NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — The Colonial-style home where Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza lived with his mother has been transferred to the town in a deal with a bank.
The Newtown Legislative Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to accept the house at no cost.
First Selectwoman Pat Llodra credited the bank for showing “compassion and generosity.”
The News-Times reports (http://bit.ly/1FSySaa ) the appraised value of the 3,162-square-foot home was $523,620.
Llodra said acquiring the property began about six months ago with a call from a real estate agent hired by Hudson City Savings Bank.
The future use of the house and property will be decided later.
Twenty-year-old Lanza fatally shot his mother Nancy Lanza at the house before killing 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012. He killed himself at the school.
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Burn it down and plant a Peace Garden?
That was my first thought - a controlled fire that everyone can gather 'round to witness, then a common use for the land.
The bank wants it off the books.
No one will buy obviously.
Perhaps some good can come from this place
where evil once lurked within.
Still cannot fathom ‘how’ or ‘why’.
jw1