Newtown Board of Selectmen Say Sandy Hook Shooter's Home Should be Razed

Newtown’s Board of Selectmen has recommended to the Legislative Council that the empty Yogananda Street home of Adam Lanza should be demolished, according to the News Times.

The News Times quoted Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra as saying, “The consensus is clearly that the right first step to take is demolition. We also want some kind of a limitation on the deed that any economic benefit from the future sale or development of the property has to be used for the families of the victims.”

Newtown’s Legislative Council voted on Dec. 4 to take ownership of the property at 36 Yogananda St., which is the house where Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter lived.

The town paid $1 for the house.

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According to Zillow.com, the property was sold on Sept. 24 for $1 to the town of Newtown. The property is assessed at $360,000.

The house belonged to Nancy Lanza’s son, Ryan Lanza, the sole heir of her estate, who authorized Stamford attorney Samuel Starks to sell the property. The home was purchased in 1998 by Nancy and Peter Lanza. The couple divorced in 2009.

Twenty-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother Nancy in the home before driving to Sandy Hook elementary School where he shot and killed 20 students and six educators.

The News Times reports that Llodra reached out to the victims’ families, as well as residents of Yogananda Street, for their opinion on what the Town of Newtown should do with the property.

Llodra said the Board of Selectmen recommended to the Legislative Council that they should demolish the house.

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