And this:

"Kate Capellaro, of All for Kids in Ridgefield, last saw Allison over the summer and described her to the New Haven Register: "She was a very shy girl, she was quiet and kept to herself, but she would smile at things. If a kid did something funny, she'd be laughing."

These "I knew the victim" witnesses are so key to selling the story as a whole. I mean, they could be for real, of course.

But, for example, nearly the entire image of Nancy Lanza being a "gun enthusiast" with a "substantial collection" turns out to come from only one guy who, when you look into his story, admits himself that he only saw one antique rifle which, according the him, she brought out into the yard to show him.