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Victims' loved ones try to make sense of so many lost angels

LAUREN ROUSSEAU was a motherly type, yet didn't live long enough to become one. She knew she wanted to be a teacher before she entered kindergarten, and at the University of Connecticut, she was the surrogate mama of her dorm.

Robert and Alissa Parker leave the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire House in tears after a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Friday morning, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 children and adults, including the Parkers' daughter Emilie. (AP Photo/The Hour, Alex von Kleydorff)
Robert and Alissa Parker leave the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire House in tears after a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Friday morning, Dec. 14, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 children and adults, including the Parkers' daughter Emilie. (AP Photo/The Hour, Alex von Kleydorff)Read more
    by BARBARA LAKER
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