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Dalai_1

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Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:40 PM Dec 2012

Adam Lanza's Father [View all]

Adam Lanza's Father Found Out About Son's Role In Massacre From A Reporter

Henry Blodget | Dec. 15, 2012, 9:17 AM

The father of 20-year old Adam Lanza, the alleged "shooter" in the horrific Sandy Hook school massacre, found out about what happened from a Stamford Advocate reporter yesterday afternoon.
Peter Lanza, a tax specialist at GE, was pulling into his driveway in Stamford in a Mini Cooper when reporter Maggie Gordon approached the car.

Lanza rolled down the window and asked if he could help her.

I told him I was a reporter for the Stamford Advocate, and I was surprised that no click of recognition flash across his face. So I continued, explaining that I'd been told someone at his address had been linked to the shootings in Newtown.
His expression twisted from patient, to surprise to horror; it was obvious that this moment, shortly after 1:30 p.m. Friday, was the first time he had considered his family could have been involved. He quickly declined to comment, rolled up the window, parked in the right side of the two-car garage and closed the door.

Moments later he sat at a table in the front of his three-bedroom house, a phone to his left ear and a palm to his right cheek.
Lanza and his former wife, Nancy, who was also killed yesterday, divorced several years ago after 28 years of marriage. He and Nancy Lanza shared custody of Adam, who was 17 at the time of the divorce.
Peter Lanza lives with his second wife in Stamford.

In that one moment, Lanza learned that his son killed 28 people, including 20 children, his ex-wife, and himself. It's hard to even begin to imagine what that feels like.

Source:

http://www.businessinsider.com/peter-lanza-father-stamford-2012-12?0=bi

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Adam Lanza's Father [View all] Dalai_1 Dec 2012 OP
Unforgivable on the part of that "reporter". peacebird Dec 2012 #1
Unforgivable on the part of the police Warpy Dec 2012 #2
That too.... Poor man. peacebird Dec 2012 #6
There is a process..and media always "takes cuts" in their rush to report SoCalDem Dec 2012 #15
Yes, I know, it took about 5 hours for notification Warpy Dec 2012 #22
You're right; she should have said "Wouldn't YOU like to know" when he asked her why she was there. Brickbat Dec 2012 #4
It gets better.... politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2012 #12
Obscene.... peacebird Dec 2012 #17
He and his wife kept to themselves, didn't put up Christmas lights. Fridays Child Dec 2012 #3
well fuck, i'd better go put up my christmas lights before they come cart me away n/t yodermon Dec 2012 #7
Honestly! Wind Dancer Dec 2012 #19
the neighbors seem to be hfojvt Dec 2012 #9
But but but...What did he have for lunch that day SoCalDem Dec 2012 #23
His circumstances make me shudder. mn9driver Dec 2012 #5
My grand son has aspergers too marlakay Dec 2012 #10
My understanding is that the Aspergers is unconfirmed. And doesn't it seem like such an odd Squinch Dec 2012 #20
Frustration, sadness, loneliness, yes mn9driver Dec 2012 #24
I doubt it too. Squinch Dec 2012 #25
"tax specialist at GE" Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2012 #8
Nice going, Stamford Advocate, Xipe Totec Dec 2012 #11
"Can I help you, miss?" alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #13
Beating the police at giving him the news, I see how it may happen Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #14
No point in blaming the media here marions ghost Dec 2012 #16
How horrible for him. Terra Alta Dec 2012 #18
Damn that reporter!! SajayHobbs Dec 2012 #21
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