What is going on true crime fans? I'm your host Heath and I'm your host Daphne.

And you're listening to Going West.

Hello, everybody.

Thank you so much for tuning in today.

Big shout out to Abby for recommending this absolutely wild case.

Yes, I mean, the sheer evil of this case that we're going to share with you guys today is beyond comprehension.

And this is the first case that we have covered that we have heard

about where the murder investigation actually begins before the murder happens. This is a Colorado

case that we have for you guys today and let's not waste any more time. All right guys,

this is episode 486 of going west, so let's get into it. When a 43-year-old mother in Colorado slipped into a coma in March of 2023, her grief-stricken loved one struggled to make sense of it.

Otherwise active and healthy, she had been hospitalized multiple times with a mysterious ailment,

dying within days. It wasn't until a shocking source revealed the contents of a suspicious

package that a murder plot was uncovered before she even succumb to her death.

This is the story of Angela Craig. Angela Prey was born on April 15, 1979 to Elizabeth and Donald Prey in Dodge City, Kansas.

She grew up in a big family as the youngest of 10 children, and born into the Mormon church,

the family's faith was very important to them.

So on December 18, 1999 at 20 years old, Angela married James Craig, who went by Jim,

and we're going to call him Jim throughout this whole episode, and about eight years into their marriage, the two headed to Colorado, settling in the Denver suburb of Aurora.

There together, they welcomed six kids, and though her friends and family knew Angela as a homebody,

she is remembered for always showing up for those she loved.

According to the tribute to her life, quote, family and friends' weddings, funerals, graduations, baptisms, birthday celebrations, reunions, service projects, holiday celebrations.

She made sure to always be where she was needed,

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