CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, found deceased, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #55
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It’s so hard… I was on the stand once and did the same.
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Good point and point of view of that!
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Thank you so much!
Recess until 10:40 am MT
What do you think it's about???
STAUCH DAY TWO: Prosecution calling up first witness now. Al Stauch, Gannon's biological father.
Al asked his relationship to Gannon. "That's my boy, he says emotionally.
Gannon born premature. 1 pound, six ounces.
A month after he was born Al said he got to hold him since he was so premature. He then said the last time he got to hold him after he was killed, he was in a box too. You can hear the emotion in Al's voice saying this.
Al: "Famous quote Laina said after Gannon died was 'I'm going to miss getting on his nerves.'' He talks about how much Laina loved her big brother Gannon.
Al talking about him and Letecia getting together. Says it was Jan 2015 in Myrtle Beach. He's describing her right now wearing a blueish green jacket.
You can't see Letecia in the camera view right now. Unclear if she's in the room or if he was referring to a picture from the feed.
Al talking about him and Letecia getting together. Says it was Jan 2015 they got married. He's described her right now in a blueish green jacket.
Talking about separation between Landen and Al. He says Landen had primary custody originally.
Al moved to Colorado on Feb 15, 2019. He said Letecia and the kids we're here in January getting a house.
Now seeing Letecia in the camera feed. She's in the corner looking down wearing a greenish jacket Al described a few minutes ago.
Letecia seen now in camera feed. Looking down, not at Al.
Al describing the layout of their Lorson Ranch home. Describing Gannon's room right next to the boiler room. Not far from basement.
Letecia looking up at exhibits being shown on the screen. Al is describing what's on the screen. The layout of the home walking into the house.
In photo showing layout of the home, Al says you can see dog and Harley, Letecia's biological daughter.
Al says he likes to make cutting boards and furniture as a hobby. There's a picture of a table he made for Gannon that was in his room. He used it to put toys in.
Al describing plywood he had in the house for his furniture making.
Gannon's Nintendo switch being described. Al says it was "his pride and joy”
Al talking about leaving Gannon and Letecia for that final time. On Saturday night, Al said drove his mom to the airport and then stayed at the airport and slept on his bag since he was flying out the next day. When he left he said Letecia, Gannon and Laina were home.
Talking about the carpet cut out. He said Letecia said there was "an accident" and a candle spill. He believes it was Jan. 26th, 2020. That would have been the day before Gannon's reported disappearance.
Exhibit 21 walking into Gannon's room. Al describing his bed, the table he built for Gannon.
Al was in Oklahoma, he was scheduled to be there two weeks. Just got out of class and back in his hotel room when he said him and Landen "started the conversation" about how Gannon hadn't come home in time for when the street lights when down.
"I was in Oklahoma so I was relying and trusting her. She said he hadn't been home yet from a friends.”
Al said Letecia told him on the 27th, Gannon did not go to school because he was having stomach issues and was sick. Which Al said was "weird" in his my mind. "I was like why is he going to a friends house if he was sick." Al said that seemed “out of the ordinary”
27th, as soon as Al decided Gannon was missing he said he called travel people and said he needed an emergency ticket home from Oklahoma. Got back the next morning.
Al says Letecia told him she called 911 about Gannon. Al said he had contacted numerous friends parents in the neighborhood. He said none of Gannon's friends parents had seen him. "That's when it became an issue.”
Al said Letecia had mentioned a new friend he hadn't heard of that Gannon was potentially hanging out with. "Things starting compounding and becoming more worrisome."
Al said Letecia picked him up from the airport when he came home after learning of Gannon missing. He said she typically drove a Volkswagen Tiguan but picked him up in a rental car. He thought that was unusual.
Al said Gannon's biological mom Landen flew to Colorado when hearing about her son's disappearance. Al said Letecia got mad at Al for having Landen in their house while Gannon was missing.
Al: "I didn't see a need for tension because there's a little boy missing and we all need to fight together at that point."
Al said within the first week of Landen arriving to search for her missing son, Letecia started taking some of her belongings out of their home. There was "tension" Al describes with Letecia stemming from having Landen there to search for Gannon.
Al says Letecia and her daughter Harley moved out of the Lorson Ranch home the week Gannon went missing.
Al says he, Letecia and Harley all their own cell phones. Gannon and Laina had a "kids" phone.
Law enforcement got access from Al to the "kids" phone during the investigation.
Al's car at the time was a red Nissan Frontier truck. Harley, Letecia's daughter, had a white Volkswagen. Letecia had a black Volkswagen Tiguan.
Al said Letecia told him her reasoning for picking him up from the airport in a rental car was that she had a lease and since they would be doing a lot of searching for Gannon, she didn't want to use up all of her miles.
Al: "In these moments when it's an emergency, things like miles on your car don't matter...in the moment i'm like whatever do what you want but it didn't make any sense.”
Al asked her how did she get to the airport if she has a rental car. She told him she parked it at French Elementary school where she worked and a coworker took her to the airport. Al said he went to French Elem. to look for her car and he did not see the car.
When asked about the relationship between Gannon and Letecia. Al said he would call it trusting. "I’m comfortable in saying he had trust for her in his heart." He said Gannon was a mama's boy and absolutely loved his mom. "I could see some of that love for Letecia too.”
Al commissioned to the National Guard in June 2016.
Letecia and Al bought a house in Myrtle Beach, SC
In 2019, Al was transferred to Colorado from Alaska. Al says he filed for custody in 2017, before he left for Alaska.
Al says Letecia and him got in an argument in 2017 over him taking a national guard job in Alaska. They lived together in SC at the time. On day he was supposed to leave for Colorado for training in 2017, she threw all of his stuff in the yard Al said.
Al calls that period in 2017 with Letecia "tough times"
Al and Landen were long distance during his time in Alaska. The first summer he was there, Letecia told him she enrolled Harley in school in Alaska. Harley and Letecia came to Alaska and stayed with Al but he says Letecia hated it.
DA Allen: Would the defendant use manipulation on you during the relationship? Al: Absolutely
Al said Letecia's manipulation lead him to leave Alaska.
Court taking a break until 10:40 am.
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