In the case of the Chris Dorner affair surveillance videos have emerged verifying several instances of the alleged killers existence over a very brief period of time leading up to his demise. He was recorded buying scuba gear, disposing ammo in a dumpster, and attempting to dodge surveillance cameras at a hotel where he lodged. And as noted CBSLA journalists believe they encountered Dorners mother at a neighborhood tavern. All of this footage was unhesitatingly reported by news media outlets.
Yet in the Newtown event, aside from the lack of video surveillance footage of the shooting scene, no such video has emerged of Nancy or Adam Lanza practicing at gun ranges, purchasing or attempting to purchase weapons, or even carrying out routine errands such as buying gasoline or grocery shopping. Indeed, it is as if Adam Lanza in particular did not existan observation actually made by one CNN correspondent in early coverage of the massacres aftermath.