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muriel_volestrangler

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40. There are web rumours that man was lying about being the uncle

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:12 PM

Dec 2012

eg http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8646646

It's notable that some articles that were said to call 'Jonathan Lanza' his 'uncle' don't say it any more, eg http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nancy-lanza-feared-son-adam-worse-article-1.1221505 or http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4701316/Killer-Lanzas-mum-armed-herself-with-arsenal-after-bitter-divorce.html .

Or this from a Google search for "uncle" "jonathan Lanza":

EXCLUSIVE: Raw Video of Jonathan Lanza - Cousin of Adam ...
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14 hours ago – That isn't Jonathan Lanza. Not a relative. He has been on other media as an Uncle. It's Jonathan Lee Riches, who is famous for sueing people.

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10 posts - 6 authors - 23 hours ago
Remember someone put up a video of a guy who said he was the uncle of Adam. Jonathan Lanza, iirc. Well I read he is not the uncle at all and in fact he is some ...

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... on the Holmies tag where Jonathan Lee Riches punks a bunch of reporters in Sandy Hook and tells them his name is Jonathan Lanza, and he's Adam's uncle.

And that name is connected with a hoax about the Aurora shooting: http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2012/09/aurora_theater_shooting_bizarre_filings_jonathan_lee_riches.php

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Anyone with a child like Adam Lanza should [View all] Sienna86 Dec 2012 OP

In every one of these mass shootings . . . DanM Dec 2012 #1

THIS. These crazy people need a goddamn Scarlet Letter! Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #8

I was diagnosed as bipolar in August, spent 3 weeks in a psych day program in Sept. Denninmi Dec 2012 #42

Why not? Lots of people want to paint me with one for being a gun owner. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #43

Nice. Denninmi Dec 2012 #44

OK Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #45

So you're saying the authorities should have had the power thucythucy Dec 2012 #10

Who gives a shit about the NRA anymore? laundry_queen Dec 2012 #49

I was responding to DanM, who thucythucy Dec 2012 #59

okay, I misunderstood. Sorry. laundry_queen Dec 2012 #63

I suggested this after the August shootings in College Station, TX sadbear Dec 2012 #12

Here's one I remember from the August shooting: sadbear Dec 2012 #13

So, the cops should have a list of mentally ill people in the area obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #27

What's next? ElbarDee Dec 2012 #29

Some of the suggestions are really disturbing obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #57

But they aren't allowed to track guns that are sold between individuals within state lines. Squinch Dec 2012 #55

This post makes no sense, what-so-ever. Fawke Em Dec 2012 #53

Our laws make it impossible for "these people" to be flagged in the NICS database, because Squinch Dec 2012 #54

What happens if the guardian of the child is just as whacked out as the kid is? NNN0LHI Dec 2012 #2

money was not an issue for this family. lapfog_1 Dec 2012 #3

Yes, and I read that dad makes a million dollars per year working for GE WI_DEM Dec 2012 #16

My kid got her nose pierced and is dating a pot head. I'm calling that hot line right now! Bucky Dec 2012 #4

This mother had the means to get him help Marrah_G Dec 2012 #5

The 60 minutes story leads me to believe she did Major Nikon Dec 2012 #9

From what I understand she did. If he was on Fanapt, he was getting his prescription from an MD Catherina Dec 2012 #14

yikes Marrah_G Dec 2012 #17

Here is something else very sad Catherina Dec 2012 #20

so well said No Compromise Dec 2012 #25

Great post malaise Dec 2012 #35

I second that this deserves its own thread. nt DeschutesRiver Dec 2012 #37

Thanks very much to the three of you Catherina Dec 2012 #47

interesting No Compromise Dec 2012 #18

Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #23

media is starting to report on this No Compromise Dec 2012 #19

I hope they run with it and talk about it Catherina Dec 2012 #21

Your post should be its' own thread, Catherina. Uncle Joe Dec 2012 #22

Feel free to steal and repost Catherina Dec 2012 #39

"if he was on Fanapt" - speculation on your part, or have you a source? muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #24

I watched his uncle state that in a video. n/t Catherina Dec 2012 #33

There are web rumours that man was lying about being the uncle muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #40

Interesting. Catherina Dec 2012 #46

Holy crap. That is terrifying. hifiguy Dec 2012 #28

I agree with you that they're sometimes necessary Catherina Dec 2012 #36

NO, the mother did NOT do all she humanly could. Dems to Win Dec 2012 #38

Like I'm going to take your screaming assertions over the testimony Catherina Dec 2012 #41

Simple fact: No guns in Lanza home, no dead bodies at Sandy Woods elementary school Dems to Win Dec 2012 #48

Damn you lol Catherina Dec 2012 #60

There is not credible source that he was on fanapt. Every page sources back to 1 place that has pull uppityperson Dec 2012 #62

I just met with a parent LWolf Dec 2012 #6

Doesn't work for adult children jeff47 Dec 2012 #7

Anyone with a child like AL shouldn't keep guns stockpiled thucythucy Dec 2012 #11

Anyone with a child like Adam Lanza shouldn't be taking him to firing ranges WI_DEM Dec 2012 #15

I would love to see his school records HockeyMom Dec 2012 #31

^^^^^Exactly!^^^^ Squinch Dec 2012 #52

Agree 100%. blm Dec 2012 #26

"Odd/different" people have always existed, BUT SoCalDem Dec 2012 #30

Mental illness is predictable. demosincebirth Dec 2012 #32

AND anyone with a child like him should either keep their dangerous toys locked up kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #34

Shoulda/woulda/coulda. She didn't. That's the reality of a lot of gun owners. AND these people have ancianita Dec 2012 #50

This family had enough money to get any mental health assistance they wanted. Squinch Dec 2012 #51

Not after he's 18. He's an adult, and a parent MineralMan Dec 2012 #56

But I mean that any government-provided free or accessible mental health service wouldn't have Squinch Dec 2012 #58

When you make a cool million Catherina Dec 2012 #61

The original post is saying that QUOTE: "any family with a child like Adam Lanza should be able to Squinch Dec 2012 #64