Sandy Hook: Adam Lanza's "home" demolished.
(So now the school and the house of Adam Lanza are gone, he has not been convicted of any crime) The Connecticut home of the man who carried out the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook elementary school has been demolished, Newtown officials said on Tuesday. The two-acre lot where the 3,100-sq ft house once stood in a leafy, suburban neighborhood will be left as open space under a plan approved by town officials. Several neighbors had asked for the building to be taken down, describing it as a constant reminder of the tragedy. Among them, Dave Ackart said in a letter: “Not only is the property a constant reminder of the evil that resided there – those of us who walk, run, drive, ride or otherwise must pass it multiple times a day, are having a hard time moving on.” Adam Lanza killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, inside the house on the morning of 14 December 2012, then drove to the school where he gunned down 20 children and six adults before killing himself. The yellow h...