James Holmes: Colorado Theater Murder Trial #2

Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 4m
Mother: JH had decided at age 14 to go into neuroscience. She let him know it was OK to do something else. #theatershooting

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 7m  
Arlene: "His tone of voice was not alarming." Phone call was on July 4, 2012, about 2 weeks before #theatershooting.


Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden  · 8m  
Holmes' mom: Lot of pre-#theatershooting July 4th call w/ both parents was about his sister. Son wondered why she hadn't passed all classes.


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Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden · 4m
Holmes' mom: Employer placed me on hold 4 #theatershooting trial. She's nurse - case manager/discharge planner. Live: http://link.kdvr.com/1MUDTSq

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 7m  
"...and of course he was in jail scrubs not clothes. His feet were shackled. His eyes were kind of darting back and forth." #theatershooting


Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV  · 7m  
"It took forever to get each word out," and his eyes were bulging, Arlene Holmes says. #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 8m  
Mother on 1st jail visit: "Each word was chopped. ... He didn't look at us, he just looked down. And his hair was red..." #theatershooting


Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV  · 9m  
Holmes seemed "completely different" when parents first saw him in jail 3 weeks after #theatershooting, mother says.


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7NEWS Denver Channel ‏@DenverChannel · 4m
“I always thought I had a good kid,” #TheaterShooting gunman’s mother said. But “I felt guilty he wasn’t happier.” http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/movie-theater-shooting/arlene-holmes-mother-of-the-aurora-movie-theater-shooter-testifying-to-support-her-son …

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 3m  
Brady says she's concerned about having to rush to get to closing arguments on Thursday. "I'm getting a little nervous." #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 4m  
Judge and attorneys are back in the #theatershooting courtroom.


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Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden · 1h
Pic from @broncosashlea showing @GeorgeBrauchler listening to #theatershooting testimony from Holmes' mother, Arlene.




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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 10m  
Arlene says her daughter is very concerned about JH today: "She is always wondering how he is." #theatershooting


Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden  · 10m  
Holmes' mom tells #theatershooting defense Holmes loves sister & sister hasn't abandoned him. Live: http://link.kdvr.com/1MUDTSq


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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 5m
JH asked his mom: "'How can you believe God exists?' His questions were not answered to his satisfaction," she says. #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 6m
Arlene: JH stopped going to church when they returned to San Diego. He started asking questions, "being scientific." #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 8m
Arlene Holmes is discussing why she felt it was so important to have her children baptized. #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 11m
"He just did it, we didn't make him do it," Arlene says of her son applying to a second round of grad schools. #theatershooting


Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden · 16m
Holmes' mom tells #theatershooting defense son's coordination decreased on soccer field in 10th grade. Watch live: http://link.kdvr.com/1MUDTSq


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 20m
Video shows JH playing "Jingle Bells" on the piano. Prosecutors had objected to the playing of Christmas music. #theatershooting


Mark Meredith ‏@markpmeredith · 21m
Really hard to watch the #theatershooting trial right now as we see what the gunman was like as a kid, it feels strange to see him that way


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Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden  · 4m  
#TheaterShooting Def: We're getting into last couple areas w/ Holmes' mom. Asks if she'd describe son as attention seeking/sore loser. A: No


Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV  · 7m  
Mrs. Holmes says son was "sensitive," not selfish or self-centered." #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 7m  
Mother says her son was "sensitive to what people were thinking or needing." Never saw him be rude or disrespectful. #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 8m 
Higgs says there a "last couple of areas" she wants to go into with #theatershooting gunman's mother


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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 3m  
Mother says JH was very frugal and good at budgeting money. #theatershooting


The Gold Patrol® ‏@thegoldpatrol  · 4m  
#theatershooting mom says that JH helped elderly neighbor by getting her groceries and taking out her trash


The Gold Patrol® ‏@thegoldpatrol  · 5m  
#theatershooting mom says kids liked JH and he enjoyed volunteering


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 9m 
Mother is now recalling her son's good deeds and volunteer work at school. It was required at school, she says. #theatershooting


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Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden · 5m
#TheaterShooting Defense's last question of Arlene Holmes: "Do you still love your son?" A: Yes. Watch live: http://link.kdvr.com/1MUDTSq


Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden  · 6m  
Holmes' mom says post-#theatershooting, she has seen son 4 times, writes him weekly & has flown to CO 12 times. Live: http://link.kdvr.com/1MUDTSq


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Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV · 2m
Prosecution will not cross examine Arlene Holmes. #theatershooting

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 3m  
But jurors have questions for gunman's mother. Bench conference to discuss. #theatershooting

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Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV  · 6m  
Mrs. Holmes: "I want to help him keep his mind active...to keep a connection...assure him that we are there for him..." #theatershooting


Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV  · 7m
Follow-up from defense: Why important for you to stay in touch w/James? So he remembers the past; to "carve out a future." #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 6m 
Jury: Did James talk much and share his feelings with family counselor? A: No, not very much. #theatershooting


Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV  · 7m  
Jury: Was he an affectionate child? Yes, but not a hugger. #theatershooting


Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden  · 7m  
#TheaterShooting Jury question for mom: When did James start talking? Did he talk more as child than adult? A: About 18 months. And yes.


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 9m  
Jury: Did you ever see JH shedding tears at grandma's gravesite? A: No, but yes as a kid when the dog died. #theatershooting


Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV  · 9m 
Jury question: Did you ever see James shedding tears? He cried when dog died, and when father was ill. #theatershooting


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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 6m
"...and reassure him that we're there for him if he has some need." Says she worries he will suffer "decline in cognition." #theatershooting

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 3m  
Judge gives staff, attorneys a 15-minute break, then giving JH the Curtis Advisement that he has a right to testify or not. #theatershooting


Rick Sallinger ‏@ricksallinger  · 5m
#theatershooting jury dismissed until 11:30a for closings in mitigation phase


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Alessandra_Deux wrote:Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden  · 1h  
Pic from @broncosashlea showing @GeorgeBrauchler listening to #theatershooting testimony from Holmes' mother, Arlene.




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Priceless!

Attorneys will resume reviewing final jury instructions and PowerPoint presentations for closing arguments tomorrow morning at 8:40. Jury comes in at 11:30, after being instructed to eat lunch before they get there.

Thanks for all the updates, AD.  My Twitter feed has been problematic for weeks (tweets that were there an hour ago completely disappear (I see none of the ones you posted above).

Freckles, thanks for your detailed notes from yesterday!

Thanks for all the updates. I have been working all week and have not been able to follow along with the rest of you.

For you, AD:

And, a bouquet for you too, Freckles.

^^^Thank you so much for the flowers!

Rob McCallum ‏@rwmccallum · 2m
Judge Samour is giving the parties a little time to review the latest jury instructions. He will take the bench shortly #theatershooting

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KDVR FOX31 Denver ‏@KDVR · 14m
WATCH LIVE: Instructions, closing arguments in second penalty phase of #theatershooting trial http://link.kdvr.com/1gpO0Vv

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7NEWS Denver Channel ‏@DenverChannel · 4m
Judge Samour is in the #TheaterShooting courtroom, preparing for closing arguments in phase 2 http://www.thedenverchannel.com/aurora-movie-theater-shooting/trial-live …

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Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden · 5m
#TheaterShooting Def: Holmes wrote about "galactic colonization" pre-medication. DA: They can't prove timeline. Live: http://link.kdvr.com/1gpO0Vv

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Was it written on the "Notebook"?

The Gold Patrol® ‏@thegoldpatrol  · 10m  
#theatershooting

If written before medicated, judge would side with defense but he has to see when they were written


The Gold Patrol® ‏@thegoldpatrol  · 11m
#theatershooting

Talking about writings JH did before he was medicated.


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Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV · 8m
Attorneys in #theatershooting trial are working with the judge on jury instructions for this phase, which jury will hear at 11:30a MT.

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Marshall Zelinger ‏@7Marshall · 11m
#TheaterShooting attys working on phase 2 jury instrux, def wanted to tell jury they offered plea of life, but were denied. Request denied.

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Tearful mother of Aurora theater gunman: Silence was his cry for help

Day 59 of the Aurora theater shooting trial

By John Ingold and Jordan Steffen
The Denver Post
Posted:   07/29/2015 09:32:56 AM MDT16 Comments | Updated:   about 8 hours ago

CENTENNIAL — Her phone rang late one California afternoon, and Arlene Holmes answered it not knowing why her son's psychiatrist in Colorado would be calling her — in part because she had no idea her son was even seeing a psychiatrist.

This was June 2012, one precious month before James Holmes killed 12 people and wounded 70 others inside an Aurora movie theater. And Dr. Lynne Fenton, Holmes' psychiatrist, was so concerned about her patient that she likely violated health care privacy laws by calling his mother to talk about his care without his permission.

But, testifying Wednesday in the sentencing portion of her son's murder trial, Arlene Holmes said Fenton never told her that James had confided to multiple mental health professionals that he wanted to kill lots of people. She said Fenton never told her that her son was suffering from paranoid thinking. She said Fenton never told her that doctors suggested he should try anti-psychotic medication.

"Do you wish she had?" defense attorney Rebekka Higgs on Wednesday asked Arlene Holmes.

"Of course I do. Of course," she gasped between sobs. "We wouldn't be sitting here if she had told me that."

"Would you have been out here the next day?" Higgs quickly asked.

"I would have been crawling on all fours to get to him," Arlene answered.

Her voice strangled.

"He's never said he wanted to kill people."

"She didn't ... she didn't ... she didn't tell me. She didn't tell me."

Tears swallowed her words.

"She didn't tell me."

Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 10m
Judge is calling a 20-minute break. #theatershooting

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Alessandra_Deux wrote:Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden  · 5m
#TheaterShooting Def: Holmes wrote about "galactic colonization" pre-medication. DA: They can't prove timeline. Live: http://link.kdvr.com/1gpO0Vv

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Was it written on the "Notebook"?

I don't think so; I believe this was something he wrote while he was in jail.

MMc ‏@RieMcAz  · 11m  

MMc retweeted Will C. Holden
Fenton is everything that's wrong with our mental health system. Shouldn't be practicing medicine. #theatershooting  

Will C. Holden @will_c_holden
TheaterShooting Def dings Fenton for not putting Holmes on 72-hr hold. They also ding her for skirting HIPPA in calling Holmes' parents. Hm

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CuriousPortlander wrote:

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden  · 5m
#TheaterShooting Def: Holmes wrote about "galactic colonization" pre-medication. DA: They can't prove timeline. Live: http://link.kdvr.com/1gpO0Vv

https://twitter.com/hashtag/theatershooting?src=hash

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Was it written on the "Notebook"?

I don't think so; I believe this was something he wrote while he was in jail.

Thank you CP. Do you know if there is a timeline as to when he wrote about "galactic colonization"?

I found the following information:

"The other, taken at a hospital, showed Holmes naked and tethered to a bed, repeatedly trying to cover his head with a blanket and then a sheet. Uniformed officers and hospital workers pull them off and try to cover the lower half of Holmes' body with them.

Jurors also read a sheaf of papers that included writing by Holmes titled "Galactic Colonization," but the contents were not discussed in court."

http://mynorthwest.com/15/2783331/Defense-in-theater-shooting-trial-rests-closings-next-week

Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 3m  
Attorneys are discussing their PowerPoint slide presentations to be shown to jurors during closing arguments. #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 4m  
Judge and attorneys are back in #theatershooting courtroom


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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 4m
Brady objecting to Brauchler slides that reference JH statements. #theatershooting

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 9m
Judge warned jurors to eat lunch before they arrive today. He's determined to move on to closings and deliberations asap. #theatershooting

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 6m
Brauchler references JH having a "broken heart" as a possible motivator for the #theatershooting

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 1m
Follow today's closings in Aurora #theatershooting trial by video at http://dpo.st/TrialLiveVideo or live blog at http://dpo.st/TheaterTrialLive …

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 8m  
"The evidence has now been completed in Phase 2 of the sentencing hearing," the judge tells jurors. #theatershooting


Rick Sallinger ‏@ricksallinger  · 10m  
Jury enters to receive instructions. Closing arguments for mitigation phase to follow. #theatershooting


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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman · 8m
Deliberating jurors will have access to all of the evidence -- except live ammo. If they want ammo, guns will be removed. #theatershooting

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The Gold Patrol® ‏@thegoldpatrol · 3m
#theatershooting

Jury is in the court room listening to instructions, which are expected to take around 50 more minutes.

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Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 6m  
JH's emotional state, absence of prior offenses are among possible mitigating factors, judge tells jurors. #theatershooting


Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman  · 7m  
A mitigating factor is not an excuse for the crime, the judge says. Rather it is something that argues for a life sentence. #theatershooting


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There was an outburst in the court today....

"....The Gold Patrol® ‏@thegoldpatrol 11m11 minutes ago
#theatershooting

Here’s the video of the outburst during Brauchler’s closings https://youtu.be/aaj2BQuBFC0

Unexpected outburst during DA closing argument
Someone yells, "Don't kill him, don't kill him. It is not his fault" during the DA's closing argument in the Aurora theater shooting trial phase 2. ◂ The Den......"

https://youtu.be/aaj2BQuBFC0




"....Carol McKinley ‏@CarolAMcKinley 18m18 minutes ago
She was in back row & climbed over 5 rows of seats toward JH parents. deps Drug her out screaming. in a holding cell now. #theatershooting

Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ 23m23 minutes ago
I'm never going to the restroom again

"...Carol McKinley ‏@CarolAMcKinley 31m31 minutes ago
7 deputies subduing woman in hall.screams "It's mental illness they can't kill him! Why didn't you give him my pictures? #theatershooting

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 33m33 minutes ago
After she yelled about being the biological mother and JH being taken from her she says "My family is full of FBI..." #theatershooting

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 37m37 minutes ago
That woman screamed "I'm the biological mother, she's the surrogate. They took him away from me." #theatershooting

Dr. Max Wachtel ‏@mwachtel 43m43 minutes ago
Wow. Through no fault of his own, the #theatertrial DA's closing is going terribly. Objections, outbursts, sticky notes. #theatershooting

Cathy ‏@courtchatter 44m44 minutes ago
Lady screams: He is wrong! Mental illness is everything! DON'T KILL HIM! DON'T KILL HIM! DON'T KILL HIM! #theatershooting

Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden 45m45 minutes ago
#Theatershooting courtroom outburst. Replaying, but woman yelled something about a "surrogate" & "don't kill him!" before being dragged out.

Larry Ryckman ‏@larryryckman 46m46 minutes ago Castle Rock, CO
NOW: Court is disrupted by woman yelling: "Don't kill him!" as she is dragged from courtroom. #theatershooting ...."

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"...Schaibly ‏@Schaibly 12m12 minutes ago
@HeyCanYewNot Watch it again. She stood up to let the deputy get by and then he pushed the chair in front of her. #theatershooting

Carol McKinley ‏@CarolAMcKinley 12m12 minutes ago
disruption: Guards took her next door to jail to holding cell, one following with her purse, sunglasses and an Sbux frap. #theatershooting

Austin Louis ‏@AustinLouis5 12m12 minutes ago Ohio, USA
@larryryckman Have Jurors begun deliberations? #theatershooting

Killers Lie ‏@KillersLie 14m14 minutes ago
Where was security? Seemed she was allowed to go on a longer time than I'd think to get a crackpot removed. #theatertrial #theatershooting

Scott Cohn ‏@ScottCohnTV 14m14 minutes ago
Judge says the woman who had the outburst has been taken into custody while he weighs further action. #theatershooting

Splexy ‏@HeyCanYewNot 14m14 minutes ago
Anybody notice Spengler taking cover like a pansy ass during the outburst? Hanging around killers too long I guess... #theatershooting ..."


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justinjoseph ‏@justinjoseph 2m2 minutes ago
Just left #theatershooting court - woman who made outburst jumped over three rows headed for Holmes' parents before deputies tackled.

Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden 4m4 minutes ago
@wycam1 @Six_Jones @NYJusticeSeeker There is. Here's the link to watch the video of the #theatershooting outburst: http://link.kdvr.com/1IuWhl9

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