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The Brief, Enigmatic Life of Mass-Murderer Adam LanzaNancy Lanza was found dead in the Newtown, Conn., home she shared with her younger son. Police believe Adam Lanza killed his mother, and then collected guns registered to her in their home to use in his rampage at the elementary school. A law enforcement source said that in addition to four weapons connected to the mass shooting -- three on Adam's person, and one in his car -- there were two other weapons found in his mother's home. Police are tracing all six weapons as to where and when purchased and registration, reports CBS News investigative producer Pat Milton. Two law enforcement sources tell CBS News' Milton that Nancy Lanza was found shot to death in her bed. CBS News' Bob Orr reported Sunday morning on "Face The Nation" that police found two smashed computers in the home. Law enforcement authorities have collected the computer pieces to see what information might be retrieved. Neighbors told CBS News that Nancy Lanza was a gun enthusiast and often took Adam Lanza target shooting with her. The aunt said Nancy Lanza kept guns for own safety, and had something of a survivalist mentality; she was worried about protecting her home if the economy went south. Money was not an issue for the family; Nancy Lanza received a healthy support payment from her ex-husband, Peter Lanza. "She didn't have to work. My brother-in-law left her well off," said Marsha Lanza. A friend of Nancy Lanza, local landscaper Dan Holmes, said he believed that Adam's father was not a large presence in Adam's life. Nancy Lanza evidently still suffered from a bad divorce and could be "pretty vocal" about her ex. "I don't believe the kids saw their father at all," said Holmes. "She was pretty vocal about her ex-husband... years afterwards." CBS News' Pat Milton reports source briefed on the investigation said Nancy Lanza was demanding of her children. Even though Adam was highly intelligent, she pressed him to high standards and even pressed her sons to measure up at the shooting range where she taught them to shoot, the source said. Young residents of Newtown who knew Adam Lanza described him as uncomfortable in groups, shy, and that there was "something off there," reports "48 Hours" correspondent Roberts. In the chaotic hours after the mass shooting, Adam was initially confused with his older brother Ryan Lanza, who lives in Hoboken, N.J. Ryan Lanza was taken in for questioning Friday but later released. It appears, as of now, that he was not involved in the shooting. CBS News' Miller notes Adam apparently grew up in the shadow of a more successful older brother. "He was very different from his older brother, who had gone to college, and gotten a job at a brokerage firm," said Miller. As CBS News' Miller notes, there's been very little paper trail for the 20-year-old Lanza. "It's been a mystery. ... He got his GED a few years ago ... but there's no picture of him holding a job or getting higher education." |
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Maserati said on Wednesday, Jan 16 at 9:34 AM
I found this site searching for Adams school history. Sr. Rose fo Lima was intentionally harboring a known pedophile in 1998 when Adam arrived at Newtown at the age of 6. Father John Castaldo was finally caught and convicted in 2001. Was Adam molested or sodomized, and his fundamentalist family take a settlement and a gag order from the church? It would explain everything.
111457505TedtheBear said on Saturday, Dec 22 at 10:19 AM
I wonder why we are treated with a photo of a middle schooler when Adam Lanza was a grown adult when he did his deed. Media of this country are so overhyped about this incident but yet cannot provide a current photo of this killer.
109822085Anonymous said on Thursday, Dec 20 at 6:33 PM
his mother was a doomsdayer and religious nut...this kid didn't stand a chance...then when she is to get alimony she signs him up for a mental institution? There is an active case in Alaska, and Frank Murkowski revered the statutes of limitations because the kid got put in "Alcatraz" aka API and the kid is almost 50 with no guns and no crimes? Money was the root of that operation and Frank knew it...too bad his daughter sides with Paylan on the missing HUGE trust fund Levi joked at... I heard it's coming up in state, federal and international courts...OUCH...don't steal then!!!
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