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Sandy Hook killer took motive to his grave
CNN ^ | 11-25-13 | Matt Smith

Posted on 11/25/2013 6:49:09 PM PST by smokingfrog

In the years leading up to the December 2012 massacre at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, Adam Lanza went from a merely shy pre-teen to a mentally ill recluse obsessed with school shootings.

But during that long descent, Lanza never gave anyone any indication that he would one day turn a gun on his mother and then storm his onetime grade school with a semiautomatic rifle, killing 20 first-graders and six adults, investigators reported Monday.

And so Connecticut authorities closed the book on the second-deadliest shooting in U.S. history with the motive still a mystery. Lanza shot himself at the end of his 11-minute rampage, and police found no sign that he "voiced or gave any indication to others that he intended to commit such a crime himself," according to a 44-page summary of the investigation, released Monday.

"The evidence clearly shows that the shooter planned his actions, including the taking of his own life, but there is no clear indication why he did so, or why he targeted Sandy Hook Elementary School," the report states.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: banglist; columbine; lanza; newtown; sandyhook
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Monday's report is separate from a much longer evidence file that Connecticut State Police will release at an unspecified date. The family of Victoria Soto, a teacher who shielded her students before being shot to death, said the release is "yet another blow that our family has been dealt."
1 posted on 11/25/2013 6:49:09 PM PST by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

Why are they still dwelling on this?

“...to a mentally ill recluse obsessed with school shootings.”

Um, because the mentally ill, TV obsessed teen of today sees the glorification of this IN THE MEDIA every chance the LEFTIST GUN GRABBERS get?

Useful Tools.

Just a hunch...


3 posted on 11/25/2013 6:56:00 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: smokingfrog

So I can only assume he was a member of the Occupy movement.


4 posted on 11/25/2013 7:02:05 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Flag_This

That’s true...

I blame the media for sensationalizing these shootings, the entertainment industry for pushing more and more violent video games and movies for children, and the teachers unions for pushing the “affective” teaching style designed to detach children from their social and moral anchor of their parents.


5 posted on 11/25/2013 7:03:41 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Impeach 0bama)
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To: smokingfrog

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out the perp was “socially maladjusted and challenged” (PC terminology for crazy and violently deranged).


6 posted on 11/25/2013 7:04:35 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The Progressives believe that the "Bill of Rights" was meant to only be a suggestion.)
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To: smokingfrog
"The evidence clearly shows that the shooter planned his actions, including the taking of his own life, but there is no clear indication why he did so, or why he targeted Sandy Hook Elementary School," the report states.

Many official reports on horrendous crimes over the years; much bull obama.

7 posted on 11/25/2013 7:14:35 PM PST by Standing Wolf (No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Must not have any new murders that fit their template, so they rehash old ones.


8 posted on 11/25/2013 7:16:09 PM PST by Luke21
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To: smokingfrog

Oh, fer crying out loud.

We all know damned well that the gun made him do it. Along with its high-capacity cohorts.


9 posted on 11/25/2013 7:23:56 PM PST by digger48
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I blame the media for sensationalizing these shootings,...

If only they wouldn't give out the names of these insane killers, just say a "nut case" did it, we would have so many publicity seeking maniacs doing this. Just look at how everyone still knows the name Lee Harvey Oswald fifty years after the crime.

10 posted on 11/25/2013 7:31:11 PM PST by Inyo-Mono (NRA)
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To: smokingfrog
Sandy Hook killer took motive to his grave

What?

His motive was: He was a whackjob copycat wannabe.

11 posted on 11/25/2013 7:34:34 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ("The government" is nothing but a RAT jobs program)
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To: smokingfrog

He was just another frustrated and disappointed Obama supporter.


12 posted on 11/25/2013 7:38:50 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my health insurance policy?)
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To: Flag_This
It was his last revenge on the system that rejected him. I will show all of you a$$ holes how I feel. You will remember me forever! I will take from you what you took from me.
13 posted on 11/25/2013 7:47:45 PM PST by Bronzy
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To: Bronzy

Assuming that was his motive, how does knowing it help in any way?


14 posted on 11/25/2013 7:53:20 PM PST by Flag_This (Liberalism: Kills countries dead.)
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To: Flag_This

Seems like he is being remembered. Perhaps that was what he wanted.


15 posted on 11/25/2013 7:59:41 PM PST by Bronzy
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To: smokingfrog

I read the whole report and what I find disturbing was the pedophilia stuff he might have had on his compute. (Investigators can only get things off of UBS drives as he destroyed his had drive.)

I do wonder if he was sexually abused. Ho got really weird after 7th grade.

Maybe it was just a messed up kid and puberty, but I wonder if it as more.


16 posted on 11/25/2013 8:01:31 PM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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"No motive! Ergo, confiscate all guns except cops, DHS, and military! Line up, saps! Hand 'em over! You violent gun nuts! You ALL are Adam Lanza, waiting to happen!"

So, how close am I?

17 posted on 11/25/2013 8:05:18 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: smokingfrog

His mother was associated with the school at one time, on a part time basis if I recall news reports at the time.


19 posted on 11/25/2013 8:22:14 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CHRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

80 million gun owners could suddenly snap and start shooting each other in gun free zones. Duck!


20 posted on 11/25/2013 8:23:34 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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