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'''Adam Lanza''' (April 22, 1992 - December 14, 2012) was the perpetrator of the December 14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which he ~~killed~~ 26 people and injured at least 11 more. After killing students and administrators, he commited suicide. His brother, Ryan Lanza was taken into custody for questioning. ~~Lanza~~'s mother, Nancy Lanza, was shot by ~~Lanza~~ at his house in Newtown, CT. The school's principal, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung and the school's psychologist, Mary Sherlach were also killed. 20 children were murdered in the shooting. A 7 foot spreadsheet was found in his home detailing virtually every single mass murder and attempted mass murder in history. Like most mass murderers, Lanza was frustrated with his life, and he wanted to take as many people with him as he could. He hoped to outdo everyone on this list, particularly [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik Anders Behring Breivik]

'''Adam Lanza''' (April 22, 1992 - December 14, 2012) was the perpetrator of the December 14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which he murdered 26 people and injured at least 11 more. After killing students and administrators, he commited suicide. His brother, Ryan Lanza was taken into custody for questioning. Adam's mother, Nancy Lanza, was shot by her own son at his house in Newtown, CT. The school's principal, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung and the school's psychologist, Mary Sherlach were also killed. Twenty children were murdered in the shooting. A seven-foot spreadsheet was found in his home detailing virtually every single mass murder and attempted mass murder in history. Like most mass murderers, Lanza was frustrated with his life, and he wanted to take as many people down with him as he could. He hoped to outdo everyone on this list, particularly [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik Anders Behring Breivik]

==Early life==

[http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02920/Lanza_2920473b.jpg Photo of Lanza with his father.]

Adam Lanza was never typical. Born April 22, 1992, he didn’t speak until he was three, and he always understood many more words than he could muster. He showed such hypersensitivity to physical touch that tags had to be removed from his clothing. In ~~preschool~~ and at Sandy Hook, where he was a pupil till the beginning of sixth grade, he sometimes smelt things that weren’t there and washed his hands excessively. A doctor diagnosed sensory-integration disorder, and Adam underwent speech therapy and occupational therapy in kindergarten and first grade.

Adam Lanza was never typical. Born April 22, 1992, he didn’t speak until he was three years old, and he always understood many more words than he could muster. He showed such hypersensitivity to physical touch that tags had to be removed from his clothing. In pre-school and at Sandy Hook, where he was a pupil till the beginning of sixth grade, he sometimes smelt things that weren’t there and washed his hands excessively. A doctor diagnosed sensory-integration disorder, and Adam underwent speech therapy and occupational therapy in kindergarten and first grade.

Still, photos show him looking cheerful. ‘Adam loved Sandy Hook school,’ his father Peter said. ‘He stated, as he was growing older, how much he had liked being a little kid.’ Adam’s brother, Ryan, four years older and now a tax accountant in New York, used to joke about how close Peter and Adam were. They’d spend hours playing with Lego in the basement, making up stories for the towns they built. Adam even invented his own board games. ‘Always thinking differently,’ Peter said. ‘Just a normal little weird kid.'

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Peter moved to Stamford, nearly an hour from Newtown, but still saw the boys every weekend. When Adam entered middle school, he proudly took Peter to see it. ‘And talk about talkative: man, that kid, you couldn’t shut him up!’ Peter said. In the years that followed, they would talk about politics. Adam became fascinated with guns and with the [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II Second World War], and showed an interest in joining the military. But he never talked about mass murder, and he wasn’t violent at school. He seldom revealed his emotions, but had a sharp sense of humor. When Peter took him to see Bill Cosby live, Adam laughed for an hour straight. One Christmas, Adam told his parents that he wanted to use his savings to buy toys for needy children, and Peter took him shopping for them.

When he was six, Adam was raped by a catholic priest named Fr John J Castaldo; the exprience made him suffer in silence for years, and led to him being ~~builed~~ and beaten at school.

When he was six, Adam was raped by a catholic priest named Friar John J Castaldo; the exprience made him suffer in silence for years, and led to him being bullied and beaten at school.

==Teen life==

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-'''Adam Lanza''' (April 22, 1992 - December 14, 2012) was the perpetrator of the December 14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which he killed 26 people and injured at least 11 more. After killing students and administrators, he commited suicide. His brother, Ryan Lanza was taken into custody for questioning. Lanza's mother, Nancy Lanza, was shot by Lanza at his house in Newtown, CT. The school's principal, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung and the school's psychologist, Mary Sherlach were also killed. 20 children were murdered in the shooting.  A 7 foot spreadsheet was found in his home detailing virtually every single mass murder and attempted mass murder in history. Like most mass murderers, Lanza was frustrated with his life, and he wanted to take as many people with him as he could. He hoped to outdo everyone on this list, particularly [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik Anders Behring Breivik]
+'''Adam Lanza''' (April 22, 1992 - December 14, 2012) was the perpetrator of the December 14, 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in which he murdered 26 people and injured at least 11 more. After killing students and administrators, he commited suicide. His brother, Ryan Lanza was taken into custody for questioning. Adam's mother, Nancy Lanza, was shot by her own son at his house in Newtown, CT. The school's principal, Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung and the school's psychologist, Mary Sherlach were also killed. Twenty children were murdered in the shooting.  A seven-foot spreadsheet was found in his home detailing virtually every single mass murder and attempted mass murder in history. Like most mass murderers, Lanza was frustrated with his life, and he wanted to take as many people down with him as he could. He hoped to outdo everyone on this list, particularly [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik Anders Behring Breivik]
 ==Early life==
 [http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02920/Lanza_2920473b.jpg Photo of Lanza with his father.]
-Adam Lanza was never typical. Born April 22, 1992, he didn’t speak until he was three, and he always understood many more words than he could muster. He showed such hypersensitivity to physical touch that tags had to be removed from his clothing. In preschool and at Sandy Hook, where he was a pupil till the beginning of sixth grade, he sometimes smelt things that weren’t there and washed his hands excessively. A doctor diagnosed sensory-integration disorder, and Adam underwent speech therapy and occupational therapy in kindergarten and first grade.
+Adam Lanza was never typical. Born April 22, 1992, he didn’t speak until he was three years old, and he always understood many more words than he could muster. He showed such hypersensitivity to physical touch that tags had to be removed from his clothing. In pre-school and at Sandy Hook, where he was a pupil till the beginning of sixth grade, he sometimes smelt things that weren’t there and washed his hands excessively. A doctor diagnosed sensory-integration disorder, and Adam underwent speech therapy and occupational therapy in kindergarten and first grade.
 Still, photos show him looking cheerful. ‘Adam loved Sandy Hook school,’ his father Peter said. ‘He stated, as he was growing older, how much he had liked being a little kid.’ Adam’s brother, Ryan, four years older and now a tax accountant in New York, used to joke about how close Peter and Adam were. They’d spend hours playing with Lego in the basement, making up stories for the towns they built. Adam even invented his own board games. ‘Always thinking differently,’ Peter said. ‘Just a normal little weird kid.'
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 Peter moved to Stamford, nearly an hour from Newtown, but still saw the boys every weekend. When Adam entered middle school, he proudly took Peter to see it. ‘And talk about talkative: man, that kid, you couldn’t shut him up!’ Peter said. In the years that followed, they would talk about politics. Adam became fascinated with guns and with the [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/World_War_II Second World War], and showed an interest in joining the military. But he never talked about mass murder, and he wasn’t violent at school. He seldom revealed his emotions, but had a sharp sense of humor. When Peter took him to see Bill Cosby live, Adam laughed for an hour straight. One Christmas, Adam told his parents that he wanted to use his savings to buy toys for needy children, and Peter took him shopping for them.
-When he was six, Adam was raped by a catholic priest named Fr John J Castaldo; the exprience made him suffer in silence for years, and led to him being builed and beaten at school.
+When he was six, Adam was raped by a catholic priest named Friar John J Castaldo; the exprience made him suffer in silence for years, and led to him being bullied and beaten at school.
 ==Teen life==