Colorado families face 'killer Joker'

Lisa Damiani, an attorney and spokesperson for the parents of alleged Colorado mass murderer James Holmes, speaks at a news conference  Monday, July 23, 2012 in San Diego.  Damiani says Holmes' mother had no idea he was believed to be the gunman who killed a dozen people in a Colorado theater until a reporter contacted her at her San Diego home. (AP)

Variety of facial expressions of James E. Holmes during his appearance at Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is accused of killing 12 and wounding 58 in a shooting rampage in a movie theater on Friday, July 20 in Aurora, Colo. (AP)

A victim in the recent mass shooting at a Aurora, Colo. movie theater arrives to witness James E. Holmes as he appears in Arapahoe County District Court, in Centennial, Colo. (AP)

Jeni Reilly holds one year old John Reilly as they are redirected from the courtroom, due to overcrowding, where James E. Holmes appeared in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. (AP)

James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court with Public Defender Tamara Brady in Centennial, Colo. (AP)

James E. Holmes, left, appears in Arapahoe County District Court, with Public Defender Tamara Brady. (AP)

Movie theater shooting victim Gordon Cowden's family embrace at the makeshift memorial built across the street from the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colorado. Two of Cowden's teenage daughters were with him in the theater when he was killed. (AFP)

People gather outside the Century 16 movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado. Twenty-four-year-old James Holmes is suspected of killing 12 and injuring 58 others Friday during a shooting rampage at a screening of 'The Dark Knight Rises.'(AFP)

A blood trail leading from the emergency exit is seen at the movie theater where 12 people were shot last Friday in Aurora, Colorado. (REUTERS)

Amanda Lindgren (R), girlfriend of Alex Teves, speaks as Alex's parents, Tom Teves (L) and his wife Caren, listen during an interview after the preliminary hearing for Colorado shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes, at the Arapahoe County Courthouse in Centennial, Colorado. Alex Teves was killed while protecting Lindgren during the shooting in a Colorado movie theater at the midnight screening of the new Batman movie early Friday. (REUTERS)

Families of victims, watch Colorado shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes make his first court appearance in Aurora, Colorado. (REUTERS)

Colorado shooting suspect James Eagan Holmes (far right) makes his first court appearance in Aurora, Colorado. Holmes, the man accused of shooting dead 12 people in a Colorado movie theater during the midnight screening of the new Batman movie early Friday, made his first appearance in court on Monday, sitting silently in a red jailhouse jump suit and with his hair dyed bright red. (REUTERS)

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