aurora theater trial
- CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Day after day since the Aurora theater trial started in April, Arlene and Bob Holmes take their seats in Courtroom 201 of the Arapahoe County Justice Center. Jaws set and heads bowed, they sit still and quietly, as if trying not
- CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The courtroom looked shellshocked.Victims and their families held hands, wiped their eyes, stared at their feet. Members of the press, normally chatty, stood in quiet stillness. Sandy Phillips and Caren Teves, both of whom lost
- The Aurora theater shooter spoke to his ex-girlfriend, Gargi Datta, about homicidal thoughts in the months leading up to the July 2012 massacre that left 12 dead and 70 injured. Datta didn’t think he was being serious.“What do you want to do?” Datta
- CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Judge Carlos Samour Jr. dismissed three jurors Tuesday in the Aurora theater shooting case after learning that all three had been exposed to news coverage of the trial of James Holmes, who killed 12 people and injured 70 more
- CENTENNIAL, Colo. — A mother, a father and a daughter share a laugh Monday as they speak to each other in hushed whispers. A father shares his orange Tic Tacs and the rest of his bag of candy. It’s a picture of a happy family—or what could have been
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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