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Showing Original Post only (View all)Nancy Lanza feared son, Adam, was ‘getting worse’; told friend ‘he was burning himself ~ Daily News [View all]
Nancy Lanza feared son, Adam, was getting worse; told friend he was burning himself with a lighter
Less than a week before her son would launch his horrifying attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, gun-loving mom Nancy Lanza knew she was losing him and that he was getting worse.
A drinking buddy of Lanzas told the Daily News that her son Adam had long been troubled and rarely came up in conversation.
She just looked down at the glass and said, I dont know. Im worried Im losing him, said the bar pal, who asked not to be named, of the ominous conversation at the watering hole My Place in Newtown, Conn.
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Nancy told me he was burning himself with a lighter. In the ankles or arms or something, he recalled of a conversation they had about a year ago. It was like he was trying to feel something.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nancy-lanza-feared-son-adam-worse-article-1.1221505#ixzz2FHiYsEn4
Less than a week before her son would launch his horrifying attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School, gun-loving mom Nancy Lanza knew she was losing him and that he was getting worse.
A drinking buddy of Lanzas told the Daily News that her son Adam had long been troubled and rarely came up in conversation.
She just looked down at the glass and said, I dont know. Im worried Im losing him, said the bar pal, who asked not to be named, of the ominous conversation at the watering hole My Place in Newtown, Conn.
...
Nancy told me he was burning himself with a lighter. In the ankles or arms or something, he recalled of a conversation they had about a year ago. It was like he was trying to feel something.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nancy-lanza-feared-son-adam-worse-article-1.1221505#ixzz2FHiYsEn4
"Trying to feel something"? ... Perhaps he was seeking to feel something emotionally as well?
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Nancy Lanza feared son, Adam, was ‘getting worse’; told friend ‘he was burning himself ~ Daily News [View all]
mzmolly
Dec 2012
OP
When a person is burning themselves or hurting themselves like that, it's serious cry for help.
Michigan Alum
Dec 2012
#47
But even if the mother wasn't in denial and knew her son needed more help, I don't think most people
TheDebbieDee
Dec 2012
#50
I've thought that too. Still it appears this woman made many errors in judgment.
bklyncowgirl
Dec 2012
#54
How many guns do you need in a case like that? Do you need more than one gun
Chorophyll
Dec 2012
#56
I just can't believe she didn't have the guns locked up. Somehow he gamed the system...he certainly
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#12
So they'd cite her for a misdemeanor, and tape it on her coffin? Does anyone
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#34
well, i can't believe she would keep them in the home at all, and not get rid of them
JI7
Dec 2012
#16
she's a wealthy mom that can afford all manner of help but her choice is home schooling?
Pretzel_Warrior
Dec 2012
#19
everybody on this thread takes the word of a 'drinking buddy' selling her tale to the nydaily news
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#30
my point exactly. if they can't get easily verifiable stuff right, how much less trustworthy is
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#67
That's a good point. But we'd discuss very little here in terms of current events,
mzmolly
Dec 2012
#68
Self-mutilation is not uncommon...for girls it is called "cutting". They do it with razor blades.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#66
I read this and all I can think is whatthe hell was she doing with deadly weapons floating
GumboYaYa
Dec 2012
#69