20 year old Adam Lanza was identified to be the killer of the 26 people, 20 of whom were children while six were teachers at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown in Connecticut.
Adam was born to Nancy and Peter Lanza who divorced after 28 years of marriage. At the time of the divorce, Adam’s elder brother was away at university; he was left alone at home with his mother living in a £350,000 house.
According to Adam’s brother, Ryan Lanza who is four years his senior, Adam had autism or Asperger’s syndrome, and a personality disorder. Ryan and Adam had not seen each other for two years, they last saw each other in 2010.
He was what a former teacher of his called a genius. “You could tell he was, I would say, a genius,” said Miss Israel. “There was something that was above the rest of us.” He’d correct people’s Latin homework, when they were aged around 14, and at 16 was among the list of top students in his English class, studying “Of Mice and Men” and “Catcher In The Rye” – the classic tale of troubled youth.
Adam was a known loner and was addicted to the computer. Despite this fact, he kept away from social networks and had neither a Facebook page or a Twitter account.
“Adam Lanza has been a weird kid since we were five years old,” said Tim Dalton, a neighbor and former classmate, on Twitter. “As horrible as this was, I can’t say I am surprised.”
“This was a deeply disturbed kid,” a family insider said. “He certainly had major issues. He was subject to outbursts from what I recall.”
Another family friend said he had acted as though he was immune to pain. “A few years ago when he was on the baseball team, everyone had to be careful that he didn’t fall because he could get hurt and not feel it,” said the friend. “Adam had a lot of mental problems.”
Ryan was at work in accountancy firm Ernst and Young, sitting at his desk in Times Square when news broke out of the massacre. The 24 year old found his name on the screen, he was being accused of the massacre and he was quick to point out that he was not the one. “It was my brother,” he said.
Adam’s reclusion was known by many as he did not have any close friends. “It was almost painful to have a conversation with him, because he felt so uncomfortable,” said Olivia DeVivo, who sat behind him in English. “I spent so much time in my English class wondering what he was thinking.”
“He didn’t have any friends, but he was a nice kid if you got to know him,” said Kyle Kromberg, now studying business administration at Endicott College in Massachusetts. He studied Latin with Lanza. “He didn’t fit in with the other kids,” he said. “He was very, very shy. He wouldn’t look you in the eyes when he talked. He didn’t really want to lock eyes with you for very long.”
“My brother has always been a nerd,” Ryan said. Catherine Urso whose college-age son knew the killer and remembered him for his alternative style. “He just said he was very thin, very remote and was one of the goths,” she said.
“I always saw him walking alone, sitting on his own at a table or on the bus. Most of the time I saw him he was alone,” said Alex Israel, who was at school with him as a young girl. “He was really quiet. A little fidgety, uneasy. I think socially he was just going out (into the world) and not making friends with everyone.”
Her mother Beth Israel, who lived nearby, said: “I know he had issues. He was a really troubled kid … a very quiet kid, a shy kid, maybe socially awkward.” He was not on Facebook, unusually for any Westerner of his generation, and did not appear in his 2010 High School Yearbook. Instead were written the words: “Camera shy”.
Marsha Lanza, aunt to the boys, described Mrs Lanza as a good mother and kind-hearted. Mrs Lanza would host games of dice, or else venture out to visit her neighbours for a glass of wine but she was also, according to friends, an avid gun collector. Dan Holmes, owner of a Connecticut landscaping firm, said, “She said she would often go target shooting with her kids”.
Adam first shot his mother, the gun used was her own.
Adam was born to Nancy and Peter Lanza who divorced after 28 years of marriage. At the time of the divorce, Adam’s elder brother was away at university; he was left alone at home with his mother living in a £350,000 house.
According to Adam’s brother, Ryan Lanza who is four years his senior, Adam had autism or Asperger’s syndrome, and a personality disorder. Ryan and Adam had not seen each other for two years, they last saw each other in 2010.
He was what a former teacher of his called a genius. “You could tell he was, I would say, a genius,” said Miss Israel. “There was something that was above the rest of us.” He’d correct people’s Latin homework, when they were aged around 14, and at 16 was among the list of top students in his English class, studying “Of Mice and Men” and “Catcher In The Rye” – the classic tale of troubled youth.
Adam was a known loner and was addicted to the computer. Despite this fact, he kept away from social networks and had neither a Facebook page or a Twitter account.
“Adam Lanza has been a weird kid since we were five years old,” said Tim Dalton, a neighbor and former classmate, on Twitter. “As horrible as this was, I can’t say I am surprised.”
“This was a deeply disturbed kid,” a family insider said. “He certainly had major issues. He was subject to outbursts from what I recall.”
Another family friend said he had acted as though he was immune to pain. “A few years ago when he was on the baseball team, everyone had to be careful that he didn’t fall because he could get hurt and not feel it,” said the friend. “Adam had a lot of mental problems.”
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Adam’s reclusion was known by many as he did not have any close friends. “It was almost painful to have a conversation with him, because he felt so uncomfortable,” said Olivia DeVivo, who sat behind him in English. “I spent so much time in my English class wondering what he was thinking.”
“He didn’t have any friends, but he was a nice kid if you got to know him,” said Kyle Kromberg, now studying business administration at Endicott College in Massachusetts. He studied Latin with Lanza. “He didn’t fit in with the other kids,” he said. “He was very, very shy. He wouldn’t look you in the eyes when he talked. He didn’t really want to lock eyes with you for very long.”
“My brother has always been a nerd,” Ryan said. Catherine Urso whose college-age son knew the killer and remembered him for his alternative style. “He just said he was very thin, very remote and was one of the goths,” she said.
“I always saw him walking alone, sitting on his own at a table or on the bus. Most of the time I saw him he was alone,” said Alex Israel, who was at school with him as a young girl. “He was really quiet. A little fidgety, uneasy. I think socially he was just going out (into the world) and not making friends with everyone.”
Her mother Beth Israel, who lived nearby, said: “I know he had issues. He was a really troubled kid … a very quiet kid, a shy kid, maybe socially awkward.” He was not on Facebook, unusually for any Westerner of his generation, and did not appear in his 2010 High School Yearbook. Instead were written the words: “Camera shy”.
Marsha Lanza, aunt to the boys, described Mrs Lanza as a good mother and kind-hearted. Mrs Lanza would host games of dice, or else venture out to visit her neighbours for a glass of wine but she was also, according to friends, an avid gun collector. Dan Holmes, owner of a Connecticut landscaping firm, said, “She said she would often go target shooting with her kids”.
Adam first shot his mother, the gun used was her own.
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