Aurora movie theater shooting trial day 32: CU psychiatrist Dr. Lynne Fenton expected to testify

CU psychiatrist Dr. Lynne Fenton is expected to testify on day 32 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. During the course of the trial, prosecutors will argue that Holmes, the admitted gunman, was sane when he went into the midnight premiere of the Dark Knight Rises in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater and opened fire on the audience, killing 12 and wounding 70. His defense attorneys will try to spare Holmes’ life by arguing that he was insane. 7NEWS and TheDenverChannel.com will have gavel to gavel coverage of the trial starting at 8:15 a.m. (MST) everyday and ending around 5:30 p.m. (MST) Watch new live video on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/7NewsDenver/live Additional resources:LIVE VIDEO & BLOG: http://bit.ly/theatertrialTIMELINE of the case: http://bit.ly/theatertimelineJURY PROFILE: http://bit.ly/theaterjury CONTINUING COVERAGE: http://bit.ly/theatercoverage

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Holmes told Dr. Reid that he made a pact with himself as a child "to never hate his mom". I think he decided it was okay to hate Dr. Fenton, though.

by flip 6/16/2015 5:43:08 PM
@mandi a school shrink with a neuroscience department

by bob 6/16/2015 5:43:12 PM
agree @mandi

by 1918 6/16/2015 5:43:14 PM
Oh come on! Who hasn't heard the term "sheeple"?

by jward12 6/16/2015 5:43:15 PM
I don't think it's that rational. I think he hates people and wants them to go away.

by Angela Freeman 6/16/2015 5:45:06 PM
OBJECTION! Speculation??

by mama d 6/16/2015 5:45:07 PM
Holmes swiveling a bit faster than usual....

by flip 6/16/2015 5:45:09 PM
LOL!!!@JWARD

by Tired 6/16/2015 5:45:10 PM
jward - ha ha.

by Tammy Garrison 6/16/2015 5:45:11 PM
On May 31, Dr. Feinstein also brought up prescribing anti-psychotic medications but the gunman was not willing to take it. He agreed to another meeting.

by anica.padilla 6/16/2015 5:46:17 PM
JH was totally playing Fienstein....

by Tired 6/16/2015 5:46:18 PM
I've a lot of experience with therapy - both as a Counselor, and also as a patient/client. Been on both sides. Dr. Fenton is not someone I would have wanted to work with - she seems very inexperienced - with the exception of her expertise in medications. The more I see, the bigger this tragedy seems. At the bottom of my heart, I truly believe it could have been averted with proper intervention.

by luce 6/16/2015 5:46:20 PM
@nh you don't give your manifesto notebook to someone you are not obsessed with

by bob 6/16/2015 5:46:21 PM
@flip - yeah, he's all about sitting and spinning, isn't he? ;o)

by jward12 6/16/2015 5:46:22 PM
Dr. Fenton says the gunman did not tell her anything about the purchases he had made. He had no signs of mania on May 31.

by anica.padilla 6/16/2015 5:47:09 PM
Seriously - google "sheeple". There's a bloody definition for it!

by jward12 6/16/2015 5:47:11 PM
JH swiveling faster "look at meeeeee".

by Kristle 6/16/2015 5:47:12 PM
@bob - it could just be someone you hate/blame. No obsession needed.

by NH 6/16/2015 5:47:13 PM
Gunman appeared the same at June 11 meeting, according to Dr. Fenton. Meeting only lasted 20 minutes instead of the usual 45-50 minutes.

by anica.padilla 6/16/2015 5:47:49 PM
Does he have a slight smile on his face??

by Jewel 6/16/2015 5:47:50 PM
It's so sad. Hemmingway ran out of stories to tell and killed himself, but JH thinks his lousy notebook is a manifesto...

by jward12 6/16/2015 5:47:52 PM
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The gunman told Dr. Fenton he had failed an exam. He said he thought he would drop out of the neuroscience program.
"He seemed very relaxed. To me that seemed inappropriate," Fenton said. He had an 'air of relief" and did not seem stressed.

by anica.padilla 6/16/2015 5:49:48 PM
JH is riveted to her...hasnt taken his eyes off of her......

by Tired 6/16/2015 5:49:49 PM
Why isn't AC asking her about his orange hair??

by Kristle 6/16/2015 5:49:50 PM
@luce I absolutely agree.

by compassion4all 6/16/2015 5:49:51 PM
I hate sheeples and shepherds....what's left?

by Tammy Garrison 6/16/2015 5:49:57 PM
Sheeple (a portmanteau of "sheep" and "people") is a derogatory term that highlights the herd behavior of people by likening them to sheep, a herd animal. The term is used to describe those who voluntarily acquiesce to a suggestion without critical analysis or research.

by Tired 6/16/2015 5:49:59 PM
@Kristle: He asks about the gunman's appearance at each meeting. He didn't dye his hair until later in June, as far as we know.

by anica.padilla 6/16/2015 5:50:45 PM
Offering no opinion on Dr. Fention as I've not heard enough to do so: I have a friend who is working on growing her own practice as an nurse practitioner. She initially worked under a woman (you use your mentor's DEA license to prescribe until you get your own) and from what she told me, her mentor (it didn't last long) was nutso. So, in short, they'll apparently give people who stink at the job a DEA license to prescribe, too.

by McGruber 6/16/2015 5:50:49 PM
That is a fairly significant dose of Zoloft. I took it many years ago, lower dose, and I was a zombie. I don't wonder that he had little reaction to failing his exams. Why did she ever give that to him? He never even said he was depressed.

by Lori Butterfield 6/16/2015 5:52:47 PM
Everything Fenton is saying adds up to a severely depressed person on the verge of a psychotic break.

by compassion4all 6/16/2015 5:52:50 PM
@Abrandt I understand the laws on mental health have been changed, I was sharing what the issues were that didn't allow her to put him on a 72hr hold back then

by LG 6/16/2015 5:52:52 PM
I thought orange hair was being hidden under tan hat and beanie during gun purchase the end of May and at Fedex package surveillance pick up.

by Kristle 6/16/2015 5:52:59 PM
Dr. Fenton wondered if he was mad at the program, the school or any individual associated with it. He didn't seem to be. Seemed to have reasonable plans for the future. Did not appear depressed.

by anica.padilla 6/16/2015 5:53:44 PM
Did JH have a job?

by mama d 6/16/2015 5:55:08 PM
LG, I understood that the police asked if he needed to be placed on a 72-hour hold, and she said no, since he was leaving the university.

by Tammy Garrison 6/16/2015 5:55:10 PM
Abrupt ending. Wonder if he needed a potty break.

by NH 6/16/2015 6:07:14 PM
Fenton glanced at JH but he refused to make eye contact...

by mandi 6/16/2015 6:07:16 PM
I think I saw Fenton peer over to JH for a split second.

by Tired 6/16/2015 6:07:18 PM
She just looked over at JH who wasn't even looking in her direction

by LG 6/16/2015 6:07:20 PM
@Tammy I believe it was a CU campus police that asked her that not the regular police department

by LG 6/16/2015 6:07:24 PM
Is Rick a Cornhusker fan? lol!

by NT8 6/16/2015 6:07:27 PM
What's the question and answer? I can't hear! And I'm sure Anica stepped away - I would .

by Tammy Garrison 6/16/2015 6:07:30 PM
@mama d I think he tried to get unemployment and was denied it

by LG 6/16/2015 6:07:31 PM
I think the Prosecutions closing arguments are going to be powerful. And they will artfully use facts produced in evidence during the trial.

by CindyL 6/16/2015 6:07:33 PM