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...

Aurora theater shooting trial includes autopsy pictures, chilling 911 call

May 21, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — On the night of July 19, 2012, Keven Quinonez went to the Aurora Century 16 theater with his girlfriend. Thursday in court, almost three years after James Holmes walked into theater 9 and started his murder spree, the prosecution shared a recording of the chilling 911 call...

Prosecution tests jurors’ patience, remains "on schedule"

May 20, 2015

Witness Brent Lowak describes his and victim Jessica Ghawi’s placement in the theater during the shooting, May 20, 2015. CENTENNIAL, Colo. — When defendant James Holmes fired into the crowd of the Century 16 movie theater on July 20, 2012, his weapons left more than 240 bullet holes and impacts...

Evidence reveals CU neuroscience program "too social" for Aurora theater shooter

May 19, 2015

Just three days after James Holmes quit CU’s Neuroscience program, he applied for federal unemployment. In the application he wrote that he dropped out of the program because it was “too social” for him, adding that he was shy and lacked passion for the research topics. Under the application’s question...

Attorneys bring up 'Dead Man Walking,' Boston Marathon bombing

May 18, 2015

FIRST-PERSON COMMENTARY (NO BYLINE) The defendant is now growing mutton chops – the latest in facial hair styles he’s chosen since he was incarcerated nearly 3 years ago. Should the jury live under a rock? When Tsarnaev received the death penalty Friday for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing...

Reporter by trade, human by nature

May 18, 2015

COMMENTARY - The very people that the Aurora theater shooter maimed sit just a stone’s throw away from him describing in as much detail as allowed the events of that day, the bodily wounds suffered and the long-term, physical disabilities or pain. Gunshot victims have told about and/or shown the...

Week 4 of theater shooting trial reveals Boston Marathon bombing concerns, motorcycle training

May 18, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Deputy District Attorney Rich Orman threw his hands up, and his face twitched in irritation as he approached the podium to respond to the defense’s request. The fourth week of the theater shooting trial opened Monday with a defense request to poll the jury if they heard...

Objection overruled: The unseen second trial of James Holmes

May 18, 2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — In the Aurora theater shooting trial, one of the only courtroom behaviors more persistent than defendant James Holmes’ eerily interminable chair swiveling is the repeated cry of “objection” from the defense. Public defenders seek a not guilty verdict for Holmes — who killed 12 and injured 70...

Jury selection starts in Aurora Theater Shooting trial

May 18, 2015

COMMENTARY, NO BYLINE There’s a retired Army ICU nurse, a female explosions expert, and a victim’s advocate who, if she’d stayed with Aurora two more years, she’d have been counseling traumatized movie theater shooting survivors instead of sitting on the jury of one of the country’s most horrific massacres. Colorado...

James Holmes court interview transcript June 12, 2012

May 17, 2015

https://cunewscorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Exhibits-05-06-151.pdf

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