The gunman who carried out last year's Connecticut school shooting lived an isolated existence and was obsessed with mass killings, a report by the lead investigator says.
The review, released after a year-long investigation, provides chilling insights into Adam Lanza, but sheds no more light over a possible motive for one of the worst shootings in US history.
On December 14, Lanza shot dead his mother and then killed 20 children and six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown before committing suicide.
"The obvious question that remains is: 'Why did the shooter murder 27 people, including 20 children?' Unfortunately, that question may never be answered conclusively," the report said.
State Attorney Stephen Sedensky III said there was no clear indication why the 20-year-old gunman chose Sandy Hook as his target other than the fact that it was close to his home.
Police at first thought there could have been several gunmen The 48-page report said that in fifth grade Lanza wrote a book that included tales of children being slaughtered and a son shooting his mother in the head.
In the years that followed, he developed an obsession with violence and mass murders, especially the 1999 Columbine school massacre.
The report says he assembled articles, photos, books, footage and violent video games, including one in which players gun down students in school, and even kept a spreadsheet ranking mass murders.
Nobody was allowed into his bedroom. Its windows were covered with black garbage bags.
Lanza communicated with his mother by email only even though they lived in the same house, according to the review.
He refused to sleep in hotels, reacted badly to loud noises and liked to play a video game called Dance Dance Revolution in addition to more violent fare.
His food had to be arranged on the plate in a certain way and he changed clothes and washed his hands often during the day, the findings said.
Twenty children and six adults were killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook His mother, Nancy Lanza, was planning to buy her son a new pistol for Christmas, even though he disliked Christmas and birthdays.
Adam Lanza had significant mental health issues that affected his ability to live a normal life and interact with others, but did not affect his mental state for the crimes, the report said.
In 2005, he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, an autism-like condition that is not associated with violent crimes.
Mr Sedensky said Lanza "was undoubtedly afflicted with mental health problems.
Demolition of the elementary school began in October "Yet despite a fascination with mass shootings and firearms, he displayed no aggressive or threatening tendencies."
The mother of Victoria Soto, who was killed in Sandy Hook, said in a statement that nothing could make sense of the shooting.
Donna Soto said: "Yes, we have read the report. No, we cannot make sense of why it happened.
"We don't know if anyone ever will. We don't know if we will ever be whole again, we don't know if we will go a day without pain, we don't know if anything will ever make sense again."
A timeline released with the report indicated that nearly six minutes passed between the arrival of the first Newtown police officer and the time officers entered the school.
The report said law enforcement officers were operating under the belief there may have been more than one shooter.
The massacre shook America and reignited a national debate on gun control.
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