Local Construction Company to Demolish Adam Lanza's Newtown Home for Free

Plainville-based Manafort Brothers, a local construction company, has offered to demolish Adam Lanza’s home for free.

Newtown First Selectwoman Patricia Llodra announced the offer on Tuesday, the Danbury News Times reports.

Llodra met with officials from Manafort Brothers today to discuss the details and hopes the demolition will take place in the spring once the municipal procedures associated with the demolition are taken care of.

The home located at 36 Yogananda St. was approved to be demolished at a town meeting on Tuesday, WTNH News 8 reports. The town had originally allocated $30,000 for the demolition from a special insurance fund for costs relating to the Dec. 14, 2012 shooting.

“It’s a very gracious and generous offer,” Llodra said to Newtown Patch. “For many people whom I’ve spoken with the house stands as a daily reminder of the tragedy and removing this symbol from the landscape will be helpful to them.”

Lanza killed his mother at the Yogananda Street property before killing 20 students and 6 educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The Newtown Board of Selectmen recommended last month that the house be demolished after residents said the house reminds them of the Sandy Hook tragedy. The home was acquired by the town after the bank that held the mortgage gave the town the home for free.

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