38 children died. And then he killed himself with another load of dynamite. Well never truly know for sure why he did all that or what made the young man in newtown unload a rifle into a classroom full of first graders. But ive looked at other School Shootings and they just might provide some clues. First thing you notice is when you look around newtown, everyone has that questioning look. Why . What did we miss . If anything . No answers yet. Just hindsight. So try and make some sense of the tragedy here in newtown, connecticut, medical investigators will often look for evidences of patterns. Not talking about looking at clothing styles or musical preferences or even lifestyle. But rather looking for evidence of specific plans. Could give some clue as to what was happening in the persons mind and in their brain. Its hard to know. Because thankfully, there are relatively few tragedies like this one. But a close look at ten of the most analyzed mass murder cases in history provides some
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