--- description: The defense team for the accused James Holmes had requested that the image not be shown title: Jury Will See Picture of the Youngest Aurora Shooting Victim image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt618b024f5a59ddab/6988554e5f570fabddb1c139/453180324.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Courts](/tag/courts/) ## Courts Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jurors Will Briefly See a Picture of the 6-Year-Old Aurora Shooting Victim by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 3:33 AM CUT  Ashley Moser poses for a picture in front of a tree bearing a ribbon for her 6-year-old daughter Veronica Moser-Sullivan, who was killed in the attack on the Century Aurora 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2014 Ashley Moser poses for a picture in front of a tree bearing a ribbon for her 6-year-old daughter Veronica Moser-Sullivan, who was killed in the attack on the Century Aurora 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2014Kent Nishimura—Denver Post via Getty Images by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 3:33 AM CUT Judge Carlos Samour Jr. told prosecutors that they would be able to show to jurors a picture of the youngest victim of the Aurora shooting, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, if only for a few seconds. Accused shooter James Holmes’ defense team had previously requested that the image not be shown during Moser-Sullivan’s mother’s scheduled testimony this Friday, the [Denver](http://www.denverpost.com/theater-shooting-trial/ci%5F28337602/judge-allow-aurora-theater-shooting-jurors-see-girls "undefined")[ _Post_](http://www.denverpost.com/theater-shooting-trial/ci%5F28337602/judge-allow-aurora-theater-shooting-jurors-see-girls "undefined") reports. Holmes is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity to the crime of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in a movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012. According to the _Post_, Ashley Moser, who was in the theater with her daughter that night, will also be able to tell the jury that she miscarried as a consequence of the shooting. Moser is now a quadriplegic as a result of the injuries she suffered, the _Post_ said. \[[_Denver Post_](http://www.denverpost.com/theater-shooting-trial/ci%5F28337602/judge-allow-aurora-theater-shooting-jurors-see-girls "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3927776/veronica-moser-sullivan-james-holmes-aurora-shooting-theater/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3927776/veronica-moser-sullivan-james-holmes-aurora-shooting-theater/"},"headline":"Jurors Will Briefly See a Picture of the 6-Year-Old Aurora Shooting Victim","datePublished":"2015-06-19T03:33:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:21:10.503Z","description":"Defense team for the accused had requested that the image not be shown","url":"https://time.com/3927776/veronica-moser-sullivan-james-holmes-aurora-shooting-theater/","keywords":["Courts","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt618b024f5a59ddab/6988554e5f570fabddb1c139/453180324.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt618b024f5a59ddab/6988554e5f570fabddb1c139/453180324.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hope for Aurora ceremony where trees were planted at The Potter's House of Denver in commemoration of those lost in the 2012 Aurora Shooting.","caption":"Hope for Aurora ceremony where trees were planted at The Potter's House of Denver in commemoration of those lost in the 2012 Aurora Shooting.","creditText":"Kent Nishimura—Denver Post via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/courts/","name":"Courts"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3927776/veronica-moser-sullivan-james-holmes-aurora-shooting-theater/","name":"Jurors Will Briefly See a Picture of the 6-Year-Old Aurora Shooting Victim"}}]}] ```