Shooting suspect was seeing psychiatrist
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July 29, 2012, Sunday
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THE former graduate student accused in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting was being treated by a psychiatrist at the university where he studied, the first indication that he may have sought help before the rampage that killed 12 people and wounded 58.
Attorneys for James Holmes, 24, made the disclosure in a court motion Friday as they sought to discover the source of leaks that he sent the psychiatrist a package with descriptions of an attack. The motion said the leaks jeopardized Holmes' right to a fair trial and violated a judge's gag order.
Holmes' lawyers added that the package contained communications between Holmes and his psychiatrist that should be shielded from public view. The document describes Holmes as a "psychiatric patient" of Dr Lynne Fenton.
The motion did not reveal when Holmes began seeing Fenton or whether he was being treated for a mental illness. Legal analysts expect Holmes' attorneys to use an insanity defense at trial. Holmes is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. A hearing on the new defense motion also is scheduled that day.
The University of Colorado website identified Fenton as medical director of the school's Student Mental Health Services.
In the days since the July 20 attack at an Aurora movie theater, few details have emerged about the year Holmes spent as a graduate student in Colorado. He enrolled in a doctoral program in neuroscience in June 2011 and left without explanation in June.
University officials have said little more, citing an order from the judge barring them from releasing information that would "impede an ongoing investigation."
Attorneys for James Holmes, 24, made the disclosure in a court motion Friday as they sought to discover the source of leaks that he sent the psychiatrist a package with descriptions of an attack. The motion said the leaks jeopardized Holmes' right to a fair trial and violated a judge's gag order.
Holmes' lawyers added that the package contained communications between Holmes and his psychiatrist that should be shielded from public view. The document describes Holmes as a "psychiatric patient" of Dr Lynne Fenton.
The motion did not reveal when Holmes began seeing Fenton or whether he was being treated for a mental illness. Legal analysts expect Holmes' attorneys to use an insanity defense at trial. Holmes is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. A hearing on the new defense motion also is scheduled that day.
The University of Colorado website identified Fenton as medical director of the school's Student Mental Health Services.
In the days since the July 20 attack at an Aurora movie theater, few details have emerged about the year Holmes spent as a graduate student in Colorado. He enrolled in a doctoral program in neuroscience in June 2011 and left without explanation in June.
University officials have said little more, citing an order from the judge barring them from releasing information that would "impede an ongoing investigation."
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