The story of Daniel Lapante begins in Townssend, Massachusetts, where he was born on May 15, 1970, by parents Claude and Eline Lapante. The family was far from stability. Claude, who described him as a violent man, has allegedly abused a young Daniel, screaming and hitting the child since the age of two. The court records confirm that by 1974, when Daniel was only four, Claude was imprisoned due to the rape of a woman, a crime that threw a long shadow on the family. Eileen, who may have been afraid of her husband, remained married for another year before moving with her sister and calling for …