2015

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The Aurora theater shooting trial is now expected to end three weeks earlier than originally planned. Prosecutor George Brauchler, who initially requested two months to present his case, told the court Friday he expects to finish as early as June 19. Public defender Dan King said the...

In 2012, Aurora theater shooter James Holmes appeared in court with unruly, dyed orange-red hair that matched his prison garb and made him appear like The Joker. James Holmes in a photo taken at the Arapahoe County Detention Center shortly after the July 20, 2012 shooting. Holmes killed 12 people...

When psychiatrist William Reid asked James Holmes if he had any notable thoughts when falling asleep the night before the shooting, Holmes replied: “No, it was kind of just another day.” On July 20, 2012, Holmes went on a shooting spree in Aurora’s Century 16 movie theater, killing 12 people...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Defense attorney Kristen Nelson delivered a bombshell on the courtroom Wednesday morning: The defense was calling for a mistrial. The news came before the jury reentered the courtroom, as the prosecution was preparing to screen more of the 22 hours of sanity examination interviews conducted by psychiatrist...

Before opening fire onto an Aurora movie theater in July 2012, shooter James Holmes made a phone call that lasted 18 seconds. In a video recorded interview with forensic psychiatrist Dr. William Reid, the shooter said he called the main phone line of the University of Colorado Hospital and hung...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Aurora theater shooter James Holmes didn’t know any of the 12 people he murdered on July 20, 2012. But in an interview with psychiatrist William Reid last year, he made an accurate prediction: “They’re going to make me know them.” By “they,” Holmes meant the prosecution —...

James Holmes is not ashamed to say that he killed for points. His mission on July 20th, 2012, based on his theory of human capitol, was to kill as many people as he could. Each life equaled a point and increases his value as a human. He called it a...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Aurora theater shooter James Holmes said he committed mass murder to save his own life. “I kind of transferred my suicidal thoughts into homicidal,” he said in a psychiatric evaluation interview screened to the courtroom Friday during his trial. These homicidal thoughts kept him from wanting to...

When Juror # 706 asked to have a personal matter conference in the courtroom, we were shocked out of our Thursday morning blahs. Of course we’ve heard the word “diarrhea” before. But in all fairness, maybe never out loud in a courtroom. 706 said she’d had her problem since 2...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Aurora theater shooter James Holmes said he committed mass murder to save his own life. “I kind of transferred my suicidal thoughts into homicidal,” he said in a psychiatric evaluation interview screened to the courtroom Friday during his trial. These homicidal thoughts kept him from wanting to...