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'He has finally received justice': Gannon Stauch's family speaks out after guilty verdict

Over three years after 11-year-old Gannon Stauch was murdered in his Lorson Ranch home, Al Stauch and Landen Bullard say their son has justice.

“About three years ago, we were set up in a similar room giving you, giving us, the worst news that was imaginable: The news that our son was no longer alive. Now, I stand here today with some of the happiest news that we have waited three years for, is that he has finally received justice,” Bullard said.
 
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One-on-one with Gannon Stauch’s mother, Landen Bullard

FOX31’s Nicole Fierro sat down one on one with Gannon Stauch’s biological mother, Landen Bullard, just hours after the boy’s stepmother was found guilty of his murder.
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Three years after an 11-year-old Colorado boy’s murder, a jury found his stepmother, Letecia Stauch, guilty on all counts.

A judge sentenced her to life without parole. FOX31 sat down one on one with Gannon Stauch’s biological mother, Landen Bullard, just hours after the verdict.

Bullard invited FOX31 into her El Paso County home. After three years, five long weeks of testimony and an agonizing weekend of waiting for this verdict, Monday was unlike any feeling she said she’s ever been through.

WATCH: Gannon Stauch’s mother says the boy ‘loved’ his stepmother
 
Forever 11 years strong! Gannon will never be forgotten.


A few hours after #LeteciaStauch was found guilty in first degree murder, a rainbow appeared outside of the courthouse. Today, the Stauch family got justice for their 11-year-old boy after waiting more than 3 years. Perhaps, this is a sign from #GannonStauch to his loved ones

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'She destroyed dozens of lives': Judge hears statements from Gannon's family before handing down maximum sentence to Letecia Stauch

Judge hears statements from Gannon's mother, father, others before handing down maximum sentence
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Letecia Stauch will serve the maximum sentence for the brutal killing of her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon. After a jury found Stauch guilty of all charges, Judge Gregory Werner decided to proceed directly to sentencing.

Before handing down two life sentences, Werner called the facts of the case "the most horrific I have ever seen" and listened to statements from Gannon's family and others affected by the case.


The first person to speak was Stauch's former neighbor Nicole Mobley, who testified earlier in the trial about Stauch attempting to pay her to lie to law enforcement. "It's been hard, it's been heartbreaking. To finally see some justice for him and his family is incredible."
 

El Paso County Sheriff Issues Statement Following Gannon Stauch Trial Verdict | El Paso County Sheriff

El Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal released the following statement after a jury found Leticia Stauch guilty of murdering her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch:
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El Paso County Sheriff Issues Statement Following Gannon Stauch Trial Verdict​

May 8, 2023 - 5:30pm
El Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal released the following statement after a jury found Leticia Stauch guilty of murdering her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch:

“Gannon’s disappearance and the subsequent exhaustive search garnered local, national, and worldwide attention.

The outpouring of community support was overwhelming and an example of the heart the citizens of El Paso County have for one another, especially when tragedy strikes. Still to this day there are ribbons, signs, tributes, and blue porch lights across our community, for Gannon.

This case was arguably one of the largest in our Sheriff’s Office history, in both notoriety and depth of information collected.

To this point, it is important for me to acknowledge the hard work, sacrifice and dedication of the men and women of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and their resolve to bring Gannon’s killer to justice.

For each of you in the Sheriff’s Office who took part in this investigation, you have my thanks and appreciation.
 
TRIAL SUMMARY OUTLINE - thanks to @arielilane and @iamshadow21 for summary post links

2020CR1358 - People v. Letecia Stauch

CHARGES
First Degree Murder After Deliberation
First Degree Murder of a Person Under 12 by Someone in a Position of Trust
Child Abuse Resulting in Death [trial update]
Tampering with a Deceased Human Body
Tampering with Physical Evidence
Crime of Violence Using a Weapon (7 counts) - sentence enhancer; not decided by jury
Crime of Violence Causing Severe Bodily Injury or Death - sentence enhancer; not decided by jury
[link]

April 3, 2023 – OPENING STATEMENTS
Prosecution opening statement presented by DA Michael Allen
  • This case is about sanity and evidence will prove her sanity
  • VIDEO: Gannon can be heard crying about his burns
  • Her actions were designed to distance herself from what she did, throw off investigators, and escape accountability
[summary] [summary]

Defense opening statement presented by Will Cook
  • There is no motive
  • PHOTO: selfie of LS and Gannon taken the day before Gannon died
  • LS suffered abuse at the hands of her caretakers and caused her to have a fragmented personality
  • LS was killing the demons in her life, not Gannon
  • If the jury finds LS NGRI, she will be sent to the state mental hospital and not set free
[summary] [summary]

April 4, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 1 – Albert (Al) Stauch

January 2015: Al and LS married
February 2019: the family moved into their Lorson Ranch home
January 25, 2020: Al left CO for a two-week training in OK
January 27, 2020: LS reported Gannon as a runway
January 28, 2020: Al met with detectives with LS at Starbucks; later became suspicious of LS when he couldn’t find her car at French Elementary and went to the sheriff’s office to tell them about it
January 31, 2020: LS and daughter Harley moved out of the Lorson Ranch home
  • 1st recorded FBI call that took place on February 14, 2020
    • LS says she called the CBI because EPCSO is on a witch hunt
    • LS says she had a paper notarized describing everything that happened between January 25-27, 2020
    • Gannon took out the trash and cut his foot on a piece of plywood
    • Gannon said he was playing with someone named Grayson
    • LS jumped on Gannon to put out the fire
    • Gannon peeled his blisters until they bled and smeared the blood on the wall
    • LS and Gannon drove to Douglas County to buy a bike from someone she found on Craigslist (says LE has her GPS and email information to verify this)
    • Gannon freely left with someone named Uncle Matt
  • PHOTO EXHIBIT: Gannon’s bedroom
[family background] [first suspicions] [false stories] [testimony]

April 5, 2023

Juror note to judge: Should we disregard the defendant’s behavior at the defense table?
Judge wants time to research case law and said they’d discuss it at a later time. (On April 7, the judge announces he will not be addressing the note with the jury.)

STATE WITNESS # 1 – Albert (Al) Stauch (testimony resumes)

4 additional FBI calls between AS and LS from February 14, 2020
  • 2nd recorded FBI call
    • LS will help if given immunity
    • LS says she pointed LE to areas where the guy might be hiding
    • Al asks for the guy’s name; she says she’s not talking without immunity
    • LS hysterically cries because Al doesn’t believe her
  • 3rd recorded FBI call
    • Al says lets start over and asks LS who has Gannon
    • LS continues to ask for immunity
    • LS says “the dude” trying to get a bike followed her
  • 4th recorded FBI call
    • LS says her hands were physically tied, she was wearing headphones, and had a bandana in her mouth
    • Al asks why she needs immunity for that; he wants to know how all of these different stories could be true
    • LS gives Al the name Quincy Brown; QB told her his name was Edguardo at first and followed them in a red car
    • QB hurt Gannon but she doesn’t know how; LS says QB took boxes out of the house while she was tied up in the storage room (this happened after the police left that evening)
    • LS sends Al the mugshot of someone named Quincy Brown
    • Al tells LS he knows that SHE KNOWS where Gannon is and he’s not moving the conversation from that direction; he tells her not to call again until she’s ready to tell him where his son is
  • 5th recorded FBI call
    • LS asks Al if he’ll forgive her and stand by her if it was an accident, he says yes
    • LS says Gannon fell off a bicycle and was bleeding from his head and arms
    • LS says she drove all over trying to figure out where “this dude” took Gannon
    • LS says she didn’t ask for immunity because she committed a crime
    • Al asks how badly Gannon was hurt; she says he was bleeding pretty bad and then hangs up
CROSS EXAM
  • He can’t verify Gannon’s handwriting because he hasn’t seen it in 3 years
  • LS had told him about her stepfather sexually abusing her, but he doesn’t remember her saying it happened on a constant basis
  • Confirms LS often referred to herself as Taylor and had a prescription for anxiety
REDIRECT
  • LS functioned normally despite having anxiety
  • He thought it was odd when LS was hesitant to go to the sheriff’s office
  • Confirms LS often manipulated him
[phone calls] [cross exam] [testimony]

STATE WITNESS # 2 – Macon Ponder
  • Senior Underwater Bridge Inspector in Panama City, FL
  • March 17, 2020: he and his partner found suitcase with human remains under the Escambia River bridge
  • PHOTO EXHIBIT: the bridge and area where the suitcase was found
[summary] [testimony]

STATE WITNESS # 3 – Sgt. Jason Yoder
  • Criminal Investigator with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in FL
  • Responded to call about human remains being found under the bridge
  • Began a regional and state search for missing children; someone directed him to a flyer about Gannon’s disappearance
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 4 – Detective Nickolas Brklich
  • Major Crimes Detective with EPCSO
  • Processed evidence belonging to Gannon and other evidence from the house
  • EXHIBIT: evidence includes toothbrush, comb, scrub brushes and scissors that were located in the dishwasher (brushes had carpet fibers on them), empty vinegar bottle retrieved from the trash, buccal swabs, Nintendo Switch
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 5 – Sgt. Patrick Younkin
  • Patrol Supervisor with EPCSO
  • Responded to original runaway call made by LS on January 27, 2020
  • EXHIBIT: body worn camera audio played for the jury: [audio] [summary]
  • LS told officers she cut out the carpet because a candle fell
April 7, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 6 – Kelly Smith
  • CSI with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office in FL
  • Took photos of scene under the bridge where suitcase was found
  • March 18, 2020: present at autopsy performed in Pensacola, FL
  • PHOTO EXHIBIT: bullet extracted from Gannon’s head
  • PHOTO EXHIBIT: pillow found inside the suitcase
  • X-ray of pillow revealed two projectiles were inside it
  • Gannon’s t-shirt had more than a dozen “defects” that coincided with the injuries on his chest, collarbone, and arms (his jacket had similar defects)
  • 2 blankets, pillow, and Gannon’s remains were discovered inside the suitcase
  • EXHIBIT: large, olive green suitcase with a broken handle
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 7 – Trevor Seifert
  • Senior Laboratory Crime Analyst with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
  • Obtained samples from the marrow of a rib bone of the remains found in the suitcase to create a DNA profile
  • Metro Crime Lab in Colorado Springs had DNA profile for Gannon and it matched the DNA profile created from the rib bone
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 8 – Alexis Pack
  • Front Desk Agent at Candlewood Suites in Pensacola, FL
  • February 4, 2020: LS checked into hotel at 12:23 am
  • Reservation was made at 11:43 pm on February 3, 2020
  • LS indicated she was driving a Nissan Altima but they don’t confirm the make/model
  • LS checked out later that same day
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 9 – Lt. Jason Hess
  • Worked with the EPCSO Patrol Division in January 2020
  • Followed up on info with LS at Starbucks (where she and Al were already meeting with detectives)
  • LS said Gannon left the house between 3:15 - 4:00 pm while she was taking care of the burn on the carpet
  • LS said she tried to put out the fire with a blanket and Gannon had something on the front of his shirt from the fire
  • Watched LS moving stuff out of the house on January 31st; several people helped her move: her aunt Brenda Acquard was in a Nissan Altima, her daughter Harley, her mother Debra, and her brother Dakota Lowry
[summary] [testimony video]

STATE WITNESS # 10 – Leslie Hicks
  • Assistant Principal at Mountain View Middle School in 2020
  • Interviewed LS for a resource position
  • LS listed someone named Connie Huddle from South Carolina as a reference
  • Called the reference listed; caller ID read Eugene Stauch and female who answered said she wasn’t Connie Huddle
  • January 22, 2020: LS’s first day on the job
  • January 24, 2020: last day LS was at the school; her demeanor was appropriate and she didn’t appear to be having a mental health crisis
  • January 27, 2020: LS sent a text at 3:00 am saying her stepfather was hit by a car and passed away; LS sent the same message again at 4:37 am
  • When asked if she would need a substitute, LS angrily replied that should’ve been apparent
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 11 – Kevin Clark
  • Director of Crime Strategies and Intelligence for the 4th Judicial District
  • Assisted with search warrants for call detail records
  • Phone number for Connie Huddle was Gannon’s phone number
[summary]

EXHIBIT: body camera footage from Deputy Parker’s body camera when he responded to the initial runaway call
  • LS says Gannon searched “can my parents find me if my phone is off?” on his phone and also searched for bath salts
  • LS says Gannon only took his Nintendo Switch; his phone and wallet were at home
  • LS says Gannon was upset the night before because he was caught playing his Switch while grounded and knocked over a candle when he tried to hide it (she shows the deputy the burned carpet)
  • LS says she's received about 150 Facebook messages with tips and leads
  • LS says one person saw Gannon get into a white SUV and another saw him on their camera
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 12 – Sgt. Christopher Ganstine
  • Patrol Supervisor with EPCSO
  • Conducted covert surveillance on LS and followed LS and Harley to Marshall’s
  • LS was slouched down in the back seat of the car
  • LS ran when confronted with the warrant to seize her car and phone and threw the keys across the parking lot
  • LS wasn’t being arrested but became hysterical and yelled at Harley “not to tell them anything”
STATE WITNESS # 13 – Dr. Leon Kelly
  • El Paso County Coroner and Chief Medical Examiner
STATE WITNESS # 12 – Detective Marissa Williams
  • EPCSO Detective
  • January 29, 2020: Interviewed LS at the sheriff's office
  • LS arrived at interview driving a freshly washed Tiguan (vehicle was still wet)
STATE WITNESS # 13 – Janine Sanchez
  • Worked with Harley at Massage Envy
  • Drove Harley to pick up LS from the hospital on January 29, 2020
  • LS said “I hope you don’t think we’re a bunch of murderers”
  • LS turned off the location settings on Harley’s phone
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 14 – Nicole Mobley
  • Met LS in online neighborhood group in December 2019
  • Created fake Facebook profile to befriend LS during neighborhood searches
  • 31 pages of messages were exchanged with LS and possibly Harley
  • LS asked for help “finding a witness” who will say they saw someone leaving her house with a suitcase
  • LS said a Hispanic man with a face tattoo broke into their home, assaulted her, and kidnapped Gannon
[summary]

April 10, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 15 – Dr. Susan Ignacio
  • Associate Medical Examiner with District 6 in Key Largo, Florida
  • March 18, 2020: performed autopsy
  • Sharp force injuries were caused by knife or blade
  • Wounds on hands appeared to be defensive
  • Sharp force injury on upper back fractured his left 6th rib
  • 18 sharp force injuries, 4 blunt force lacerations, gunshot wound to left jaw
  • Cause of Death: gunshot wound and blunt trauma to the head; death by homicide
  • Contributing Factors: 18 sharp injuries
  • Toxicology revealed the presence of acetaminophen and hydrocodone (hydrocodone is unusual for a child)
CROSS EXAM
  • Gannon died a violent death with no pattern to his injuries
REDIRECT
  • Intentional acts targeting the upper body and head show an intention for the wounds to be fatal
JUROR QUESTIONS
  • Burn marks on arms couldn’t be detected because of the level of decomposition
  • Hydrocodone and acetaminophen metabolize within 12 hours, he took them no more than 12 hours before he died
[summary] [testimony video]

STATE WITNESS # 16 – Albert (Al) Stauch
  • Prescribed hydrocodone for pain in May 2019 after cutting off part of his finger while woodworking
  • Prescription was hidden from the children in his nightstand
  • Only he and LS knew it was kept in the nightstand
  • He never gave hydrocodone to Gannon
STATE WITNESS # 17 – FBI Special Agent Andrew Cohen
  • Investigates violent crimes and obtained wiretap on phone being used by LS
  • LS purchased a phone at a Walmart in Trinidad, CO using a name that wasn’t hers
  • Criminals often change their phone numbers, use Wi-Fi generated numbers, or download apps to text and/or call
  • February 18, 2020: 4 wiretapped phone calls to fakepolygraph.com were recorded and submitted into evidence
  • LS told Al she passed a polygraph test that proves she had nothing to do with Gannon’s disappearance
  • Fake polygraph company told LS her report was blocked my management due to the nature of her questions and potential “illegal activity”
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 18 – Christina Cervantez
  • Evidence Technician with EPCSO in 2020
  • LS called the office on several occasions to ask for her property back
  • February 12, 2020: voice on the phone sounds like LS but caller says she was Harley Hunt (call submitted into evidence and played for the jury)
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 19 – Detective Michael Bauman
  • Digital Forensics Detective with EPCSO
  • Extracted data from LS’s rose gold iPhone 8 and another phone seized in South Carolina
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 20 – Sgt. Kurt Smith
  • Sgt. with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office
  • Extracted data from Gannon’s phone
STATE WITNESS # 21 – Detective Christina Perry
  • Special Victims Unit Detective with EPCSO
  • Used undercover account to join Facebook groups about Gannon’s disappearance
  • January 28, 2020: recorded and packaged evidence while other detectives searched the Stauch residence
  • Report of seized items submitted into evidence: burned carpet square, candle, sock, swabs from women’s shoes, swabs from light switches inside and out, swabs from Gannon’s bed and bedroom door
  • Large money transfers from Harley’s bank account into LS’s account made them concerned LS might flee; they obtained a warrant to track the Nissan Altima rental and also tracked her whereabouts with the Life360 app
  • January 27, 2020: neighbor surveillance shows Gannon and LS leaving in a red truck [video] - EXHIBIT 42
  • LS walks to the truck parked in the street, Gannon gets into truck at 10:13 am, and they drive off at 10:15 am
  • Video footage shows VW Tiguan backed into the garage at 2:24 pm
  • Video footage shows Laina get off the bus around 3:11 pm and walk towards the home; she is seen leaving almost immediately after
  • Video footage shows Harley pull up in her white Jetta around 4:37 pm; she’s in the house until 4:51 pm when she and Laina leave together
  • January 28, 2020: video clips show LS and HH reposition their vehicles in the driveway and LS leave to pick up AS from the airport
CROSS EXAM
  • Utility workers were in the area the day Gannon disappeared but doesn't know if they were interviewed or asked about gunshots
  • She watched more than 40 hours of surveillance video and didn’t hear gunshots
[summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 22 – Detective Tim Ferrell
  • EPCSO Detective
  • Responded to Stauch residence the night Gannon was reported missing
  • Photographed inside the Stauch residence and looked for things out of the ordinary
  • EXHIBIT 242: picture of clothing on top of washer/dryer in the laundry room; pair of women’s shoes with pink residue on the soles
  • Two swabs were taken from the women’s blue Nike shoes
  • EXHIBIT 257: picture of carpet and wax on a trash bag
  • EXHIBIT 259: 2x2 square piece of carpet with burned area and wax substance found in the trash can
  • Candle was found in different trash can; there was fabric inside candle that didn’t match carpet or couch
  • Noted a brown smear on the inside of Gannon’s bedroom door handle
  • Photographed guns found in the master bedroom closet
  • Undercover officers saw both LS and Harley using Harley’s phone inside Marshall’s
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 23 – Detective Peter Vigil
  • EPCSO Detective
  • Smelled ammonia and/or bleach in Gannon’s bedroom
STATE WITNESS # 24 – Spencer Wilson
  • Reporter for KKTV in January 2020
  • Interviewed LS about Gannon’s disappearance [interview]
  • LS agreed to interview under the condition they not show her fact
  • LS asked him to redo a portion of the interview when he asked what she wanted to say to Gannon; she didn’t cry during the first recording but seemed upset and cried in the second
  • LS referred to Gannon in the present tense and then past-tense mid-statement
JUROR QUESTION - Did LS immediately stop crying after the interview? Faster than a normal person would
JUROR QUESTION - Did her demeanor change after the interview? Yes

[summary] [summary]



SUMMARY WILL CONTINUE IN NEXT POST
 
April 11, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 25 – Dakota Lowry
  • LS's brother
  • Immediately broke down on stand and said “WHY TECIA?”
  • Flew to Colorado in late January with his mom and aunt to support LS
  • January 31, 2020: aunt rented cargo van for LS to use to move out her stuff
  • LS left the hotel in the Nissan Altima to get “dog food” but was gone for a long time
  • February 1, 2020: offered to help LS with heavy suitcase she was struggling to lift while moving things from one van to another; LS declined his help and said it was softball stuff
  • Confirmed luggage he saw LS struggling with was the large, olive green suitcase
  • Father was hit by a car and killed on his 7th birthday
  • Never knew LS to suffer from mental illness or refer to herself as Jasmine, Taylor, Harmony, or Maria
CROSS EXAM
  • At first he thought LS suffered a mental breakdown but doesn’t anymore think that anymore
  • Admits his father was a violent alcoholic
  • Confirms LS gave him a knife for self-protection against his father
REDIRECT
  • His mom protected him from his father and his father changed after serving in the war
  • He’s testifying under subpoena
  • Changed his mind about LS because too much didn’t make sense with someone mentally ill
JUROR QUESTION - he doesn’t remember seeing the green suitcase being moved out of the house; only saw LS move it from one van to another

[summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 26 – Joshua Johnson
  • Budget Rental employee
  • LS reserved rental van with ID and bank card, initialed and signed forms appropriately; she understood the agreement and didn’t appear confused or intoxicated
JUROR QUESTION - form doesn’t indicate when reservation was made; it was a one-way rental due to be returned in Grapevine, Texas and renter chooses drop-off location; form doesn’t indicate where vehicle was ultimately returned

[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 27 – Sgt. Roy Ditzler
  • Assigned to the Metro Vice Intelligence Task Force in Colorado Springs in January 2020
  • Assisted with placement of a GPS tracker on Nissan Altima car rental
  • Geofencing provides LE with alerts if GPS moves beyond a certain area
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 28 - Detective Jacob Abendschan
  • Detective with EPCSO Investigations Division in 2020
  • Followed the GPS tracker data from the Nissan Altima
  • January 31, 2020: LS drove the Altima to an address in Larkspur, CO around 4:41 pm (which later led LE to search the area of Palmer Lake)
  • February 1, 2020: Nissan Altima pinged at the airport in Denver, CO and GPS device was removed
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 29 - Detective Brian Roger
  • Digital Forensics Detective with the Colorado Springs PD
STATE WITNESS # 30 – Detective Robert Sirois
  • Cybersecurity Detective with EPCSO
  • Located white Kia Rio rental that LS was driving when she picked up Al from the airport
  • Took photos and searched the car
  • Recovered a parking ticket on the floor from airport parking kiosk
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 31 – John Wotton

  • Corporate Security Manager with David Budget Group
  • Described GPS tracker reports for the rental van from February 1-6, 2020
  • The van made stops in Pueblo, Dallas, Amarillo, Decatur, Ruston, Gallion, Ferry Pass, Lake City, Lake Buena Vista, Pooler, Conway, Myrtle Beach
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 32 – John Grassell
  • Rhode Island State PD Officer in 2020
  • March 26, 2020: analyzed Avis rental van driven by LS after learning it was used to transport a body
  • Found a dog toy, stains throughout the interior, and Verizon prepaid phone card
  • Blood reactions visible on several areas of the mat in the cargo area
  • Blood samples sent to Colorado for further testing
CROSS EXAM
  • Doesn’t know how van got from South Carolina to Rhode Island
  • Doesn’t know how many people rented the van in that time and doesn’t know who blood belongs to
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 33 - Kathryn Beckel
  • January 27, 2020: 9-1-1 dispatcher took the non-emergency runaway call from LS
  • Aaudio of both 9-1-1 calls are played for jury; one call was made to the emergency line (6:55 pm) and second call (7:02 pm) was made to non-emergency line
  • Asked LS who the last person to see Gannon was and she responded “I guess, me?”
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 34 - Sgt. Rosario (Rocky) Hubbell
  • Sgt. with the EPCSO Major Crimes Unit in 2020
  • Became aware of Gannon’s missing person’s report on January 28, 2020
  • February 3, 2020: noticed blood evidence in Gannon’s bedroom; pulled up carpet where it appeared to have been cleaned (accidentally touched carpet with ungloved hand and noted it)
  • Blood stains were found under the carpet, the padding, and on the concrete beneath it
  • Documented Bluestar evidence and layout of the home on video
  • February 25, 2020: 22-minute video documentation of Bluestar reactions in the home
[summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 35 - Amanda Van Nest
  • Forensic Nurse Examiner at UCHealth Memorial Hospital
  • January 29, 2020: Staunch said she was sexually assaulted the night Gannon was kidnapped
  • Obtained psychosocial history from LS; documented abrasions and bruises
  • LS initially agreed to SANE exam but left the hospital before she could complete it
[summary]

April 12, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 36 - Detective Jessica Bethel
  • Lead detective in Gannon’s case from EPCSO
  • January 28, 2020: INTERVIEW AUDIO with LS and Al at Starbucks (55 minutes)
    • LS says they went hiking on Sunday at Garden of the Gods; Gannon stayed home from school because his stomach was hurting and she took off work to stay with him
    • LS says they went to Petco and Gannon stayed in the car because he wasn’t feeling well
    • Al says after he received text from Gannon about bath salts, he asked LS to search his bag and she found Swisher Sweets
  • January 28, 2020: FACETIME AUDIO of a call from LS to Bethel around 10:00 pm
    • LS is mad because Harley's at home alone while detectives were there
  • January 29, 2020: VIDEO recorded in-person interview at the EPCSO (4 hours)
    • LS say she found a man in the storage closet with one of their guns when they returned from Petco
    • LS says she lied about what happened because she gave “the carpet guy” the code to unlock their house
    • LS describes meeting “the carpet guy” named Eduardo or Edgardo
    • LS says the man raped her but she won’t be examined because she's already showered and cleaned herself up
[summary] [summary] [testimony] [partial transcript] courtesy of @Allabouttrial [summary] [summary]

April 14, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 36 - Jessica Bethel (testimony resumes)
  • Last 30 minutes of in-person interview VIDEO played
    • LS says she can’t breathe and she’s having a panic attack
    • EMTs reports vital signs are normal but take her to Memorial Hospital
  • VIDEO: LS strikes deputy in the van while being transported back to CO
[summary] [summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 37 - Christian Liewer
  • CSI with Colorado Springs Metro Crime Lab
  • Photographed Bluestar reactions inside Stauch residence
  • Reddish-brown stain on carpet near Gannon’s bed went through the carpet, the padding, and onto the concrete
  • Seized a black Smith & Wesson handgun located on a dresser in the master bedroom
  • Found a bottle of vinegar on washer/dryer and other cleaning supplies under the kitchen sink
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 38 - Stefanie Happ
  • Firearms Analyst with Colorado Springs PD
  • Tested 3 firearms from the home and compared them to 3 recovered bullets (2 from the pillow and one from Gannon’s head)
  • Identified 2 bullets as being fired from a Smith & Wesson pistol
CROSS EXAM
  • Pistol favored a right-handed person and shell casings would also fall to the right
  • Didn’t evaluate how far away shooter was when shots were fired
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 39 - Brook Bell
  • Senior CSI with Colorado Springs Metro Crime Lab
  • Photographed blood evidence, burned carpet and couch area, and storage room area inside Stauch residence
  • Burn marks on carpet/ground were not consistent with the story Stauch told about Gannon knocking over a candle on accident; there was also potential blood discovered on the area of carpet Stauch removed
[summary]

April 17, 2023

Judge admonished LS about her behavior in the courtroom

STATE WITNESS # 39 - Brook Bell (testimony resumes)

STATE WITNESS # 40 - Harley Hunt
  • Letecia’s daughter
  • February 1, 2020: LS and Harley left Colorado
  • February 4, 2020: LS disposed of suitcase in Pensacola, FL
  • Al and LS argued a lot
  • LS said Gannon was screaming in the street that he hated his life
  • She found out this week that her dad died of an overdose several years ago; LS told her that he died during a robbery gone wrong
  • LS sent Harley to look for Gannon while she stayed at the house in case he came home
  • LS asked Harley to look in Gannon’s backpack and she found the Swisher Sweet cigar roll
  • Harley describes a bunch of text messages with LS and the drive to Florida and then South Carolina
[summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary]

April 18, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 41 - Lt. John Sarkisian
  • Special Operations SWAT Commander with EPCSO in January 2020
  • Assigned Incident Commander for search efforts
  • February 15, 2020: particle board recovered near S Perry Park Rd
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 42 – Kevin Clark (state witness #11 recalled to stand)
  • Director of Crime Strategies and Intelligence for the 4th Judicial District
  • Call detail records and Life360 GPS location data from LS’s phone
  • Matched particle board found near S Perry Park Road to picture of particle board with the same broken corner on Al’s phone from 2019
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 43 – Lt. Commander Mitchell Mihalko
  • Oversees investigations with EPCSO
  • Seized LS’s cell phone at Marshall’s on January 29, 2020
  • February 7, 2020: Stauch residence was locked down as a crime scene
CROSS EXAM
  • They didn’t arrest LS when they seized her phone because they can’t arrest someone for murder just because a child is missing; they need probable cause
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 44 – Alyssa Berriesford
  • CSI Bloodstain Pattern Expert with Colorado Springs Metro Crime Lab
  • Analyzed blood stain patterns in Gannon’s bedroom
[summary]

April 19, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 45 – Tom Griffin
  • Private Forensic Consultant in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, CSI, and Reconstruction
  • Hired by the DA to consult on this case on February 18, 2020
  • 54 bloodstains were found on the walls of Gannon’s bedroom
  • Many bloodstains came from below the height of his bed and indicate Gannon was on the floor for at least part of the attack
  • Blood appeared to have been diluted and some flowed along the horizontal surface of the baseboard (which suggests an attempted clean up)
  • February 26, 2020: gave a preliminary report, given the pooling, splatter stains on two walls, and the nature of patterns that were/were not there, of one or a combination of 3 possible events – shooting with a penetrating wound (no exit), blunt force trauma, attack with a sharp object
  • Paid $290 per hour
[summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 46 – Pete Woods
  • Myrtle Beach PD Detective
  • March 2, 2020: briefed SWAT about LS and coordinated surveillance on days leading up to the arrest in Myrtle Beach, SC
  • Arrested LS when she dropped Harley off for an appointment at the local Air Force recruiting office
  • A pink suitcase with white polka dots was seized from the van LS was driving; cell phone was recovered from the suitcase
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 47 – Jon Price
  • EPCSO Homicide Detective
  • Testimony re: evidence recovered from Harley’s car
STATE WITNESS # 48 – Amber Cronan
  • FBI Special Agent
  • February 15, 2020: coached AS through 4 recorded phone conversations with LS
  • Phone Call #1 (46 minutes)
    • LS talks about a lie detector test
    • LS asks Al if he’s going to protect her from Quincy Brown
    • Al asks LS if the bike accident story is true – she says no
    • Al asks LS if the Quincy Brown story is true – she says yes
[summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 48 – Amber Cronan (testimony resumes)
  • Phone Call #1 (call continues)
    • LS complains about Landen being at the Stauch residence after Gannon’s disappearance
  • Phone Call #2 (1 hour)
    • LS tells Al he needs to be with his family; she refuses to tell him where she is
    • LS complains about being taken off the car insurance
    • LS says she hit her head and Gannon was gone when she woke up
    • LS says she went to the police the next day and they told her she was mentally ill and needed a psychiatrist
  • Phone Call #3 & #4 (three-way calls with Special Agent Cronan; 30 minutes each)
    • Cronan asks LS to describe what happened on the day of Gannon’s disappearance in detail
    • LS explains that she was trying to get Al a bike from a guy on Craigslist, they went to Dunkin Donuts and Petco twice
    • LS says a man was in the storage room of their house when they returned home
[summary] [summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 49 – Jonathan “Johnny” Grusing
  • Former FBI Special Agent with the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU)
  • Coached AS through five phone calls with LS on February 16, 2020
    • Al tells LS that Quincy Brown has been in Mexico for two years
    • LS then suggests Landen did something to Gannon
    • LS then claims they were followed home from Petco
    • LS then claims Gannon went missing from the parking lot of Petco; she says she drove around for hours trying to find him
    • Al asks LS if she murdered Gannon and she says no
    • Al asks LS why she was in the area where the particle board was found; she says she got lost and didn’t have her phone
    • Al tells LS that he saw a picture of the carpet; she explains that Gannon got blood on the carpet when he cut his foot in the garage
    • LS says she’s going on Nancy Grace to validate the polygraph test because they’re focusing on the wrong person
    • Al continues to accuse LS of lying and she continues to deny involvement
[summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary]

April 21, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 49 – Jonathan “Johnny” Grusing (testimony resumed)
  • No indication LS was ever followed and no indication of anyone forcing her to walk inside Petco
  • LS knew things that suggested guilty knowledge
  • March 2, 2020: interrogation interview of LS after her arrest in Myrtle Beach, SC
    • LS says she was in the wrong place at the wrong time
    • LS asks for protection for her family
    • LS says she doesn’t believe in physical discipline and never used it on the kids
    • LS explains candle incident – fire alarm went off, fire was on a small location of the cover, they smashed down on top of it to put it out, Gannon tripped behind her running up the stairs, burns on his arm weren’t bad
    • LS says the family all decided to agree to “exaggerate the fire” to get Al to come home from OK
    • Grusing tells LS there’s no evidence anyone else was at the house
    • Grusing asks her about the rape claims and she asks for protection
    • Grusing confronts her about Google web searches:
      • blood spurting from an arterial bleed
      • I don’t like my stepson
      • I don’t like my stepson should I get a divorce
      • I want immunity
      • find me a new husband
      • can I spray paint blood
      • I’m doing all the work for my stepkids
      • hit and run
      • my husband wants a divorce
      • my husband wants a baby but I want a divorce
      • quotes a suicidal person might say
      • what do you do if someone swallowed poison
      • you’ll never forgive me and treat me like a princess
      • you’ll never know when it’s too late
    • LS says she made up the head wound story to get back at Al
    • LS says the blood on the back of the Tiguan was from Gannon cutting his foot
    • LS talks about a ransom demand from QB or a gang
    • Grusing tells LS the amount of blood found in his room suggests he’s not alive
[summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary]

April 24, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 49 – Jonathan “Johnny” Grusing (testimony resumed)

CROSS EXAM
  • He doesn’t know the exact dates of the Google searches
REDIRECT
  • LS not being able to articulate the last image she has of Gannon is indicative that the last image was awful
[summary] [summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 50 – David Donati

  • FBI Special Agent
  • Retrieved telematic system from LS’s VW Tiguan and sent the device to be analyzed by the FBI in Quantico, VA
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 51 - Dwight Falkofske
  • FBI Device Analyst
  • Processed telematic evidence obtained from the VW Tiguan
[summary]

STATE WITNESS # 52 - Sherrie Holes
  • Forensic Serologist at the CSPD Crime Lab
  • Tested evidence for blood DNA analysis
  • Swabs from inside of the right shoe, outside of the shoes, plastic tub and lid with visible staining, Gannon’s bed, Brillo scrub brush, blue and white scrub brush, basement carpet, pillow, couch, rug, pink suitcase, blue blanket, empty vinegar bottle, Amazon box with visible staining, white bedsheet with shark print recovered from bedroom laundry basket, Gannon’s fingernail clippings all tested presumptive positive for blood and were sent off for DNA analysis
  • Shoes had a strong cleaning chemical odor
[summary] [summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 53 - Donna Minogue
  • Colorado Springs Crime Lab DNA and Forensic Analyst
  • Swabs from the base of stairs, the blue and white scrub brush, burned carpet cut out, basement area rug, storage room floor, and brush handle – major profile Gannon Stauch
  • Swabs from Gannon’s bed - partial single source Gannon Stauch
  • Swabs from the pink suitcase, blanket, plastic tub from storage room, Amazon box - single source profile Gannon Stauch
CROSS EXAM
  • Samples were compared against the DNA profiles of LS, Al, Landen, and Gannon
[summary] [summary of cross exam]

April 25, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 54 - Kevin Hoyland
  • FBI Special Agent Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST)
  • Analyzed cell phone data during the search for Gannon
  • Created maps of phone and GPS activity from the evening of January 26, 2020 through January 28, 2020 using Gannon’s, Letecia’s, and Harley’s phones, the GPS from the Tiguan, the GPS from the rental cargo van, the Nissan Altima rental, and the Life360 app on one of Letecia’s devices
  • Gannon’s phone was being used while deputies were at the Stauch residence
[summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 55 - Dr. Christine Mohr
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist / Mental Health Director at EPC jail
  • March 5, 2020: mental health assessment of LS at the El Paso County jail
  • LS self-reported no hx of mental health hospital stays or suicide attempts
  • Informed LS about the recovery of Gannon’s body
  • LS made a statement about never being in Florida but wasn’t told Gannon’s remains were found there
  • LS did not meet the criteria of bipolar disorder
  • LS said her anxiety was getting worse and that she was going to act like she had a different personality, get manic, and pull her hair out
CROSS EXAM
  • Currently supervises 250 sex offenders at another jail
  • She’s employed by for-profit contractor Wellpath
  • LS may have been made aware of the remains being found in Florida by her attorneys prior to their conversation
REDIRECT
  • The only thing she observed in LS was anxiety
  • DA presents the visitor log for LS on the day Gannon was found and no attorney visits were recorded that day
[summary] [summary] [summary] [cross exam] [cross exam] [redirect] [summary]

[daily update]

SUMMARY WILL CONTINUE IN NEXT POST
 
April 26, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 56 - Dr. Jackie Grimmett
  • Forensic Psychologist with the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo, CO
  • Conducted second competency exam
  • LS claimed lost time and other personalities named Taylor, Tecia, Jasmine, Jasper
  • LS tested above the threshold for feigning; presented symptoms she didn’t have; was more competent than she wanted to appear
  • Diagnosed LS with Unspecified Personality Disorder with borderline and narcissistic features (she didn’t meet the threshold for a diagnosis of BPD or NPD); also noted a rule out for PTSD
  • LS complained about having nightmares and anxiety and mentioned being bipolar
  • Not appropriate for the defense or prosecution to be present during forensic mental examinations
JUROR QUESTIONS
  • Can compulsive lying be a sign of mental illness? No. Antisocial Personality Disorder, not mental illness.
  • Can a difficulty or inability to face evidence or be rigorously honest or face consequences be indicative of a mental disability? No
  • Is it possible for a person with a good upbringing to develop an anxiety disorder or DID? Anyone can develop an anxiety disorder. DID is strongly correlated with trauma.
CROSS FOLLOW-UP
  • Could a sincere belief that people are going to believe me despite repeatedly lying be delusional? More likely irrational but not crossing the threshold into delusional. Just because something is irrational doesn’t mean it’s delusional.
[summary] [summary] [summary] [summary]

STATE WITNESS # 57 - Dr. Loandra Torres
  • Clinical Director of the Court Services Department and Board Certified Forensic Psychologist
  • Conducted first competency exam (along with another board certified forensic psychologist), as well as the sanity evaluation
  • Video clips of the sanity evaluation in 2022 shown to the jury
  • LS said she created the personality Harmony and let Harmony get molested by her stepfather instead of herself
  • LS said Taylor was her main personality, Maria is the protector, Victoria has empathy, Letecia is bipolar and “doing the most”
  • LS asked a staff member if they could tell when a patient was faking instability or mental illness
[summary] [summary]

April 28, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 57 - Dr. Loandra Torres (testimony resumed)
  • VIDEO: clips of the 2022 sanity evaluation shown to jury
    • LS describes an accidental shooting when she shot someone wearing a cape and she later learned it was Gannon
    • LS believed she was in a psychosis and would wake up eventually
    • LS claimed Gannon wasn’t killed on the afternoon of the 27th but after midnight on the 28th
  • If LS had DID, there would be a lack of understanding, awareness, and memory
  • LS had no mental disease or defect that would impair her understanding of reality and showed the capacity to form intent
[summary] [summary] [summary] [summary] [video] [summary]

May 1, 2023

STATE WITNESS # 58 – Kevin Clark (recalled to the stand for the 3rd time)
  • Director of Crime Strategies and Intelligence for the 4th Judicial District
  • Timeline of Stauch’s movements and texts
[summary] [summary]

May 2, 2023

STATE RESTS

DEFENSE WITNESS # 1 – Dr. Ronda Niederhauser
  • Clinical Psychologist at Fort Carson
  • Met with Stauch twice in 2019 and prescribed medicine for anxiety
  • Most of her symptoms were work-related; LS felt like she was being harassed at work because she stood up for someone who was being harassed
  • Provided a letter to LS to give to the school district that recommended she step down from her job with the district
[summary]

DEFENSE WITNESS # 2 – Dr. Dorothy Lewis
  • Psychiatric expert that specializes in Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and Professor of Psychiatry at Yale and New York University
  • Examined notorious murderers like Ted Bundy, Arthur Shawcross, Mark David Chapman; has worked with 100-200 adults on death row, many of whom had DID
  • November 2022: completed a 14-hour evaluation of LS
  • The personality Maria was a physically abusive entity
  • She believes LS was psychotic when Gannon was murdered and didn’t know what she was doing
CROSS EXAM
  • Doesn’t know the definition of insanity by Colorado law
  • Defense didn’t put her in contact with Harley or other family members as she conducted the sanity evaluation
  • Wasn’t aware the defense had withdrawn their request for an EEG and MRI
  • Doesn’t know when the dissociative identity disorder started
[summary]

May 3, 2023

DEFENSE WITNESS # 2 – Dr. Dorothy Lewis (cross-examination resumed)
  • Says “it’s interesting” that her family didn’t see any signs of DID
  • Admits LS reporting Gannon’s absence at school could have been planning
  • Doesn’t feel qualified to conclude whether LS knew right from wrong when she put his body in a suitcase but concedes she had the capacity to know she needed to hide the body
  • Young reminds her about an email that she sent to Tolini saying they should drop the EEG request; she says she didn’t consider the withdraw to be permanent
  • Young reveals Dr. Lewis’s son was present during the evaluation of LS
JUROR QUESTIONS

What significance does the defendant giving enemas affect her relationship with Gannon? If true, it’s sodomy. Repeated, unnecessary, unpleasant, and humiliating. It’s a common antecedent to sexual abuse experienced by those who develop DID. If indeed it happened to LS, it’s common for a patient to repeat the behavior as an adult.

Did the number of DID cases drop after the clinic at Bellevue was closed? It’s not been studied, but I’d say yes. If yes, why were they dependent on the existence of the clinic? It’s not the diagnosis that is dependent on the phenomenon, it’s that the recognition diminishes. It’s common for me to get calls from physicians who are familiar with it about how to diagnose and treat. There are not many physicians competent to make a diagnosis.

What is your specific training to determine if a patient is feigning or malingering? Having read the study, it’s my understanding there is no good definition or standard for malingering, as opposed to other disturbances, and is commonly used in courts. You’ll find the diagnosis is made more commonly in forensic cases than in others, but it’s not a well-defined phenomenon and you have to be a little skeptical when someone suspects someone of malingering. Especially when there’s a penalty involved, the person is more likely to be accused of malingering.

Did you do any test to determine if feigning or malingering was present? Yes

You said people with dissociative symptoms are suggestible. Then why describe her behaviors in front of her? It’s an art, in part, to be able to inquire about symptoms or signs without suggesting them but try to never go by what someone said. We must have data that antedates whatever we said. That’s why we look at things like styles of penmanship, behaviors noted by others.

If an MRI and EEG were not completed, how did you render your decision? What made it final? In my mind, the decision is still pending. I’d like to consult my neurologic colleagues and get more testing involved because it’s an open question. There is a neurological phenomenon that looks like this. Existence of psychosis is evidence, and I think you saw it. You’re not going to see a better example here. That she suffers from a psychotic disorder, and there can be little question. Whether DID is the explanation to personalities and violent repetitive acts can also be explained by other disorders. However, psychosis, there is no question that this is and was psychotic.

Do you have additional evidence that was corroborated through time? Because I was not permitted or able to interview these people myself, I have questioned some responses I got. There were people who reported to others the changes that seemed reasonable, but if I haven’t seen it myself and it hasn’t been documented… In this case, I had to rely on what other people said. What was very interesting was the finding that she called herself Maria at an early age, and that behavior was a core aspect of how she behaved.

[summary] [jury questions]

May 5, 2023

DEFENSE RESTS

STATE CLOSING ARGUMENTS
  • Gannon told us everything we need to know through his autopsy
  • Finding the suitcase was divine intervention
  • Diagram of injuries on Gannon’s body
  • You don’t get to claim insanity when you lose your temper
  • LS asked a nurse if they knew when someone was faking it
  • Dr. Lewis recommended LS change her plea to NGRI
  • LS’s actions show judgment and reflection – the picture of Gannon asleep in bed, calling the school to report Gannon’s absence, moving her car before the murder, leaving his body in the car at the airport and renting another car to pick up Al, plants seeds (like the suitcase) in the midst of her lies
  • Legally insane people don’t act like that; they don’t have the capacity to know right from wrong; they don’t hide the body and act like nothing happened; they don’t lie
[summary] [summary]

DEFENSE CLOSING ARGUMENTS
  • There is no answer of motive
  • The killing happened in a psychotic rage triggered by something in her past; it was not a premeditated murder
  • She was manic and up all night not sleeping
  • Laughing with deputies right after she killed Gannon is proof of her dissociation
  • Her lies were completely irrational and not something anyone would ever believe
  • None of the doctor’s denied mental illness; it’s not important whether you call it borderline or DID – what’s important is that she was psychotic
  • Covering up the murder and insanity are not mutually exclusive
  • They aren’t asking for her to be set free or not held responsible; they are asking the jury to consider the mental illness and send her to CHMIP
[summary]

STATE REBUTTAL
  • To say LS was psychotic when she killed Gannon is a fantasy
  • LS hated Gannon and wanted to hurt Al and Landen; we know that because she searched “I hate my stepson” and she only has one
  • She wanted to leave Al before Gannon was killed – which does prove motive
  • Internet searches show LS was calculating, manipulating, and lying to everyone; she deflects blame and makes herself the victim
  • Everything she did in her life was to create chaos… she’s a story teller; telling fantastic stories is not psychosis – it’s who she is
  • LS doesn’t have a diseased mind and had no psychosis – Harley said it, Dakota said it, Al said it
  • Not a single doctor saw a shred of DID; even Dr. Lewis couldn’t justify her opinion when she was pressed on it
[summary] [summary] [summary]

VERDICT

Count 1 - Murder in the First Degree After Deliberation – Guilty (life in prison without parole)
Count 2 - Murder in the First Degree of a Child Under 12 in a Position of Trust – Guilty (life in prison without parole)
Count 3 -Tampering with a Deceased Human Body - Guilty (12 years)
Count 4 - Tampering with Physical Evidence - Guilty (18 months)

FULL LIST OF WITNESSES/DATES

April 4, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 1 – Gannon’s Father Albert (Al) Stauch

April 5, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 1 – Gannon’s Father Albert (Al) Stauch (testimony resumed)
STATE WITNESS # 2 – Bridge Inspector Macon Ponder
STATE WITNESS # 3 – CI Jason Yoder with Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
STATE WITNESS # 4 – Major Crimes Detective Nickolas Brklich with EPCSO
STATE WITNESS # 5 – EPCSO Patrol Supervisor Sgt. Patrick Younkin

April 7, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 6 – Santa Rosa County CSI Kelly Smith
STATE WITNESS # 7 – Lab Crime Analyst Trevor Seifert
STATE WITNESS # 8 – Candlewood Suites Front Desk Agent Alexis Pack
STATE WITNESS # 9 – EPCSO Patrol Officer Lt. Jason Hess
STATE WITNESS # 10 – Assistant Principal Leslie Hicks
STATE WITNESS # 11 – Director of Crime Strategies Kevin Clark
STATE WITNESS # 12 – EPCSO Patrol Supervisor Christopher Ganstine
STATE WITNESS # 13 – EPC Coroner & Medical Examiner Dr. Leon Kelly
STATE WITNESS # 12 – EPCSO Detective Marissa Williams
STATE WITNESS # 13 – Massage Envy Employee Janine Sanchez
STATE WITNESS # 14 – Lorson Ranch Neighbor Nicole Mobley

April 10, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 15 – Medical Examiner Dr. Susan Ignacio
STATE WITNESS # 16 – Gannon’s Father: Albert (Al) Stauch
STATE WITNESS # 17 – FBI Special Agent Andrew Cohen
STATE WITNESS # 18 – EPCSO Evidence Technician Christina Cervantez
STATE WITNESS # 19 – EPCSO Digital Forensics Detective Michael Bauman
STATE WITNESS # 20 – EPCSO Sgt. Kurt Smith
STATE WITNESS # 21 – EPCSO SVU Detective Christina Perry
STATE WITNESS # 22 – EPCSO Detective Tim Ferrell
STATE WITNESS # 23 – EPCSO Detective Peter Vigil
STATE WITNESS # 24 – KKTV News Reporter Spencer Wilson

April 11, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 25 – Letecia’s Brother Dakota Lowry
STATE WITNESS # 26 – Budget Employee Joshua Johnson
STATE WITNESS # 27 – Colorado Springs Intelligence Taskforce Sgt. Roy Ditzler
STATE WITNESS # 28 - EPCSO Detective Detective Jacob Abendschan
STATE WITNESS # 29 - Colorado Springs Digital Forensics Detective Brian Roger
STATE WITNESS # 30 – EPCSO Cybersecurity Detective Robert Sirois
STATE WITNESS # 31 – David Budget Group Corporate Security Manager John Wotton
STATE WITNESS # 32 – Rhode Island State Police Officer John Grassell
STATE WITNESS # 33 - 9-1-1 Dispatcher Kathryn Beckel
STATE WITNESS # 34 - EPCSO Major Crimes Sgt. Rosario (Rocky) Hubbell
STATE WITNESS # 35 - Forensic Nurse Examiner Amanda Van Nest

April 12, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 36 - EPCSO Detective Jessica Bethel

April 14, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 36 - EPCSO Detective Jessica Bethel (testimony resumed)
STATE WITNESS # 37 - Colorado Springs CSI Christian Liewer
STATE WITNESS # 38 - Colorado Springs Firearms Analyst Stefanie Happ
STATE WITNESS # 39 - Colorado Springs Senior CSI Brook Bell

April 17, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 39 - Colorado Springs Senior CSI Brook Bell (testimony resumed)
STATE WITNESS # 40 - Letecia’s Daughter Harley Hunt

April 17, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 41 - EPCSO SWAT Commander Lt. John Sarkisian
STATE WITNESS # 42 – Director of Crime Strategies Kevin Clark (recalled to the stand)
STATE WITNESS # 43 – EPCSO Lt. Commander Mitchell Mihalko
STATE WITNESS # 44 – Colorado Springs Bloodstain Pattern CSI Alyssa Berriesford

April 18, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 45 – Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Expert Tom Griffin
STATE WITNESS # 46 – Myrtle Beach Police Detective Pete Woods
STATE WITNESS # 47 – EPCSO Homicide Detective Jon Price
STATE WITNESS # 48 – FBI Special Agent Amber Cronan

April 19, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 48 – FBI Special Agent Amber Cronan (testimony resumed)
STATE WITNESS # 49 – FBI Special Agent Jonathan “Johnny” Grusing

April 21, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 49 – FBI Special Agent Jonathan “Johnny” Grusing (testimony resumed)

April 24, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 49 – FBI Special Agent Jonathan “Johnny” Grusing (testimony resumed)
STATE WITNESS # 50 – FBI Special Agent David Donati
STATE WITNESS # 51 - FBI Device Analyst Dwight Falkofske
STATE WITNESS # 52 - Colorado Springs Serologist Sherrie Holes
STATE WITNESS # 53 - Colorado Springs DNA Analyst Donna Minogue

April 25, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 54 - FBI CAST Special Agent Kevin Hoyland
STATE WITNESS # 55 - Licensed Clinical Psychologist Dr. Christine Mohr

April 26, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 56 - Forensic Psychologist Dr. Jackie Grimmett
STATE WITNESS # 57 - Board Certified Forensic Psychologist Dr. Loandra Torres

April 28, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 57 - Board Certified Forensic Psychologist Dr. Loandra Torres (testimony resumed)

May 1, 2023
STATE WITNESS # 58 – Director of Crime Strategies Kevin Clark (recalled to the stand 3x)

May 2, 2023
DEFENSE WITNESS # 1 – Clinical Psychologist Dr. Ronda Neidenhauser
DEFENSE WITNESS # 2 – Psychiatrist / DID Expert Dr. Dorothy Lewis

May 3, 2023
DEFENSE WITNESS # 2 – Psychiatrist / DID Expert Dr. Dorothy Lewis (testimony resumed)
 
COMPREHENSIVE TIMELINE
(dates obtained from trial summary notes posted upthread -- please see posts for links)

January 2015
Al and LS married

February 2019
Stauch family moved into their Lorson Ranch home in Colorado Springs, CO

January 22, 2020
LS’s first day at her new job

January 24, 2020
LS’s last day at work

January 25, 2020
Al left Colorado for a two-week training in Oklahoma

Google searches made by LS
  • jobs employment in Los Angeles California
  • find real military singles (12:16 pm)
  • military dating and singles
  • parenting should be four people not one (1:40 pm)
  • I’m over doing all the work for my step kids and their mom doesn’t help (1:40 pm)
  • mom advice from stepmom (1:41 pm)
  • if you aren’t involved in your kids’ life, you are sh*tty (1:48 pm)
  • my husband’s ex-wife does nothing for her kids (1:49 pm)
  • I wonder if my husband’s ex-wife is sending me a valentine’s day card since I am raising her kids (1:51 pm)
  • one day some people will wish they treated you differently (1:54 pm)
  • why should my husband choose me over family (3:35 pm)
  • find me a rich guy who wants me to take care of his kids (7:57 pm)
  • find a guy who wants me to take care of his kids and get paid (7:58 pm)
  • apartments for rent in Fort Lauderdale Florida
  • one bed one bath apartments in Fort Lauderdale
  • Craigslist south Florida jobs
  • Orlando jobs in Disney on Craigslist
January 26, 2020
6:55 am - Al’s flight leaves Denver International Airport
2:00 pm - Letecia, Gannon, and Laina visit Garden of the Gods
3:15 pm - Harley clocks in at Massage Envy
3:41 pm - Selfie of Letecia, Gannon, and Laina is taken at Garden of the Gods
4:46 pm - Letecia, Gannon, and Laina return home
9:25 pm - Google search: it’s crappy some parents don’t care for their kids or buy them presents
9:26 pm - Google search: parents are those who put kids before their nails
9:46 pm - Video taken of Gannon saying he was worried about his burns
9:47 - 10:15 pm - Text messages sent between LS and Harley about the candle incident
11:30 pm - Letecia sends Al a text about the candle incident

January 27, 2020
12:09 am - Google search: my son burned the carpet how do I fix it
12:42 am - Google search: will humidifier help if exposed to smoke
12:43 am – Google search: smoke affects will humidifier help
12:43 am – Google search: smoke from fire affects will humidifier help
12:55 am – Google search: Colorado law for kid staying at home
12:57 am – Google search: school is out is it okay for my kid to stay home alone
1:01 am – Google search: son is sick but I have to go to work
1:03 am – Google search: son sick can he stay home
2:48 am - LS sends text to Al to let him know that Gannon was staying home from school and she was calling into work
3:30 am - LS sends her boss a text message saying her stepfather was hit by a car and passed away
4:37 am - LS sends her boss the text message again
4:40 am – Google search: suede repair kit for sofa
5:03 am – LS sends more texts to Al saying she’s exhausted and Gannon feels really bad about the burned carpet
8:15 am - LS sends text to Al with a picture of Gannon asleep in his bed
8:30 pm – Harley clocks in at work
8:43 - 8:50 am - More texts are sent to Al about Gannon asking about bath salts and hanging out with friends
9:27 am – Letecia sends Harley a screenshot of a conversation about bath salts
9:54 - 9:59 am - LS sends text to Al from Gannon’s phone saying LS left her phone at home and to call his phone if needed
10:12 am - LS and Gannon leave home in Al’s truck to go to Petco
(4-hour period with no activity on LS’s phone)
11:07 am - Gannon’s phone pings at Petco
1:19 pm - Gannon’s phone pings at Petco
1:43 pm – Gannon’s phone searches “can my parent find my cell phone if its off”
2:19 pm – Al’s red truck returns home
2:24 pm - neighbor surveillance footage shows LS back her VW Tiguan into the garage
2:26 – 3:23 pm – no activity on LS’s phone
3:11 pm - neighbor surveillance footage shows Laina get off the bus, go inside the house, and almost immediately come back outside
3:30 – 3:42 pm – neighbor surveillance footage shows Laina outside riding her bike.
4:42 pm - neighbor surveillance footage shows Harley arrive home in her VW Jetta
4:51 pm - neighbor surveillance footage shows Harley and Laina leave in Harley’s VW Jetta
4:52 pm – LS sends Harley a text that says “carpet powder 2 things, baking soda, trash bags”.
6:27 pm - LS texts Al to say Gannon still isn’t home yet
6:39 pm - LS texts Al to say she’s going to drive around and look for Gannon
6:54 am – Google search: el paso sheriff’s office number
6:55 pm - LS calls the 9-1-1 emergency line to report Gannon as a runaway
7:02 pm - LS calls the non-emergency line to report Gannon as a runaway
7:00 – 8:00 pm – texts and phone calls are sent between LS, Harley, and Al
8:00 – 10:00 pm – phone calls and text messages between Al and LS
10:03 pm - an outgoing call is made from Gannon’s phone to Landen’s phone
10:09 pm - EPCSO arrives at the home in response to the runaway call
10:10 – 11:49 pm – text messages and calls between Al and LS
11:49 pm - EPCSO officers leave the home

January 28, 2020
4:15 am – Google search: what is the process for our runaway child
4:16 am – Google search: police steps for our runaway
4:16 am – Google search: police steps for our missing child
4:36 am – Google search: todays flight okc to cos
6:21 am - LS texts Harley she’s going to see if people are out looking for Gannon
8:30 am - LS leaves to pick up Al from the airport; texts Harley and tells her to move her car into the garage
11:01 - 11:44 am - LS’s phone pings near French Elementary; stops at a strip mall for 25 minutes
12:57 pm – Google search: can Nintendo find my switch
1:30 pm - Al and LS met with detectives at Starbucks
4:04 – 4:17 pm – Investigators ask LS for Gannon’s toothbrush for DNA
4:18 pm – Google search: car net volkswagon
4:19 pm – Google search: they are asking for our sons toothbrush but said nothing is wrong
4:19 pm – LS texts Al: “Something isn’t right I think they’re hiding something.” Al: “Who, the police?” LS: “Yes they asked for toothbrushes” Al: “Hmm, what do u think they’re hiding?”
4:26 pm - Harley texts LS “where did you go?” LS says she’ll text her in 10 minutes
4:41 pm - LS returned to the airport in the rental car but doesn’t return the Kia Rio
5:28 pm - LS texts Harley “what did Albert say to you?” Harley responds “to tell you to come there” and LS says “I told him it was nonsense to go there again”
6:00 – 6:50 pm – LS returns to the airport but doesn’t return the car rental properly (it was found the next day in short-term parking)
6:24 pm - LS texts Harley “they are asking me dumb questions”
6:30 pm - LS seen on neighbor surveillance footage leaving the house and returning approximately ten minutes later
7:00 pm - LS’s iPhone is placed in airplane mode and is off the network
7:02 pm – receipt showing Letecia left the COS airport in the Tiguan
8:30 – 10:20 pm – Tiguan location data shows the vehicle at the S curve near Palmer Lake (where the blood-stained board with Gannon’s blood was later found)
10:00 pm – LS Facetimes Detective Bethel
10:00 pm - LS texts Harley “I’ve been set up” and “I have to get an attorney fast”
10:26 pm – Harley leaves the house to pick up LS at a Holiday Inn near Powers and Carefree
Just before midnight - LS leaves the Tiguan at the Holiday Inn and gets into the car with Harley

January 29, 2020
11:29 am - surveillance footage shows LS at the car wash for roughly six minutes with potential blood on the back bumper of the vehicle
12:00 pm – Letecia arrives for an interview at EPSO two hours late; she is interviewed for 4 hours and then taken to the hospital via ambulance after complaining of chest pains

LS’s cell phone and car are seized outside of a Marshall’s store
Harley and a coworker named Janine pick up LS at the hospital
LS and Harley stay at Janine’s house for the night

January 30, 2020
Case is upgraded to an endangered missing child
EPCSO requests resources from NCMEC and the FBI Crimes Abduction Rapid Deployment Team

January 31, 2020
LS and Harley move out of their Lorson Ranch home
Calls between Al and Letecia are recorded by the FBI
LS gives an exclusive interview to Spencer Wilson with KKTV

4:41 pm - LS drives the Nissan Altima rental with GPS tracker back to Larkspur, CO near Highway 105/Perry Park Road

February 1, 2020
LS’s brother sees LS struggling with a heavy suitcase while moving it from one van to another
Nissan Altima rental is returned to the airport
LS and Harley leave Colorado in a cargo rental van

PM - LS purchases cell phone at Walmart in Trinidad, CO

February 1-6, 2020
LS and Harley travel from Colorado to Myrtle Beach, SC and make the following stops: Pueblo, CO, Dallas, TX, Amarillo, TX, Decatur, TX, Ruston, LA, Gallion, AL, Ferry Pass, FL, Lake City, FL Lake Buena Vista, FL Pooler, GA, Conway, SC

February 3, 2020
EPCSO officers document blood evidence in the home
Neighbor comes forward with video that shows LS and Gannon get into Al’s truck but only LS getting out hours later

11:43 pm - LS makes a hotel reservation at the Candlewood Suites in Pensacola, FL

February 4, 2020
12:23 am - LS and Harley check into the Candlewood Suites in Pensacola, FL

LS disposes of Gannon’s body in a suitcase over the Escambia River bridge in Pensacola, FL
LS and Harley check out of the hotel later that same day

February 5, 2020
DA Dan May first seen at the Stauch residence

February 7, 2020
Stauch residence is locked down as a crime scene

February 12, 2020
LS calls the evidence lab pretending to be Harley and requests her property back

February 13, 2020
Search efforts move to Douglas County

February 14, 2020
5 phone calls between Al and LS are recorded by the FBI

February 15, 2020
Investigators recover a piece of particle board near Highway 105/Park Perry Road with Gannon’s blood on it
FBI agent Cronan coaches Al through 4 recorded phone calls with LS

February 16, 2020
5 phone calls between Al and LS are recorded by the FBI

February 18, 2020
4 wire tapped phone calls are made by LS to fakepolygraph.com
DA hires a bloodstain pattern forensic consultant

February 19, 2020
LS creates a note on her phone titled “In the case of a missing child Gannon Stauch…”

February 19 - February 21, 2020
Google searches made by LS
  • crime online
  • does text free show location?
  • I need a fake ID that’s legit
  • children trafficking to Mexico from Colorado
  • I need a criminal polygraph
  • search efforts for Gannon Stauch
  • I need to change my look to hide
  • face disguise
  • full face and change
  • first face transplant woman
  • full face transplant
  • face transplant near me
  • full face plastic surgery
February 20, 2020
Google search: fake polygraph test
Google search: can you get away with fake lie detector website

February 21, 2020
Douglas County search is suspended

February 23, 2020
Google searches made by LS
  • shock from watching someone get shot
  • face mask that looks real to disguise
February 24 - March 1, 2020
Google searches made by LS
  • how long does it take to get DNA
  • how long does it take to get DNA results from crime scene
  • how long does it take police to get DNA results
  • how long does it take police to get DNA results in Colorado
  • how long does it take police to get DNA results in Colorado Springs
  • I need a social security to hide
  • apply for a social if I lived on an indian reservation
  • cadaver dog
  • do they check in ditches under bridges?
  • maintenance under ditches under bridges
  • can I get a plea with no jail time?
  • criminally negligent homicide in Colorado
  • can I find a rich guy
  • can they trace snapchat
  • Colorado closed cases
  • drug cartels in Colorado Springs
  • bluff my call app
  • what are some mexican drug cartel phone numbers
  • what do they do when they find a person’s body in another state
  • how do they identify bodies found in another state
  • make a fake snapchat video
  • can the FBI go to Los Canos
  • create a recording of someone’s voice and change the words
  • add someone’s voice in a video
  • change someone’s words in a video
  • I need a fake marriage license
  • how do police tell who’s body has been found
  • can god help me escape jail time
  • how do they identify whose blood is at the scene
  • find people who want to go to jail
  • spanish girl names
  • find an immigrant who will admit to a crime
  • how long does a body start to decompose in a bag
  • what does a dead body look like after a month
  • active drug cartels in mexico
  • current drug cartels
  • how does the FBI find people
  • how does the FBI find fugitives
February 25, 2020
Bluestar reactions documented on video

February 26, 2020
Tom Griffin (private bloodstain pattern forensic consultant) gives the DA a preliminary report given the pooling, stains on the two walls, and nature of patterns – one or a combination of 3 possible events occurred: a shooting with a penetrating wound (no exit), a blunt force trauma, an attack with a sharp object

February 28, 2020
Judge Rafolo signed a warrant for LS’s arrest

February 29, 2020
Google searches made by LS
  • Casey Anthony
  • Patrick McKenna
  • when does the FBI take over a case
  • how to make my fingerprints not scan
  • fingerprint rubber
March 2, 2020
LS is arrested in Myrtle Beach, SC and interrogated by FBI Special Agent Johnny Grusing

March 4, 2020
LS attacks deputy while being transported back to Colorado and is held in a Kansas jail overnight

March 5, 2020
LS arrives in Colorado Springs for a video advisement hearing
LS is booked into the El Paso County Jail
LS has first mental health assessment at the jail

March 11, 2020
LS is formally charged in Gannon’s death

March 17, 2020
Gannon’s remains are found under the Escambia River bridge near Pensacola, FL

March 18, 2020
Dr. Susan Ignacio performs Gannon’s autopsy in Pensacola, FL

March 20, 2020
Authorities announce Gannon’s remains have been found in Florida and nine additional charges will be filed against LS (the charges include one count of first-degree murder after deliberation and eight counts of committing a crime of violence)

March 26, 2020
Rhode Island officer John Grassell analyzes the Avis rental van driven by LS after learning it was used to transport a body

April 2, 2020
Arrest affidavit leaked on social media

May 5, 2020
Paralegal employed by the Brighton City Attorney’s Office was charged with a misdemeanor for leaking the arrest affidavit

May 18, 2020
New charge is filed after an inmate informs EPCSO LS is planning an escape attempt

May 19, 2020
Attorneys for LS file motion to request she be released on bond

June 5, 2020
LS raises the issue of competency and judge orders competency evaluation

July 14, 2020
LS returns to El Paso County jail after initial competency evaluation

September 8, 2020
State mental health experts determine LS is competent to stand trial
Defense team requests second evaluation

December 22, 2020
LS is examined for second competency evaluation

January 19, 2021
Second of two mental health evaluations find LS competent to stand trial

February 26, 2021
Judge allows LS to defend herself

March 5, 2021
LS represents herself in court for the first time

March 8, 2021
LS writes letter to Judge Werner claiming she’s not mentally well and believes her defense team “is in cahoots with them (prosecution), I am left with no other choice but to represent myself.”

April 8, 2021
LS’s jail library privileges are revoked after she twice refuses to use her allotted times

May 3, 2021
Court announces (via court documents) that LS will no longer be representing herself and will be assigned new public defenders

September 23, 2021
Judge rules there is sufficient evidence against LS for the case to move forward

February 11, 2022
LS changes plea from not guilty to not guilty by reason of insanity
Case is delayed pending a mental health evaluation at the state hospital in Pueblo

March 24, 2022
Insanity evaluation is conducted by Dr. Torres and Dr. Gray at the state mental health hospital

July 2022
Judge warns the defense they have four more weeks to complete the evaluation or the state hospital will be required to explain the delay

August 9, 2022
Judge holds hearing to discuss the results of the competency evaluation
Defense asks for a second evaluation and requests its own experts

September 16, 2022
Judge grants defense a second evaluation
LS arrives to the hearing an hour late, prompting the judge to rule “all force reasonably necessary” can be used to ensure she leaves the jail on time on court days

October 13, 2022
Trial date is set for March 2023
Defense withdraws request for an EEG and MRI

November 2022
14-hour insanity evaluation conducted by Dr. Lewis at the El Paso County Jail

March 9, 2023
Judge orders defense to submit final sanity report to the court no later than March 16 at 5:00 pm (was expected to be complete by December 1, 2022)

March 20, 2023
Jury selection begins

April 3, 2023
Trial begins

May 5, 2023
Jury begins deliberations

May 8, 2023
LS is found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
 
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COMPLETE COVERAGE: The trial of Letecia Stauch, from gavel to gavel

11 News was in the courtroom for the entirety of the trial, providing the most complete coverage, from opening statements to sentencing.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A southern Colorado woman will spend the rest of her life behind bars, after being convicted on all charges in the death of her 11-year-old stepson. Letecia Stauch learned her fate on Monday, May 8, 2023, following a trial lasting more than five weeks. A jury then deliberated for eight hours before finding Stauch guilty on all four charges, including first-degree murder, in the death of Gannon Stauch.

11 News has continued to cover this case from the very beginning, when Gannon was first reported missing back in January of 2020. Our news crews were also in the courtroom for every minute of the trial, up until it’s emotional conclusion.

Listed below are articles of the major developments from our coverage of that trial. You can also find more coverage by searching “Stauch” in the search bar at the upper right-hand corner of your screen.
 
www.kktv.com

COMPLETE COVERAGE: The trial of Letecia Stauch, from gavel to gavel

11 News was in the courtroom for the entirety of the trial, providing the most complete coverage, from opening statements to sentencing.
www.kktv.com www.kktv.com


Listed below are articles of the major developments from our coverage of that trial. You can also find more coverage by searching “Stauch” in the search bar at the upper right-hand corner of your screen.

 
I was able to speak with a juror who sat in on the Letecia Stauch trial to hear what happened behind the scenes.

#breakingnews #exclusiveinterview #stauchtrial


https://twitter.com/x/status/1660089975420092423
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‘I am very confident in the verdict’: Stauch trial juror speaks out about murder case

‘I am very confident in the verdict,’ Stauch trial juror speaks out about murder case
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Updated: May. 21, 2023 at 11:09 AM EDT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Less than two weeks ago, Letecia Stauch was found guilty in the death of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch and is beginning a life sentence in prison.

11 News anchor Grace Kraemer spoke with a woman who says she helped decide that conviction after hearing weeks of testimony.

After the Stauch murder trial, Grace received an email from a woman who said she served on the panel. She told Grace she wanted to share her side of the story on camera but did not want her name to be used.

The woman will be referred to as the juror in this story.

“I cling to the fact that we were chosen at random, but we were chosen for a reason,” said the juror.
 
A court has ordered that Gannon Stauch's biological parents will split the money from a life insurance policy taken out on him by Letecia Stauch, the woman convicted of killing him.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1661197866893811712


5/23/2023

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Court orders Gannon Stauch's biological parents to split life insurance taken out by Letecia Stauch | KRDO

Court orders Gannon Stauch's biological parents to split life insurance taken out by Letecia Stauch
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Tuesday a court ordered Eugene Stuach and Landen Hiott, Gannon Stauch's biological parents, to split the $25,000 life insurance policy that was taken out on the 11-year-old by his former stepmother, Letecia Stauch.

Letecia Stauch purchased the policy from USAA two years before Gannon's death and even tried to make her biological daughter the beneficiary on the day she was arrested for his murder.

Both of Gannon's biological parents have said that they did not object to the court possessing the life insurance money prior to the judge ordering the money to go to them.
 
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