Adam Lanza Destroyed His Computer Before Rampage

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Adam Lanza Destroyed His Computer Before Rampage

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 17, 2012 @07:52AM from the picking-up-the-pieces dept.

Hugh Pickens writes writes "Here's some breaking news I saw MSNBC this morning that I haven't seen reported anywhere in the print media yet. NBC reporter Pete Williams reported on Chuck Todd's The Daily Rundown that (police) 'had been hopeful that they could extract some information from the computer at (Lanza's) home. He was very into computers. Before he left his mother's house on the morning that he shot his mother while she was sleeping, he damaged extensively his computer. He took the hard drive out, pulled the disk out, and did a lot of damage to it,' said Williams. 'It's not clear that (police) are going to be able to extract any information or not.' It has previously been reported that Lanza left no online footprint. Police had been eager to examine Lanza's computer in hopes of determining a motive in his killings or finding records of purchases of firearms and ammunition. 'If he visited certain websites, they are going to glean whatever information they can from that and see what it means,' said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly. 'Does he have friends he communicates with online? Was there a fight with somebody?'"

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Rookie by kc67 · 2012-12-17 07:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Should have used DBAN.
He was on Slashdot. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-17 07:59 · Score: 5, Funny

His behaviors match that of typical anonymous posters.
Re:it tells you one thing, at least by cayenne8 · 2012-12-17 08:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Full body kevlar (as reported by the media, anyway, though I have my doubts) isn't something people put on as an impulse, either.
Speak for yourself...
Some of us like to think that S.W.A.T. is a fashion statement, especially if you accessorize.
Talk about sexy on the catwalk..sporting kevlar and flashbangs!!!

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Re:I'll go ahead and say it by HornWumpus · 2012-12-17 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Curse you Skearrit and Zenobia. AC is the most trollish poster on /.

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Re:cue jokes about RieserFS by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-17 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny

He must have run Linux because he was a genius? Bahahaha!
I run Linux because I'm a masochist.
Re:cue jokes about RieserFS by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-17 08:31 · Score: 5, Funny

I wonder if it ran Linux
The end of the world will come when a introverted former postal employee + warcraft fan writes a ReiserFS IFS driver for windows and proceeds to install mcafee on first successfull boot while listening to linkin park.
Re:cue jokes about RieserFS by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-17 08:39 · Score: 5, Funny

But "Plays lots of video games" means he was a Windows user... Windows 8 must really be that bad...
Re:cue jokes about RieserFS by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-17 08:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Of course! What better place to meet hot chicks and SCORE!!!!