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In February 1986, five or six months after testing negative for the virus, Holmes was diagnosed as HIV positive after a second HIV test.

According to Laurie Holmes, he claimed that he never used hypodermic needles and was deeply afraid of them.

Both his first wife, Sharon, as well as Bill Amerson, separately confirmed later that Holmes could not have contracted HIV from intravenous drug use because he never used needles.