Defense calls for mistrial during state appointed psychiatrist's testimony

May 28, 2015

Psychiatrist: James Holmes knew right from wrong; Court shows evaluation video

May 28, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — In James Holmes’ own words, the most important thing people should know about him is “that I’m kind of shy, I guess.” Few would agree. The general public knows Holmes not for his shy demeanor but for his decision, on July 20, 2012, to walk into a...

Psychiatrist: James Holmes knew right from wrong; Court shows evaluation video

May 28, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — In James Holmes’ own words, the most important thing people should know about him is “that I’m kind of shy, I guess.” Few would agree. The general public knows Holmes not for his shy demeanor but for his decision, on July 20, 2012, to walk into a...

Jurors hear from emotional victims, U.S. Postal Service employees and student who had classes with Holmes

May 27, 2015

All Jansen Young could think about during her escape from theater 9 on July 20, 2012, was getting help for her boyfriend of nine months, 26-year-old Jonathan Blunk. Blunk pushed his petite girlfriend, then 21 years old, under the seats when the shooting began, blocking her with his body. Young...

Read: Aurora theater shooter sent this notebook to psychiatrist

May 27, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — On July 19, 2012, hours before embarking on his killing spree, James Holmes mailed a notebook to his psychiatrist. The scanned pages of the notebook, printed and given to jurors in court Tuesday, were released by the court Wednesday morning. Read them in their entirety (PDF) »

Potential dangers of publishing mass killer's personal notebook

May 27, 2015

Editor’s note: CU News Corps, like many media outlets, has published the notebook in its entirety. Reporter Lo Snelgrove presents a different perspective on sharing this piece of evidence with the public. CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Today, the Arapahoe County Court released a photocopied, PDF version of the Aurora theater shooter’s...

The Notebook / No…Not that "The Notebook"

May 26, 2015

The spiral notebook entitled “(Course) of My Life” was James Holmes’ last statement to the world…a 29 page manifesto revealing his plans and reasons. It was a treasure-hunt of clues. For instance, it was mailed with American Scientist stamps, even though he had dropped out of the neuroscience program at...

Notebook gives closest view of Aurora theater shooter's mindset before mass-murder

May 26, 2015

Wearing shackles in court would make the Aurora theater shooter appear guilty to a jury, argued the shooter’s attorneys in June 2013, almost a year after the July 20 rampage that left 70 injured and 12 dead. Today, both the defense and the prosecution — the latter aim to put...

Psychiatrist endures second day of fiery questioning by prosecution

May 26, 2015

Dr. Jonathan Woodcock (Photo: CU-Denver Department of Neurology website) CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Just a few days after James Holmes gunned down a crowd at an Aurora movie theater, his attorneys chose Dr. Jonathan Woodcock — a psychiatrist with no background in forensic psychiatry or criminology — to evaluate the shooter’s...

Golden Sandals

May 22, 2015

Veronica Moser-Sullivan and her dad, Ian Sullivan. I don’t have a picture of the gold sandals to show you. Only those of us in the courtroom saw them because the x-rays and photos of the autopsy aren’t being shared with the public. I want to tell you about this because...

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