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He left some digital footprints, like a university email address, an old Myspace photo, a dating profile on, and a profile on Adult FriendFinder, as well as a résumé at the employment website. In a rental application for an apartment, he described himself as 'quiet and easygoing', and in an online dating profile, Holmes identified himself as an agnostic. In Aurora, Holmes lived on Paris Street in a one-bedroom apartment in a building with other students involved in health studies at the University of Colorado. He decided to pursue a graduate degree in neuroscience at the University of Colorado and moved to Aurora. ĭespite these issues, Holmes graduated from high school in 2006 and completed a bachelor's degree at University of California, Riverside in 2010. Holmes was depressed and 'obsessed with killing for over a decade'. Holmes saw social worker Margaret Roth once before she sent him to psychiatrist Lynne Fenton. Īccording to Holmes, during his childhood, he was frightened of what he called 'Nail Ghosts' that would hammer on the walls at night. According to Holmes' lawyer, Daniel King, Holmes began to suffer from mental health issues in middle school and attempted suicide at age 11. He attended Peñasquitos Lutheran Church with his family, according to the Lutheran church's pastor. Holmes played soccer and ran cross-country in high school. He went to Westview High School and graduated in 2006. There, he lived in the Rancho Peñasquitos neighborhood, where he reportedly began to decline socially. At twelve years old, Holmes moved back to San Diego. Holmes was raised in Oak Hills, a community in Monterey County near Castroville, California, where he attended elementary school. His father Robert Holmes is a mathematician and scientist with degrees from Stanford University, UCLA and UC Berkeley, and his mother Arlene Holmes is a registered nurse. Holmes was born on December 13, 1987, in San Diego, California. 4.1 Detention and pretrial court appearances.

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In imposing sentence, Judge Samour declared “it is the intention of this court that the defendant never set foot in free society again.”

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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. Holmes entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, which was accepted. Following this, he was hospitalized after attempting suicide several times while in jail.

Holmes was arrested shortly after the shooting and was jailed without bail while awaiting trial. Before the shooting, Holmes booby-trapped his apartment with explosives, which were defused one day later by a bomb squad. He had no known criminal background before the shooting occurred.

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James Eagan Holmes (born December 13, 1987) is an American mass murderer responsible for the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting in which he killed 12 people and injured 70 others (62 directly and eight indirectly) at a Century 16 movie theater on July 20, 2012. Perpetrator of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shootingġ40 counts of attempted first degree murderġ count of possessing an illegal explosive deviceġ sentence enhancement of a crime of violence ġ2 life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole, and an additional 3,318 years

University of Colorado, Denver (incomplete Ph.D.

University of California, Riverside ( BS).