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Holmes was a Ph.D. student in science who reportedly received many shipments, probably materials for his crime, at his office at the [[University of Colorado]].

Holmes was a Ph.D. student in science who reportedly received many shipments, probably materials for his crime, at his office at the [[University of Colorado]].

Holmes personally received $26,000 in funding from the [[National Institutes of Health]], a division of the [[Department of Health and Human Services]] in the [[Obama Administration]].  This was in addition to free tuition.<ref>http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/07/24/james-holmes-received-26k-grant-from-bethesda-based-national-institutes-of-health/#.UA7rb4EsvRk.twitter</ref>

Holmes personally received $26,000 in funding from the [[National Institutes of Health]], a division of the [[Department of Health and Human Services]] in the [[Obama Administration]].  This was in addition to free tuition:<ref>http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/07/24/james-holmes-received-26k-grant-from-bethesda-based-national-institutes-of-health/#.UA7rb4EsvRk.twitter</ref> 

 

 

observed a former FBI assistant director.<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57479463/james-holmes-received-thousands-from-grad-school-grants-ahead-of-deadly-aurora-shooting/</ref>

Holmes dyed his hair a bright reddish orange for the evening of the crime (see the booking photo to the right), 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 dyed his hair a bright reddish orange for the evening of the crime (see the booking photo to the right), 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>