Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, Lorson Ranch, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *endangered* #7

[LadyL]

She is trying to hide what she looks like, it is helpful to any potential witnesses that they be able to recognize her so they can come forward.

holy crap I didn't even think of that angle ... I was just thinking she was hiding because of getting death threats

 

[AgeofAquaruis]

The @EPCSheriff says they won’t be doing any on-camera interviews for the time being. Large group efforts are also suspended. #gannon #GannonStauch @FOX21News

Daniela Leon on Twitter

I hope that means this means they got what they need to find Gannon.
MOO

 

[Colorado303]

I think there are some assumptions being made here. Yes, LE initially characterized Gannon’s disappearance as being a “runaway.”

From very early on though, their words didn’t jibe with their actions. While calling this a runaway child case, they were clearly investigating the possibility of a crime.

We know this, in part, because of the stepmom’s tv interview. She was apparently grilled by law enforcement, and felt as if she was being treated as a suspect.

It takes time to get warrants, and warrants require probable cause. Investigations like this do not happen overnight.

And in regards to “the public conducting their own investigation,” the last thing law enforcement wants are idiots on Facebook interfering with what they are trying to do.

There have been no shortage of unfounded rumors perpetuated by social media at this point, and those are incredibly harmful.

It’s great that the public is being involved in the search, but they are not investigators.

The investigating should be left to law enforcement.

Yes. And in this case LE is pulling out all the stops and has been since the virtual beginning. At least compared to what I’ve seen in other cases I’ve been following recently.

MOO

 

[Truthbetold77]

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awesome. Thank you for sharing this. I just made a comment about something similar. This is very interesting.

holy crap I didn't even think of that angle ... I was just thinking she was hiding because of getting death threats

holy crap I didn't even think of that angle ... I was just thinking she was hiding because of getting death threats

holy crap I didn't even think of that angle ... I was just thinking she was hiding because of getting death threats

holy crap I didn't even think of that angle ... I was just thinking she was hiding because of getting death threats

I have noticed with other guilty criminals for instant Drew Peterson, they cover their face when they're in front of the camera. He had wrapped A bandana around his face and sunglasses on when he would come outside because of the shame that they feel cuz they know they did something wrong. SM doing the same thing.

 

[prima.facie]

eeeek! 33 pages to read (+ those added)...saving my place for my own sanity

 

[Spartygirl]

"Duck face…"

Was that a typo?

Just asking.

 

[skywalker20]

I agree. My 12-yr-old who is quite tech savvy, still has no interest in his phone. Won’t even take it with him unless I insist

According to NPR: Just over half of children in the United States — 53 percent — now own a smartphone by the age of 11. And 84 percent of teenagers now have their own phones, immersing themselves in a rich and complex world of experiences that adults sometimes need a lot of decoding to understand.

 

[Faebray]

I have a question for the more seasoned WS'ers that have follows a lot of cases. This is only my second, first being Harley.

Do you think LEA would purposely lead (or not correct the assumption) the public/media perception about a person they believe committed the crime? Like they like that everybody is looking one way when in all actuality they are going in a complete opposite direction? Is that something that has happened in the past with other cases? Or do I need a WS break? lol

 

[imstilla.grandma]

With me spending 20 years in Little League, that bag looked like a duffel bag a coach would have with all the baseball equipment in it. Catchers gears, balls, bats, extra gloves, a catcher mitt, batting helmets. Or on a smaller scale, a bag a kid would have for the ball field. A jacket, cleats, a bat, a couple of baseballs. IMO

Me too. All the women in my family played competitive softball since we could pick up a bat. Two got a full ride at OU. I agree. My immediate thought as I saw it.

 

[momrids6]

" Our Major Crimes Detectives have assumed responsibility over this case."

Sheriff's Office Asks for Assistance in Locating a Juvenile

 

[sunflowerchick]

I hope that means this means they got what they need to find Gannon.
MOO

I think it just means the weather is crap here and they don't want to endanger any lives by trying to cover this case with snow totals and blizzard like conditions in many parts of the state.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

I have a question for the more seasoned WS'ers that have follows a lot of cases. This is only my second, first being Harley.

Do you think LEA would purposely lead (or not correct the assumption) the public/media perception about a person they believe committed the crime? Like they like that everybody is looking one way when in all actuality they are going in a complete opposite direction? Is that something that has happened in the past with other cases? Or do I need a WS break? lol

I think that’s an interesting thought. I’ve been wondering if the neighbor with the video was prompted by LE to spill only a little of his guts. Putting the pressure on her to talk. Like “C’mon now. I just tore your dollar in half. What can you do with a half a dollar? I’m fixin’ to jack that other half. Now you got nothing. “Winner winner chicken dinner” for LE.” The neighbor seemed compliant and respectful of witnesses and AS. Why did he agree to that interview?

 

[dkryder]

i'm not fully understanding why that video that shows 2 people getting into a car is so poorly produced. story is the guy had high definition on a large screen tv and also an ipad screen and some television news crew showed up and that video is the best they could do? i'd be ashamed to show my boss that clip if the source video was as great as being reported. as public joe i'm being asked to accept that the persons in the video are SM and Gannon, while it probably is that fact in no way alters the reality of now having a video that really shows nothing as far as being able to even slightly identify anyone. and since the poorly produced video was done days ago no one has gone to do a better take?

 

[sf618b]

What is the name of the neighbor who released the video footage?

 

[oviedo]

Something really grabbed from the Timeline.Someone posted. But I can't copy and paste just one part of it,and now I can't find it. It's something AS said,about what TS told him about Gannon visiting a friend. It's like he had zero idea Gannon was 'going to visit his friend that day'. However when you listen to TS's version she sure makes it sound like he knew, " as if Gannon actually contacted AS to ask if he could go.
From the way RD explains how AS reacted to surveillance footage. I'm going with what AS said. "She lied" it's probably why she said in her interview that she couldn't get into the Details. Well Hello. The Devil's in the details.
MOO

Note - it’s in progress and I welcome the help with clarification so please tag me if anyone sees a correction needed or new information
(To tag me just put the @ in front of Oviedo - @oviedo - and I will get a notification - I’m out this weekend but will check in)

I'm working on the timeline with links - it should have (and may not yet have) links to all the information that comes up over and over again - I'm still looking for the link to the second 911 call made that night of GS missing

Timeline

The timeline from the moment Gannon was reported missing to the decision to upgrade the preteen to an endangered missing child was outlined by the sheriff's office as followed:

Monday, Jan. 27
El Paso County Sheriff's Office asking for help finding missing 11-year-old boy
Gannon Stauch of Colorado Springs left home on foot around 3:15 p.m. to go play at a friend's house, his parents say, but never came home. Gannon was wearing a blue hoodie, blue jeans and tennis shoes when he went missing. He has brown hair with brown eyes and weighs 90 pounds.
- 6:55 p.m., El Paso County Sheriff's Office dispatch receives call of runaway child, 6600 Block Mandan Drive.
- 7:32 p.m., Gannon Stauch entered into state and national databases as active runaway
- Last seen between 3 and 4 p.m. on the 27th
- Nothing found on initial search
Sheriff appeals for help finding Colorado Springs boy, 11, missing since Monday
Mynatt said Gannon did not attend school Monday, but offered no explanation.
(LS a/k/a TS - made the call (need link) also, neighbor called at 8:53 (need link)
(Police arrived and looked in backyard with flashlights - A little after 10 p.m. on Tuesday the El Paso County Sheriff's Office showed up at Gannon's home. Law enforcement walked up to the home and appeared to be searching in the backyard with flashlights. The garage door was opened and a car was pulled out. We are waiting for an update from the sheriff's office on why law enforcement was there.
Search continues for missing 11-year-old boy
KRDO NewsChannel 13 / KRDO.com
(Dad (AS) finds out he is missing. "We kind of do the street light rule - when the street lights come on or it gets dark, they better be home and it was like maybe 30 minutes past that...started to worry at that point. Then I started texting all the friends that we know he goes to and nobody had seen him," Stauch said.
He said Gannon didn't let them know what friend's house he was going to in the neighborhood and that this was "unlike him so that's why we're obviously really concerned."
Eventually, the police were called.
"Once we went through that whole checklist it's like, you know, where could he be?" Stauch said.
El Paso County Sheriff's Office searching for missing 11-year-old boy
That's it for Monday
First missing flyer

Missing 11 Year Old from Lorson Ranch

Note - drone footage:

#gannonstauchsearch Video 4 NORTH of Fontaine
#gannonstauchsearch Video 5 South of the Golf Course and Peaceful Valley
#gannonstauchsearch Video 6 Farm Land South of Peacful Valley

Authorities continue search for missing boy near Fountain - KRDO
Also on Thursday, a Sheriff's Office patrol car with two deputies was parked for an extended period of time across the street from the Stauch family home, and two other men appearing to be law enforcement officers sat in an unmarked car down the street.
However, the officers left the scene after two men and a woman got into a pickup truck parked in the driveway, and drove away.
Many people on social media are wondering why more information about Gannon isn't available. As KRDO NewsChannel 13 reported Wednesday, it is the policy of the Sheriff's Office to investigate reports of missing children aged 10 and older as runaways, until evidence is found to prove an abduction or kidnapping has taken place.

Map of the area where Gannon was last seen.
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11 year old missing from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Note- GS was not seen at *advertiser censored* & Go convenience:
At one point, deputies thought Gannon had stopped by the *advertiser censored* & Go convenience store on Mesa Ridge Parkway Monday night, but after the mother reviewed the surveillance, she confirmed it was not her son.
The sheriff's office says they have information that leads them to believe Gannon ran away. They did not elaborate further. 11 News asked EPSO Wednesday if Gannon is still considered a runaway and was told he is. Law enforcement and family are concerned about Gannon's wellbeing and are anxious to find him. Gannon's father is a member of the National Guard, and the Guard is also assisting with search efforts.
MISSING: 11-year-old Colorado boy not seen for 48 hours, prayer gathering Wednesday night
Tuesday, Jan. 28
- 12:29 p.m., case turned over to EPSO investigators
- Detectives conduct interviews, collect surveillance, follow up on additional leads
(Dad arrives home from out of town and GS's mother also flies in from her home Search for missing Colorado Springs boy gets GS's mother arrived in Colorado Springs late Tuesday and spent the night talking to law enforcement, Birkenstock said.
"She doesn't have very much, just what she's been told, that no one has seen GS since Monday," Birkenstock said.
She characterized GS as "a very loving child. Disappearing is totally out of his character; he always has to be with somebody. He's very quiet, very smart."
GS's mother, who lives in South Carolina, and father, who was away for military training at the time of his disappearance, share custody, she said.
Information received during an interview with Stauch's stepmother and other information lead deputies to believe he's a runaway instead of a missing person, Mynatt said Tuesday, adding that foul play is not suspected.
That's it for Tuesday

Wednesday, Jan. 29
Search continues for missing 11-year-old boy in El Paso County - News report
Search for missing Colorado Springs boy gets help from out-of-state family - great aunt flies into town
Search continues for missing 11-year-old boy in El Paso County
Jessica Barreto on Twitter
Sheriff's Office actively looking for 11-year-old Gannon Stauch, missing over 48 hours - KRDO
Vigil - Vigil to be held Wendnesday night for missing Colorado Springs boy
- Investigation continues - crime lab at the house Law enforcement asks for public's assistance in locating missing Colorado Springs boy
"We covered a ten-mile radius around his home," says Sara Robertson, an organizer of the search effort. "He left his phone at home, so he can't call anyone. He could be cold, hurt or lost. Some of these volunteers took off from work to be here. We just felt that we needed to do something."
A small group of volunteers searched an open area dotted with homeless camps near the intersection of Platte Avenue and Wooten Road in east Colorado Springs, around 10 miles from the main search area. No specific reason was given for that search.
Prayer vigil held for missing 11-year-old in El Paso County - KRDO
Search goes on for missing boy in El Paso County, community holds vigil
Gannon Stauch now considered missing and endangered
The school district told the Colorado Springs Gazette Gannon was absent on Monday. They said counselors would be available at the school.
Police also addressed a rumor that Gannon’s stepmother, Tecia Stauch, was not fully cooperative with law enforcement. “At this point in time we are conducting multiple interviews and what I can tell you is that each leade we have had is exhausted,” Mihalko said..
He said they are looking at persons of interest, but only meaning that they are people that could give them additional information about Gannon.
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As of Thursday, he has devoted hours to the search and has covered nearly 50 miles with his drone.“The biggest thing is having other people look at the video, and they tell me to look at a certain time,” Wilson said.
The community not giving up hope in finding missing 11-year-old

Thursday, Jan. 30
- Upgrade case from runaway to endangered missing child
- EPSO requests resources from NCMEC and FBI Crimes Abduction Rapid Deployment Team
FBI now involved in ongoing search for missing 11-year-old Colorado Springs boy
Searching southeastern Colorado Springs: Mother of missing Colorado Springs boy pleads for him to come home
Mynatt said Tuesday that investigators were looking at every part of the timeline step by step.
Family does a plea on tv -
Parents of missing 11-year-old Gannon Stauch plead for public's help in finding son
Press conference (need link to actual presser)
FBI now involved in search for missing 11-year-old Gannon Stauch
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in the ongoing search for a missing/endangered 11-year-oldColorado Springs boy who went missing Monday afternoon, and the task force investigating his disappearance is organizing a team of volunteers to start searching for him.
The search for Gannon remains an active investigation and the Sheriff's Office said deputies are following up on all potential leads that might help them to find the boy, including continued witness interviews and evidence collection.
Deputies said they have received multiple tips since Gannon was reported missing. Deputies also said while they are monitoring social media, they are not using it for tips.
At Thursday’s press conference deputies said repeatedly that the main focus of the investigation at this time is to find Gannon. They also said that while they have been in contact with local trash companies and landfills, there are no searches taking place at those locations at this time.
Authorities say Gannon Stauch 'missing and endangered' after days gone - KRDO
But investigators said they had checked home security cameras in the neighborhood and had not identified images of Gannon on any of them. Also on Thursday, several people searched through and around a vacant house on Fountain Mesa Road, in case Gannon was hiding there. No one was found.

Friday - January 31
VIDEO: Stepmom of missing Colorado boy speaks out
Tecia Stauch stood with her back to the camera while she was speaking with CBS 11 on Friday afternoon, in connection with her missing stepson, Gannon Stauch. She was insistent that she would never harm the child, who vanished while under her care.
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Tecia Stauch explained that on Sunday, she took Gannon and his younger sister hiking at the Garden of the Gods Park. Afterward, they stopped by to eat at Burger King, she said. Gannon reportedly did not attend school the following day.
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Reportedly, Tecia did not know which friend’s house the boy went to on Monday, according to Al Stauch, who said his wife told him that Gannon didn’t specify which friend he wanted to visit, NBC 5 reports. The stepmother said she couldn’t comment on the details of the case at this time.
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“My husband’s ex-wife is living in our home,” the woman complained. “I took care of Gannon for the last two years in our home because his mother didn’t want to do it…OK, and I would never, ever hurt this child.”
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“I was denied, I was told I couldn’t get nothing to drink, I couldn’t go to the bathroom. I mean it was continually that my constitutional rights were violated,” she explained.
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Gannon Stauch: Stepmother speaks out, says her rights were violated after little boy, 11, mysteriously disappears while in her care
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Stepmother said he left to go to a friend's house, however, "But investigators said they had checked home security cameras in the neighborhood and had not identified images of Gannon on any of them."

Authorities say Gannon Stauch 'missing and endangered' after days gone - KRDO

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As of Friday afternoon, the sheriff's office had received more than 70 tips in the case.
On Thursday, 11 News learned The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) deployed a consultant from their Team Adam program to help. Team Adam is a free resource provided by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children to law enforcement. Named after Adam Walsh, the abducted and murdered son of NCMEC co-founders John and Revé Walsh, Team Adam provides rapid, on-site assistance to law enforcement (LE) agencies and families in critical cases of missing children.
The National Guard has also dispatched some of its troops to help. Gannon's father is a member of the Colorado National Guard.
Civilian-led search parties have combed the area in and around the Lorson Ranch neighborhood, where Gannon's home is located.
"So far, we've had random people going out anywhere they can," said Sara Robertson, one of the volunteers searching for Gannon Wednesday. "We decided to have more of an organized community around here, so we're all meeting here and heading out in different directions. We have about 40 per group. We have it gridded out checking every neighborhood all the surrounding grassy areas and fields ... looking in holes, in culverts, in ditches, anything we can do."
ENDANGERED: 11-year-old Colorado boy not seen for days, stepmom speaks with 11 News and sheriff's office asks for volunteers
In a statement released Friday, the Sheriff’s Office said its department and its partners are “putting extraordinary efforts to search for Gannon, preserve and recover any evidence that could lead to his return.”

The Sheriff’s Office listed its partners as:

• FBI CARD (Child Abduction Rapid Deployment)
• Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management
• El Paso County Search and Rescue
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Colorado Springs Police Department
• Fountain Police Department
• Salvation Army
• VOAD – Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
• Army 4th Engineer Battalion (in 100% non-duty volunteer status)
• National Guard 100th Missile Defense Brigade (in 100% non-duty volunteer status)
• Flight for Life (search purposes only)

Experienced search teams working to find missing 11-year-old boy
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Saturday - February 1
"I just hope they find him alive and they return him home safe," said Roderrick Drayton, neighbor.Drayton, who lives "two houses down," said the minute Stauch went missing -- he began trying to do everything possible to help."We don't know exactly what happened, so we are looking through our cameras to see if we can pick up anything," said Drayton.Drayton said investigators spent several hours at his home, looking through video."They came and were looking through the video to see if our camera caught any movement or anything suspicious," said Drayton."People in Lorson Ranch, to be mindful of the things on their property, where a child may play or hide," said Jacqueline Kirby with the ECSO."Right now, we don't have a date in mind that it will end," said Kirby.
‘300 citizen volunteers’ ready to help search for Colorado boy, missing 6 days

Sunday February 2
Sheriff's Office Update on Search Efforts for Gannon Stauch

RD - neighbor - can't sleep and views video from his garage camera - decides to view it on his TV. Sees the red truck leaving with GS at 10:14am with LS/TS and then returning at 2:00pm with on LS/TS - need link to interviews - he has done several
(We don't know what occurred and nothing has been released to MSM regarding this timeframe.)
RD calls AS and they view it together, AS breaks down crying mentions he knows LS/TS lied to him and they call LE.
Questions - how did media get notified there was video?
LE asked the MSM not to play the video and some complied and then one did not so they all played it - by this time the media had copies of it from ?

The @EPCSheriff mobile command post is moving. CMoore News® (Carly Moore) on Twitte

CMoore News® (Carly Moore)
@CMoore_News
I’m at the “new command post” according to @EPCSheriff
Looks like everyone is inside this building.CMoore News® (Carly Moore) on Twitter
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The El Paso County Sheriff’s office changes the location of the mobile command post relocating to the Incident Command to the Sheriff’s Office Training Facility across from the jail on Sunday.
They said the move was because their investigation led them to the area.
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Monday February 3 - Searches?
It’s been one week since 11-year-old Gannon Stauch was last seen at his Lorson Ranch home. @EPCSheriff says it’s gotten 134 tips & is continuing to search for the missing boy @KKTV11News
Jenna Middaugh on Twitter
The stepmother said she couldn’t comment on the details of the case at this time. None of his friends in the neighborhood have indicated that they saw Gannon that day.
Update: Over 130 tips pour in for boy who mysteriously vanished while under stepmother’s care
“UPDATE: Seven days after his disappearance, a Metro Crime Lab team spent hours at 11-year-old Gannon Stauch’s home today. They went in with gloves and tools and left with several evidence bags. Have live reports with exclusive details about a new piece of evidence at 4@5 on @KDVR”
3:49 PM · Feb 3, 2020 [local/MST]
Nicole Fierro on Twitter
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office gets new evidence in search for missing 11-year-old boy

Feb 3, 2020

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. -- One week after an 11-year-old El Paso County boy went missing, authorities received a new piece of evidence to further the investigation into Gannon Stauch’s disappearance.
FOX31 obtained a copy of this evidence that came from a neighbor's surveillance camera. Authorities have asked us not to describe or show it yet because it’s a part of their investigation. To ensure we don’t compromise anything in the search for Stauch, we are honoring the sheriff’s office request.
A few doors down, neighbor Roderrick Drayton did some investigating on his own.“I couldn’t sleep so I just stayed up and I started looking through [surveillance footage],” Drayton said, adding, “I looked through on my tablet, then I said, 'Let me look on my TV to be sure.”Police have asked us not to share what he found yet.“This is something the investigators are looking into and it would be part of our investigation,” Kirby said.Drayton took the footage to Stauch’s father, who immediately called detectives.“He just broke down crying,” Drayton said.Drayton says detectives were moved by the footage too.
“They said this is the break they needed,” Drayton said.
El Paso County deputies collect evidence from missing boy’s home
(interview with neighbor)
Search intensifies for 11-year-old Colorado boy Gannon Stauch missing for more than a week
However, neighbor Rockerick Drayton said he searched through his home surveillance video as the search intensified. Drayton said the video showed LS/TS and GS get into a red pickup truck in the driveway of their home around 10:15 a.m. About four hours later, the truck returns to the house and LS/TS gets out of the vehicle alone.

Tuesday -February 4 - Searches?

Wednesday February 5 - Family does another plea with all 3 - Mom, Dad and sister - Gannon’s parents Landen Hiott, Albert Stauch, and sister Laina Stauch’s statement.
Thursday February 6- Searches in water at night ENDANGERED: 11-year-old Colorado boy has been missing for more than 1 week; authorities search for evidence in pond
Friday February 7

Working on the timeline- I think I have the drone footage mixed up
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[Saint]

Hello friends! Days of reading through the threads and I haven't seen my questioned asked or answered...I could have blindly missed it in a haze. Where was the 17 year old?

 

[FlossyMay]

What is the name of the neighbor who released the video footage?

Roderick Drayton I believe

 

[Ontario Mom]

She went from full face, front and center, huge on the "missing child" flyer.....to "you can only look at the back of my head during this interview" pretty quickly. I don't think it went like she thought it was gonna go..... IMO

When the decision was made to use that pic for the flyer, no one really had a clue what was going on. She was still more or less considered innocent and I think she was banking on that, i.e., "look at us, a perfectly happy family doing healthy, outdoorsy things together".

But by the time she granted that infamous Cousin It interview, she had already been allegedly asked to leave her own home, with her child (her words) so she more than likely already knew her charade was unraveling. She kept her face hidden because she was lying, and probably wasn't sure she'd be able to bring a convincing face with her.

jmo

 

[Colorado303]

snipped from wiki:

Kyron Richard Horman (born September 9, 2002) is an American boy who disappeared from Skyline Elementary School in Portland, Oregon, on June 4, 2010, after attending a science fair.[2] Local and state police, along with the FBI, conducted an exhaustive search for Horman and launched a criminal investigation, but have not uncovered any significant information regarding the child's whereabouts.[3] His disappearance sparked the largest criminal investigation in Oregon history. As of 2020, his whereabouts remain unknown.[4]

Thank you! I remember hearing about this case in MSM now.

 

[gitana1]

To do an investigation, absolutely! But to get an emergency protection order to remove her from TS if they think she might be in danger? Does anybody have any experience with this?

They could get an emergency order if they had some evidence the kid is unsafe.