Theater shooting trial day 58: Arlene Holmes expected to testify

After the father of the convicted Aurora movie theater shooter concludes the testimony he began Tuesday, the gunman's mother is expected to be the next witness to take the stand.

3rd & 7 37yd

Arlene Holmes says she's missed only 2 days of the trial

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:50:43 PM
Arlene Holmes says she did not suspect he had a severe mental illness. "He was the most responsible person I knew, my own son. He managed his finances, looked after himself completely. Wen't to school every single day without complaint. Did all his chores without being told. You'd tell him once what to do and he did it."

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:52:38 PM
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"I still love my son, yes."
"Why?"
"Because I understand he has a serious mental illness. he didn't ask for that. Schizophrenia chose him. He didn't choose it."

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:53:15 PM
She called her son Jimmy until high school

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:54:17 PM
Arlene Holmes says her son preferred email to using the phone. She practiced with him using the phone in middle school

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:54:38 PM
@Clancy I was thinking the exact same thing.

by Me 7/29/2015 6:54:40 PM
Reboot, just in time. Thank Phil for the heads up!

by Resa 7/29/2015 6:54:40 PM
@Me - oh, I only heard it once

by SR 7/29/2015 6:54:44 PM
@Della-wow!! I missed that!?! I thought she did the regular "...do you support your son, love your son, still continue to care for him to this day.." -the entire "drill" she does with every witness...so she did not do that with the dad!?! That's a glaring omission-- I did not notice!!! 'Shocked. Did others catch this as well...?

by BluesB 7/29/2015 6:54:44 PM
@Me Sadly that's completly true... Not all parents will always love their children... some don't and those are the ones that shouldn't have be come parents..imo

by LG 7/29/2015 6:54:47 PM
Blonde may be doing this.

by suzy 7/29/2015 6:54:48 PM
@me. you are so very correct!!

by TMT 7/29/2015 6:54:49 PM
@Clancy - Well said!

by AntiquatedEyes 7/29/2015 6:54:50 PM
RH did say he loved his son. Brady asked him if loved his son. He said yes. She asked "why". He said "because he's my son and we have a good relationship"

by TLR 7/29/2015 6:54:51 PM
To me, hearing those words from his parents would be much more salient & moving than from a 3rd grade teacher, etc.

by BluesB 7/29/2015 6:54:54 PM
Its not like a gangbanger's or Manson's situation, where one COULD say of a dreadful childhood "' the guy never stood a chance "" and it might be a mitigating circumstance -

This guy had a thousand chances.

by Tiki Torch 7/29/2015 6:54:55 PM
Well it didn't "go without saying" when she asked the sister that. It added extra emotion to her testimony. It makes the testimony end strong for the defense that's why I'm saying I noticed she didn't ask RH because you'd think Brady would want a strong finish like with the sister.

by Della (Me) 7/29/2015 6:54:58 PM
I feel so bad for her.

by Tired 7/29/2015 6:54:59 PM
@Della -- Brady did ask him that.

by puglife 7/29/2015 6:55:00 PM
Good Afternoon, everyone.....not sure I am emotionally ready for Arlene, ugh. As a mother, my heart hurts for her. However, each victim had a mother too.

by Stephany 7/29/2015 6:55:01 PM
This will be difficult to hear. I feel so badly for all of the victim of this crime - the parents of Holmes included.

by Elisabeth Wadman 7/29/2015 6:55:02 PM
I feel so bad for his mother.

by amjinoh 7/29/2015 6:55:03 PM
How do you get such a close shot?

by Danielle 7/29/2015 6:55:05 PM
I prefer Higgs questioning his mom.

by Resa 7/29/2015 6:55:06 PM
Bingo

by Della (Me) 7/29/2015 6:55:07 PM
Wow.... I can't believe the weight both his Dad and Mom have lost since the 1st time I seen them in the news...

by LG 7/29/2015 6:55:08 PM
poor lady, this will be really rough for her

by JG 7/29/2015 6:55:09 PM
As a mother, this is heartbreaking.

by Marsha Laurienti 7/29/2015 6:55:10 PM
Arlene Holmes says she practiced using the phone with her son in middle school, but he primarily communicated by email

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:55:31 PM
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"If you're asking me about the time in Colorado... it (his conversations) got shorter and shorter"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:56:10 PM
Arlene Holmes encouraged her son, reminded him that he did well in presentations during high school

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:57:02 PM
tears again

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:57:06 PM
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"I didn't realize that his loudest cry for help was his silence"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:57:19 PM
Arlene Holmes says Dr. Fenton asked if she knew her son was going to quit school

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:58:09 PM
Arlene Holmes says she suspected it because his personality didn't fit the presentations

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:58:22 PM
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Do you wish she had (expressed to you that he had homicidal ideations)?
"Of course I do... We wouldn't be here if she had told me that"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:58:48 PM
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"She didn't. She didn't. She didn't tell me"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:58:57 PM
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"She didn't say that she thought he might be psychotic"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:59:12 PM
Going to wait on comments for a minute, need to type the quotes

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:59:27 PM
Arlene Holmes asked if Dr Fenton had son's permission to call. She did not. Arlene offered to call her son but not mention Dr. Fenton

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 6:59:50 PM
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Arlene Holmes says "I was reassured by her phone call, that he was coming for help. But at the end of the month he wouldn't be a student anymore and his student insurance wouldn't cover it."

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 7:00:39 PM
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"We called him as soon as my husband got home"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 7:00:58 PM
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Fenton called around 4pm that day. Robert got home an hour later

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 7:01:11 PM
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"we called him and left a voicemail and he didn't call. So we emailed"

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 7:01:22 PM
Arlene Holmes confirms she didn't tell her son she'd talked to Dr Fenton

by Phil Tenser 7/29/2015 7:01:37 PM