Two pages of obits for 6-year-olds, surrounded by a few for octogenarians and up. Sad and surreal! I wonder how many of those older folks knew about this horror before they died, and wondered at how this could happen in this modern era, when THEY had all survived the Depression and a couple of wars and life's other ups and downs, including a few who survived some of their own children through the years.
Talk about Really Bad Choices... Ms. Lanza left Adam home alone for two days prior to the catastrophe, visiting her home state of New Hampshire (though they don't mention whether she spent time with her relatives.) This is NOT a rumor. There are receipts and witnesses and everything. This was apparently something she did from time to time if she thought he was functional.
So Adam had PLENTY of time to prepare for his "adventure." Given that it's almost a 5-hour trip from that part of NH, and her Thursday check-out time from the hotel at noon, Nancy could have gotten home no earlier than around 5:00 PM. Maybe she was so tired afterward, she didn't feel up to checking more than the obvious at home, nor was up to talking with the kid.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/report-na...efore-rampage/
The Lanza remains have not been officially claimed, though apparently the mother's side of the family is planning arrangements for her in New Hampshire. It's complicated. The older son (who was allegedly estranged) is technically the next-of-kin for the mother, but the dead son is technically the responsibility of the father.
If these were MY relatives I would NOT want them in MY family plot, even in the backwoods of NH. Who needs the probable harassment and possible desecration of a cemetery?
Donate Adam's body to see if ANYTHING can be learned from his brain, and cremate the mother, and scatter or put the ashes away somewhere safe for a few years.
http://www.thetranscript.com/ci_2221...dies-unclaimed