CO - James Holmes Trial Discussion - Begins April 27, 2015 # 8

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting
Reid - in theater magazines were overfull or jammed.

JH - Had misfires at range.
Dr takes JH pulse in video

 

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Will C. Holden ‏@will_c_holden · 2m2 minutes ago
#TheaterShooting mental eval vid: Holmes wanted to look dangerous to prevent being rushed & "to be remembered." Live: http://link.kdvr.com/1Fp1WUV

Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 2m2 minutes ago
JH bought road stars for his get away and a first aid kit in case he was shot #TheaterShooting #theatertrial

Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 4m4 minutes ago
JH bought cuffs to lock the theater doors but he didn't use them #theatershooting #theatertrial

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 2m2 minutes ago
#theatershooting

When not doing tasks, JH would not spend much time thinking about it. Didn’t think of consequences
He would think about assemble stuff. Would watch ‘South Park’
At end of the night of shooting, he had to put everything together

Video games stopped because he attached no importance to it. Time filled with eating, going to gym
@ gym he liked to do chest press, bench press, treadmill
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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

He tried to go 2x a week if he couldn’t would at least go 1x a week
Video games would take 8hrs a day when he was playing
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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 54s54 seconds ago
JH says he stopped playing video games because other things took up his time #theatershooting #theatertrial

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

Week before shootings would spend around 4 hours a day preparing.

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

Week or two before, maybe a day’s worth b/c he was going gun range. Had dropped out of class completely

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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 58s58 seconds ago
JH says he was prepping for murders 4 hours a day #theatershooting #theatertrial

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

Reasons he dropped out - didn’t pass prelim. exams and had lab he could’ve joined but topics were less neuro/more genetic
Could have retaken prelim. but decided not to. Told advisor he was leaving
--Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 49s50 seconds ago
JH saying he dropped out of school because he didn't pass exams and he didn't like the lab topics #theatershooting #theatertrial

--Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 1m1 minute ago
JH didn't want to re take exams #theatershooting #theatertrial

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 56s57 seconds ago
#theatershooting

JH saw his future as “looking busy” - putting things together for the shootings/ordering things
Also pictured his future as end of his science career
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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 41s42 seconds ago
JH saying his future was busy at time of prepping for murders #theatershooting #theatertrial

 

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JH admits he was going to the gym 2x a week, or at least 1x per week - but won't commit to saying when he stopped going (prior to shooting), when pressed by psych.

During this line of questioning, it appears that JH is trying to evade details about the gym/level of activity

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

JH didn’t think about absence of future, just didn’t know what he would be doing

Months before shootings, he thought he would leave it to fate to decide. Possibly continue grad school or quit
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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 46s47 seconds ago
JH left fate to decide his future #theatershooting #theatertrial

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 57s58 seconds ago
#theatershooting

If he quit, he could move back to California

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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 54s55 seconds ago
JH says he could have left school and moved back to Cali and live with his Uncle #theatershooting #theatertrial

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 46s47 seconds ago
#theatershooting

JH thought he may raise a family, get a job before the “mission” came up

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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 1m1 minute ago
JH said he could have got a job as a lab associate #theatershooting #theatertrial

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

He thought he could get a job as a lab associate

Spring 2012 - future picture just not there anymore. Up in the air. Nothing took it’s place

Wasn’t looking ahead to consequences

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

Began to think about killings when he bought shotgun (2nd gun he bought

Earliest the thought about homicide was in his teens. The thoughts would just “pop up
They were destructive thoughts towards others

Thoughts were in an abstract way, not actually visualizing killing. A voice saying “kill people
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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 1m1 minute ago
When JH bought shotgun he began thinking about killings #theatershooting #theatertrial

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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 1m1 minute ago
When in his teens he had thoughts of killing people #theatershooting #theatertrial

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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 1m1 minute ago
When in his teens he had thoughts of killing people #theatershooting #theatertrial
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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 54s55 seconds ago
#theatershooting

Dr - you said it was abstract but the voice would pop in your head?

JH - Just a desire to kill people
JH- Just impersonal. No particular person
--Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 2m2 minutes ago
JH had internal voices. They were more thoughts

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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 1m1 minute ago
JH had a desire to kill people #theatershooting #theatertrial

--The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

May have been a response to stress. Doesn’t know what stressors triggered it

Connection of stress then homicide thoughts is the connection for JH. Dr says what’s in between
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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

JH - Stress is the trigger

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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 1m1 minute ago
JH says stress leads to thoughts of killing people...welp don't come around me this week lol #theatershooting #theatertrial

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

Dr says this makes no sense to him

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

Dr - if hunger connects to eating. Something is between. Go to store, cut on stove

JH - Not if it’s prepared already

Not if it’s open and ready

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 45s46 seconds ago
#theatershooting

Dr Reid - doesn’t want to get in a war of words. Redirects to trying 2 get to the meat of the connection. JH doesn’t know

 

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Is it just me or does JH seem a little bored/testy with doctor?????

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 57s58 seconds ago
#theatershooting

Reid goes to lab work and what’s between the work and the end result. JH - You’re 1 step closer. The stress is the conn

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

It’s his coping mechanism. Reid is not buying this

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 53s53 seconds ago
#theatershooting

Pictures of what comes in his mind about killing someone - JH sees when he’s with someone he has pic of killing them

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

Other is abstract. Can’t make out person but he is killing them
When with someone - If they’re being annoying
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Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 42s42 seconds ago
Sometimes JH has visions of killing people he's with or homeless people #theatershooting #theatertrial

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 1m1 minute ago
#theatershooting

JH - They’re just bothering me. Laughing at me

--Jen's Trial Diaries ‏@TrialDiariesJ · 1m1 minute ago
If people are annoying JH wants to kill them #theatershooting #theatertrial

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AuroraShootingTrial ‏@Aurora_Sentinel · 1m1 minute ago
#Aurora #theatershooting trial: Holmes told doctor, 'their self worth gets canceled out & given to me' http://bit.ly/1EOOqs5 #theatertrial

 

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The Gold Patrol™ ‏@thegoldpatrol · 55s56 seconds ago
#theatershooting

Reid - anger comes after hurt.

JH- Yeah


The fantasy may appear if someone hurt him. When he kills person in mind, they’re not bother him anymore