Scientists have been asked to study the DNA of Newtown school killer Adam Lanza to see if has an ‘evil’ gene that led him to carry out the massacre.
The study, which will look at any abnormalities or mutations in his individual DNA, is believed to be the first of its kind ever carried out on a mass murderer.
Lanza slaughtered 20 children and six adults in one of America’s worst ever school shootings on December 14, 2012.
The 20 year old also shot dead his mother Nancy before taking his own life as police closed in on him at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut.
The massacre prompted President Obama to look into new gun controls and banning assault rifles such as AR-15 Bushmaster used by Lanza in his rampage.
The study of the killer’s DNA has been ordered by Connecticut Medical Examiner H. Wayne Carver who carried out the post mortems on all the victims.
He has contacted geneticists at University of Connecticut’s to conduct the study.
Geneticists said they are likely looking at Lanza’s DNA to detect a mutation or abnormality that could increase the risk of aggressive or violent behavior.
They could analyse Lanza’s entire genome in great detail and try to find any unexpected mutations.
Arthur Beaudet, a professor at Baylor College of Medicine, said the University of Connecticut geneticists are most likely trying to ‘detect clear abnormalities of what we would call a mutation in a gene’.
He added: ‘Or gene abnormalities and there are some abnormalities that are related to aggressive behavior.
‘They might look for mutations that might be associated with mental illnesses and ones that might also increase the risk for violence.
Beaudet, who is also the chairman of Baylor College of Medicine’s department of molecular and human genetics in Houston, Texas said geneticists should be doing this type of research because there are ‘some mutations that are known to be associated with at least aggressive behavior if not violent behavior.’
‘I don’t think any one of these mutations would explain all of (the mass shooters), but some of them would have mutations that might be causing both schizophrenia and related schizophrenia violent behavior,’ Beaudet said.
‘I think we could learn more about it and we should learn more about it.’
Beaudet,who is chairman of the Baylor College department of molecular and human genetics, said studying the genes of murderers is controversial because there is a risk that those with similar genetic characteristics could possibly be discriminated against or stigmatized.
But he said the research into Lanza would be helpful even if only a “fraction” may have the abnormality or mutation.
‘Not all of these people will have identifiable genetic abnormalities,’ Beaudet told ABC News in America.
‘By studying genetic abnormalities we can learn more about conditions better and who is at risk and what might be dramatic treatments,’ Beaudet said, adding if the gene abnormality is defined the ‘treatment to stop’ other mass shootings or ‘decrease the risk is much approved.’
Police have so far failed to find a motive for Lanza going on the deadly rampage.
Although known to be shy and social inept Lanza had not shown any violent streak although he was known to spend hours in the basement of his home playing violent video games.
His mental condition may also have been affected by his 52 year old mum who was a ‘prepper’ and had stockpiled food and guns in readiness for a disaster.
A six year old British boy, Dylan Hockley, was among the young victims gunned down the week before Christmas.
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WHAT KIND OF ORWELLIAN BULLSHIT IS THIS?
HURRY UP AND COME FOR THE GUNS
THIS IS GETTING REALLY OLD
LETS GET THIS OVER WITH
Man, this is getting really ridiculous, but I’m sure they’re going to find some kind of way to link this supposed “evil gene” to political dissent, thus effectively accusing anyone who doesn’t buy the government’s BS as being “evil” or “insane” (now where have we seen that one played before), and at the very least shouldn’t be allowed to own firearms, essentially disarming anyone who sees the government for what it is, thus making them easy targets for assassination or intimidation. Stating that his mother was a ‘prepper’ shows that they are indeed shooting in this direction, since ‘preppers’ are typically more aware of the government’s lies and can be very vocal about it.
If they really were serious about finding some kind of “evil gene”, their very first test subjects would be government officials, Israeli dual nationals, and Wall St. bankers.
Am i the only one or does anyone else find it hard to believe this pasty faced pansy could even pull this off?I can’t believe the blind people out there.
Notice how quickly the reports of other suspects have disappeared down the memory hole?
REDHORSE
No shit!
With a little help from friends he probably didn’t even know he had he could.
Poor kid was a sitting duck from day one of his first vaccine.
I personally believe vaccines and genetics are whats really going on here.
Can’t prove it but injecting small amounts of toxins and various other crap into babies saying its good for them but injecting large doses of the same ingredients is dangerous and downright lethal shows how well the vaccines have worked at vaccinating people stupid.
Always creating a problem for them to have something to tinker with. Are these people that compartmentalized that they can’t see this?
They won’t find it in Lanza’s genes but maybe his Psychiatrist has it!!
Even IF he did it, the search for an “evil gene” should begin in the pill container
holding Lanza’s SSRI based drugs. Looking for an evil gene which causes bad behavior makes as much sense as looking for a fault in a car which causes impaired driving. Just another excuse to jump-start the National DNA Database – and all the “benefits” that come with it.
If this were in any way remotely based on fact and not hype, haven’t they missed their chance to do this hundreds if not thousands of times. What about obl’s dna?
Not only that, if it WERE true they’d have no issues with a “blind” version of this test on the likes of the president, attorney general, or secretary of state, bank presidents, fda bosses, royals, etc.
Find the “evil” gene in Lanza and then specifically DON’T find it in dna tests where the owner of the dna is not known beforehand.
Go on, I dare you, dna testers. I know you will think of some excuse.
I bet they really hate you. That logic thing is a bitch.
It is very likely that Adam Lanza killed nobody. According to the coroner, each victim was shot between 3 and 11 times with an AR15 rifle. Over 100 shots were fired. Adam Lanza weighed 120 lbs and would have had a hard time carrying that rifle, not to mention accurately shooting multiple small targets while loading magazines on the run. The accounts say his body was found in the hall with two pistols, while videos show the AR15 was found in the trunk of a car by police who erased any fingerprints when they found it. It turned out the car did not belong to Adam Lanza, but to a local criminal. Etcetera. The probability that Adam Lanza killed the children is equal to the probability that Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK, pretty close to zero.
“Scientists have been asked to study the DNA of Newtown school killer Adam Lanza to see if has an ‘evil’ gene that led him to carry out the massacre.”
Seriously.
You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried.
Insanity abounds.
Didn’t they do this after Hitler died, too?
What do you expect from Mad Scientists?
All our top geneticists came from Nazi Germany, so go figure.