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WHO IS JAMES HOLMES?

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EARLY LIFE:
JAMES HOLMES WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 13, 1987 IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

PARENTS: ROBERT A SCIENTIST & ARLENE A REGISTERED NURSE 

SIBLINGS: ONE SISTER

SCHOOL LIFE: RAN CROSS COUNTRY AND PLAYED SOCCER WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL  

RELIGION: LUTHERAN

DESCRIPTION: THOSE WHO KNEW JAMES SAY HIS CHILDHOOD WAS UNREMARKABLE. HE HAD A STABLE HOME LIFE AND WAS A QUIET CHILD.

"Jimmy Holmes" in school yearbook
James Holmes in high school
James Holmes in 2005 high school yearbook.
James as a camp counselor in 2008
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COLLEGE LIFE:
JAMES ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERISDE. 

DEGREE: UNDERGRADUATE IN NEUROSCIENCE WITH HIGHEST HONORS. 

COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENTS: GPA OF 3.9 AND WAS IN THE TOP 1% OF HIS CLASS. ONE PROFESSOR SAID JAMES WAS, "A VERY EFFECTIVE GROUP LEADER & TAKES AN ACTIVE ROLE IN HIS EDUCATION AND BRINGS A GREAT AMOUNT OF INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL MATURITY INTO THE CLASSROOM".

HONOR SOCIETIES: PHI BETA KAPPA & GOLDEN KEY


WORK: CAMP COUNSELOR WITH NO DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS IN GLENDALE, CA. OVERSAW 10 CAMPERS AGES 7-14


PRESENTATION BY JAMES HOLMES WHILE IN COLLEGE

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Graduate school 2011:

HOLMES ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS IN AURORA, CO 

GOAL: TO GAIN HIS PHD IN NEUROSCIENCE. 

FINANCIAL AID: HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS GRANTS. fOR THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR, HOLMES RECEIVED A $21,600 GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND A $5,000 STIPENED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, DENVER. HOLMES WAS OFFERED A FULL SCHOLOARSHIP AND A $5,000 STIPEND FROM UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, HOWEVER, HE TURNED IT DOWN WITH NO EXPLANATION. 


2012: 
HOLMES ACADEMICS BEGAN TO SPIRAL AND HE DID NOT PERFORM WELL ON A COMPREHENSIVE EXAM IN THE SPRING SEMESTER. HOLMES BEGAN THE PROCESS OF WITHDRAWING FROM THE SCHOOL. IN EARLY JUNE, HE FAILED AN ORAL EXAM, HOLMES DROPPED OUT. 


PSYCHIATRIC CARE AT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

Holmes saw three psychiatrists while he was in school. ONE PSYCHIATRIST, LYNNE FENTON, REPORTED HOLMES TO A CAMPUS THREAT ASSESSMENT TEAM AS WELL AS INFORMING CAMPUS POLICE THAT HOLMES HAD HOMICIDAL THOUGHTS AND IN HER OPINON WAS A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. IN JUNE OF 2012, ACCORDING TO WHITTEN, HOLMES THREATNED AND INTIMIDATED HER. HE ALLEGEDLY THREATNED HER VIA TEXT MESSAGE AND EMAIL. THIS RESULTED IN HER WITHDRAWING AS HIS THERAPIST.

HOLMES MAILED FENTON A NOTEBOOK WITH STICK FIGURES DETAILING THE MASSACRE. IT SAT IN THE MAIL ROOM UNOPENED UNTIL AUTHORITIES SIEZED IT. 


JAMES HOLMES PERSONALITY:

SOCIALLY: THOSE WHO KNEW JAMES HOLMES MOSTLY DESCRIBE HIM AS BEING UNSUALLY QUIET, YET ACADEMICALLY BRILLIANT. ACCORDING TO ONE CLASSMATE, JAMES NEVER TOOK NOTES. HE SHOWED UP, LISTENED, AND GOT A'S ON ALL OF HIS ASSIGNMENTS. 


ONLINE: UNLIKE MOST OF HIS PEERS, JAMES DID NOT HAVE A TWITTER OR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. INSTEAD, HE HAD TWO ONLINE DATING PROFILES.

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ADULT FRIEND FINDER:

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PHOTOS OF HOLMES CLOSE TO THE TIME 
OF THE MASSACRE:

A photo allegedly from James' Adult Friend Finder profile
A photo allegedly from James Holmes Adult Friend Finder profile. He photoshopped Hillary Duff into the photo.
Photo taken shortly before the massacre
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