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Photos showing those killed in the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School are imprinted on fake roses at a memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. -
A horse drawn carriage carrying the body of Anna Grace Marquez-Greene leaves the church after her funeral in Bloomfield, Conn., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. Marquez-Greene, 6, was killed when gunman Adam Lanza opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
The casket of 6-year-old shooting victim Emilie Parker is carried following funeral services on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, in Ogden, Utah. Emilie, whose family has Ogden roots, was one of the victims killed in a Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The shooting took the lives of 26 people, including 20 children, before the gunman took the gun on himself upon hearing police responding. -
Alissa Parker, left, and her husband, Robbie Parker, center, carry their daughters, Samantha, 3, and Madeline, 4, following funeral services for their 6-year old daughter Emilie Parker on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Ogden, Utah. Emilie, whose family has Ogden roots, was one of 20 children and six adult victims killed in on the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. -
Connecticut's Caroline Doty, second from left, and Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, second from right, stands with children from Newtown's Youth Basketball Association during a ceremony for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting before an NCAA women's college basketball game against the University of Hartford, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, in West Hartford, Conn. -
Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, center, stands with Janet Robinson, left, the Newtown Superintendent of Schools and other officials to observe a moment of silence while bells ring 26 times in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in honor of the 26 adults and children who were killed last Friday during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. -
A man kneels in front of a makeshift memorial during a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community and the nation -
Connecticut state police confer at the rain at the intersection of a closed road in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, due to a visit by Gov. Dannel Malloy, who will be in Newtown Friday morning for an observance marking exactly one week since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. A moment of silence will be held and the bells from Trinity Episcopal Church will toll 26 times at 9:30 on Friday. -
Officials including Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy observe a moment of silence on the steps of Edmond Town Hall while bells ring 26 times in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. The chiming of bells reverberated throughout Newtown, commemorating one week since the crackle of gunfire in a schoolhouse killed 20 children and six adults in a massacre that has shaken the community and the nation. -
A Sandy Hook Fire Police official, center, consoles a couple visiting a makeshift memorial near the firehouse and the street that leads into Sandy Hook Elementary School, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Earlier, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy gathered with other officials on the steps of the town hall as the bell rang 26 times in memory of each life lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School. -
Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was one 20 children killed during the recent school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, sheds a tear during a slideshow honoring his daughter at a memorial service for her at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. -
Family members and friends of a 6-year-old Emilie Parker, killed in last week's Connecticut school shooting, look on during a memorial service Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at the Ben Lomond High School, in Ogden, Utah. -
Mourners attend a service for Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher Lauren Rousseau who was killed in last week's school shooting in Newtown, Conn., at the First Congregational Church in Danbury, Conn. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. -
A woman paying her respects passes by a table of photographs prior to the start of the memorial service for Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher Lauren Rousseau, at the First Congregational Church on Deer Hill Avenue in Danbury, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 -
A week after the shooting, heavy rains soak a memorial to the victims in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. -
Rain soaks a memorial to the Newtown shooting victims in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. -
Kjirsten Meckert, who works in Hartford, Conn., visits a memorial to the Newtown shooting victims during a heavy down pour in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. -
Postal worker Christine Dugas sorts letters at the post office in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, including a letter addressed to "The families of 6 Amazing Women and 20 Beloved Angels," one of many letters and packages that have been sent to Newtown in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. -
Bagpipers play as Nicole Hockley, center, and her son Jake Hockley look on at the end of a funeral service for Dylan Hockley in Bethel, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. Hockley, 6, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
Jake Hockley, center, and other mourners watch as balloons are released at the end of a funeral service for his brother Dylan Hockley, 6, in Bethel, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. -
The casket for Rachel D'Avino is carried from the Church of the Nativity in Bethletem, Conn., during her funeral on Friday Dec. 21, 2012. -
Bethlehem Volunteer firefighters salute the funeral precession for Rachel D'Avino as it makes its way into the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Conn. on Friday Dec. 21, 2012. -
Ben Toby, of Sandy Hook, visits a memorial to the Newtown shooting victims during a heavy rain in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. -
Rosaries are lit by the morning light on a makeshift memorial near the town Christmas tree in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. The memorial, which was put up in the aftermath of the elementary school shooting that shocked the small town, is increasing in size as the days go on. -
With a U.S. flag waving at half-staff, left, people congregate at Trinity Episcopal Church, right, during funeral services for Benjamin Andrew Wheeler, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Wheeler, 6, died when the gunman, Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
People wearing Boy Scouts of America uniforms salute while standing outside of Trinity Episcopal Church during funeral services for Benjamin Andrew Wheeler, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Wheeler, 6, died when the gunman, Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
Teacher Anne Marie Murphy's casket is lifted from St. Mary Of The Assumption Church after a funeral service in Katonah, N.Y. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Murphy died when Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
Mourners gather at the funeral for teacher Anne Marie Murphy at the St. Mary Of The Assumption Church in Katonah, N.Y. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Murphy was killed when Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
A mourner of teacher Anne Marie Murphy, who was killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn., hugs an officiate at St. Mary Of The Assumption Church after a funeral service in Katonah, N.Y. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Murphy was killed Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
A child is embraced near a hearse carrying teacher Anne Marie Murphy, who was killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, after a funeral at St. Mary Of The Assumption Church in Katonah, N.Y. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Newtown was killed when Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
Herb Pontow, left, and Tony Tipton, both from Maryland, try to organize an overflowing memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. -
Gilles Rousseau, father of Lauren Rousseau, holds a picture of his daughter after a memorial service for her in Danbury, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Rousseau, 30, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
The names of the Sandy Hook School shooting victims are written on a balloon, shown on a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., the site of a shooting massacre last week, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. For the most part, makeshift memorials honor the 26 victims allegedly killed by the gunman, Adam Lanza, who forced himself into the school on Dec. 14, 2012. In total 27 people were killed as officials say Lanza shot and killed his mother, Nancy Lanza, at their home. Nancy Lanza is virtually nonexistent in the memorials. -
People stand in line to enter a funeral home for calling hours for Olivia Engel, 6, in Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. -
Christmas wreaths rest next to a U.S. flag donning the names of shooting victims near the main intersection of the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., as the town continues to cope in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. The gunman, Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
A boy stands behind the hearse carrying the casket of Victoria Soto, one of the teachers killed in Friday's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, just before the start of Soto's funeral service at Lordship Community Church in Stratford, Connecticut, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. -
A mourner carries a program as she leaves the funeral service of Victoria Soto at Lordship Community Church, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Stratford, Conn. Soto was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
A van with a sign "carrying school children", center left, drives behind a police vehicle through a main road in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., as media presence is felt in the aftermath of the elementary school shooting that shocked the small, quiet town, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. News about the shooting spread quickly across the world, prompting media outlets to set up camp in the small town. The gunman, Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
A man holds a sign while riding on a procession through one of the main streets in Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., during a procession toward St. Rose of Lima parish cemetery before burial services for Daniel Gerard Barden, 7, killed during the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. The small, quiet town has seen gridlock traffic caused by funeral processions as well as the large number of national and international media covering the aftermath of the shooting. -
Firefighters salute as a hearse passes for the funeral procession of 7-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. -
Firefighters line up outside the funeral for school shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. According to firefighters, Daniel wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up and they honored him at the service. -
A child lines up with firefighters outside the funeral for school shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden, 7, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. According to firefighters, Daniel wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up and they honored him at the service. -
The word "HOPE" is illuminated on the front lawn of a funeral home hosting the wake of Sandy Hook Elementary School principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung in Woodbury, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Hochsprung was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
The casket carrying the body of Sandy Hook Elementary School student Jessica Rekos, 6, waits to be carried into the St. Rose of Lima Church for funeral services in Newtown, Connecticut, Tuesday, December 18, 2012. (Genaro Molina/ Los Angeles Times/ MCT) -
A hearse leads a funeral procession into St. Rose of Lima Parish Cemetery for the burial of 6-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Jessica Rekos, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Rekos was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself.(AP Photo/ David Goldman) -
Mourners gather for the wake for 6-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Charlotte Helen Bacon, at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. -
Family and friends react after attending the wake of school shooting victim Victoria Soto, 27, a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Stratford, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Soto, 27, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
Pallbearers carry a casket out of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church after funeral services for James Mattioli, 6, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Mattioli, 6, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
A police officer inspects a vehicle arriving at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church before funeral services for James Mattioli, a boy killed in an elementary school shooting, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Mattioli, 6, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
Police officers embrace outside of St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church after funeral services for Jessica Rekos, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Rekos, 6, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
Friends and co-workers hold a sign as the hearse and funeral procession for James Mattioli, 6, who died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, approaches the St. John's Cemetery Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Darien, Conn. Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. -
Robert Soltis, of Newtown, Conn., pauses after making the sign of the cross at a memorial to school shooting victims in Newtown, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. -
Frank Kulick, adjusts a display of wooden crosses, and a Jewish Star of David, representing the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, on his front lawn, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. -
A heart-shaped wooden carving with the initials of victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, at a makeshift memorial outside the school in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 17, 2012. As families prepared to bury the first young victims of the shooting, investigators said it could take months to recreate a full account of the events surrounding the shooting. -
A police officer carries flowers into a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. Pozner was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. -
Mourners arrive for the funeral service of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim, 6-year-old Jack Pinto, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Pinto was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. -
Fairfield police chief Gary MacNamara embraces a relative of Noah Pozner after a funeral service for the 6-year-old shooting victim, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. Pozner was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. -
A funeral procession follows the hearse carrying the casket of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim, Jack Pinto, 6, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. Pinto was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. -
A hearse arrives at B'nai Israel Cemetery with the body of Noah Pozner, a six-year-old killed in an elementary school shooting, during funeral services, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Monroe, Conn. Authorities say gunman Adam Lanza killed his mother at their home on Friday and then opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life. -
Mourners comfort one another as they leave a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. Pozner was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. -
A mourner walks into a funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Fairfield, Conn. Pozner was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. -
Mourners carry ornaments to decorate the Christmas trees at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, Monday,Dec. 17, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Authorities say gunman Adam Lanza killed his mother at their home on Friday and then opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life. -
A snowflake ornament with the name of 6-year-old Jack Pinto hangs on a Christmas tree at a makeshift memorial in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, as the town mourns victims killed in Friday's school shooting. Pinto, who was killed Friday when gunman Adam Lanza opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School, will be buried Monday. -
An ornament for Noah Pozner hangs on a tree at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Pozner was killed when a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. -
Barbara Wells, of Shelton, Conn., holds her daughter Olivia, 3, as she pays her respects at one of the makeshift memorials for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Authorities say a gunman killed his mother at their home and then opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life, on Friday.
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