Politics & Government

State Child Advocacy Office Seeks Shooter's School Records

Attorney General George Jepsen has asked a judge to release findings to the organization's Child Review Panel.

Connecticut's Office of the Child Advocate is seeking school records from the gunman responsible for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on Dec. 14, according to a report published this week from the Associated Press.

The organization's Child Review Panel is requesting the records as part of its regular investigation of unexpected child fatalities. The group has already obtained some of the shooter's school and hospital records, but is seeking more information to complete what an advocate calls a "5,000 piece puzzle."

Last week, Attorney General George Jepsen requested the documents from a Superior Court judge on behalf of the panel. The Associated Press story describes the records that have emerged as "a portrait of a highly isolated young man with disruptions in his education."

"Piecing this enormous complex puzzle together, we're beginning to see some education disruption certainly in middle school and, we believe, in high school," advocate Faith Vos Winkel told the Associated Press. "I think education disruption is a feature. Those will be some of the issues we're going to explore more fully."

Some records from events around the shooting have been slow in coming, but Danbury State's Attorney Stephen Sedensky is expected to handle the release of the full report. In May, the State of Connecticut's Judicial Branch released documents related to a search of the shooter's home, including hundreds of seized items.

Earlier this month, Gov. Dannel Malloy told reporters he expects the full report on the shooting to be released some time this fall.


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