Colorado dentist accused of killing wife ‘searched how to make murder look like heart attack’, court hears

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2 years ago

July 13, 2023

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A US dentist accused of the fatal poisoning of his wife searched the internet for “how to make murder look like a heart attack” weeks before she died, a court has heard.

James Craig, 45, also sought answers to the question “is arsenic detectable in an autopsy?” at around the same time, it is alleged.

Detective Bobbi Olson told a court the defendant conducted the searches in February on a computer in a room at his dental practice in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado.

It came just before his wife, Angela Craig, made repeated trips to hospitals complaining of symptoms, including dizziness, vomiting and confusion that puzzled doctors, the hearing was told.

The mother-of-six died in March after being taken off life support following her third trip to hospital.

Blood tests later revealed that Mrs Craig died after being poisoned with cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, a substance found in eye drops.

While his wife of 23 years was being treated in hospital, Craig was allegedly meeting another woman, fellow dentist Karin Cain, who flew in from Texas to visit him.

Police believe he laced his wife’s pre-workout protein shakes with poison so he could pursue a relationship with Ms Cain, according to court documents.

Fellow dentist denies being ‘motive’

Ms Cain told ABC’s Good Morning America she had been in the process of divorcing her husband of almost 30 years when she met Craig at a dental conference in February.

She said they were together for three weeks but stated she did not willingly have a relationship with a married man.

“If I had known what was true, I would not have been with this person,” she said.

Asked whether she thought Craig killed his wife to be with her, Ms Cain said they had not been planning a future together and added: “There’s no way I’m a motive”.

Dentist suspected of poisoning protein shakes

Craig has yet to enter a plea in the case and his lawyer declined to comment to reporters before a hearing to determine if he will stand trial for first-degree murder.

Police launched an investigation after Craig’s colleague and friend, Ryan Redfearn, told a nurse the defendant had ordered potassium cyanide – even though they did not need it for their work, according to an arrest warrant.

Detectives suspect Craig put arsenic in one of the protein shakes and then, after she survived, he ordered a rush shipment of the cyanide that he told the supplier was needed for a surgical procedure.

He asked an office manager not to open that package but another employee did, leading to its discovery and eventual disclosure to police.

The delivery of a third poisonous substance he is accused of ordering, Oleandrin, was allegedly intercepted by authorities after they began investigating him.

Craig told Mr Redfearn he ordered the potassium cyanide for his wife and told a social worker that she had been suicidal and depressed ever since he asked for a divorce in December, although none of their children said anything about suicide attempts, according to an arrest document.

Mr Redfearn also told investigators that Craig was on the verge of bankruptcy and had been having problems in his marriage, court documents said.

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Two dead after multiple people were injured in shooting at church in Kentucky

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7 hours ago

July 13, 2025

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Two dead after multiple people were injured in shooting at church in Kentucky

Two people are dead after multiple people were injured in shootings in Kentucky, the state’s governor has said.

Andy Beshear said the suspect had also been killed following the shooting at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington.

A state trooper was earlier shot at Blue Grass Airport in Fayette County on Sunday morning, the Lexington Herald-Leader local newspaper reports.

Mr Beshear has said a state trooper “from the initial stop” and people who were injured in the church shooting are “being treated at a nearby hospital”.

The extent of the injuries is not immediately known.

State troopers and the Lexington Police Department had caught up with the suspect at the church following the shooting in Fayette County, according to Sky News’ US partner network NBC News.

Mr Beshear said: “Please pray for everyone affected by these senseless acts of violence, and let’s give thanks for the swift response by the Lexington Police Department and Kentucky State Police.”

The Blue Grass Airport posted on X at 1pm local time (6pm UK time) that a law enforcement investigation was impacting a portion of an airport road, but that all flights and operations were now proceeding normally.

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Donald Trump threatens to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s US citizenship

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19 hours ago

July 13, 2025

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Donald Trump threatens to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's US citizenship

Donald Trump has said he is considering “taking away” the US citizenship of actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits a government from doing so.

In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, the US president said: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”

He also labelled O’Donnell, who has moved to Ireland, as a “threat to humanity” and said she should “remain in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her”.

O’Donnell responded on Instagram by posting a photograph of Mr Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.

“You are everything that is wrong with America and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it,” she wrote in the caption.

“I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”

O’Donnell moved to Ireland with her 12-year-old son in January after Mr Trump had secured a second term.

She has said she’s in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship based on family lineage and that she would only return to the US “when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America”.

O’Donnell and the US president have criticised each other publicly for years, in an often-bitter back-and-forth that predates Mr Trump’s move into politics.

This is just the latest threat by the president to revoke the citizenship of someone he has disagreed with, most recently his former ally Elon Musk.

But the two situations are different as while Musk was born in South Africa, O’Donnell was born in the US and has a constitutional right to American citizenship.

Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, said the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the fourteenth amendment of the constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship.

“The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen,” he added.

“In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”

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Farmer becomes first person to die during Trump’s ICE raids

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22 hours ago

July 13, 2025

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Farmer becomes first person to die during Trump's ICE raids

A farmer who fell from a greenhouse roof during an anti-immigrant raid at a licensed cannabis facility in California this week has died of his injuries.

Jaime Alanis, 57, is the first person to die as a result of Donald Trump’s Immigration Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) raids.

His niece, Yesenia Duran, posted on the fundraising site GoFundMe to say her uncle was his family’s only provider and he had been sending his earnings back to his wife and daughter in Mexico.

The United Food Workers said Mr Alanis had worked on the farm for 10 years.

“These violent and cruel federal actions terrorise American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives and separate families,” the union said in a recent statement on X.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it executed criminal search warrants at Glass House Farms facilities on Thursday.

Mr Alanis called family to say he was hiding and possibly fleeing agents before he fell around 30ft (9m) from the roof and broke his neck, according to information from family, hospital and government sources.

Agents arrested 200 people suspected of being in the country illegally and identified at least 10 immigrant children on the sites, the DHS said in a statement.

Mr Alanis was not among them, the agency said.

“This man was not in and has not been in CBP (Customs and Border Protection) or ICE custody,” DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin said.

“Although he was not being pursued by law enforcement, this individual climbed up to the roof of a greenhouse and fell 30ft. CBP immediately called a medivac to the scene to get him care as quickly as possible.”

Four US citizens were arrested during the incident for allegedly “assaulting or resisting officers”, the DHS said, and authorities were offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a person suspected of firing a gun at federal agents.

In a statement, Glass House, a licensed Cannabis grower, said immigration agents had valid warrants. It said workers were detained and it is helping provide them with legal representation.

“Glass House has never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices and does not and has never employed minors,” it added.