The cyclist was crossing South Havana Street in the 700 block at about 1:55 a.m. Thursday, according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department.

He was outside of the crosswalk when he was hit by a GMC Yukon driving north on Havana, police said in the release.

The cyclist, who died from his injuries at the scene of the crash, will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.

Investigators believe both speed and alcohol were factors in the crash, police said.

Charges against the unidentified driver are “pending investigation,” police said. None had been filed as of Thursday morning.

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“I was supposed to be able to trust my dad,” Mira Meservy, 21, said during Wednesday’s sentencing hearing for James Craig. “He was supposed to be my hero, and instead, he’ll forever be the villain in my book.”

James Craig, 47, will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering his wife, Angela Craig, through 10 days of repeated poisonings in March 2023. When all other attempts failed, prosecutors said the Aurora dentist gave his wife a dose of cyanide while she was hospitalized south of Denver.

Arapahoe County District Judge Shay Kara Whitaker sentenced Craig to life in prison without the possibility of parole on the first-degree murder charge, a mandatory sentence. He received an additional 33 years to run consecutively on five other felony charges rooted in his attempts to cover up his role in his wife’s death.

After nearly nine hours of deliberation, the jury on Wednesday afternoon found Craig guilty of first-degree murder, solicitation of first-degree murder and two counts each of solicitation of tampering with physical evidence and solicitation of perjury, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

The sentencing hearing started just minutes later.

Angela Craig’s six children and nine siblings will never get to see her again, a pain akin to “losing a limb,” one of her sisters, Kathryn Pray, testified.

“Her loss is a void in my life that can never be filled,” Angela Craig’s eldest sister, Toni Kofoed, said. “No more phone calls, no more texts, no more trips together where we talk and laugh through the night. You have taken away our ability to grow old together.”

Kofoed described her sister as a “fierce protector” and berated Craig for the image he and his defense painted of her during the two-week trial.

She called the dentist a cheat, a coward and a “heartless excuse of a human being.”

“Her life was not yours to take,” Kofoed said, turning toward Craig. “Angela had a love and a passion for life. She loved her children and, unfortunately, she loved you.”

Craig and his attorneys declined to make any statements before he was sentenced. No one else volunteered to speak on the dentist’s behalf.

‘You watched her slowly die’

Angela Craig died March 18, 2023, during her third trip to the hospital in a little over a week. She died from lethal doses of cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, an ingredient found in over-the-counter eyedrops, according to the coroner.

She spent the days leading up to her death in pain and researching the cause of her puzzling symptoms.

“You not only purchased the weapons of her death, but you watched her slowly die,” Kofoed said, addressing the table where Craig sat hunched over.

James Craig was arrested shortly after his wife’s death. From the beginning of the case, police called it “a heinous, complex and calculated murder.”

Prosecutors claimed Craig purchased nearly 20 bottles of eyedrops containing that lethal ingredient during a two-day span that aligned with his wife’s symptoms. He also tried to order other poisons online.

Craig told others that his wife was suicidal and had asked him to order the poison.

While Craig’s defense team tried to claim that Angela Craig killed herself, calling the poisoning “an ongoing game of chicken” that went too far, the jury disagreed.

“The jury said it loudly: Angela was not suicidal. She had no knowledge of or participation in what happened to her,” prosecutor Michael Mauro said after Wednesday’s sentencing hearing.

Craig poisoned his wife’s smoothies and cups, and replaced a bottle of prescription pills with poison, prosecutors said.

He also encouraged Angela Craig’s brother to give her the deadly capsules under the guise of medication and used a communal work computer to conduct hundreds of internet searches about poisons.

Craig tried to convince his daughter to create a deepfake video of Angela Craig asking him to order the poison and saying she planned to take it, Mauro said during the trial.

He also tried to cover up his role in Angela Craig’s death by asking people to forge additional journal entries to plant with his wife’s journal, arrange fake witnesses to testify on his behalf and kill key players in the case, including the lead detective and a jail informant.

Dentist mounted no defense

The prosecution and defense both rested their cases Monday and delivered closing arguments Tuesday, two weeks after the trial began.

Craig’s attorneys did not present a defense before resting and called no witnesses to the stand, but suggested Angela Craig played a role in her own death and faulted police for focusing solely on the dentist as a suspect. Prosecutors called nearly 50 witnesses throughout the trial.

Prosecutors argued Craig wanted to kill his wife to get out of a marriage he felt trapped in, adding he didn’t want a divorce so he could protect his money and image.

He tried to claim three conflicting narratives — that she was suicidal, that she took the “game of chicken” too far and that she was trying to set him up, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said photos from a hospital security camera shown in court depicted Craig holding a syringe before he entered Angela Craig’s room. After administering the fatal dose through her IV, Craig walked out and texted a fellow dentist with whom he was having an affair, Mauro told jurors during closing arguments. His wife’s condition quickly worsened.

One of Craig’s attorneys, Lisa Fine Moses, told jurors earlier this week that the image was blurry and syringes that investigators recovered did not contain any poison. She also said the couple wasn’t in financial trouble, and that Craig’s cheating had been going on for years and had never been a motivation for murder.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Updated 5:45 p.m. July 30, 2025: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the Craigs’ daughter to Miriam “Mira” Meservy.

James Craig faces six felony charges in the March 2023 death of his wife, Angela Craig, including first-degree murder, solicitation of tampering with physical evidence, solicitation of perjury and solicitation of first-degree murder, court records show.

The jury deliberated for about four hours Tuesday afternoon and will resume Wednesday morning.

Craig’s attorneys did not present a defense before both sides rested Monday, but suggested Angela Craig played a role in her own death.

“Angela Craig was innocent,” prosecutor Michael Mauro told jurors during Tuesday’s closing arguments. “She had no part in her death, and the only person who says otherwise is this man, a person guilty of the ultimate betrayal: her murder.”

Mauro punctuated the statement with a sweeping hand gesture toward the table where Craig sat. “The devil’s in the details, and he can’t keep the details straight,” Mauro said.

Angela Craig, mother of six and the youngest of 10 siblings, died on March 18, 2023, from lethal doses of cyanide and tetrahydrozoline, an ingredient found in over-the-counter eyedrops. It was her third trip to the hospital in a little over a week, investigators said.

James Craig purchased nearly 20 bottles of eyedrops containing the lethal ingredient in two days leading up to and during her symptoms, prosecutors alleged.

Prosecutors said James Craig purchased, and attempted to purchase, a variety of poisons before his wife’s death. They alleged he gave her a dose of cyanide while she remained hospitalized. She was declared brain dead soon after and never recovered.

Craig “offered three false narratives” at different times and to different people, Mauro said.

He claimed his wife wanted to die and killed herself outright, but also called it a “game of chicken” in which she accidentally went too far and died, Mauro said.

In a third attempt to explain his wife’s death, Craig tried to procure fake witnesses to come into court and testify that Angela Craig had set him up, Mauro said.

“These false narratives can’t all be true, and none of them are true,” Mauro said. “To believe any of the defendant’s false narratives, you have to suspend reason and common sense, and then you have to speculate into existence evidence that wasn’t found.”

Defense attorney Lisa Moses spent her closing argument fluctuating between the first two explanations.

“You know what, good job,” Moses said, addressing the prosecution team. “You proved beyond a reasonable doubt that this guy is a cheater. …He is a serial cheater.”

But, she said, that doesn’t make him a murderer.

The years of infidelity broke Angela Craig’s heart and soul, Moses said. She pointed to excerpts from the woman’s journal to illustrate the impact on her mental state.

“The weight of everything just seems to be crushing all the air out of me,” one entry reads. “…I haven’t figured out yet if I should give in or push through.”

“It almost killed me when he said he didn’t love me and I wasn’t enough,” Angela Craig wrote in another.

But Moses also called the poisoning “an ongoing game of chicken” that went too far.

Craig originally poisoned his wife’s smoothies and replaced a bottle of prescription pills with poison, prosecutors said. They said he also encouraged a family member to give the deadly capsules to Angela Craig and used a communal work computer to conduct hundreds of internet searches about poisons.

“This is not a reluctant participant in a super-secret suicidal pact or a game of chicken,” Mauro said. “This is a guy who was working to get the job done.”

The only proof of suicide is James Craig’s word, said fellow prosecutor Ryan Brackley. There is no concrete evidence that Angela Craig asked her husband to research, order, prepare or administer the poison, he added.

Moses also replayed a video of the Craigs arguing in their kitchen that was shown earlier in the trial.

“Nobody in their right mind would ever think I’d kill myself before I’d kill you,” Angela Craig can be heard saying. “…It’s your fault they treated me differently, like I was a suicide risk.”

While Moses said the argument was evidence of Angela Craig’s guilt-tripping of her husband, Brackley said it was “the most powerful piece of evidence of his guilt.”

Throughout the closing arguments Tuesday, the Aurora dentist alternated between staring at the table in front of him and the evidence posted on screens around the courtroom. At times, he turned his gaze to the jury box and stared with a furrowed brow.

The prosecution and defense had both rested their cases Monday afternoon, without the defense calling any witnesses. Prosecutors called nearly 50 witnesses throughout the trial, according to Denver7.

Members of the jury could find James Craig guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter instead of the initial first-degree murder charge, but Brackley urged them not to.

“He deserves to be found guilty, because he is guilty,” Brackley said.

What separates the three charges is the suspect’s intent and state of mind, Brackley said.

“He spent 10 days killing Angela Craig. He could have stopped… but he kept going,” Mauro said. “He kept going right until the end.”

The 10 days of work showed both deliberation and intent to kill, he said.

The trial was originally scheduled for December 2024, but was delayed when James Craig’s original defense attorney, Harvey Steinberg, withdrew on the day it was supposed to start, citing ethical concerns.

Robert Werking, another of Craig’s defense attorneys, withdrew from the case in early July after being arrested on suspicion of setting his home on fire.

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The pedestrian, an unidentified woman, suffered “life-threatening injuries” after being hit near the intersection of Havana Street and Jewell Avenue at 6:36 a.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department.

Paramedics took the woman to the hospital, where she later died from her injuries, police said.

She will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.

Police said the woman was crossing the street with a walker at the intersection when she hit a hole in the pavement and fell. A truck turning right onto southbound Havana then ran her over.

She was not in a crosswalk at the time of the crash, police said.

The crash temporarily shut down southbound Havana Street and both directions of Jewell Avenue.

Aurora police’s traffic unit is investigating the crash.

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The driver of a GMC Yukon was spotted weaving in and out of traffic on northbound I-225 shortly before he veered off the right side of the highway and struck the barrier, Aurora police said in a Monday morning update.

Aurora officers responded to the crash on northbound I-225, just south of the Alameda Avenue exit, at 5:12 p.m. Sunday, police said.

Alameda Avenue turns into Alameda Parkway as it continues east.

The driver, who has not been publicly identified, was the only person inside the car and was not wearing a seatbelt, police said. He died from his injuries at the scene of the crash.

Police said investigators believe both speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.

The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office will identify the driver and release his cause and manner of death at a later date.

Northbound I-225 was fully closed for about an hour on Sunday evening. The left two lanes reopened shortly before 6:30 p.m., but the right lane and Alameda off-ramp remained closed for several hours during the crash cleanup and investigation, police said.

All lanes had reopened by Monday morning.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Christopher Ramirez-Rodriguez of Aurora was driving on East Iliff Avenue near the Cherry Creek Spillway Trail crossing the morning of July 19 when he ran a red pedestrian crossing light while a boy on an electric scooter was in the crosswalk, according to the Aurora Police Department.

The boy was taken to the hospital and later died from his injuries.

Ramirez-Rodriguez remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, police said. Investigators do not suspect drugs or alcohol were involved but are looking into distracted driving as a factor in the crash.

Anyone with information about the crash can contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

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Olvin Lidenis Carcamo-Meza was driving an average of 121 mph shortly before he ran a red light and crashed into two other vehicles, according to an arrest affidivit.

He was arrested on suspicion of two counts of vehicular homicide after he was released from the hospital Wednesday, Aurora Police Department officials said Thursday.

Carcamo-Meza has not yet been officially charged but is expected to appear Tuesday in Arapahoe County District Court for a hearing on charges, according to court records.

According to Aurora police, Carcamo-Meza was driving north on Airport Boulevard in a black Audi sedan at about 2:45 a.m. Sunday when he ran a red light and hit a white Hyundai sedan.

Both people inside the Hyundai, a 37-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl, died at the scene of the crash, police said.

The pair will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.

Police said the crash sent the Audi and Hyundai spinning into a third car: a Toyota stopped in a turn lane.

Paramedics took the Toyota driver, Carcamo-Meza and Carcamo-Meza’s unidentified 16-year-old passenger to the hospital.

The Toyota driver and the suspect’s teen passenger both had minor injuries, but Carcamo-Meza was seriously injured and remained hospitalized for several days, police said.

Investigators don’t believe drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash, Aurora police said.

The 18-year-old could face additional charges after police finish their investigation, according to the release.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000.

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“We are aware of several inaccuracies made by an Aurora councilwoman regarding the charges that are pending against Solomon Galligan, a defendant who was arrested in 2024 for an incident at Black Forest Hills Elementary School,” 18th Judicial District Attorney Amy Padden said in a statement Wednesday. “In the interest of transparency and public accountability, we feel it is important to set the record straight.”

Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky said in an interview with Fox News that she’s launching an effort to recall Padden, in part over the pending dismissal of Galligan’s charges in the incident outside the elementary in the Cherry Creek School District.

Jurinsky also pointed to another case where a teenager living in Aurora illegally was sentenced to two years of probation in the fatal crash that killed Kaitlyn Weaver.

“She has dismissed cases that absolutely should have been prosecuted, and she has given a lot of probation for … crimes that should have warranted several years in prison,” Jurinsky said in the interview.

Jurinsky did not respond to multiple requests for comment on Thursday. Padden was not available for comment.

Galligan was found incompetent to stand trial last month, Padden said in her statement.

Under Colorado law, that means the court is required to dismiss the charges, and the District Attorney’s Office is unable to take the case to trial.

In the interview with Fox, Jurinsky accused Padden of “shrink shopping” to find a psychiatrist who would say Galligan is not fit to stand trial.

But Padden rebutted that in her statement, noting that Galligan underwent two mental competency evaluations — one by the state Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health in 2024 and another by an independent psychiatrist in June.

The second evaluation was requested by Galligan’s attorneys, not the District Attorney’s Office, Padden said.

The psychiatrist’s 63-page report concluded that Galligan suffers from multiple mental health conditions and is not competent to stand trial, Padden said.

The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has not yet dropped the charges pending against Galligan, including felony attempted kidnapping and misdemeanor child abuse, according to court records.

Padden said her office has until July 28 to submit a formal response to the defendant’s attorney’s motion to dismiss the charges.

“As the District Attorney, I have many concerns about this statutory process and its impact on community safety in situations where charges must be dismissed,” Padden stated. “Even before the defense’s motion to dismiss was filed in this case, I was speaking with legislators about proposed reforms to the statute. I will continue those discussions to collaborate about a solution that promotes community safety.”

If the case is dismissed, Galligan will be civilly committed for mental health treatment, not released back into the community.

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Aurora officers responded to a shooting in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 100 block of Kenton Street, near the intersection of East 1st Avenue and South Havana Street, at 9:47 p.m. Monday, according to a news release from the police department.

One unidentified man was shot and taken to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries, police said.

Police said the victim and a second man met the suspects in the parking lot when the suspected robbery took place.

The second man ran from the scene when shots were fired and was not injured, police said. He returned when officers arrived.

As of Wednesday morning, no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests had been made.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

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Aurora officers responded to reports of a man lying in the road near the intersection of East Oregon Drive and East Mexico Drive at about 12:56 a.m. Sunday, according to a news release from the police department. That residential area is just west of South Chambers Road.

When they arrived, officers discovered the person, identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office as 16-year-old Cayden Kane David Mazotti, had been shot, according to the release.

Police originally reported that the victim was an adult man.

Paramedics took Cayden to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

Investigators said the 16-year-old was attending a party in the 16000 block of East Bails Place earlier that night, less than a mile from where he was found in the road.

Multiple shots were fired at the party, police said. The exact number was not available Monday morning.

Investigators recovered “numerous shell casings, of different calibers,” from the scene of the shooting, police stated in the release.

At least two vehicles and one house were damaged, but no other injuries were reported, police said.

As of Monday morning, no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests had been made.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 or submit a tip online. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

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Updated at 2:22 p.m. on July 23, 2025: This story was updated to include new information that the victim was a teenager and to include the identity of the teenager who was killed.