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Holmes was a PhD student in science who reportedly received many shipments, probably materials for his crime, at his office at the University of Colorado.
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'''James Eagan Holmes''' is suspected of killing 12 and wounding 58 in a mass murder perpetrated at a sold-out midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," a movie about Batman.  Holmes dyed his hair a bright reddish orange, apparently in imitation of the Joker, a nemesis of Batman.  He "told police he was the fictitious Batman villain, the Joker, and when cops put evidence bags over his hands to preserve traces of gunpowder residue, he pretended the bags were puppets."<ref name="ABC News">http://abcnews.go.com/US/james-holmes-spitting-correction-officers-forcing-spit-guard/story?id=16844456</ref>
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'''James Eagan Holmes''' is suspected of killing 12 and wounding 58 in a mass murder perpetrated at a sold-out midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," a movie about Batman.  The crime occurred in Aurora, Colorado, in the early morning of July 20, 2012.
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Holmes was a PhD student in science who reportedly received many shipments, probably materials for his crime, at his office at the University of Colorado.
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Holmes dyed his hair a bright reddish orange for the evening of the crime, apparently in imitation of the Joker, a nemesis of Batman.  He "told police he was the fictitious Batman villain, the Joker, and when cops put evidence bags over his hands to preserve traces of gunpowder residue, he pretended the bags were puppets."<ref name="ABC News">http://abcnews.go.com/US/james-holmes-spitting-correction-officers-forcing-spit-guard/story?id=16844456</ref>
    
Holmes was obsessed with role-playing [[video games]] and reportedly planned his attack long in advance.
 
Holmes was obsessed with role-playing [[video games]] and reportedly planned his attack long in advance.
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