Detective Lead faces a dentist who allegedly ordered her to hit from prison


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Arapaho County, Colorado Prosecutors on Thursday called the chief detective in the James Craig murder investigation to testify at his famous trial.

det. Bobby Olson of the Aurora Police Station sat slightly from Craig in the witness stand I gave a brief testimony About a collection of digital evidence after alleged murder of his wife, Angela Craig.

James Craig is suspected of killing Angela by poisoning protein shaking over several days in March 2023.

Angela and James Craig are posing for a selfie with green grass and a grey castle in the background

Angela and James Craig pose for a selfie. James is accused of killing Angela by spikes into a protein shaking with potassium cyanide. (Angela N. Jim Craig (Facebook))

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Olson was asked by prosecutors to identify the hard drive of a computer seized from Craig during the investigation. Just a few minutes into the stands, defenses were called to cross-examine her.

They ask her to make sure Craig voluntarily handed over his electronics and that he is working with the authorities.

Olson will testify later in the trial.

Last December, Craig was indicted. Inviting to commit murder A solicitation to commit perjury in the first and first solicitations. At a pretrial hearing in February, the judge found there was enough evidence to collect two new charges. During that hearing, prosecutors confirmed that the hit targeted Olson.

Craig reportedly offered $20,000 to his fellow inmates to kill Olson.

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Angela and Colorado dentist James Craig in family portraits. James is charged with first-degree murder, allegedly addicted to his wife. (Facebook)

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Eric Fadis is a former Arapahoe County prosecutor who is not involved in the Craig case. He was in court this week observing the case.

“As a former prosecutor, whenever there is a threat, assault, or harm to law enforcement, the prosecutor takes it very seriously. Partly because as a prosecutor, you work in conjunction with these people, these police officers, these detectives,” Fadis told Fox News Digital.

“The prosecution is certainly solicited. First-degree murder We’re going to make a very serious charge against detectives,” Fadis continued, adding that Olson is a “experienced detective” in large law enforcement agencies and that prosecutors often face threats from the defendants.

“Whenever there is a threat to a detective’s life, that kind of thing has come up a little while ago, and the prosecutor certainly takes it very seriously,” he said.

Thursday’s minutes also included testimony from David Lee, a U.S. Secret Service Network intrusion forensic analyst and former Aurora police officer.

Angela Craig is sitting on a rock wall holding a bush of pink flowers in the background

Angela Craig poses for a photo in front of a flower bush. Her dentist husband is on trial in Arapahoe County, Colorado for her murder. (Angela N. Jim Craig (Facebook))

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He looked into cell phones belonging to James and Angela Craig and confirmed that James’ phone had sent several messages to third parties, including his mistress Karin Kane and former friend Ryan Redfern. These messages were retrieved via screenshots by investigators. This confirmed, in theory, that Lee could manipulate the defense.

The state was then called Kathy Rodriquez, a former customer service representative at Nebraska-based Midland Scientific, and handled communications with Craig regarding his alleged purchase.

On Thursday, March 9, 2023, Angela was admitted to the hospital after getting sick for the second time in three days, prosecutors said she ordered potassium cyanide from Midland Scientific. Orders placed using the email address jimandwaffles@gmail.com have been received by Rodriguez. It is also suspected of being a Cain, using his private email address on only one device, which is the exam room computer in his office.

Dentist James Craig cries in court during trial for his wife's murder

James Craig was Tuesday, July 15th, 2025, Centennial, CO. (Steven Swford/Denver Gazette via Pool)

Rodriquez explained his conversation with Craig several days ago, during which he requested overnight broadcast transport in cyanide. According to Rodriquez, he told her that in “official usage” he intended to use cyanide in “some kind of seminar at the seminar he was offering” provided by the company.

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The package did not arrive until the next Monday, March 13th and was obtained by an office employee.

Angela WS is still in the hospital that day, but was released on Tuesday. She was readmitted to the hospital last time on Wednesday, March 15th.

Craig is accused of addicting his wife while secretly having a relationship with Cain, which began three weeks before Angela’s death. James and Angela Craig had six children and were active in the Mormon Church. Cain claims that Craig told her they divorced when their romance began.

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