt go?
I need a new PCP.
James.
It went fine.
He says this sounds like diabetes to him.
He said when your sugars are high,
the lens in your eye expands and makes it hard to focus.
You can get mental confusion and become really tired and weak and he said it would explain the
audio disturbances you've had to he's really disappointing that the ER let you
go without at least giving you some insulin he said that we need to find you
a PCP and call them and say that you are a new diabetic and you need to be seen
sooner than later he was hoping somebody could
get you in as early as today or tomorrow angela my doctor can get me in thursday or friday but
not before that i don't want to be a new diabetic so i'd really rather not say those words tell matt
to stick it what should i do james let's plan on thursday or friday then angela i went ahead
and scheduled it for three o'clock friday because's when I would have a ride. Do you think I should change it to Thursday? My head is killing
me and I'm so tired making these decisions. It's really hard. James. I think you should do it on
Thursday. I'm sorry your head hurts so bad. Angela. I can't drive and nobody's here to take me.
James. I can find you a ride. What time could you get the appointment for?
Angela.
I'll call back and find a ride and someone to watch the kids.
James.
I may be able to help with that, depending on what time.
Actually, Dr. P is out Thursday, so maybe just stick to Friday?
Angela.
Too late.
I changed it.
Tuesday, March 7, 1139 a.m.
Angela.
On top of all this, I'm pretty sure i have a sinus infection james would you like
me to call it in a z-pack for you angela that would be great sorry i meant to say that james
on it angela the pa at the urgent care called in a prescription for some kind of medication that's
supposed to help with dizziness i guess we could pick it up but i wonder if it helps with dizziness. I guess we could pick it up, but I wonder if it helps with dizziness caused by high blood chair. I don't know how any of that works. Tuesday, March 7, 2 0 7 PM. James,
I love you. It was so nice hanging out with you and just watching a show and snuggling.
I'm sorry that you still aren't feeling well and that you feel like I'm disappointed about that.
I'm not disappointed at all. Just feeling empathy for how hard that must be for you.
Hopefully things can improve and you get better.
I'm also so grateful that the last couple of days
have allowed me to have more flexibility in my schedule.
God really does know what he's doing.
And are you feeling anything in particular
for dinner tonight or this week?
March 8th, 7.29 a.m., James.
Will you please let me know when you're up?
I'm nervous about it just being you and the littles today
Angela
I'm thinking about being up
Julia's coming for Violator today
James
Oh good, what about Nora?
Angela
She wants to play online with her friends
Drinking my drink and sitting on the couch with my ice pack and two anxious dogs
No blurred vision
or dizziness or anything mostly just the headache james i guess that's an improvement over the last
few days angela it's possible the headache will go away and i'll feel okay today so yes
and my sinuses are cleared out and draining i can breathe again but it's making everything
taste gross james i'm sorry but that also sounds like good news angela it's okay everything taste gross, James. I'm sorry, but that also sounds like good news, Angela.
It's okay, it'll go away.
Just wanted to update you,
and I'm hoping you don't worry today.
What did you feed Ember this morning, James?
Her frozen food, Angela.
Okay, thanks.
She's being noisy, and I think she wants her snack.
And another thing, my nose hurts.
Maybe next time I'm delirious and i have an iv wrap you could
remove it for me before i punch myself in the nose i would really appreciate that james i'll
make a mental note of that angela how are you today james so so busy i'm planning to come home
and eat lunch with you though angela am i eating lunch i'll need to gear up for that glad i get to
see you james i'm glad too i'll need to ask you for that. Glad I get to see you. James. I'm glad too.
I'll need to ask you what you're hungry for and bring it to you.
I'm kind of feeling just a smoothie or something.
Angela.
I'm not feeling anything.
Don't bring me anything.
I'll eat something here.
James.
How's your headache?
Angela.
Better, but it still hurts.
I probably just need a shower and some sleep and some food.
I hate your bird today.
She won't be quiet.
James. Shower and sleep and some food i hate your birthday she won't be quiet james
shower and sleep and food sounds good angela i'm sorry about my family james i just wish i could
get my watch to stop sending me notifications every time they text it's so annoying that i
can't turn off the notifications for the chat in my phone but my watch doesn't listen it's tapping
me and tapping me and tapping
me all day long as I'm trying to work with patients. Angela, maybe try this. I know it
doesn't solve the problem, but it will shut it off for now. James, thanks. I'll try that.
Wednesday, March 8th, 12, 11 PM. Angela, hi baby. I love your face. James. How you doing? Angela. Good. Just waiting for Julia. I'm trying to share my vital stats with you so you can see something even if I'm asleep, but my head hurts and the BP one is making it worse. James. The BP one? Angela. I would need a separate blood pressure app, I think. I'm not really sure. James. Is Bell home yet? Angela. Just got here. You okay?
James. Yep, just checking in on you. Checking in again. How are you doing? You're scary. Angela.
Sorry, baby. I fell asleep on the couch. Then I woke up. Now I'm hungry. James. I waited an entire
minute, Ang. Angela. Sorry, babe. I fell asleep on the couch then i woke up now i'm hungry james i waited
an entire minute ang angela thank you for checking on me i love you james i love you too i like
checking on you james how you doing even though i called ahead and they said they had what i needed
when i showed up today they didn't have it i'm so frustrated i'm headed back to my office to do some
research and see if i can find another place in town that has glassware like this I'm
going to trust that you were just sleeping and not dead somewhere I just finished up with what
I needed to do at work I just left the office I'm gonna stop at King supers on my way home and grab
a couple of ingredients to make dinner tonight love youames again okay all done with groceries i'm headed home to make you
some dinner thursday march 9 7 17 a.m james how are you doing angela i feel super tired but i left
my phone on my lap so i hope i feel it if you text james okay thank you james i've decided that me
owning a water bottle just means that i get to come in every morning
and look at it on my desk angela that is not the purpose of a water bottle james are you nauseous
i'm reading up on low blood pressure angela not today i'm cold super tired weak shaky and dizzy
james super thirsty angela i've been drinking stuff all morning, so who knows?
James, blurred vision? Angela, no. James, I'm having a hard time concentrating this morning.
Angela, I'm sorry, I'm just sleepy. James, that's okay. You don't have to say sorry.
How are you doing now? Angela, I had Nikki bring over a glaucoma to borrow.
I'm at 179 right now.
I'll check again soon.
I'm feeling about like I did when you left.
James.
Okay, so high sugar?
Angela.
Yes.
James.
Did she leave the glaucoma?
Angela.
Yes.
James. Did you eat anything this morning james again baby james
text again ang are you there angela text hi baby sleeping james whew angela i ate my protein fables
and some crackers i'm down to 140 but feeling pretty crappy. James, I'm sorry you're feeling so crappy.
I hope they figure this out.
James writes another text.
How are you doing?
Thursday, March 9, 3.32 p.m.
James, man, baby, you've got to stop scaring me like this.
I love you so much and I'm not used to all of this excitement.
Angela, I promised you cardio.
I'm in room 212.
Viv just texted about dinner tomorrow and my head is killing me.
Can you please respond to them? James, on it.
Angela, the nurse thought I needed more than Tylenol for my head,
so the doctor gave me Tramadol.
James, okay, that's good.
Angela, where did you go?
James, did you ever cut Allison off?
Angela, yes.
Why?
James, just making sure.
Did she ever say anything about it?
Angela, nope, she never responded.
James, did you know that Violet's Activity Days is at Julia Olsen's house?
I really, really hate it when they do that.
Angela, yes, but they texted it this week and it didn't cross my mind. My question for you, if we're measuring my vitals
to see what's affecting them and what's not, wouldn't giving me oxygen when my stats go down
mess that up? James. It absolutely would. I'm telling you, I've lost almost all of my faith in that hospital.
Angela. And I'm going to ask the nurse that just came on shift if they're supposed to be checking
my urine and blood glucose. James. Have you been able to ask this question yet? James texts again.
Are you doing okay? Angela. Yes, I fell asleep.
She hasn't come back in yet.
James.
I feel a lot less anxiety knowing that you are hooked up to monitors,
and if I can't get a hold of you, it's not because you're dead.
Angela.
So there was a link in my IV line, and it's been beeping forever,
and nobody has come in.
Are they monitoring this?
Angela texts again.
Just a sec. Angela text again just a sec Angela text again blood sugar 134 BP 78 over 55 the doctor down in the ER had
no idea what she was talking about they're going to be in here every four
hours to monitor my blood pressure on my blood sugar the blood sugar part I
should have expected the only thing this machine that i'm hooked up to is
monitoring is my heart rate and my oxygen saturation james text i'm glad they're watching it
angela i'm glad you're glad i'm exhausted and sitting here feeling like crying because i know
i'm not going to get any sleep james i'm so sorry i hate that angela, don't be too mad at their leaders. We gave permission for Nora to pick up Vi and take her to the lobby to find me or the big girls.
I'm just not sure why everyone's left the lobby with two little girls there all alone.
James.
Yeah, that's a good point.
Thank you.
Angela.
You should maybe try and ask the girls a little more about it,
like who they were playing with and where they were
before they noticed they were alone james i'll definitely do that james text again bishop just
stopped by apparently when barb harper finds something out the entire ward knows it lol
carrie warnick is testing me amy campbell is texting me julia olsen is texting me Amy Campbell is texting me Julia Olson is texting me Barb is texting me you can imagine
we have more support than we can handle right now anyway so Bishop stopped by and I am wrapping up
with Cleo and Bill and we are both going to come by and spend some time with you tonight we are
driving separately so that I can stay a little longer than he wants to friday march 10 10 32 a.m angela texts barb wants to bring dinner
tonight james kelly hansen is already bringing dinner tonight but if barb would like to do
tomorrow night that would be great angela can you text barb james done how did your orthostatic
vitals come back angela texts a picture to him with the statistics. James writes, wow, standing is really a cardiovascular
workout for you. I think you're in zone three there. Angela, my head hurts so bad. James,
I'm so sorry. Have they given you anything for it? I'm going to lay down for about an hour in
case you are trying to reach me. Angela, I just took tramadol.
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Friday, March 10, 1.13 p.m.
James, is your headache any better?
We're headed to the orthodontist now.
Angela, a tiny bit, but not really.
James, I'm so sorry.
Have any of the other test results come back yet?
Also, have the doctor said if you're going home today or not?
Angela, everything was negative or normal.
They just did an ultrasound on my heart
she said she could send me home or keep me and watch my bp friday march 10 4 13 p.m angela one
sec james just tried to reach you but went to voicemail i hope that means you're getting some
rest finally i plan to bring the girls up a little bit after five o'clock we probably won't stay super
long with everybody there because cleo has a hangout with a couple of her friends at our house tonight at six. Plus, it gets to be a
little bit wild and crazy with everybody in there at the same time. I know that your headache
probably doesn't appreciate that. By the way, if you have any insight for me on what you would
prefer in terms of visitation, let me know. It's really hard to read you and I don't know if you
like having us come up and visit
or if it just makes it hard
because you have to talk and think and we're all noisy.
I also don't really know if you like when I come up
or what you would prefer.
I want to do what you want.
Angela, I'm working on stretching right now
in the hopes that my head will feel better.
They just gave me a bunch of meds
for my headache and my heartburn. I do like seeing you guys, but you're right. When my head
hurts, it's hard to have a lot of people in here making a lot of noise. I love having you here. I
just don't want to wear you out trying to take care of everything at home and be here with me.
James, I'm fine. It's really busy and crazy crazy but that's always the case when you're not around
i want to be up there with you 24 7 i love you and miss you and i'm so worried i wish you were
healthy enough to come home tonight and snuggle me but thank you for staying so that i can feel
like you're being cared for by professionals angela please bring deodorant. Friday, March 10, 7.03 p.m.
James, I love you.
I'm excited to have you home again.
Kind of feeling a little bit like I'm drowning, but I'm doing my best.
Angela, I'm sure you're doing great.
So my BP was just 145 over 73.
I can't win.
James, oh my gosh.
James, I'm going to head over and hang out with you for about an hour or so,
if you're okay with that. Or I should say, I'm going to hang out with you until I feel like I'm falling asleep and then they will come back home and do exactly that. But I want to see you again
today. Angela, I love that idea. James, how are you feeling?
Angela, meh.
The nausea is back, but my head doesn't hurt as much.
James, we will take what we can get, right?
Angela, if you haven't left yet,
please don't forget to bring me a t-shirt.
These long sleeves are making my vitals a little rough.
James, I have already left,
but I also remembered the t-shirt.
Angela, thank you, baby.
Friday, March 10, 8.59 p.m. Angela, thank you for coming back. I miss you so much, and it's nice to have some time. I love you. James, you're welcome. I wish I could have stayed longer. I love you,
and I'm so glad you seem to be doing better. I hope you're able to at least get some water or crystal light down saturday march 11 12
32 a.m james i just woke up dreaming about making love to you i love you and i want you saturday
march 11 7 14 a.m james good morning how are you feeling saturday march 11 8 19 a.m. Angela, bring a couple of pairs just in case, please. James, okay. I forgot to ask,
how has your blood pressure been? Saturday, March 11, 10, 14 a.m. James, please let me know when
the doctor comes. Angela, she's coming in now. James, I wonder if we should request a cardiologist or a nephrologist consultation.
Saturday, March 11, 1.17 p.m.
James texts pictures of dentures and sends this message.
Okay, the first stage of finishing up this case is complete,
and now I have to put it in the curing unit for an hour.
So I'm going to go home and grab the kids and come see you at the hospital for a little bit.
I don't have to be back at the office in exactly an hour. It could be any time after that. How are you feeling? Any different? Angela. They gave me heartburn meds and I think I slept for a little while. James. Yay,
we're here. Saturday, March 11, 314 PM. Angela. Hey, have you been updating the big kids at all? James, yes.
Angela, thank you.
James, how did the scan turn out?
Angela, head of emergency surgery just left.
Gallbladder is slightly distended, but that happens when you don't eat.
He said he doesn't think my issue is surgical,
and he's going to look through my charts, talk to the doc on the floor,
and see what kind of plan they can come up with.
James, I guess that's more good news that there's nothing,
it's not something definitely seriously wrong with you.
I mean, that came out wrong.
I guess what I mean is I'm glad they don't see anything obviously surgically wrong.
Saturday, March 11, 5 p.m.
James, how are you feeling?
Angela, nauseous, nauseated.
James, I'm so sorry.
Have you been able to keep anything down? Mark and Renee are coming tomorrow. Angela. I haven't even tried. Why? James. So that they can be here next week to help out with the kids and stuff,
just in case you're still feeling really weak and crappy? Angela, that's nice of them.
James, I didn't ask them.
Mark just sort of said we're coming
and then followed up with, if that works for you.
Angela, that sounds like Mark.
James, Violet and Cleo have matching tats.
James texts again, did they hook you back up to your fluids?
Angela, no.
Angela texts again, How's the afternoon? James.
Busy but good. Main level is clean. Starting the laundry and feeding the kids now.
Can I bring you anything when I come tonight? Angela. I think I have everything. Thank you.
James. That's not true. You don't have me. Although I guess when I come, I will probably bring me.
Angela. They put me back on fluids. James. Do you know why? Angela. No.
James. BP? Angela. No. It's been fine. James. So weird. I'm sorry. More puffiness probably. Have you been peeing a lot angela yes james that's good i guess
been able to eat angela i had half a cracker i'm waiting it out 135 over 74. james geez that's
actually high for you angela i know cleo sent a video. James posted it to Angela and says,
Annabelle shared this with Cleo and Cleo shared it with me.
We all thought it was so hilarious that I wanted to share it with you too.
Angela.
I'm sure all three of you laughed hysterically.
Okay, maybe when you come bring some very simple chicken noodle soup.
I need to try something.
Angela.
I'm going to try some broth in a minute and see how I do.
James, okay, I can do that. Angela, and maybe some Vicks. James, gotcha. Any meth? Angela,
I think I'm good. James, so this conversation just happened. Hey, Violet, do you want to go
with me to visit mom in the hospital violet no i'm good just
tell her i'm thinking about her and i miss her and i love her and i'm praying for her she's watching
harry potter with annabelle angela i don't blame her i don't want to be here either james do they
have a microwave or something there i'm wondering if i should bring you like a simple cup of soup
or if i should just bring like a box of chicken broth. What are you thinking? Angela, maybe something that can be warmed up. They have a microwave.
I'm almost done with the broth they brought me. We'll see how it goes. James, I'm finally heading
up. I totally forgot the Vicks, but I plan to come back later tonight anyway. I can bring it then.
Angela, I just got lots of nausea and heartburn meds maybe the broth will stay down
james that's great timing you should try to eat some more broth and maybe some crystal light or
some water or something when they discharge you i would really like to see if they would consider
leaving your iv in i have iv zofran and i also have fluids at the office so i could manage some
of that at home if we ever needed to plus if we do
end up having to go back to the hospital it would be nice to not have to start another line angela
um i hate my ivs they kind of hurt but we can see if that would make you feel better sunday 8 14 a.m
james morning baby you up angela yes i hear last night was a little crazy james yeah it was for
about two hours how are you doing this morning angela i feel groggy and drugged they have my
butt alarm on i can't get up or they'll come in i didn't throw up james yay for not throwing up
and james writes someone was cold in church.
Angela, I'm trying some cream of wheat this morning.
James, okay, let's do this.
Angela, so far so good.
James, I finished up with sacrament meeting
and the bishop said that I can bring the sacrament to you,
so I'm going to do that.
Dave Chapman is going to lead elders quorum for me and Annabelle
drove separately, so she's going to bring the girls to the hospital to visit after church is
over, but my mind just isn't really in church right now. I need to be with you. Last night was pretty
scary. I'm going home to get some bread. James sends a text video to Angela and James said, I'm
coming to see you. I feel like I have totally worn out the stretch of road during the last week.
Sunday, 12.06 p.m.
James, it just occurred to me that I have not brought you any flowers while you're in the hospital.
I'm so sorry.
I don't know how that I skipped my notice.
I think it's because I keep expecting them to let you go at any moment.
If I had known you were going to be here this long, I probably would have done a better job with that.
Angela, it's okay. I don't need flowers.
Clean underwear, blue and gray pajama pants, pink shaver, pink or teal t-shirt,
Pilates socks, plastic bag for dirty clothes.
James, were you wanting me to go home and gather these things and bring them right back
or is it okay to bring them next time I come down?
Angela.
I like them as soon as possible.
I feel kind of gross.
James.
Okay, I'll drop the kids off at home and grab that stuff and bring it right back.
Where would I find the blue and gray pajama pants and the pink teal shirt?
Angela.
The girls know what I mean in case you don't.
Pajama pants on the shelf in my
closet t-shirts hanging up my duffel should be in there too also travel size soap james noted
angela bp 114 over 81 i have a low-grade fever james man your blood pressure is all over the
board 145 over 45 followed by 114 over. Someone needs to tell your brain to get it together.
Angela, I've been saying that forever.
Angela, I'm adding to the list.
Clean underwear, blue and gray pajama pants, pink shaver, pink or teal t-shirt,
Pilates socks, plastic bag for dirty clothes, body soap, conditioner, my hair towel.
My Pulse OX doesn't want to work James maybe you don't have any pulse
Angela maybe I'm a vampire they keep taking on my blood okay I'm trying a sandwich wish me luck
James coming up me that is hopefully not the sandwich Angela thank Sunday, 2.28 p.m. James, I hope the EEG is going okay, and I hope you're
able to get cleaned up in the other ways that you want besides just your hair. I'm going to lay down
for a while. Not sure how long. I would think somewhere between an hour and a half in a week
should do the trick. James, I hope the EEG is going okay, and I hope you're able to get cleaned
up in the other ways that you wanted to besides just your hair. I'm going to lay down for a while. Not sure how
long. I would think somewhere between an hour and a half a week and should do the trick. Angela.
My brain is normal so there. I hope you're getting some sleep. I miss you. Sunday, 4.54 p.m.
James. I'm awake now. So now what? Angela, he went to consult with my doctor,
and I get to watch Big Bang Theory. What are you doing? James, not much. I just woke up from my
nap, and I think dinner is going to be here in about 10 minutes. They said between 5.15 and 5.30.
Do you think they will let you come home tonight, or do you think you have to stay one more night?
Angela, nobody has said, and i haven't seen my
doctor yet but i ate my sandwich james well look at you nauseous angela a little but not vomit
worthy james that's a huge improvement angela i miss you james i miss you so much angela when are
you coming back james i thought 6.30 if that's okay.
I was going to wait for Belle to get home from temple prep to see who wants to come with me and who doesn't.
Angela, okay.
James, are they going to let you come home tonight?
Angela, no.
James, why not?
Angela, because of last night.
James, jeez, Hannibal still isn't home yet. Sunday at 18 p.m.
James, I think I'll just do bedtime and come right back. I don't think I'll wait for Mark.
I miss you and I want you home. I think Nora was a little bugged that she wanted to see you and
talk to you more, but she felt like Barb monopolized her time. Mark is stuck in traffic
up by the tunnel. He thinks there's a wreck,
so he might be in kind of late. I don't know if he will even try to come into the hospital tonight.
He might just wait till morning. Angela. Okay, sorry I'm hurting. James. I'm so sorry. I think
when I come back, I'm going to bring your laptop so we can watch something without commercials.
Okay, so quick update. Mark is not going to come tonight they
won't get here until probably close to 11 o'clock i have the bedtime routine all done with the kids
and i'm headed back to the hospital to hang out with you until i'm tired and need to go to bed
i miss you and i'm glad i get to have a little extra time with you tonight i hope you're feeling
better angela i'm having a popsicle james sounds exciting exciting. Angela. I don't feel good.
James.
I'm sorry you're not feeling good.
I just got here and I'm headed up.
Hopefully you're feeling better or I can do something to take your mind off of it.
Sunday, 10.39 p.m.
Good night, baby.
I love you.
I also finished that song for you.
I meant to give you my AirPods and have you listen to it tonight.
But when I got to your
room and I totally forgot about it, maybe tomorrow. Mark and Renee are still at Idaho Springs, so they
probably won't be here until close to midnight. I kind of gave them some preliminary instructions
about what Nora and Violet will need in the morning, but I'm sure you might hear from them.
Julia Olson also said she might take the girls for a play date at her house tomorrow
because I think Leah is on spring break this whole week.
Anyway, I hope you sleep well and start to feel better,
and if I can't, we can make me again tonight.
I just miss you, and I want to be close to you.
I love you so much.
I'll talk to you soon, I hope.
Angela, I love you too, baby.
Thank you for handling so much.
Maybe someone will figure me out tonight.
Did you give Mark the door alarm codes?
James, I disarmed the alarm.
Monday, 12.41 a.m.
James, I woke up thinking about you again. I just love you so much. Are you sleeping?
Monday, 5.15 a.m.
Angela, on and off.
James, morning, baby.
How was the night?
Any crazy episodes?
Monday, 8.35 a.m.
James, how are you doing?
The tired is kicking in.
Angela, I'm sure it is.
My head hurts really bad
and I'm not allowed to sleep without oxygen.
James, oh, wow, that's new.
Nausea?
Angela, I'm okay, I think. I to sleep without oxygen. James. Oh, wow, that's new. Nausea. Angela.
I'm okay, I think.
I ordered cream of wheat.
James.
How's your BP and HR?
HR.
Angela.
BP was lower this morning, but I don't remember HR 106.
I feel super tired.
James.
I'll bet.
Have you been able to sleep much?
Monday, 2.26 p.m.
Angela.
Cardiologist thinks I'm a puzzle.
James, I'm shocked.
Angela literally said exactly what Dr. Pham said.
Well, you're a puzzle, James.
I know, so what's next?
Angela sends an emoji of a woman shrugging her shoulders,
putting her hands in the air.
Angela texts.
He said he's going to check on me tomorrow, but also said Dr. King is supposed to come by. Now I'm hungry. James,
besides being hungry, how are you feeling? Angela, tired like I want a real shower. James,
will they let you have one? Angela, it's hard with the IV. I ordered orange sherbet. James,
bragger. Angela, I would like to go home james i'm sure are they saying another night
angela they're not saying anything i haven't seen my doctor james are you still super sleepy angela
i pretty much slept all day james wow so not tired anymore angela i think I mostly feel lazy. I just want to go outside and walk around.
James, how's your heart rate? SpO2, etc. Angela, same, but my SpO2 was low while I was just sitting
here. My nurse says I'm not lazy, but I should probably try to move around more. Headache gone,
so that's nice. James, heart rate still high? I'm so glad the headache's gone. Angela.
Yes, but it seems to be my normal right now. It seems to like hanging somewhere around 114.
James. Jeez. Angela. Talking to Carrie. James. No problem. I'm on my way home to wrap presents.
Monday. 5.04 p.m.
Angela, my legs are super hairy. I might have to shave twice.
James, do you want me to bring the chainsaw?
Do you want me to bring anything to the hospital for you?
Angela, no, I think I'm good.
I may walk one of the girls through packing a bag for me so I have something to put on when I leave here tomorrow, but it can wait.
I think you guys are probably already gone for dinner. James texting. Happy birthday, Belle. Sorry you
aren't here. How are you feeling? Angela. Still sleepy, but good. I miss you guys. James. We miss
you too. We got to have a second birthday night with you soon. Angela, can you stop at Panda Express on your way to me and get me a giant
container of chicken lo mein? James, um, yes. Sure you don't want, uh, something from Texas Roadhouse?
Angela, it would be too cold, I think. James, okay, gotcha. Do you want anything to drink? Angela. No, thanks. Water's fine.
Monday, 8.19 p.m. James. I love you and I'm excited to bring you home tomorrow. Angela. I wish I was
going home now. James. I so wish that. I'll come back and see you tonight, though. Angela. Thank
you. James. Sorry. Nora says she doesn't like karate because of the teacher's overwhelming need for
respect. James texts a picture with a flower and a card saying the Evermores dropped this off.
Angela. That was nice. James texts a picture to Angela with hearts all over the front door of
their house saying Annabelle got heart attacked. I'm headed up with my laptop and an episode of
New Girl in hand if you care to watch it.
Baby, I love you so much.
I wish I had the kind of schedule that I could just stay up here 24-7 and be with you. I know it's lonely and boring and maybe sometimes scary,
and I just want to be there to support you through all of it.
I'm going to look at my schedule tomorrow and hopefully rearrange some patients
so that I can be up here as much as possible.
Good night, my love.
And just as the song says, I hope you know that you're enough for me.
Indeed, more than enough.
Angela, thank you for spending as much time here as you do.
It hasn't been fun, and I want to go home, but it really hasn't been that bad either.
I love you, and I'll see you tomorrow.
Angela texts again.
When you get home, can you please pull out the crock pot and the crock pot liners
for barb to come pick up tomorrow she wants to make you guys taco soup but wanted to do it in
our crock pot so we didn't have to try to return it to her james absolutely i'm on it angela also
there's a funny spot in the doorbell cam. You might want to wipe that off. James.
Oh, okay.
I'm on that too.
Maybe the funny spot is me.
Do I look funny in it?
Angela.
I forwarded the heart attack video to Bell.
James.
I can't wait to see you at home in my bed tomorrow.
Angela.
Hopefully I'll be other places in the house too.
James.
No way, dude.
Angela.
I've had enough bed rest.
James. Time for, dude. Angela, I've had enough bed rest. James, time for bed exercise. Angela, how about let's make sure I don't feel like committing first. James, committing?
Angela, vomiting. James, okay, committing to vomiting. Angela, I'll work on it. James, I fell asleep. Good night, baby. I love you.
Tuesday, 8.10 a.m.
James, what are your O2 sats not on oxygen?
And what's your heart rate today?
Angela, 96.110.
James, not bad.
Any idea if they're going to get you out of there for sure?
Angela, no idea.
Tuesday, 9.55 a.m.m james geez this morning is nuts
how's yours any news yet angela lots of people coming in and out when the nurse comes in next
i'll ask her about the doctor and discharge james okay great were you able to hold down your
breakfast angela i've been trying to sleep so i haven't had breakfast. James. Makes sense. Keep sleeping. You need it. Angela. I drank
a protein drink. James. Good. James. I'm headed over to visit you now. Do you want me to bring
you a chicken Chick-fil-A? Angela. No, my stomach is still a little meh. I'll order a sandwich.
James. That drink you gave me tastes weird. Angela. Good to know. I won't drink one. James.
It wasn't bad necessarily. It just had kind of a very faint, subtle, chalky aftertaste. Angela. James.
Angela. Yuck. James.
A. Kos.
Angela. It's okay.
I'm sure I'll be fine. James.
The meds will help angela thank you
for taking care of me james of course don't forget you still have caffeinated crystal light if you
want it or if you want some fresh with ice i can make some bring it to you angela no this is good
i have a sandwich coming so that'll be perfect my mouth tastes like medicine doc just signed off on
and is getting my paperwork together.
If she gets done soon, I will have Belle get me. If not, can you come at three or should I call Renee?
James, I should be able to do it if it's around three or later.
Angela, it's okay if you can't.
There are plenty of people who can come get me.
I just like you the best.
James, thanks.
I like you too.
Angela text, Belle said Mark and Renee are on their way up to
visit, so I bet I'll just ride home with them. My doctor wants me to do the HST. Do you have one
you can bring home? Although I'm kind of thinking maybe I should do it after I'm done with the
antibiotics. James, I do have one, of course. Are they letting you out soon? Angela, I hope so.
I have my oxygen tank. James, like an old lady?
Angela, you married an old lady. I'm on my way home.
James, oh yay!
Angela, I'm home, but I feel exhausted and dizzy.
The hospital just called and I left my pillow and my phone charger.
Could you get those on the way home?
Tuesday, 5.52 p.m. Angela text meds question mark James writes back what do you mean Wednesday 6
03 a.m. Angela text James I sent that yesterday another text from Angela to James bear up their
burdens with ease James replies thank
you I love that you share things like this with me I finished that talk so you
feel like the load you're carrying right now is needed for you to get unstuck
spiritually because I never really thought you were spiritually stuck I
just noticed you keep reading my messages but not responding,
and I have some time between patients right now,
and I thought I'd try calling instead if that was easier.
Angela.
I left my phone on accidentally.
Sorry, I was actually asleep.
James.
Oh, okay, I wondered.
Tired?
Angela.
We can really dizzy this morning.
I'm having trouble staying upright.
Is Rich still coming to tune the piano? James. No, he got sick and just called and left me a
voicemail and told me he wouldn't make it today and he would call to reschedule some other time.
Angela. That's probably best. We have enough going on.
James, agreed.
I'm excited for the girls to get to go to the zoo.
Did they leave already?
Angela, yep.
James, you feeling any better?
Maybe you're getting some much-needed rest.
I love you. I hope you start feeling better.
Wednesday, 11.24 a.m.
James, I'm here but waiting in line like I'm checking in to visit a prisoner or something.
Security is taking people back one at a time.
How are you feeling?
On March 16, 2023, Detective Harris was sworn in by the Arapahoe County Honorable Magistrate Heidi Kutcher for multiple warrants.
Detective Harris received signed warrants for James' blue iPhone 14 Plus, the hard drive collected from Dental Room 9 at Summerbrook Dental Office,
James Laptop from the Dental Office, and James iPad collected from the residence at 6795 South Robertsdale,
James and Angie's residence.
The warrants permitted a search and download of the devices.
The Blue iPhone Plus specifically requested a search from the dates of February 16th to March 16th on March
17 2023 due to the forensic detective being off work an initial history search of the devices
was conducted your affiant and Detective Harris plugged the hard drive into a TV to look at the
history of dental room number nine Detective Harris opened the Google Chrome page and saw
the above depiction just below the x area of the web page that you would click to exit the page
was a J when the J was selected it provided a possible additional email account of James
the known email on his phone was dinosaur Jim at me.com this email was jimandwaffles at gmail.com.
Detective Harris then clicked on the three small dots to the right of the J
and clicked on the history.
The history of the email account began on February 27, 2023.
This appeared to indicate that the email address was created on that date.
Beginning on February 27, 2023, we observed that the user had conducted searches related to poison.
Those searches included, quote, how many grams of pure arsenic will kill a human, unquote, and, quote, is arsenic detectable in an autopsy, unquote.
See below.
The first screenshot on February 27th
provided the following history James had searched chemical suppliers in Aurora
Colorado and also had made a purchase via Amazon we clicked on the Amazon
order and found the following the Amazon order number in the email number 111-102293 4-1078630 was then clicked on and the Amazon account pulled up an
order. The item was ordered on February 27, 2023 and delivered to 6795 South Robertsdale Way in
Aurora, Colorado, James address and left in the mailbox on March 4, 2023.
The item ordered was arsenic metal, 99.9999% crystalline metalloid 10 grams for element collection.
It cost $13.
In the description of the item James purchased,
the information stated that arsenic is often believed to be used for murder,
as it has been in many crime novels.
The second portion of the informative description stated that the real danger is in swallowing it which
could very well prove fatal the next screenshot showed the following history from 3 32 pm to 3 35
pm the next screenshot shows the search history from 328 to 3 32 pm the next screenshot shows the search history from 3 28 to 3 32 pm the next screenshot shows the history from
3 22 pm to 3 28 pm james searched arsenic on the alpha chemistry website that provided many
variations of arsenic the next screenshot from 320 pm to 322 pm provided the following this
particular search had a google search of quote how many
grams of pure arsenic will kill a human unquote when that link is clicked there is information
of what could be an exposure or lethal dose the next screenshot from 3 15 p.m to 3 20 p.m provided
the following the bottom of this screenshot shows a search of is arsenic detectable in an autopsy
from the Carlson company when the website is checked for Carlson company the following can
be found the Carlson company is arsenic detectable in autopsy the search history provided YouTube
searches for quote the top five undetectable poisons that shows no signs of foul play how to make poison and the
top 10 deadliest plants they can kill you the top five undetectable poisons showing no signs of foul
play is a video by it's all viral the video provides the top five undetectable poisons and
how they affect certain people following information is a synopsis of what was provided polonium an ex-russian spy killed by this in a teacup the item is said to
be so dangerous that one gram could kill 1.5 million people in a few months Mercury Amadeus
Mozart was killed by lethal Mercury pills there are three forms of that can be ingested inhaled
and consuming it cyanide found in
countless items in the home and other locations 1.5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight is a
fatal dose for humans botulinum toxin if not retreated immediately leads to paralysis if
not treated right away can lead to death arsenic virtually undetectable besides the marsh test used in murder and mystery
the following screenshot from 302 pm to 3 12 pm provided the following the screenshot from
239 pm to 302 pm provided the following in this portion of search there is information regarding
oleandron and how to make poison from oleander the screenshot from 209 pm to 239 pm
James had searched via Google by oleander and through nerd fight area wiki six deadly undetectable
poisons and how to detect them when you click on the by oleander you get a Google search for the
plant the nerve criteria wiki described
multiple poisons in the text as well as had a video of the perfect poison the site provides
the following information within the text of the information the following is provided about
arsenic cyanide the article is somewhat lengthy but has information on some of the symptoms of
cyanide the symptoms are weakness nausea difficulty breathing seizures or cardiac arrest the video explained that
cyanide is very hard to detect and that it often is too late by time doctors can
diagnose what happened this concluded the search history on this date and
anything related to poisons when we clicked on the Amazon order we could
view the emails from the jim and waffles at
gmail.com account once we took a closer look at this account we found additional purchases of
poison the account's first contacts were on february 27 2023 and it appeared the account
had just been created the account had the following contacts the emails ended on march 16 2023
and started february 27 2023 the emails also have a j in the top right portion and when it clicked
it shows that it belongs to jim craig the emails had multiple orders within the contents as well
as communications with a redacted within the contents contents of the emails, there is an order on March 9th, 2023
from Midland Scientific. The item purchased was a Sigma 207810-25G. After the item was purchased,
Midland Scientific employee Cassie Rodriguez contacted James about follow-up needs for the
product. In researching what Sigma 207810-25g was we discovered that it is
the technical term for potassium cyanide the following email strand between james and employer
cassie rodriguez took place the initial response from the company stated that they would need a
usage statement for what james needed the product for cassie informed james that they would need a usage statement for what James needed the product for. Cassie informed James that they did not have the item in stock,
but that they could ship the item overnight.
The web order copy was provided and showed that it would be shipped to James' office.
The order notes states,
Hopefully this is in stock and I can come pick it up tomorrow, March 9th.
It appeared that based on the order james needed this product right away the email then
provided a pdf from the company of the restricted item usage statement form the form provided the
details needed to be filled out by james for his purchase of the specific product of sigma
james responded by stating he was a surgeon performing a craniofacial reconstruction james
said he is using this chemical
to check to see if it will help
with the layering of alternative metals.
He stated that if successful,
this will be published as a paper
in the National Institutes of Health.
He stated his license number is CO9285
and his professional email is drcraig
at summerbrookdental.com.
The email he is communicating on to buy the poisons and with
redacted is the gym and waffles at gmail.com at no time is james using his professional email
to your affiance knowledge to make these purchases after alleging they're for work cassie then
responded stating the delivery was expected for tomorrow and the email is on March 9th.
James tells Cassie she has been helpful and then she tells him that there is a preferred form for the product.
Cassie responded and stated that because James was a new user the system would take longer to process the order.
James responded that he figured it out referencing the form and sent it from the hospital.
He sent the following response.
The response is the restricted usage form that he stated it would be used for electroplating over medical prosthesis.
He signed the form and dated it March 9, 2023.
James then responded to Cassie's message about the delivery delay and stated it was inconvenient.
He stated he will shuffle some things around and
then get the delivery Friday, March 10th. On March 10th, 2023, James contacted Cassie to ask if she
had shipment information. Cassie then sent a response from the supplier that the shipment
is expected for Saturday, March 11, 2023. James again asked about tracking information james again contacted cassie on march 11 2023
and stated it was 7 30 p.m he waited all day for the shipment at his office james office only open
monday through thursday james still had the shipment sent to his office on a day off he had
communicated with caitlin that he had a personal package coming to the office and not to open it. It was believed that this package was the personal package.
Cassie then responded on March 13, 2023.
She provided a FedEx tracking number of 473-183-635820.
Caitlin had told your affiant the potassium cyanide had been shipped on March 13, 2023 to the office via FedEx.
The conversations concluded with Cassie telling James he was welcome.
Your client looked up the Sigma product on Midland Scientific's website and found the following.
Caitlin stated she had seen a container with a label of potassium cyanide on it.
James had told her not to open the box, but Redacted had gotten to it first,
and the box was open with the potassium cyanide
inside james had alleged to cassie via email that this was for work but told his employees it was a
personal purchase your affiant checked fedex for the tracking number associated and found the
following the item stated it was delivered march 13 2023 which was consistent with what Caitlin had provided detectives.
There was another purchase made by James on March 6, 2023 to ADOOQ Bioscience.
The purchase was for three oleandrine one milligram items for $330.
The invoice date was March 10, 2023.
On the form, the usage stated the following, quote, products are for research use only, not for human use.
We do not sell to patients, unquote.
See below.
James never received this item because MCHU investigator Justifact was able to contact FedEx and inform them of the situation.
FedEx stated their interdiction team would stop the delivery of the package and hold it for investigator just effect recover the other emails were with a redacted the emails were intimate in nature and contained sexually explicit conversations there were also travel plans within those emails
to redacted the first travel dates were march 8th through the 10th 2023 which showed redacted
traveling from austin texas to denver colorado angela was in the
hospital during march 9 through the 14th 2023 the email account appeared to have been created on
february 27th 2023 along with the searches plans to poison someone and to convene with Karen. It appeared that James had redacted visit him while his wife was in the hospital sick.
The second flight itinerary was for March 16th through the 20th, 2023.
This flight was purchased on March 4, 2023,
which was the same date that the arsenic was delivered to James' house.
A follow-up email from Karen on March 16, 2023 suggested that James had told her
something had happened to Angela. Redacted sent James an email explaining how sorry she was for
him and that she wished she was helping him, not pulling him away. She stated she knew it had to be
so hard what he was going through and that she wanted to be there for him, but did not want to
mix in with his family and friends and pretend to be only a friend when there was something more.
On March 17, 2023, your affiant spoke with Angela's redacted, stated that she and Angela spoke almost daily.
Angela visited her in Utah from March 1st through March 5th, 2023.
While in Utah, Angela was neither sick nor complained of not feeling well.
Redacted stated Angela and James' marriage
had always been tumultuous.
James had multiple affairs with several women,
told Angela he had been addicted to pornography
since he was a teenager,
and drugged Angela approximately five to six years ago.
Angela told Redacted that James drugged her,
an unknown drug, because he planned to go into
their bathroom and give himself a lethal injection of something and commit suicide james told angela
he drugged her so she wouldn't find him nor be able to save him which would give the lethal drugs
time to kill him your if i am believed this is what what James referred to in the text message exchange outlined and read earlier in this affidavit.
Given our history, I know that must be triggering.
Just for the record, I didn't drug you.
Angela told Redacted several times over the past 16 years that she was going to leave James, but said that James always convinced her to stay.
Angela told Redacted that James had, quote, run the dental office into
the ground, unquote, and that their finances were dire. Angela complained to Redacted that James
recently traveled to Las Vegas, where she said he had gambled away over $2,000. When James updated
Redacted on Angela's status, James said he would not allow hospital staff to conduct an autopsy.
Tony said she pled with James, asking him to do an autopsy in case it was genetic so they could prevent one of their children from getting sick.
James said he felt if they couldn't figure out what was wrong with her when she was alive, he wouldn't let them poke her more when she was dead on march 18 2023 your affiant was advised angela was pronounced
brain dead at 4 29 pm by university hospital physician natalie held colorado crs 12-240-140
determination of death states that an individual is dead if a the individual has sustained
irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or b the individual has sustained irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions
or b the individual has sustained irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain
including the brain stem through the centers for disease control and prevention cdc your
affiant learned that ingesting arsenic typically causes severe gastrointestinal signs and symptoms such as
vomiting abdominal pain and diarrhea the signs and symptoms might lead rapidly to dehydration and
shock different clinical manifestations might follow including dysrhythmias prolonged qt t-wave
changes altered mental status and multi-system organ failure that ultimately could result in death
through the CDC your if I learned that ingesting cyanide typically causes chest pain confusion
dizziness eye pain eye tearing excitement difficulty breathing headache nausea rapid or slow heart
rate rapid or slow breathing restlessness shortness of breath vomiting
weakness or wheezing in addition more serious symptoms include high or low blood pressure
loss of consciousness lung injury seizures coma and death angela told james she was having the
following symptoms beginning on march 6 2023 2023 through March 15, 2023.
Dizziness, her head felt funny, her eyes did not want to focus,
and felt heavy and slow, felt drugged, whole body feeling tingly,
extreme headache, eye discharge, altered mental state,
high and low blood pressure, weak, shaky, tired, nausea, and vomiting.
Urefiant documented the litany of tests completed by two separate emergency department doctors through her text messages to James and James' messages to Michelle.
None provided a medical reason for her symptoms.
However, reading the CDC symptoms of the poisons, Uriafiant knows they are consistent with the
symptoms Angela was experiencing and that ultimately killed her.
Conclusion
Throughout this investigation,
your affiant has spoken to numerous people who have provided insight into
Angela and James Craig's relationship.
Not one person has suggested or even seen any source of suicidal ideations
from Angela.
James had provided those statements to the department of human services
employees who,
after hearing those statements felt that James was trying to make a point
to have some source of the cover-up story
to prevent his incrimination.
James has made varied statements to various audiences.
He told the Department of Human Services
that Angela was suicidal,
and he had saved her many times,
but never reported it.
James had told fellow employees
that his marriage was failing,
and he was in financial turmoil.
He also had been recently communicating with a woman named Redacted about what appears to be a sexually intimate relationship.
It appears James was flying this woman into Denver while his wife and the mother of his children was dying in the hospital. In totality, this investigation has proven that James has gone to great lengths
to try and end his wife's life.
On February 27, 2023, he created a new Gmail account,
jimandwafflesatgmail.com, which he only used in Dental Room No. 9
with his practice at 14991 East Hampton Avenue, Suite 370.
This email account was not found on his cellular phone,
his laptop, nor on Angela's phone.
While using this account,
he researched multiple undetectable poisons
and eventually purchased crystalline metalloid arsenic
from Amazon.com.
After buying this poison,
he received an email from Redacted
about her intention to fly to Denver, Colorado for March
8th through the 10th, 2023. On March 4, 2023, the arsenic was delivered to James' mailbox at his
home residence. On March 4, 2023, James received another email from Redacted, a trip that was
scheduled for March 16th of 2023 with with a flight plan on March 5 2023 Angela
returned home from a trip to Utah on March 6 2023 Angela was admitted to Park Adventist Hospital as
she complained that her head felt funny she was dizzy and her eyes were not focusing she continued
that she did not feel right in her head and that her body was responding slowly. These symptoms were consistent with some of the symptoms from arsenic.
These symptoms, per the CDC, were vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dehydration,
altered mental state, or organ failure.
Angela was released from the hospital on March 6, 2023.
James then ordered oleandrine, one milligram, in the quantity of three on march 6 2023
these items were intercepted by fedex and were not delivered to james on march 8 2023 according
to flight plans from february 27 2023 redacted came to denver colorado james then ordered sigma
207810-25g potassium cyanide from Midland Scientific
with a request to have the items overnighted.
He requested to pick them up on March 9, 2023 specifically.
There were delays in the shipment due to verifying his credentials.
James responded while Angela was in the hospital that he could complete the form
and that the potassium cyanide was needed for surgery.
James showed
impatience in the email string between him and the Midland Scientific employee. James then told
his employee that Redacted that he had packaged coming to the office on March 13, 2023, and that
the package was personal. The package was accidentally opened by an employee named Redacted,
and Redacted took the package and
repackaged it knowing james requested it not to be opened as redacted repackaged the item
she saw it was potassium cyanide redacted never saw this potassium cyanide within the business
again it should have remained in the business if it was truly used for a surgery, as James alleged. On March 14, 2023, Angela was released from the hospital and returned home.
On March 15, 2023, Angela returned to the hospital at approximately 11 a.m.
This time, Angela was at University Hospital, Onschwitz.
Angela started to suffer from a severe seizure and was intubated.
Angela suffered from a lack of oxygen and no pupil reaction and began to have inner
cranial pressure this led angela to the medical intensive care unit where she was on life support
and did not regain brain activity james was known to make angela protein shakes regularly
had administered many to her it was believed he had provided angela with the poison through these
shakes per the cdc the more severe symptoms include high or low blood pressure, loss of consciousness, lung injury, seizures, coma, and death.
James had ordered multiple poisons that were not known to have been located during the searches of his residence or business.
James has not attempted to speak with the police regarding what occurred with his wife, but has made statements that he had the answers to what happened. James has only repeatedly asked
for his phone back. Based on the totality of the investigation, James has shown the planning and
intent to end his wife's life by searching for ways to kill someone undetected, providing her
poisons that align with her hospitalized symptoms and working on starting
a new life with redacted your affiant finds there is more than enough preliminary evidence sufficient
to arrest james craig with premeditated first degree murder based on the foregoing facts and
circumstances your affiant feels that she has probable cause to believe that the offense of CRS 18-3-102-1A,
charged premeditated first-degree murder class F1, has been committed,
and that Greg Tolliver Craig, date of birth 021178, did commit the offense.
I've read the foregoing statement, and the matters stated therein are true,
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Affiant Detective Bobby Olson.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of March 2023.
Issued at 1121 p.m.
This court, having reviewed the affidavit and application for arrest warrant, and finds probable cause for the arrest of James Tolliver Craig.
Date of birth, 02-1178. Richard Farrow, District Court Magistrate.
Well, there you have it. Thanks, Dave Mack. I guess he's got plenty of time to think about
poisoning his wife, and I wonder if he's wondering what his six children are doing right now.
My guess is he's probably wondering what his mistress is doing right now.
Nancy Grace, Grindr Stories, signing off. Goodbye, friends.
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