NEWTOWN – The Newtown Legislative Council voted Wednesday night to tear down the vacant home of mass murderer Adam Lanza.
The panel voted 10-0 to raze the Yogananda Street home, where 20-year-old Lanza lived with his mother before he took her life and carried out the mass shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Without any public comment or discussion among themselves, the council passed the recommendation as soon as First Selectman Patricia Llodra explained the reasons behind her board’s recommendation. The Board of Selectmen recommended the demolition this month after pleas from several neighbors who said the house reminds them of the Dec. 14, 2012 massacre.
The town took ownership of the Colonial home in December after the bank that held the mortgage turned over the deed to the town at no cost.
The 3,100-square-foot house sits on two acres and is appraised at $523,000.
Llodra said at the meeting that she would return at a later date to seek approval for some limitation on the deed so that any economic benefit from the future sale of the property is used for the families of the victims.