Two daughters of James Craig, a Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife Angela, delivered powerful testimony against him in court Thursday—testimony that one legal expert says significantly undermines the defense.
Craig faces a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing his wife in March 2023 by poisoning her with potassium cyanide and tetrahydrozoline over a 10-day period. Prosecutors argue Angela suffered a painful, prolonged death, and say Craig orchestrated it all.
Craig’s defense has suggested Angela may have died by suicide. But on the stand, the couple’s oldest daughter pushed back hard against that claim.
“She was so excited to be a grandma,” the daughter said, adding that Angela often talked about her future and looked forward to seeing her children have kids. She described her mother as her best friend—someone who loved woodworking, exercise, animals, and her family.
Angela, she said, was eager to return home while hospitalized and had shown no signs of suicidal thoughts. She acknowledged that her parents had marital issues in the past, but said things had improved before Angela’s death.
The defense argued Angela was emotionally broken and mentally unwell, though they have not denied she was poisoned. They maintain, however, that Craig wasn’t responsible.
The daughter also testified that she had requested an autopsy, but Craig refused.
The couple’s second-eldest daughter later took the stand, also denying that her mother was suicidal. She recalled Angela’s dreams of moving into a home with land and a woodworking shop—her “forever home.” But her testimony revealed even more disturbing allegations.
She said her father contacted her from jail with a list of instructions, including bailing out another inmate who then handed her handwritten documents from Craig. Those papers allegedly included directions to create a deepfake video using a burner laptop bought with a prepaid Visa gift card.
According to the daughter, Craig told her to access the dark web, create a video that made it appear Angela was suicidal, load it onto a thumb drive, and then tell investigators she found the drive in Angela’s bag. He also told her to destroy the laptop.
Craig allegedly admitted in the notes to being unfaithful and claimed Angela asked him to buy the poison, framing her death as an accident during a “game of chicken.” He now also faces a charge of solicitation to tamper with evidence.
Legal analyst and former prosecutor Eric Faddis, not involved in the case, told Fox News Digital this testimony could be devastating to Craig’s defense.
“It’s absolutely a blow,” said Faddis. “Reaching out and asking one of the children to make a deepfake video to suggest Angela was suicidal sounds like desperation.”
Faddis added that involving a child in fabricating evidence is not only a bad look but could also potentially expose them to legal risk.
As for the daughters’ statements denying suicidal signs, Faddis said the jury could take it as a strong indication Angela had no intention of ending her life.
“Even if she didn’t say it directly, her kids would likely have seen signs,” Faddis noted. “It’s difficult to believe those closest to her wouldn’t notice something was wrong.”
Still, he acknowledged the defense may argue Angela kept her mental health struggles hidden to protect her children.
“But overall,” Faddis said, “it’s problematic for the defense.”
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