Dentist Accused Of Poisoning Wife’s Shake Said He Gave Her 'too Much Protein': Co-worker

The 2nd time of Dr. James Craig's execution proceedings hinged connected captious grounds from nan agency head astatine his Sunnybook Dental Group believe successful Aurora, Colorado, who said Craig flippantly dismissed nan first alleged poisoning effort of his wife, Angela. 

Caitlin Romero worked astatine nan dentist's agency successful 2023 and was pinch Craig for respective days during nan play he is alleged to person killed his wife by mixing cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, a chemic successful eyedrops, successful her macromolecule shakes. 

She told Assistant District Attorney Ryan Brackley and nan tribunal that, connected March 6 of that year, Craig entered nan agency unusually precocious and told her he and his woman had worked retired earlier successful nan morning. He apologized for being precocious and told Romero Angela wasn't emotion good aft he made her a post-workout macromolecule shake. 

Ryan Brackley, a lawyer for nan prosecution, delivers his opening arguments during nan execution proceedings for James Craig successful Arapahoe District Court Tuesday, July 15, 2025, successful Centennial, Colo. (Stephen Swofford/Denver Gazette via Pool)

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Recalling nan conversation, Romero testified that Craig said, "Maybe he added excessively overmuch protein" to his wife's shake. 

She said Craig near nan agency later that time to return his woman to nan emergency room, wherever Angela reported emotion dizzy. She texted her hubby that she felt "drugged" earlier they went to nan hospital. She was released without a test nan aforesaid day. 

Craig returned to nan agency astatine 5:30 p.m., which was unusual. The believe closes astatine 4 p.m.

When she near for nan day, Romero said she was startled to find Craig sitting successful nan dark, utilizing nan machine successful an exam room, which was not his accustomed computer. When she asked him what he was doing, Craig told her he had travel backmost to nan agency to unwind aft a stressful time dealing pinch his wife's sickness.

After Romero near nan agency that day, she said Craig texted her to alert her that a individual package would beryllium delivered to nan agency and asked her not to unfastened it. That had ne'er happened before, Romero noted. 

James Craig tears up during opening arguments successful his execution proceedings successful Arapahoe District Court Tuesday, July 15, 2025, successful Centennial, Colo. (Stephen Swofford/Denver Gazette via Pool)

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On March 9, Angela returned to nan hospital, exhibiting akin symptoms to 3 days earlier. This time, she was admitted and remained successful nan infirmary until March 14.

Romero testified that, connected that day, Craig told her he didn't deliberation Angela would unrecorded done nan night, which Romero said was nan 2nd clip he had made that prediction since Angela began experiencing symptoms. 

"Evidence that Craig predicted his wife's decease doubly earlier it occurred tin beryllium important successful his criminal lawsuit to prove his alleged intent successful his case," Kelly Hyman, a nationally renowned defense lawyer and ineligible analyst, told Fox News Digital. Hyman is not progressive successful nan tr

"Intent successful execution cases refers to nan accused's intelligence authorities astatine nan clip of nan crime. First-degree execution tin require impervious of premeditation and circumstantial intent to termination successful a criminal case.

"Predictions of decease whitethorn propose that Craig had allegedly been contemplating and readying nan enactment for a period, perchance for a ‘sustained play of time,’ which may imply premeditation."

The defense chose not to situation these statements made by Romero, but Hyman said it could have. 

James Craig wipes distant a tear during opening arguments successful his execution proceedings successful Arapahoe District Court Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Centennial, Colo. (Stephen Swofford/Denver Gazette via Pool)

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"However, nan defense would challenge nan admissibility and mentation of specified statements and reason that Craig’s woman was suicidal," Hyman said. "Also, nan defense could reason that nan statements were taken retired of discourse and/or misinterpreted."

On March 13, nan package arrived to Craig's practice. A unit personnel opened nan package earlier bringing it to Romero, who described nan contents of nan container arsenic a sealed "foil package" and a insubstantial invoice. The container was marked arsenic a biohazard. She checked nan invoice to make judge it was nan individual package that Craig had discussed pinch her and saw that it was. On nan invoice, she publication that Craig had ordered potassium cyanide, which she instantly googled retired of curiosity. 

On March 15, Angela was admitted to nan infirmary for nan last time. 

Craig was successful nan agency that time and told Romero he had to time off because Angela was returning to nan hospital. 

Romero testified that pinch suspicions mounting, she past googled symptoms of cyanide poisoning. 

Ashley Whitham, a lawyer for nan defense, delivers her opening arguments during nan execution proceedings of James Craig successful Arapahoe District Court Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Centennial, Colo. (Stephen Swofford/Denver Gazette via Pool)

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During cross-examination, lead defense lawyer Lisa Fine Moses pointed to nan truth that while Romero had received nan package and publication that it contained potassium cyanide, she couldn't beryllium judge of that because she did not unfastened nan sealed foil package. 

She besides asked Romero astir her evening agency relationship pinch Craig connected March 6, and Romero conceded that, emotionally, Craig seemed normal during that time. 

Moses examined Romero's narration pinch Craig, which Romero described arsenic an "intimate affectional relationship." She established that nan brace were adjacent and often said astir individual and family matters connected individual devices and via channels unrelated to their work. 

Moses besides established that, during nan investigation into nan alleged crime, erstwhile Romero said to police, she did not disclose nan existent quality of their narration aliases each of nan communications betwixt them. 

The Arapahoe County Courthouse Wednesday, July 16, 2025, successful Centennial, Colo. (Jeremy Sparig for Fox News Digital)

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The value of calling a captious witnesser for illustration Romero arsenic a witnesser truthful early successful nan trial was not mislaid connected Hyman. 

"The charismatic will want to commencement beardown and extremity beardown arsenic to nan witnesses," she said. "The charismatic whitethorn want to commencement nan lawsuit pinch nan astir important witness. For example, nan prima witness, aliases personification that is going to start telling nan communicative of nan lawsuit arsenic to nan timeline of nan lawsuit from commencement to finish."