details are emerging that suspect james holmes may have mailed plans for a massacre to the school where he had struggled. abc news has learned investigators are examining a notebook reportedly sent to a psychiatrist at the university of colorado. it contains stick figure drawings of shootings. that package was opened monday but it s not known if it arrived before or after the massacre. meantime, mourners gathered for the first of a dozen funerals. as 51-year-old gordon cowden was laid to rest. it was awesome just remembering him and really just supporting the family. it was just a great memorial and uplifting him, yeah, just kind of how it was. it was hard, but it was good. and three hospitals caring for the survivors now plan to put a limit on their medical bills or wipe them out completely. no word on what the other two hospitals are planning on doing. such great news. they don t have to be saddled with all those expenses. such great news.
allow syrian refugees through. the new leader in north korea, kim jong-un, has gotten married. north korea confirmed that this woman is the new wife of the new leader. in anaheim, california, the u.s. attorney s office will review the police shootings of two men that sparked days of violent protests. the mother of one victim contended the protest saying she did not want them to become her son s legacy. and sky diver fearless phoenix balmgardener. he took another leap, this time from an altitude of 18,000 miles. he did land safely in new mexico. next week, he plans to jump from 23 miles, going super sonic. here s your first look at this morning s dish of scrambled politics. missouri state lawmaker john mccaherty is holding a rifle
wednesday afternoon the first of what will be too many memorial services all for the vtims of last week s shooting rampage. 51-year-old, gordon cowden brought his teenage children to the movie. they escaped unharmed. he lost his life. it was hard, but it was good. reporter: in aurora, some of the survivors of that rampage now heading home, healthy enough to reflect on that night. even though i didn t know if i would live that night, much less have my leg, god was with me, and i was at peace. i was okay. reporter: in a gesture of compassion, three of the hospitals will limit or wipe out their medical bills. so many of the victims are young, not insured and could face insurmountable costs. now new information about a suspicious package delivered to the university of colorado services facility building monday prompting a nearly three-hour evacuation.
one of many theories now being discussed. also, we have now seen the first of 12 funerals. gordon cowden was the oldest victim. he was 51 years old. he took his two teenage children to the movies last thursday night, and he never came home. dan harris, abc news, centennial, colorado. thank you, dan, for that. you have to wonder here, was the fact that he failed this key oral exam, and then went out and got the rifle was that really what triggered it? some kind of academic failure. he was a gifted kid by all accounts. he did well in school, really one of the brightest of the bright here. but if that rifle that he bought after failing the exam was growing because he already had an arsenal by that point. so, something actually happened before he failed the exam to kind of start this behavior. you have to wonder what was that? this breakup, alleged breakup? the academic troubles, what fueled all this? i think it was interesting that he sent this package that
about the relationship between the accused shooter and this professor? i mean, was this somebody who taught him? was this somebody that he actually sought counseling from? if it s the professor that we believe it to be, it was somebody who taught a series of courses that he attended, including neurological disorders and ironically, schizophrenia. but we don t know what their relationship was. there are real questions there about there is information that he failed on an oral exam and that caused his withdrawal from the program. but we re far from knowing, was the professor the person who he failed the oral exam in front of? was it somebody else? again, because of the gag order it s a very difficult environment for reporting. and in terms of, what have you been able to find out in terms of what s in the notebook? well, very little. and there are questions that remain. we re told there s verbiage kind of a pent-up, was the phrase used, writings about shooting people. and