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 that 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.
