We are nearing the one year mark of this tragedy. This massacre still looms over Newtown and the entire state of Connecticut, as the assistant DA has taken the Associated Press to court in an attempt to keep the 911 calls sealed (a judge is currently considering and will make a decision soon).
In the meantime, the state released a 44-page summary today of a larger investigative case report (1,000+ pages) that will be released in the coming weeks. It includes some new details, photos, and a transcript of the dispatcher's communications. While this might be difficult to read I personally feel it's important. Perhaps we can learn and take something away from this tragedy.
Here is a link summarizing it and a link to the actual report:
http://www.ctmirror.org/story/2013/11/25/prosecutors-report-provides-details-not-answers-sandy-hook Some notable highlights:
"Lanza's first murder on Dec. 14 was in his mother's bedroom. As she lay in bed, he shot her four times in the head with a Savage Mark II .22-caliber rifle at their home in Newtown. The rifle was a bolt action, meaning that Lanza had to manually eject the spent casing and chamber a new round after each shot."
"Lanza shot himself 63 seconds after the arrival at 9:39 a.m. of the first officer, who was joined 13 second later by two others, who could hear gunshots. The last shot was fired at 9:40:03 a.m., and the first Newtown police contingent, a sergeant and two patrol officers, entered the school through a window at 9:44:47 a.m."
"Sedensky describes Lanza as increasingly withdrawn. The windows of his room were covered in black plastic, and he had communicated with his mother only by email for three months, despite living under the same roof. For two years, he had refused to answer phone calls from his father, who lived in Stamford, and his older brother."
"It also refers without comment to the discovery of digital evidence that Lanza had read materials about pedophilia and the advocacy of rights for pedophiles. On his desktop computer, police recovered a screenplay called "Lovebound" about a relationship between a 10-year-old boy and a 30-year-old man. It also had a file marked "babies" with fictional stories about being attacked by babies and defending against them. The desktop also had pictures of Lanza holding firearms to his head."
"In the 5th grade, he produced a story he called the “Big Book of Granny,” featuring a character who has a gun in her cane and shoots people, including children. Sedensky wrote there was no indication the paper was handed in at school."
"Sedensky concluded in his report that Lanza's "mental status" would have been no defense for the attack, noting the degree of planning, including bringing earplugs."
Absolutely chilling, friends. My prayers are with those families today as this report is surely stirring things up again.
