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...

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...

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...

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...

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) »

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...

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...

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...

BOULDER, Colo. — One month after opening statements, prosecutors seeking the death penalty for defendant James Holmes are halfway through their case. Jurors can expect to start hearing from mental health experts as early as next week. Holmes, who has admitted to killing or injuring 82 people on the night...