she asked. On July 4, they decided to make the trip from their home in San Diego to check on his welfare. Holmes allegedly considered other locations for a mass shooting, such as an airport, but ruled it out because an airport would have too much security. Instead, they decide to destroy his family. George H. Brauchlers opening statement to the jury: Im going to ask you to reject that guys claim that he didnt know right from wrong.. [104], On September 19, the prosecution filed a motion to add 10 new charges against Holmes and asked to amend 17 others. Jurors have been shown pictures and home-movies from Holmes' unremarkable childhood: playing soccer, graduating high school, smiling at the dinner table, jumping in the surf near their quiet California neighborhood. He grunted and began to tap with his good right hand: C-A-L-E-B. Holmes gave his parents no inkling until it was too late that he had found and lost a girlfriend, dropped out of graduate school, amassed an arsenal, the father said. [73] William Reid, the psychiatrist who interviewed Holmes after the shooting, said that Holmes "picked that movie simply because it was guaranteed to be full". Maria L. La Ganga is city editor for the Los Angeles Times. The first and oldest source (25th of July) for the Holmes - Libor connection was Sorcha Faal in the article Colorado Massacre Linked To Historic Bank Fraud. But both offices have so far declined to comment on this issue. The disclosure was made at a court hearing in Centennial where news media organizations were asking a judge to unseal court documents in the case. This is a forum for free thinking, not hate speech. Robert, a retired scientist, and Arlene, a registered nurse, enter and exit the brick court complex in this Denver suburb through a back door, away from the television cameras camped on the grass, nowhere near the main entrance that victims and their families use. [143], On July 10, the defense showed two videos of Holmes' behavior in his jail cell. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, After months of pounding, Ukrainian official says military may pull back from Bakhmut, Elizabeth Holmes cites her new baby as a reason she should avoid prison for Theranos scam, What time is it on the moon? ", RELATED:Jury finds Aurora shooter James Holmes guilty of first degree murder. Arlene Rosemary Holmes is a registered nurse; Robert M. Holmes Sr. is a senior scientist in the San Diego office of FICO. [130][131], On May 26, the notebook Holmes mailed to his psychiatrist hours prior to the shooting was presented as evidence. [78] On June 7, just hours after failing his oral exam at the university, he purchased a Smith & Wesson M&P15 Sport rifle. [11] He has a sister. Conspiracy theorists can claim anything they want and when asked for evidence they can just tell you that there is no evidence, since the government is suppressing it somehow. Robert Holmes flew from his. Waiting in my father's car while he taught music lessons . [146] They began deciding his sentence on July 22. 737", was a student there at the time[129] and was also a former friend of the shooters. Aurora shooter found guilty on all counts, Jury finds Aurora shooter James Holmes guilty of first degree murder. Their sole public statement had been a letter theypenned to prosecutorsasking for his life to be spared. Rupert Holmes Can't Read While Music Is Playing . The Holmeses blame themselves for what happened in Aurora that night. Daniels attacked Holmes after a corrections officer inadvertently opened a gate separating the two; he struck Holmes twice before being subdued by prison staff. And are you seriously calling for a policy to limit what we can and cannot say? The father of Aurora Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes is Robert Holmes, the lead scientist for the credit score company . [137], On June 9, the trial came to a standstill after three jurors were dismissed by the judge for violating orders to refrain from talking about news reports regarding the trial. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. [84], On June 25, less than a month before the shooting, Holmes emailed an application to join a gun club in Byers, Colorado. [52], In the summer of 2008, Holmes worked as a counselor at a residential summer camp in Glendale, California, which served children aged 714. [19][92][93] Police later confirmed the presence of explosives in the apartment. Thats some of the guilt we have, she told the small San Diego County newspaper, that we didnt recognize he was ill and needed treatment., 01-08-2013: Forgive yourself for not knowing, The first three days of the trial were harrowing for everyone in Division 201, as witnesses and first responders relayed in blunt and grievous testimony what happened at the Century 16, where 400 people filed into a box-like theater to be entertained, Brauchler said, and one came to slaughter them.. He also wrote his reasoning that an attack on an airport would be confused as an act of terrorism, saying, "Terrorism isn't the message. It was the hardest thing I had to do.. Special correspondent Jenny Deam contributed to this report. [25], Despite these issues, Holmes graduated from high school in 2006 and completed a bachelor's degree at University of California, Riverside in 2010. [9][10] On August 26, 2015, Judge Carlos A. Samour sentenced Holmes to 12 consecutive life sentences plus 3,318 years without parole after the jury spared Holmes the death penalty by a single vote. But trying to make a connection to LIBOR when there is none makes you discredited. District Attorney George Brauchler pointed out while cross-examining Robert Holmes on Wednesday that the bug-eyed mugshot wasn't taken immediately after his arrest, because his hair was no longer comic-book red. Boating at Big Bear Lake. [89][90] On July 20, 2012, police arrested Holmes without resistance while he was standing next to his car behind the Century 16 theater, moments after the shooting. Mervyn King, Paul Tucker and Timothy Geithner knew about Libor manipulation before in became public knowledge. It's like writing a word on a piece of paper, burning that piece of paper, then saying "give me evidence of what that piece of paper said!". [151], On July 27, Holmes's sister testified that her brother became withdrawn from the family after they moved from Salinas to San Diego during his early teenage years. Holmes was arrested shortly after the shooting and was jailed without bail while awaiting trial. Perhaps central bankers were warned through special fraud detecting software. Husband: James Holmes Born: 1794, Jun 27 - Columbia, Richland County, Camden District, SC Died: 1854, Dec - Talbot County GA Father: Finley Holmes Mother: Jane (Jenny) Downs [Downes] Holmes. Their son did give them reason to worry in the months before the July 2012 attack, he said. Shot in the head by their son and left for dead, Medley lost an eye, cannot walk and cannot speak. Scanned the board. 2015 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. If two people could be invisible and have a flashing neon sign over their heads at the same time, it would be Robert and Arlene. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic. Aragn was the writer, director, and star of a then-upcoming film entitled The Suffocator of Sins, which depicts a vigilante who shoots criminals, and Aragn claimed that Holmes showed interest in his movie's trailer. This is how Arlene describes their reality in a slim book she self-published in March, a prayer journal she began keeping not long after she became the mother of a killer: and nothing like anyone else in the courtroom, Most days in Division 201, the only person who says their sons name out loud is Judge Carlos A. Samour Jr., and then only briefly: This is the case of the people of Colorado versus James Eagan Holmes. James Holmes' father narrates a parent's worst nightmare Robert and Arlene Holmes, parents of Aurora theater gunman James Holmes, walk from the courtroom at the Arapahoe County Justice. We have what I like to call "known truths," things that are true, but the evidence to support the claim has been withheld by forces outside of our control. The defense wants mercy for Holmes, a sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole rather than execution. "What sort of frame of mind were you in when you got to the airport?" They planned to fly from California for a visit in August. The university had said Holmes was denied access to non-public parts of the campus because he had withdrawn from school. The choice between death penalty, life sentence or mental asylum for his son? In imposing sentence, Judge Samour declared "it is the intention of this court that the defendant never set foot in free society again. Hes also a sign of Mexicos healthcare crisis, Bola Tinubu, the declared winner of Nigerias presidential election, appeals for unity, A 5,000-year-old restaurant highlights Iraqs archaeological renaissance, Fiery Greece train collision kills 32, injures at least 85, Column: Supreme Court conservatives may want to block student loan forgiveness. [87] Immediately prior to the shooting, Holmes reportedly called a crisis hotline for mental health with the hopes that someone would talk him out of committing the massacre at the last minute. CENTENNAIL, Colo. (CBS4) - "Not a violent person" until the attack on the Aurora theater -- that's how James Holmes' father described his son as he finished his testimony Wednesday morning. The trial began on April 27 with opening arguments by the prosecution explaining that Holmes intentionally went to the movie theater that evening with the deliberate intent to kill as many people as possible in a mass shooting spree. It was like somebody was trying to be as weird as possible," Rotkovich said. All Rights Reserved. Holmes rejected their suggestions for treatment. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jul/20/quiet-unassuming-and-deadly-san-diegan-accused-mas/. "We knew some things weren't going well there," Robert Holmes said. [160], In September 2015, Holmes was moved to the Colorado State Penitentiary in Caon City. A post shared by Katie Holmes (@katieholmes) Katie's former Dawson's Creek co-star Van Der Beek, who is now a father of five, too, replied to the photo: "One of the kindest people I've had . James Holmes was born in 1987 in San Diego, California in a well-educated family. And how do we lessen the guilt of being alive? On April 15, selection ended, with a total of nineteen women and five men serving. [70] However, later reports described Holmes' apartment as relatively empty, while mentioning the presence of a single Batman mask. Born December 13, 1987, Holmes' father is a mathematician and scientist and his mother a registered nurse. Medley, did you go to the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, on July 19, 2012? The message is, there is no message. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The . Robert Holmes said the call they did receive was from their son's psychiatrist, about a month before the shooting. But theyve hit a snag, 19 cafes that make L.A. a world-class coffee destination, Shocking, impossible gas bills push restaurants to the brink of closures, Student debt is a crisis: Activists rally outside Supreme Court for loan forgiveness, Tensions rise in Nigeria as opposition demands new vote. So I think it is quite unlikely that whistleblowing/software of Robert Holmes angered shadowy bankers to such a degree, that they planned a gruesome revenge for Robert Holmes and his family. [12] Holmes was raised in Oak Hills, a community in Monterey County near Castroville, California, where he attended elementary school. James Holmes is potentially facing the death penalty after being convicted of 165 counts on July 16. . This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com. [11] He attended Peasquitos Lutheran Church with his family, according to the Lutheran church's pastor. Truth-seekers have a new standard, a better standard, for discourse, free from your suppression tools like "evidence" and "burden of proof." [68] Two weeks before the massacre, Holmes sent a text message asking a graduate student if the student had ever heard of the disorder dysphoric mania, and warning the student to stay away from him "because [he was] bad news". The air date for the final episode of James Corden's The Late Late Show has been revealed - with Tom Cruise joining the host for his presenting swansong. [51], Beginning in graduate school, Holmes would see shadows and "flickers" at the corners of his eyes, which would fight each other with firearms and other weapons. (Among other things, this multinational analytics firms provides credit scores.) 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His father rarely, if ever saw him with friends. [74], According to Arapahoe County District Attorney George Brauchler, Holmes chose the Century 16 theater for his attack because he liked movie theaters and that specific theater had doors that he could lock in order to increase the number of casualties, as well as being in an area where police response would take longer. Months later, Robert Holmes recalled that look when his son flashed a wide-eyed smirk in a booking photo at the jail where he was held after opening fire on the audience in a darkened Colorado movie theater, killing 12 people and injuring 70 others. Watch The Trial Live At CBS4's Theater Shooting Trial Special Section. 12-31-2013: Bob and I perch on the top step of the. I'm saying that there is NO EVIDENCE he was going to be testifying at the LIBOR hearing. His was father had degrees from prestigious universities like Stanford and UC Berkeley and worked as a mathematician/scientist. [135] According to him, he transitioned from suicidal thoughts to homicidal thoughts after becoming depressed from his breakup with his girlfriend. Mr. Mouse ears at Disneyland. Medley answered the prosecutors questions Tuesday by tapping out letters on a big, white alphabet board balanced on the witness stand in front of him. They requested a delay, which they received. Its been a very difficult experience., Holmes: Hes my son. His father Robert Holmes is a mathematician and scientist [11] with degrees from Stanford University, UCLA and UC Berkeley, and his mother Arlene Holmes is a registered nurse. Arlene and Robert Holmes sat through the first week of what could be a five-month proceeding, listening to their sons victims describe in grim and sorrowful detail the day that changed everything, July 20, 2012. We hope to challenge issues which have captured the publics imagination, from JFK and UFOs to 9/11. There was a hearing in the UK before the Treasury Select Committee. [105] Holmes appeared in the Arapahoe County Court house the following day for the first time without his dyed-red hair, his cropped hair revealing his natural brown color. Wearing . M-E-D-L. James killed 12 people and injured 70 others in mass shooting in movie theater in aurora colorado. James Holmes ' father just landed at the Denver International Airport, presumably to see his son who is in custody for the slaughter at the "Dark Knight" premiere. Prosecutor Lisa Teesch-Maguire: Good morning. [162] According to the inmate locator on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, Holmes is incarcerated at USP Allenwood in Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. Father of James Elias Dink Barnes, Martha Alice (Barnes) Holmes, Maggie Amelia (Barnes) Smith, George T. Barnes, Charles Cornelius Barnes, Lula Lee (Barnes) Foster, Hariett Jane Hattie. During a break in testimony Wednesday, Robert Holmes mouthed something to his son and they both smiled before a deputy told the father to stop. First published on July 29, 2015 / 11:52 AM. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. [125][126] On that date, the trial was again postponed, as Holmes' lawyers asked for another continuance to further prepare their case and review the paperwork of evidence.[127]. [95] He was held in solitary confinement to protect him from other inmates, a routine precaution for high-profile cases. But the state doctors also testified that he could distinguish right from wrong, the legal criteria in Colorado to prove sanity. If the Bloomberg rumour is true, there will be an upcoming investigation. I have found nothing which points into this direction. James Holmes is the grandson of Lt. Col. Robert Holmes, one of the first Turkish language graduates of the Army Language School, later the Defense Language Institute, in Monterey, California. Just because you're discussing conspiracy theories doesn't mean you can't provide evidence. 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