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Dentist who allegedly poisoned wife accused of plot to kill detective

James Craig, already facing charges of fatally lacing his wife’s protein shakes with poison, has now been accused of trying to orchestrate the death of a detective investigating him.

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UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado (David Zalubowski/AP)
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An Aurora, Colorado, dentist who allegedly killed his wife with poisoned protein shakes has been charged with trying to plot the murder of a police detective investigating his case.

Prosecutors in Colorado’s 18th Judicial District filed an amended complaint last week requesting to charge James Craig with solicitation to commit murder and solicitation to commit perjury. Craig, an inmate at the Arapahoe County Jail, allegedly tried to persuade another inmate to kill a police detective investigating his case. The inmate declined, according to court documents.