Holmes vs Bencomo murder trial On July 20, 2012 more than 80 people were shot in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater. The shooter, James Holmes, left many people helpless and scared for their life as he opened fire on the crowd. Another murder case was the murder of Patricia Beard by Hector Bencomo. Bencomo raped and killed her in her own house in 1981. Both of these murder trials had forced entries. In the aurora shooting the suspects broke through the back doors and threw tear gas in and then started shooting. In the Beard case, Bencomo broke into Patricia Beard’s house by climbing up a pole and breaking the window. Also both of these murderers had violent backgrounds. James Holmes had tons of weapons and bombs in his house. In fact he had