Originally posted by tallblondealien
Two roomates and a Mother who knew immediately that the shooter is her son. Why did she know that?

During the chaotic aftermath of the Colorado shooting on Friday, a particularly chilling moment came when ABC News spoke to the mother of suspect James Holmes by phone. The network reported that the woman, reached in California, "told ABC News her son was likely the alleged culprit, saying, 'You have the right person.'" The article also said that Holmes's mother was "apparently speaking on gut instinct" when she "immediately expressed concern her son may be involved in the shooting death of at least 12 people overnight." Today, she disputed that account, claiming her quotes were misused. If true, that would be ABC's second big screwup within the same story. [Update: ABC stands by its reporting; see below.] "This statement is to clarify a statement made by ABC media," said Holmes today through her lawyer, Lisa Damiani. "I was awakened by a call from a reporter by ABC on July 20 about 5:45 in the morning. I did not know anything about a shooting in Aurora at that time. He asked if I was Arlene Holmes and if my son was James Holmes who lives in Aurora, Colorado. I answered, 'Yes, you have the right person.' I was referring to myself. I asked him to tell me why he was calling and he told me about a shooting in Aurora. He asked for a comment. I told him I could not comment because I did not know if the person he was talking about was my son, and I would need to find out."

Originally posted by EffTheCIA

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
There were two distinct vehicles described in the audio dispatches from that night.

Can you tell me in which scanner and at what time the other vehicle was mentioned? All I recall is they found a bomb in the west (front) parking lot. I don't recall any specifics on the vehicle mentioned.

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
When police ran the license plate check of "James`" car, the address that came back did not match James Holmes`apartment. In the dispatches, when police/fire say they're going to the address for surveillance purposes, the address they went to was not the address of James Holmes.

Again, can you tell me what scanner and at what time these statements were made? In the Aurora PD scanner they said the car was based out of Columbia TN, so they wouldn't have had a local address to go to.

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
Initially, Chief Oates reported that 14 people had died, 10 in the theatre, and four at hospitals. Mysteriously, that number changed to 12. This was not a case of 100s of people dying in which it would have been difficult to keep track of numbers. Oates did not give a vague description of the numbers. He specifically said four died in hospitals. Two people were taken off the list. Why? Of course, we're supposed to just blindly believe that it was an honest mistake, no questions asked.

All we can do is speculate on this unfortunately.

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
Has anyone ever come across a transcript of the entire police/fire audio of that night with the exact times?

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
The thing I don't understand is why they didn't put his vehicle location on the Booking Report. What would a possible explanation for that be?

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
Unless I misunderstood that article, the address they were going to initially was not Holmes' apartment, and that first address is the one which corresponded to the license plates of that car.

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
And what does "The charcoal colored Hyundai checks out, is based out of Columbia TN" even mean, I wonder. Checks out? And was that the car in the AP photo with police tape around it? I don't know car models very well. But, it was gray.

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
Thanks for the clarification.

It doesn't make sense to me that the second gas mask would be marked as evidence if it was left by the APD.

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
I don't know what happened that night. The secrecy of the media is what makes me nervous. Even when there's a gag order on a case, they still usually dig around, finding non-news on the case. They haven't done that in this one which strikes me as very odd.

Originally posted by CinnamonHearts
The gas mask, second set of equipment (whatever that might be), the fact that nobody in the initial interviews ever once described the person we've seen in the courtroom, 12:39 first 911 call goes in, 12:40 James is found in (?) in his car and arrested...those are what make me suspicious. And I haven't seen any of the original "witnesses" (Corbin Dates, Jennifer Seeger, I can't remember the other guy's name) interviewed again after James' booking shot was released or after his courtroom appearance - so nobody's asked them "Is THAT the guy you saw taking the phone call? Is that the guy you saw in the theatre? Or DID you see that guy at all that night?" So basically no follow up with those witnesses. Unless they're out there and I just haven't seen them.

US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle paid tribute to Jenny and her colleagues who are credited with saving the lives of some of those injured in the massacre.

PHD student James Holmes has been charged in relation to the shootings which left 12 people dead.

However, her family has now been plunged into a sense of grief of their own. Jenny was out swimming in a lake close to her home when she is believed to have drowned.