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Police find no evidence Connecticut gunman was on medication
foxnews.com ^ | December 18, 2012

Posted on 12/18/2012 3:32:45 PM PST by ilovesarah2012

While Newtown buried two more young victims Tuesday in the shooting massacre, authorities said they found no evidence the gunman who killed 27 people was being medicated for mental illness.

Investigators searching the Connecticut home gunman Adam Lanza shared with his mother, Nancy Lanza, seized cellphones, computers and computer games, but found nothing at the residence to indicate he was taking medication, Hearst Connecticut Newspapers reported.

Authorities armed with search warrants are still working to obtain the 20-year-old man's medical records, according to the report. Lanza's parents told friends and divorce mediators that their son had Asperger's syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism, but it was unclear if he had ever been formally diagnosed.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
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To: annieokie

That might be an explanation for killing the mother, what about the adults at the school? And most of all why the children? What possible role could they have had in his life? I can not think of any.

This person was just an evil murderous depraved monster.


21 posted on 12/18/2012 4:25:48 PM PST by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Never piled on the mother, sorry you took it that way.

Mother's are mothers, good hearted, soft, want to please, that is just the way we are made.

Her boy knew exactly how to manipulate her to get what he wanted. Sweet one minute, the devil the next if he does not get his way.

Moms are not naturally spankers, and in this day and age I don't think anyone is.

By the time Ms. Lanza finally understood what he was doing, she sought help. I too would have told that kid "Get off your lazy azz and get a job". That is what I think happened.

Adams play time easy life was over.

22 posted on 12/18/2012 4:27:07 PM PST by annieokie
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To: annieokie

Check out Drudge’s main headline.


23 posted on 12/18/2012 4:33:52 PM PST by txmissy
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To: FreeReign

Looks like one of the side effects is weight gain (in addition to possibly feeling like hurting yourself or others).

Is the fat Adam Lanza anarchist Facebook someone put up earlier him?


24 posted on 12/18/2012 4:34:58 PM PST by Selene
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To: Ray76
I can only speculate as others have about the adults and children.

Possibly his mother discussed with Adam that she thought it was time for him to get on with his life, get a job and that she had discussed this with the adults at the school.

Now he is in a RAGE knowing that she discussed HIM with the outside world. The children may have been just a convenient defenseless afterthought in that rage, as he knew his mother loved those children. Jealousy and Hate?

25 posted on 12/18/2012 4:35:42 PM PST by annieokie
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To: ilovesarah2012
but found nothing at the residence to indicate he was taking medication

Seeing as he smashed his hard drives, he probably threw out his medication as well.

We'll learn the truth soon enough once the toxicology reports and medical records are released and then, I'll wager, he was taking something.

26 posted on 12/18/2012 4:39:45 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Alaska Wolf
Medications don't make a person a killer any more than does a gun.

Guns don't cause delusions, mania and paranoia. Some medications do including the one that he was on or withdrawing from.

27 posted on 12/18/2012 4:40:07 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: ilovesarah2012

I wish people would stop talking about this being time for “the healing to begin.” Are they high? The dead aren’t even buried, parents are still staggering around in shock, the dead children’s gifts are still under the tree, and someone says it’s time for the healing to begin?? They should get a riflebutt to the teeth for such a remark. It’ll be months and months before there’s any “healing.” These people are still dripping blood from their hearts, for pete’s sake.


28 posted on 12/18/2012 4:41:41 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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To: annieokie

Time will tell.

Whether he was medicated or not will be VERY interesting. There are conflicting claims. If it turns out that one of these “serotonin re-uptake inhibitor” drugs is involved it will be no surprise.


29 posted on 12/18/2012 4:43:11 PM PST by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
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To: txmissy
Yeah, that's been all over FR. Still only speculation for now, until we see some Court documents of her intent nothing is fact.

I do believe there was an Argument of some sort in that home. Most likely he knew his Playhouse and easy life was about over, one way or another.

I will withhold an opinion on if he had a mental illness for now. More in my opinion just a 20 year old Manipulative, lazy Brat.

Spare the Rod, spoil the child, (and call it autism, give them Ritilin.)

30 posted on 12/18/2012 4:47:52 PM PST by annieokie
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To: Alaska Wolf

“Medications don’t make a person a killer any more than does a gun”. http://www.ssristories.com/index.php


31 posted on 12/18/2012 4:49:26 PM PST by stickywillie (God Bless Lord Monckton)
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To: Ray76

At this point in all the speculation, nothing would suprise me. lol


32 posted on 12/18/2012 4:50:39 PM PST by annieokie
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To: annieokie

I hear you.

I’m very curious to learn exactly what “meds” he was on as well. The dispensing of medication to adolescents is troubling to me.

Either way, spoiled brat or whatever.....he was obviously not right. I’m curious to hear the “rest of the story”. Might take awhile, though.


33 posted on 12/18/2012 4:51:31 PM PST by txmissy
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To: txmissy
Police find no evidence Connecticut gunman was on medication """".......

Thread Headline: No evidence of medication.

20 years of spoiling a child by a loving and caring mother who can never be what he needed, a stern Father.

I am waiting to hear what his father has to say about Adam, then we may know something of truth.

34 posted on 12/18/2012 5:00:06 PM PST by annieokie
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To: Alaska Wolf
People can become subject to absolutely overwhelming rage that's directly caused by changed in their brain chemistry related to prescription psychiatric drugs, especially when they are in withdrawal from SSRI's.

It's worth looking at for 30 seconds. I urge you to click on this link and just take half a minute scanning the information here:

Index to SSRI

35 posted on 12/18/2012 5:02:13 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action.” - Auric Goldfinger)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I think a lot of this is driveby media over-reach. Trying to be the first on this and that, they out did themselves time and again by spouting idle speculation, second hand heresy and conjecture as fact.

This happens during every crisis, tragedy, attack, etc.

Consider 9/11 (Capitol blown up, White house hit), Katrina (people in Superdome eating each other), Aurora (must be TEA partier), etc.

NONE of it was fact. We had to wait.

There’s usually about 10 minutes of real news in a 24 hour period, but then they have to find something to fill the airwaves with for another 23 hours and 50 minutes.

When stuff like this happnes, they have an hours worth of real news, but still 23 hours of talk-talk-talk.


36 posted on 12/18/2012 5:03:39 PM PST by Alas Babylon!
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To: annieokie
Police find no evidence Connecticut gunman was on medication """"....... Thread Headline: No evidence of medication.

It already has been reported that the kid was given Fanopt. Why are you repeating the gun grabbing Ruppert Murdoch's, Fox's misleading headline.

37 posted on 12/18/2012 5:04:58 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: annieokie

Way more to this than just a spoiled brat, this guy systematically executed one 6 year old after another


38 posted on 12/18/2012 5:05:33 PM PST by PMAS (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing)
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To: annieokie

I did not mean to come off snarky to you. I apologize.
I believe one of the theories that is out there now,(who knows?), is that mother was going to committ Adam to the hospital.

I don’t think he was “spoiled”, I think he was very seriously mentally ill and unfortunately we have severe limitations on treating the very mentally ill. Its not an easy thing. We pay a high price for freedom. I am sure that this poor mother tried everything she could and it wasn’t easy for her. And of course, dad took off.

Having said that, I am for having either a trained in guns teacher armed or a police officer in the schools.


39 posted on 12/18/2012 5:05:44 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (Go Galt!)
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To: FreeReign
It happens to be the Headline of this Thread.

Back at ya: "It already has been reported that the kid was given Fanopt"

Really, must not have been to loudly. What is Fanopt anyway?

40 posted on 12/18/2012 5:09:53 PM PST by annieokie
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