APNewsBreak: Victims demand whereabouts of theater shooter
(AP) — Several victims of the Colorado theater shooting have filed complaints alleging the state corrections department violated their rights by refusing to reveal where the gunman is serving his life sentence, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Several survivors of the 2012 attack that killed 12 and injured more than 70 have said they were upset after corrections officials quietly transferred James Holmes to an out-of-state prison in January.
The panel could require prison officials to provide details of Holmes' confinement, or it could propose ways the department can keep victims better informed in the future.
Documents provided to The Associated Press and other news outlets though open-records requests later revealed that Holmes was transferred partly because another inmate pushed his way through a partially open door and attacked him when he was being held in Colorado's highest security prison.
Not knowing Holmes' location meant attorneys representing several shooting victims and their families in a lawsuit against theater owner Cinemark were not able to question him during a civil trial this week.