Investigative Journalism

Attached is an audio snippet from the transcript of the theater shooter’s second interview conducted the afternoon of the shooting. The actual police transcript follows. I requested a transcript from the courts and guess what landed in our laps? The transcript. It’s all about the bombs which were strategically placed...

FIRST-PERSON COMMENTARY, NO BYLINE Court exhibits: https://cunewscorps.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Exhibits-5-5-151.pdf We’re learning more about James Holmes from previously secret documents now being made public as the trial moves along. We’ve gone through his trash, learned his chilling spending and shopping habits, and now we see his online log-ins from July 5th through just...

Reporter Lo Snelgrove speaks with Stephen and Joyce Singular about their new book, “The Spiral Notebook,” and the social issues surrounding the Aurora theater shooting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=56&v=orADc7SFniU Joyce Singular reads from the book, "The Spiral Notebook." https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=4_vOxtxXZDU

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — On Thursday, like most days of the Aurora theater shooting trial, the heaviest testimonies came last. The day began with Aurora Police Crime Scene Investigator Maria Pettolina on the stand once again. Pettolina, who began her testimony Wednesday, led jurors through more photos of bullet holes and...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Wednesday’s trial proceedings showed that it’s possible to feel bored in the presence of a mass murderer. Now in its third week, the trial of James Holmes has begun to settle into a routine. Victims of the July 20, 2012, mass shooting at an Aurora movie theater...

Best moments: first day of group jury selection for the James Holmes murder trial: 1. The pastor who didn’t think he should sit on the jury because of his relationship with the grandmother of one of the victims. “I have an emotional attachment to the woman I loved quite dearly.”...

Carol McKinley and Lo Snelgrove reflect on Day 11 of the Aurora theater trial. AUDIO Defendant James Holmes stands trial for the murder of 12 people at an Aurora, Colorado movie theater on July 20, 2012. Prosecution seeks the death penalty; the defense seeks to prove the defendant’s insanity at...

House of subsidies, part three Note: This is the third of three stories outlining The Colorado General Assembly’s attempts to spur economic growth by giving tax credits to businesses and industries. CU News Corps found that many of the programs put in place don’t always work as well as lawmakers...

House of subsidies, part four Note: This is the fourth in a series examining how government money helps Colorado industry. Today’s focus is federal crop insurance. Farmer Rick Palkowitsh checks the state of wheat plants on his farm in Burlington, Colorado. Bugs that come in with the sometimes heavy east...

FBI bomb expert Christopher Rigopoulos discussed incendiary devices on Day 10 of the James Holmes trial. Prosecutors have suggested that the devices investigators found in James Holmes’ apartment were not only incendiary devices, but an intricate chain reaction designed to explode. In fact, Rigopoulos says there were three different ways...