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LeftinOH

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64. And *maybe* the computers were not recently smashed.. it could
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:32 PM
Dec 2012

have happened several days earlier. Maybe there was some serious drama going on there over a period of time leading up to Friday Dec 14th. Like everything else.. just more speculation.

Crazy is not stupid. Obviously there was something on it he wanted hidden. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #1
Did not want to leave a trail behind for people to pick apart ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #2
I see two possiblities RZM Dec 2012 #3
It seems that he actually opened the hard drive & destroyed the disks inside. godai Dec 2012 #4
They don't require that special of screw drivers Aerows Dec 2012 #9
Have you done this? I haven't. godai Dec 2012 #14
Not really Aerows Dec 2012 #19
We have them at home. lapislzi Dec 2012 #22
Exactly Aerows Dec 2012 #24
Yep. An uber-geek buddy of mine has a complete set hifiguy Dec 2012 #70
We have those screwdrivers too. Someone gave me a nice kit of specialty screwdrivers one Christmas. FSogol Dec 2012 #29
Many drives also require a certain tension for the screws. Dash87 Dec 2012 #35
That too Aerows Dec 2012 #41
I got one as part of a computer tool set... JHB Dec 2012 #82
I think that illustrates how detached from reality he was Aerows Dec 2012 #84
Yes I have and no, it isn't. sir pball Dec 2012 #120
Ashamed of what was left on a computer? BUT he shot his mother in the face 4 times, ywcachieve Dec 2012 #63
Might not be shame Aerows Dec 2012 #66
I mentioned ashamed because someone posted he might have destroyed ywcachieve Dec 2012 #76
I don't believe so Aerows Dec 2012 #77
Here's what I'm thinking with this: Initech Dec 2012 #117
Other news sites makes it sound more crude, like he just took a hammer to the tower ck4829 Dec 2012 #10
Everything is stored on the hard drive. godai Dec 2012 #15
A good single jack will do the job just fine. bemildred Dec 2012 #26
That's definitely the quickest way Aerows Dec 2012 #59
A good single jack will definitely open it up just fine too. bemildred Dec 2012 #65
That's what I'm saying Aerows Dec 2012 #69
I destroyed my old computers harddrive with a hammer, out on my patio, ywcachieve Dec 2012 #68
Not really a bad idea Aerows Dec 2012 #71
That's what I'm talking about, the direct approach, don't leave it to someone else. bemildred Dec 2012 #74
I need to do that to my old pc Catherine Vincent Dec 2012 #91
It is an energetic way to get rid of personal info. ywcachieve Dec 2012 #121
Yep, and it'll even remove the top without a screwdriver. Xithras Dec 2012 #97
I read somewhere that he was part of a LAN club, where members got together with their computers JaneyVee Dec 2012 #5
child porn? leftyohiolib Dec 2012 #6
way to speculate!nt Walk away Dec 2012 #7
Thanks. I'd rather have endless speculation than jumping to conclusions. ck4829 Dec 2012 #13
At least you are not casting asparagus! madinmaryland Dec 2012 #108
Did someone say asparagus? LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #118
Did he take a hammer to the harddrive? Rex Dec 2012 #8
I think that he actually opened it. godai Dec 2012 #11
Very hard to do, I did so myself once and it took Rex Dec 2012 #17
Not that hard Aerows Dec 2012 #21
No, this was just a test to see how hard it was to get into Rex Dec 2012 #30
Back your shit up Aerows Dec 2012 #52
NP I have access to a harddrive shredder. Rex Dec 2012 #102
So, that's likely what he did. Then demolished the disks inside. n/t godai Dec 2012 #50
Demolishing the platters once you get it open Aerows Dec 2012 #54
This article makes it sound like just that ck4829 Dec 2012 #12
Hiding information. Rex Dec 2012 #16
Screw driver is also mentioned in the article. n/t godai Dec 2012 #18
Yes, I had read that. I would think they had found arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #60
I've always been told to only way to really be sure no one has access to your private data from a HD Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #20
Reformatting is NOT useless, especially if it's a low level format. EOTE Dec 2012 #44
True, but that takes a lot of time. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #61
With most hard drives it can be done in under an hour. EOTE Dec 2012 #79
I've never heard of the microwave method. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #85
With a tool such as CCleaner you can actually wipe your hard drive pretty clean. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #81
I use DBAN. It's a little slow, but it's free, easy, and solidly reliable. Xithras Dec 2012 #98
where did he learn "jungle taping"? riverwalker Dec 2012 #23
Yes, this is present in games. DireStrike Dec 2012 #28
Internet, movies, video games, TVEE. Rex Dec 2012 #33
He may have been to talking to someone ck4829 Dec 2012 #34
It's also talked about on gun forums. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #37
He'd been to the gun range quite a bit, that's the sort of thing that gets discussed there Fumesucker Dec 2012 #40
With a gun that was locked in his trunk too. allrevvedup Dec 2012 #56
it doesn't really seem that complicated.. frylock Dec 2012 #78
Firing a gun that was locked in a trunk seems complicated. allrevvedup Dec 2012 #99
the Bushmaster was with him in the school riverwalker Dec 2012 #104
"A .223 Bushmaster rifle was found in his car." allrevvedup Dec 2012 #107
Maybe he didn't want his beliefs/lifestyle associated with a massacre. DireStrike Dec 2012 #25
The easy answer loyalsister Dec 2012 #27
You are right. It could have been as simple as that ck4829 Dec 2012 #39
This seems to be most likely the case gollygee Dec 2012 #80
he hates windows. spanone Dec 2012 #31
In that case-wouldn't he have LINUX or MAC? TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #45
Habit is my guess, "no footprints" gets to be a habit. bemildred Dec 2012 #32
Because he didn't have a girlfriend to kill? Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #36
Conspiracy theories abound. dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #38
I Like The Theory That His Mother Smashed His Computer..... global1 Dec 2012 #42
I don't know what you've heard of Nancy Lanza's state before this all happened ck4829 Dec 2012 #46
And *maybe* the computers were not recently smashed.. it could LeftinOH Dec 2012 #64
Perhaps just another way to kill "himself" librechik Dec 2012 #43
This could also be from delusions. Dash87 Dec 2012 #47
As with everything else here, possible. ck4829 Dec 2012 #48
Definitely a possibility melissaf Dec 2012 #51
Highly likely Aerows Dec 2012 #55
Several possibilities. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #49
Covering up his participation in right-wing political organizations. n/t ellisonz Dec 2012 #53
yep libodem Dec 2012 #57
He's clearly highly intelligent... ellisonz Dec 2012 #58
I'm sure Faux has a dog in this race, too libodem Dec 2012 #94
Can his ISP retrieve his internet postings? Just been wondering about that. Little Star Dec 2012 #72
Probably not ellisonz Dec 2012 #73
Thanks Little Star Dec 2012 #75
Planning and forethought. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #62
It's one thing to murder 26 people in cold blood but another to have the world WI_DEM Dec 2012 #67
to your fourth point demokatgurrl Dec 2012 #83
I don't care. I honestly do not care. There is no "motive" for what he did Chorophyll Dec 2012 #86
Possibly to erase all traces of his mother trying to commit him to a mental facility. JimDandy Dec 2012 #87
There is no evidence his mother was trying ot commit him to a mental facility. LisaL Dec 2012 #88
My info was from a HuffPost article that now has an update: JimDandy Dec 2012 #92
It's akin to burning a diary I suppose. no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #89
I wonder kwolf68 Dec 2012 #90
Windows 7 cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #93
He probably did it to hide his contacts with other people and groups online. FarCenter Dec 2012 #95
If his Mother did it she would probably have just smashed the computer. But the person Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #96
I have seen it before, Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #100
There is info out there that his father & the father of..... MzShellG Dec 2012 #101
How do you connect those dots? morningfog Dec 2012 #103
Yes, the info out there.... Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #106
We don't know that for a fact..... MzShellG Dec 2012 #109
There are known knowns. Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #110
In the words of the great DUer Alcibiades_Mystery: coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #116
Ok, Brother Buzz...... MzShellG Dec 2012 #119
To destroy information he wanted no one to know. Dawson Leery Dec 2012 #105
Windows 8 jsr Dec 2012 #111
Really? Initech Dec 2012 #115
In his mind, the less people knew about him, the better... cynatnite Dec 2012 #112
Plans or journals I'd say Fearless Dec 2012 #113
I'm really wondering what the link between his computer and his mom is. Initech Dec 2012 #114
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