Dateline: True Crime Weekly
Tech mogul's alleged killer takes the stand. Dentist's murder trial set to begin. Plus safety tips for holiday travel.
Thu, 21 Nov 2024
Tech exec Bob Lee's accused killer, Nima Momeni, takes the stand for three dramatic days in San Francisco. In suburban Denver, dentist James Craig is accused of putting potassium cyanide in his wife's protein shakes. He was arrested the day after Angela Craig died, pleaded not guilty, and his trial is set to begin in early December. Plus Vicky Nguyen is back with helpful tips — this time for safe holiday travel.Find out more about the cases covered each week here: www.datelinetruecrimeweekly.com
Chapter 1: What happened in the trial of Bob Lee's accused killer?
Her body has never been found, but apparently prosecutors don't believe that she's alive.
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But before all that, we're heading to a San Francisco courtroom and three days of dramatic testimony in the trial of the man accused of stabbing tech exec Bob Lee to death. In April 2023, Bob Lee, a founder of Cash App and a father of two, was visiting his kids in the Bay Area. But at 2.30 on a Tuesday morning, he called 911. He said he'd been stabbed.
When paramedics found him, Bob was unconscious on the sidewalk in front of an apartment building a block and a half from the Bay Bridge. He died in the hospital a few hours later. Our affiliate KNTV was on the scene.
People who knew him and people who live in this neighborhood are still stunned that a leader in San Francisco's tech community was murdered here.
The hunt for his attacker began immediately. A man named Nima Momeni was arrested within days, and his trial began last month. As we've talked about on the podcast before, Nima, who's pleaded not guilty, doesn't deny getting into a fight with Bob that night. But he is adamant Bob attacked him.
And last week, the jury got to see Nima reenact the altercation in the courtroom as he testified in his own defense. Dateline producer Brittany Tom was there and is here to fill us in on what she saw and how the prosecution reacted to Nima's explosive testimony. Hey, Brittany. Hi, Andrea. Before we get to Nima's version of events, remind us what the prosecution is alleging.
Prosecutors have been arguing that Nima stabbed Bob Lee because he was angry that his sister Kazar may have been sexually assaulted by one of Bob's friends. Bob met up with Kazar and Nima later that evening at her apartment. The prosecutor alleged that Nima took a paring knife from the kitchen. He then drove Bob to a secluded area underneath the Bay Bridge and stabbed him.
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Chapter 2: What are the details surrounding the dentist murder trial?
Chapter 3: How did the prosecution present their case against Nima Momeni?
She suffered a seizure, was put on life support, and died three days later. The following day, police arrested James and charged him with first-degree murder. He's pleaded not guilty. This week, jury selection is set to get underway as the case gears up to go to trial at the beginning of December. Here to help us get up to speed is Dateline producer Stephanie Barber.
Stephanie, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. Okay, so let's start with a little bit of background. What can you tell us about the relationship between James and Angela Craig?
Well, they seem to have a very normal and loving relationship. They had a Facebook page that was jointly shared, and they had lots of pictures of them having fun with themselves and their six children. They'd been married for 23 years, and James had a dental practice called the Summer Brook Dental Group. This dental practice was really a family affair. Yes, it was.
Angela helped out as an office manager, and they also had a close friend who was his business partner, Ryan Redfern.
March 2023, Angela... is feeling sick. She's been sick for several weeks. This is really a mystery condition, right? They can't figure out what's wrong with her.
That's right. They can't figure it out. Her symptoms were very mysterious. She complained to her husband of feeling drugged, feeling nauseous, no appetite.
What's interesting is that Ryan, the business partner friend, he tells a nurse that he's suspicious Angela could be the victim of poisoning.
Yes. So this is where things really start to take a turn in this case. According to the arrest affidavit, Ryan Redfern had heard from one of the staffers at the dental practice that James Craig had received a suspicious delivery at the dental office. And she saw that it said cyanide. And she reported that to Ryan Redfern.
This is potassium cyanide to be specific, correct? Is there any medical reason why they would need this coming to a dental practice?
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