Murder in Newtown, Connecticut: a List

I'll have the weekly post ready later this evening.

You probably know about the mass murder in Connecticut. The crime quickly became international news.

Newtown, Connecticut, was home to 27,605 people in 2010. (Welcome to Newtown, CT (newtown-ct.gov) the town's website)

That's nearly seven times as many folks as live here in Sauk Centre: but it's still a small town by American standards.

I haven't seen the sort of 'how could this happen in a small town' editorializing that followed earlier school murders. Maybe folks have gotten used to the idea that small town America isn't immune to what troubles the world.

Murder is Wrong

I'm angry and upset about what happened: but ranting about wouldn't, I think, do any good.

This is just a suggestion but many folks in and around Newtown, Connecticut, are hurting: and prayer is an option.

So is contributing to a support fund:

• Sandy Hook School Support Fund
  c/o Newtown Savings Bank
  39 Main Street, Newtown CT 06470
  (via United Way of Western Connecticut)

I know nothing about that fund, apart from 'what I've read in the papers.' I recommend checking out any charity before giving.

A List

Killed Friday morning, December 14, in Newtown, Connecticut:

• Mother of killer
  • Nancy Lanza
    • Female
• At Sandy Hook Elementary School
  • Students and staff
    • Charlotte Bacon
      • Female
      • February 22, 2006
    • Daniel Barden
      • Male
      • September 25, 2005
    • Rachel Davino
      • Female
      • July 17, 1983
    • Olivia Engel
      • Female
      • July 18, 2006
    • Josephine Gay
      • Female
      • December 11, 2005
    • Ana Marquez-Greene
      • Female
      • April 4, 2006
    • Dylan Hockley
      • Male
      • March 8, 2006
    • Dawn Hochsprung
      • Female
      • June 28, 1965
    • Madeleine F. Hsu
      • Female
      • July 10, 2006
    • Catherine V. Hubbard
      • Female
      • June 8, 2006
    • Chase Kowalski
      • Male
      • October 31, 2005
    • Jesse Lewis
      • Male
      • June 30, 2006
    • James Mattioli
      • Male
      • March 22, 2006
    • Grace McDonnell
      • Female
      • November 4, 2005
    • Anne Marie Murphy
      • Female
      • July 25, 1960
    • Emilie Parker
      • Female
      • May 12, 2006
    • Jack Pinto
      • Male
      • May 6, 2006
    • Noah Pozner
      • Nale
      • November 20, 2006
    • Caroline Previdi
      • Female
      • September 7, 2006
    • Jessica Rekos
      • Female
      • May 10, 2006
    • Avielle Richman
      • Female
      • October 17, 2006
    • Lauren Rousseau
      • Female
      • June 1982
    • Mary Sherlach
      • Female
      • February 11, 1956
    • Victoria Soto
      • Female
      • November 4, 1985
    • Benjamin Wheeler
      • Male
      • September 12, 2006
    • Allison N. Wyatt
      • Female
      • July 3, 2006
  • Killer
    • Adam Lanza
      • Male
  (source: Connecticut State Police, via FoxNews.com and Associated Press; FoxNews.com)

Related posts, in another blog:

• "Connecticut School: Mass Murder and Prayer"
  A Catholic Citizen in America (December 14, 2012)
• "Original Sin and the Unfairness of Gravity"
  A Catholic Citizen in America (July 11, 2012)
  Particularly
  • Sin, God, and a "Distorted Image"
• "Murder at a Sikh Temple: Why I Care"
  A Catholic Citizen in America (August 9, 2012)
• "Mourning Aurora's Dead: Good News, of a Sort"
  A Catholic Citizen in America (July 23, 2012)
• "The Power to Hurt: Or Help"
  A Catholic Citizen in America (June 27, 2012)