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4. The mother would have been the only one
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 11:33 PM
Dec 2013

Last edited Sat Dec 28, 2013, 01:56 PM - Edit history (1)

and he hid quite a bit (almost all of it based on reports) from her as well. In the end very few parents seem to be able to psychologically accept that the child they raised has turned into a criminal or even worse a monster. He had apparently cut ties with his father and brother some years before.

As for the rest, he was 20 and had been home schooled for years and there appears to be no reports that I have seen that he saw a medical professional in the years between when he left school and committed the murders.

On edit: Today's Hartford Courant contained an article regarding his mental health treatment:

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-lanza-sandy-hook-report1228-20131227,0,6112024,full.story

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