Colorado dentist James Craig faces trial for allegedly poisoning his wife with cyanide, as prosecutors cite extramarital affairs as motive while defense portrays a complex marriage.

A Colorado dentist accused of killing his wife of 23 years by poisoning her protein shakes is on trial for murder

Colorado dentist James Craig fatally poisoned his wife in 2023 because of his growing financial troubles and his affair with another woman, prosecutors alleged in opening statements of his murder trial Tuesday.

Colorado dentist James Craig faces murder charges for allegedly poisoning his wife with cyanide, but the defense portrays the victim as emotionally manipulative.

Prosecutors say the disgraced dentist had extramarital affairs and faced a second bankruptcy before slipping cyanide into his wife's protein shakes, leaving six children without their mother.

Infidelity and financial struggles led Colorado dentist James Craig to lace his wife’s protein shakes with poison, prosecutors said on the first day of his murder trial Tuesday.

Dr. James Craig faces murder charges for allegedly poisoning his wife Angela in March 2023, and was later charged with solicitation to murder Detective Bobbi Olson from jail