A review of the mental-health and educational history of Newtown, Conn., school shooter Adam Lanza paints a picture of repeated missed opportunities鈥攂y schools, relatives, and mental-health professionals鈥攖o intervene in a downward spiral of isolation, emotional instability, and mental illness.
Mr. Lanza killed his mother in December 2012 before gunning his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he killed 20 children and six adults before committing suicide.
Among the findings of the report by the state鈥檚 child-advocate office: Mr. Lanza received minimal mental-health observations at school. 鈥淩ecords indicate that the school system cared about [his] success but also unwittingly enabled [his mother鈥檚] preference to accommodate and appease [the young man] through the educational plan鈥檚 lack of attention to social-emotional support, failure to provide related services, and agreement to [his] plan of independent study.鈥�
