![]() But it’s unclear how it will play with jurors trying to assess his mental state at the time of the shooting. ![]() A guilty verdict could bring the death penalty or life in prison without parole.įenton’s testimony helped explain how she handled Holmes and his thoughts of killing people. The state must prove he was legally sane at the time, which is the conclusion of two court-appointed psychiatrists who examined Holmes months and years after the attack. If the jury agrees, he’ll be committed indefinitely to a mental hospital. ![]() APĭefense attorneys say Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, is schizophrenic and was in the grips of a psychotic episode as he carried out the attack on July 20, 2012. Lynne Fenton (far right) testifies during the trial of James Holmes (top left in light-colored shirt) on Tuesday. Among other things, she described his behavior as anxious, hostile, bizarre and so worrisome that she took it upon herself to alert campus police but didn’t find the evidence needed to hold someone against his will. Freed from patient-client privilege by Holmes’ insanity plea, Fenton testimony in Holmes’ death penalty trial marked her first public statements about him. “I thought it was much less likely this was a sudden, new psychotic break,” Fenton said. If he revealed his intent, “I likely would have put him on a mental health hold and contacted the police,” Fenton said.īut her concerns remained, even after he abruptly walked out of her office in June 11, 2012, about a month before he sprayed bullets into the audience at a Batman movie, killing 12 people and wounding 70 more.įenton called Holmes’ mother, but was told that her patient had been shy and socially awkward for many years, diminishing the apparent risk that he would be a danger to himself or others. Lynne Fenton testified Tuesday that Holmes told he was having homicidal thoughts as often as three or four times a day, but never let on that he was building a weapons arsenal and planning a mass killing. The psychiatrist who treated James Holmes before he attacked a Colorado movie theater said she did not have enough evidence to have him detained, but was so concerned after he confessed his homicidal thoughts that she violated his health care privacy to call his mother.ĭr. 'Dark Knight' shooter moved to Pennsylvania prisonįlorida club shooter used same gun favored by other mass murderersĬENTENNIAL, Colo. Psychiatric reports on Colorado theater shooter made public Signs of a psycho: Therapist to mass murderer James Holmes reveals their ‘creepy’ sessions
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