Theater shooting trial day 61: Start of 'Phase 3'

Day 61 in the Aurora movie theater shooting trial – People vs. James Eagan Holmes. Today, prosecutors will call family members of the 12 victims who were killed.Jurors have already confirmed they found aggravating factors in the mass shooting for which they convicted the gunman. They also confirmed that any mitigating factors that might exist do not outweigh the aggravating factors. This round of testimony is the third and final phase before jurors decide on the death penalty.Holmes was convicted on 165 counts including murder and attempted murder for the shooting that killed 12 and injured 70 others during a midnight premiere of the Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado. His defense attorneys unsuccessfully argued that he was insane at the time of the shooting. 7NEWS and TheDenverChannel.com will have gavel to gavel coverage of the trial starting at 8:30a.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

3rd & 7 37yd

On the way to the airport from that trip, he asked her to move down to San Diego

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:11:31 PM
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"2 weeks later, I was living down in San Diego"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:11:53 PM
I like that name too. Maximus! Strong.

by Kristle 8/4/2015 9:12:20 PM
I love this girl, she can clearly remember such great things and keep the joy. Another honorable victim. Speechless.

by Danielle 8/4/2015 9:12:22 PM
Now showing photos of Blunk

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:13:02 PM
this lady is oddly happy and weird imo

by Anne 8/4/2015 9:13:28 PM
The prosecutor is super quiet now....

by RRose 8/4/2015 9:13:28 PM
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"Jonny felt that I talked to much so his was way (of stopping) was kissing me"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:14:19 PM
The victims have even ex's come down and vouch for them - Mr. This Guy could only scrape up people from decades ago who were so called friends, and they all said stuff like they barely remembered him didnt really know him and lost all contact w him

by Tiki Torch 8/4/2015 9:14:25 PM
Were they divorced or just separated? My memory is that he was at the theater w/ another girl.

by trl2 8/4/2015 9:14:29 PM
This wonderful girl seems so entrenched in these GORGEOUS past memories...which can now never bloom into future memories. Her enthusiasm in describing their love is infectious. There's no appeal or overturn that will save the shooter. I can't even imagine. 'Don't know much about law, but regarding humanity, the ENORMITY of this loss and potential, not to mention the grief and despair left behind...he/"it" simply doesn't deserve to be here, after all that was intentionally taken. Again, all my opinion. But I prefer carrying roaches outside in an empty tennis ball can to the thought of the "saving" of "this guy". I suddenly love roaches a whole lot more.

by BluesB 8/4/2015 9:14:47 PM
They were so in love.

by Danielle 8/4/2015 9:15:06 PM
@TickTorch So true. Speaks volumes to his life, character, loserdom.

by Danielle 8/4/2015 9:15:37 PM
Blunk exited the Navy in 2009, to help care for a family member

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:16:31 PM
Oh so he was Navy, and Nelson learned nothing off the last witness.

by Dakota 8/4/2015 9:16:43 PM
They moved to Colorado, first to Thornton

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:16:54 PM
In 2011, she moved back to Nevada to be with her mother who had cancer

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:17:08 PM
@Victoria
Ty ..... I think I remember his g/f being interviewed by the news and my thoughts are for some reason she is the one that just was on the news with the tattoo's of the gun shot on her rib cage for some reason ... and that he's wife and kids were in another state completely they had filed for divorce or separated

by LG 8/4/2015 9:17:47 PM
Give a lot of credit to that kid- had to couch surf during high school, no family support, and still ended up graduating with honors and then going into military. Contrast that to JH and his privileges- so hard to wrap my mind around--wondering if any jury members thinking the same.

by Mr.D. 8/4/2015 9:17:53 PM
Are you kidding me? They adopted a special needs kid? That is great.

by Danielle 8/4/2015 9:17:54 PM
Last time she spoke to Jon was about 2 days before. She said it was a "really good talk"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:18:10 PM
"You couldn't help but be around him," she says about Jon

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:19:16 PM
- Objection
Objection to hearsay is ssutaiened.

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:19:25 PM
She was in Reno when she found out what happened

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:19:36 PM
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"He had texted me saying he might be going to the movies with a friend"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:19:50 PM
"My phone had rang and it was a number I didn't know so I just ignored it..." the call came again

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:20:05 PM
"It turned out to be Jonny's boss when he was working at the hardwood flooring to tell me that Jonny hadn't gone to work yet"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:20:24 PM
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"He told me what happened and so I turned on the news"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:20:36 PM
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"the news said the list of hospitals so I started calling"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:20:51 PM
Got a phone call around noon. "I thought it was somebody to tell me he was at a hospital or the school.. but it wasn't..."

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:21:15 PM
- Objection
Hearsay objection overruled

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:21:21 PM
Instead, the call was about creating a list of names

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:21:31 PM
"if somebody showed up at my door at 6, than he was one of the people who had passed away"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:21:45 PM
"I was on the porch waiting, family and friends had come over"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:21:59 PM
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"Two vehicles pulled up in normal cars and regular looking people came out. I automatically assumed they were contractors or something for the house. They walked up, I was about to say Hi, and they asked for me.... My heart sunk"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:22:35 PM
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"Everything started fogging out when they told me he was one of the deceased"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:22:50 PM
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"It felt like a dream and you're just like wake up wake up wake up"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:23:02 PM
@Anne, she sounds like she has infectious personality. I'm sure she had her share of grief but is putting on a happy face out of respect for her husband

by Just Thinkin 8/4/2015 9:23:05 PM
She seems in denial they were separated

by Fpsych 8/4/2015 9:23:06 PM
It seems like she is making out their relationship to be better than what it was. Why was he at the theater with another girl?

by Victoria 8/4/2015 9:23:08 PM
Yep, some people succeed even when they dont stand a chance - - contrast Jon with Holmes, who had a thousand chances

by Tiki Torch 8/4/2015 9:23:10 PM
I can sense Nelson saying "yep, you do talk too much".

by Kristle 8/4/2015 9:23:12 PM
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"I remember walking past my kids and I just looked at them and went straight to my room"

by Phil Tenser 8/4/2015 9:23:31 PM
@Anne. I laugh and giggle when I'm nervous. Maybe she is. just a thought

by Aly 8/4/2015 9:23:37 PM
Anne-she's not weirdly happy. Just wait. She's remembering their unique & bigger-than-life type of love. When loved ones are lost, maybe we idealize our past w/them. Or maybe not. But she's young. She's still feeling her way through her own mourning & grief, in my opinion. She understands the loss of this love...but my fear is that time may make the reality & permanence of his death even more real, & more devastating. My heart breaks for her in a different way. This is "her time" to convey this loss.

by BluesB 8/4/2015 9:23:45 PM