Good for them! It sickens me that people collect murder memorabilia. I hope the town either tears it down or use it as a memorial to the victims with pictures etc. , but that might be too painful.

Bank burned Lanza items to prevent memorabilia sales

HARTFORD, Conn. — The bank that took control of the house where Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza lived burned all the items left in the house to ensure that no one could sell them as murder memorabilia.

"There is nothing left but the light fixtures; we burned everything from the carpets to any personal effects left behind," said William LaCalamito, a senior vice president for Hudson Savings Bank of New Jersey, which turned the house over to the town of Newtown this week at no cost. "We didn't want anything from that house showing up for sale on eBay two years from now."

The Newtown Legislative Council approved the transfer of the property at 36 Yogananda St. from the bank to the town on Wednesday, ending a process that started several months ago when Ryan Lanza, the heir to his mother Nancy Lanza's estate, agreed to turn over the property for $1 to a limited liability corporation, which then transferred it to Hudson Bank. Town officials have been discussing the land transfer for about a month.

Nancy Lanza was the first person Adam Lanza killed on Dec. 14, 2012, shooting her four times with a .22-caliber rifle while she slept in the house. He then drove to the Sandy Hook Elementary School and shot and killed 20 first-graders and six adults before killing himself.

State police took a number of items out of the house soon after the shootings.

The bank is absorbing a mortgage of nearly $400,000 that Nancy Lanza had on the 3,100-square-foot home. The yellow house was built in 1998 and is on 2.19 acres in a high-end residential subdivision.

"It is not common that a bank is driven by compassion and not by profits, but that was the case here," Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra said Thursday.

LaCalamito said people at the bank decided that the right thing to do was to give the property to the town and allow it to do what it wants with it. The first thing the bank did was hire California real estate expert Randall Bell, who has been involved in the sale or disposal of such notorious properties as the Sharon Tate home and O.J. Simpson's house.

Bell said Thursday that he toured the Lanza house several times, met with Llodra at least twice, and that there was a lot of high-end furniture left behind, as well as many of Adam Lanza's belongings.

"It was a sad situation. There was tons of stuff in that house. There were a lot of Adam Lanza's possessions still there and that stuff needed to be gone," Bell said.

Bell said that the house would have been difficult to sell, but not impossible. The house was assessed at more than $500,000 and had a fair market value of at least $360,000.

"It certainly would have been a hard sell, but it probably could have been sold eventually," said Bell. "But for this community, that was not the right thing to do."

Bank officials met with Llodra and Police Chief Michael Kehoe several times to discuss options. One of the key issues was security. When the bank took control of the property in late September, a new security system and lighting was installed. The yard was landscaped and someone was hired to cut the grass regularly.

Llodra said that despite the notoriety of the house, there was only one time when someone broke in. She said it was unclear if anything was taken and a new alarm system was installed immediately after that.

LaCalamito said he didn't have an estimate on what the bank paid for the upkeep of the house.

"We went the extra mile in this case because of the situation," LaCalamito said. "This was kind of us doing our part as a good corporate neighbor."

With the council approving the transfer, Hudson Bank is now done with the Lanza house.

"It's up to them to do whatever they choose," LaCalamito said. "We wish the town nothing but the best."

Llodra said she will begin discussions in January with the board of selectmen, victims' families and neighbors on what to do with the house. Llodra told Reuters that the town was "strongly considering" tearing it down.

"We now own the problem and can execute a solution ourselves rather than rely on an outside entity," Llodra said. "We're not as vulnerable

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bank-b ... ar-BBglxTO

A bank with a moral compass? ~ WOW!

Sooz

is this from the Onion?

Alternatively, they could have made a memorial that shows all the blood, gore and misery that is being caused by guns.
It's time people started facing reality in the real world rather than on "reality" TV shows.

Personally, I'm thinking the people of Newtown have faced reality square-on ~ their loved ones are gone forever, and they certainly don't need constant reminding of their pain and loss ~ I'm amazed and grateful that the bank and the town did right by the survivors ~ here's more ~ Sooz

Sandy Hook gunman’s home demolished by authorities in Newtown
Reuters / 25 Mar 2015 at 06:55 ET

The town of Newtown, Connecticut, has torn down the house where the gunman behind a 2012 school massacre started his killing rampage, an official said on Tuesday.

Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra described the demolition of the home, where 20-year-old Adam Lanza began his killing spree by fatally shooting his mother before heading to Sandy Hook Elementary School, as a “big relief.”

Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six educators at the school.

The house and the 2.1-acre property where it sits, appraised at $523,000, was given to the town at no cost by Hudson City Savings Bank in December, which had acquired it a few months earlier after the Lanza family sold it.

“I’m very pleased this has been accomplished so quickly,” said Llodra. “The house stood as a reminder to the neighbors and everyone in town of where that young man lived and grew up and did such horrible destruction to our community.”

Llodra said the land will be preserved as open space during at least the duration of her administration.

The town also demolished Sandy Hook Elementary School last year and is building a new school on the same site that is scheduled to open for the 2016 school year.

Watch this video report posted online by WCBS-TV: [video accessible via end link]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sandy-hook-gunmans-home-demolished-by-authorities-in-newtown/

I don't think there would be much in the house where Adam Lanza lived that would show "all the blood, gore and misery that is being caused by guns."

Unless this included writings and other things of Lanza's that reflect on his thinking and what may have influenced him.

But I'm guessing most of that would have been confiscated by the police.

Ok people, quit messing with my mind! I have had some sleepless nights and feel "out of sync". Then I see this old thread pop up and it sort of made me feel as if I'm out of phase. Really. For a second it was a weird feeling. lmao