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A snowflake ornament with the name of 6-year-old Noah Pozner hangs on a Christmas tree at a makeshift memorial Newtown, Conn., Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims killed in Friday's school shooting. Pozner will be buried Monday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Nancy Lanza wanted to move son to a school in Washington

December 17, 2012 @ 10:00 am (Updated: 5:27 am - 12/18/12 )

The mother of Adam Lanza, identified as the gunman who in the massacre in a Connecticut elementary school, had talked about moving her son to Washington state to attend school.

Connecticut State Police say the relationship between Adam Lanza and his mother could be key to discovering his motive for the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, but they aren't saying more today. Instead, the Newtown community is mourning the loss of 20 first-graders and six members of the school staff.

In interviews, people who knew Nancy Lanza say she was deeply devoted to her troubled younger son, who was extremely bright but socially awkward and — until Friday — was not known as someone who was potentially violent.

A family friend tells The Washington Post his mother recently had been considering moving him to Washington state.

Mark Tambascio, a restaurant proprietor and close family friend, says she had discovered a school in the Northwest she thought would be good for him.

"They were going to move out there together," Tambascio, who had known Nancy Lanza for several years.

Tambascio tells me he doesn't know the name of the school.

"He was her whole life. She was very proud of both of her sons," Tambascio told the Post.

"She never mentioned that [Adam] was suicidal or violent. Nothing like that. Everyone that had spent any time around him, they knew he was a little bit different, but you never saw any major, major issues."

Detectives are searching the Lanza's home for clues that might help explain the killer's motive and plan.

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    I'd like to learn
    December 17, 2012 9:49 am
    What drugs the shooter as well as his mother had in their medicine chest at home,what the side effects of these drug were and what the outcome might be if they were mixed and used together.I'm guessing because of the shooters autism he was using medication and that his mother may have been using something to cope with dealing with her son on a daily basis.
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  • 90Domer wrote...
    Autism doesn't call for medication
    December 17, 2012 5:03 pm
    I am the mom of a spectrum kid and call tell you that "autism" is not a mental illness you treat with medication. It is a developmental disorder that you treat with lots and lots of therapy. And autism is usually not a stand alone diagnosis. There are often more issues that the child had. In my case, my son also has ADHD. Also, mom's of ASDS kids are pretty resilient. While Mrs. Lanza may have needed meds when first learning the diagnosis (it does come as a horrible shock to parents), it certainly does not mean she remained on them. I have a tough road to and am not on meds that would cause any type of psychotic or other behavior. Just trying to educate.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    90 Domer
    December 18, 2012 8:13 am
    I Googled "List of Autism medication" and they listed 32 medications commonly used to treat Autism
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  • Get Real wrote...
    Violent video games a risk for mentally ill?
    December 17, 2012 10:29 am
    I can't help but think that someone who has mental lapses between reality & fantasy might be triggered by this type of stimuli to do terrible things!
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  • BikeNazi wrote...
    Mental lapses between reality & fantasy
    December 17, 2012 3:20 pm
    That also sounds like religion, so unless you want to find the root cause of his disassociative euphoria you shouldn't blame video games, because I'll blame Jesus.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Sure. Move them here, it's "fair" and people "care". How "progressive".
    December 17, 2012 10:56 am
    Fantastic. Yeah, I'd like someone like him in my gran-daughter's school. Suuure. As to what drugs he or his mother were taking; it's none of your business. And by drugs are you refering to prescription meds or the pot you lefties think will cure all that is evil in the world...
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    HPD5-0
    December 17, 2012 12:13 pm
    Another ignorant no nothing comment from a disgraced former security guard
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    Is it possible
    December 17, 2012 1:16 pm
    That her +300K alimony and million dollar home kept her there in Conneticut rather than moving out west to give her and her son a new start?
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  • Ye Olde Hagge wrote...
    STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM!!!
    December 17, 2012 1:17 pm
    Stop sensationalizing it! Stop getting all hot and bothered everytime some bad happens and there is a Washington "connection"!!! Stop encouraging idiots to do this kind of crap for the fame!!!
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  • MaryJaneLeBeau wrote...
    why move here?
    December 17, 2012 2:20 pm
    There are many excellent psychologist and psychiatrist in the Puget Sound Region. In the mental health field, we have a variety of options. I don't know who the shooters mother considered but I'm not surprised she was checking resources in our area. Working to understand whatever mental illness causes someone to perform such a horrific act will be discussed for some time. Just remember, when you have a disorder of the pancreas they call you diabetic or hypoglycemic, but if you have a disorder of the brain you are call crazy! Behavior is affected by the brain, as well as other organs, and someday, we will be able to stop this from ever happening again...
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Expect to see more and more violence with and without using a gun.
    December 17, 2012 5:40 pm
    As more and more people turn away from God and toward Satan as a result.

    This is not about "Gun Control" it is Evil vs. Good!

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  • cigarfan wrote...
    @Lord Ha ha!
    December 17, 2012 6:07 pm
    Put down your bible and start using your brain.
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  • dexterjibs wrote...
    He would have been a perfect fit
    December 17, 2012 6:50 pm
    in the State full of libtards. Libtards that have inner rage and release that rage with passive-aggressive behavior.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    cigarfan
    December 17, 2012 7:21 pm
    At what point in time, assuming that it ever arrives, do YOU begin to read the Bible and pray to God for help and healing?
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  • cigarfan wrote...
    @Lord Ha ha!
    December 17, 2012 8:22 pm
    I do pray and have read the new testament. God may hang out in the green room but he expects people to pass intelligent laws -that prevent non-police/military from possessing AR-15's.
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  • snider51 wrote...
    WAKE UP
    December 18, 2012 6:35 am
    when will some people learn now focus like a laser beam people two things one guns don't kill, people do! second outlaw guns and only outlaws will have guns!! oh last but not least you can have my guns when you pry them from my cold dead hands!!! oh i'm sure there will be some liberal out there who will wish me just that!
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