A 30-year-old Colorado woman is SO in love with he "Dark Knight Rises" shooting suspect she carries his picture in her wallet -- and dyes her hair red in solidarity.

Misty Benjamin attended the pre-trial hearing of suspected Aurora gunman James Holmes to show her support - and infatuation - for a man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in a movie theater shooting spree last July.

She has even dyed her hair a shocking red in support of Holmes. And she says: ' I don't think he is a bad guy. What he did was bad.'

She added: 'Tons of people are hating me because I’m deciding to be compassionate and show compassion for a person that committed a horrendous crime.'

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