Connecticut town mourns as police look for answers

Saturday, December 15, 2012 | 4:11 p.m. CST; updated 9:45 p.m. CST, Saturday, December 15, 2012

NEWTOWN, Conn. — Investigators tried to figure out what led a bright but painfully awkward 20-year-old to slaughter 26 children and adults at a Connecticut elementary school, while townspeople sadly took down some of their Christmas decorations and struggled Saturday with how to go on.

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