article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said James Holmes, 27, was once a sought-after neuroscientist-in-training, but evidence shows that months before the shooting James Holmes was preparing for violence.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said, in the months before the shooting, James Holmes told a classmate James Holmes wanted to kill people, had fallen out of favor with James Holmes professors, and had stopped seeing James Holmes psychiatrist.
article_snippet.sent: James Holmes then sent his psychiatrist threatening text messages and mailed his psychiatrist James Holmes journal in a package with $20 bills, prompting his psychiatrist to alert University of Colorado campus police.
article_snippet.sent: James Holmes also stockpiled weapons, ammunition, tear gas grenades and riot gear, and rigged James Holmes apartment to become a potentially lethal booby trap, cranking techno music in an apparent attempt to lure someone into opening James Holmes door.
article_snippet.sent: Iris Eytan, James Holmes former attorney, believed he was 'absolutely out of he mind'. '
article_snippet.sent: Look at he eyes, Iris Eytan, Holmes former attorney're completely dilated,' his psychiatrist said, referencing a mug shot showing James Holmes with he hair dyed comic-book orange. '
article_snippet.sent: Psychosis is something James Holmes knew all about.
article_snippet.sent: Police who searched his apartment also found prescription medications for anxiety and depression, 50 cans and bottles of beer, paper shooting targets, and a 'Batman' mask.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said James Holmes, 27, was once a sought-after neuroscientist-in-training, but evidence shows that months before the shooting he was preparing for violence .
article_snippet.sent: Holmes former psychiatrist and two court-appointed doctors who spent days interviewing Holmes will be questioned during the trial.
article_snippet.sent: Holmes' former psychiatrist and two court-appointed doctors who spent days interviewing him will likely be asked to explain how a seemingly harmless college student without so much as a traffic ticket on how a seemingly harmless college student record could march up and down a theater, mercilessly shooting down those who tried to flee.
article_snippet.sent: From July 5 to July 18, two days before the attack, Holmes logged onto a dating website with the handle 'classicjimbo.'
article_snippet.sent: Holmes profile said Holmes was seeking 'casual sex' and asked 'Will you visit me in prison?'
article_snippet.sent: In this Jan. 20, 2015 courtroom file sketch, James Holmes, left, and defense attorney Tamara Brady are depicted, as they sit in court on the first day of jury selection in Holmes trial .
highlights_snippet.sent: James Holmes was once a doctoral student and neuroscientist-in-training .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But prosecutors say in the months before the shooting James Holmes was preparing for violence, amassing weapons and sending threatening text messages .
  