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Victoria Soto

Case from Newtown, CT dated Dec 14, 2012

Victim Details

Victoria Soto

Female

White / Caucasian

Newtown

CT

2012-12-14

27

Victoria

Soto

07/10/2026

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On a crisp December morning, Victoria Soto, a vibrant 27-year-old female teacher of Puerto Rican and Irish-American heritage, drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, with Christmas music filling her car. It was December 14, 2012, a day that began with her characteristic enthusiasm for teaching her first-grade students, but would end in an act of unimaginable horror and selfless bravery. That morning, a 20-year-old man named Adam Lanza, after fatally shooting his mother at ...
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  • https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Victoria-Vicki-Soto-Sandy-Hook-17572242.php
  • YouTube: Sandy Hook Promise
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    I was reading about Vicki Soto and just feel so moved by her story. As a teacher myself, I can't eve... ...Read More
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