Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 **ARREST** #29

[Dre]

I'm way late to this conversation, but regarding cognitive dissonance, I want to share my experience.

I experienced this well into my 40s in my relationship with my mother. My husband could not understand how I was unable to trust my own childhood memories or my own thoughts and feelings in regards to interactions with my mother. Truly, it was only until I completely cut ties with her a few years ago that I have been able to reflect and see things clearly, including myself.

One's first sense of self comes from one's mother. And her perception is 100% trusted. A child is unable to think his / her mother is wrong because then the child's security is threatened. It is easier to believe your mother is right about you and think of yourself as she does, than to believe she is wrong.

With embarrassment and knowing how pathetic it sounds, I share with others what I call my "Pinocchio Moment," which happened just a few years ago. It was the amazing thought, "I'm a real girl!" not just a puppet made to serve another's purpose. I realized I was "real" and worth something - worthy of dignity and respect - allowed to have my own thoughts, opinions, feelings! It was an epiphany that was incredibly liberating and heartbreaking at the same time.

I see my mother, a little bit, in T. I was never in a situation just like this with her, thank God! But did I ever lie for her? Yes! Did I defend her when friends saw through her? Yep. Did I keep secrets for her? Sure did! Did I hide the reality of my life? You bet.

My fear of my mother, combined with a desperation for her love, might have led me to do anything she asked at 17. This is why I have nothing but compassion for T's bio-daughter. The damage done to a child raised by this sort of person is real. We think right vs. wrong is easy to decide. But when you are constantly taught that you are wrong... in fact you are a wrong... well, it's just not that simple to see beyond. There's no way to adequately explain it if you haven't lived it and through it to see clearly from the other side.

Now, this is not to say that I wouldn't hold her daughter to a higher standard with a few more years under her belt and out from under the influence of her mother. But at this point in time I pity her and hope she is shown compassion for any role she played. If anything, she needs help and healing.

Sorry, that was a looooong post. I hope I conveyed what I wanted to! This is something I talk about often in real life. I have lots to say about it.

SUCH a good post on how complicated things are for someone that’s lived in this type of abuse and known nothing else. I really do hope that poor Harley, no matter what her hand in this, gets some serious help in order to separate herself from her mother. I bet you she’s still in some shock and denial, maybe even defense but this will be a very hard road ahead of her, unraveling all the garbage her mother wrapped her in since she can remember..

 

[lonetraveler]

I think they’d book her before that.

I would think that a judge would order assessment at arraignment.

 

[RaspberryMama]

Or maybe they put her in the back of a pickup truck and she keeps blowing out into the woods.

I am REALLY enjoying this visual!!

 

[SSGAma]

I think he'll be found, if not already-- and perhaps they continue the ruse so she believes she still has this power and keeps incriminating herself. In intel circles it's standard tactic to lay a trap with disinfo. She's truly not wise enough to disappear him without a trace. The other thing about this entire area from Lorson to Palmer Lake to Castor Rock and along 105/83 is that it's predominantly military or govt families, wealthy gated communities, always pass several LE vehicles patrolling-- meaning lots of cameras along the way.

SSGAma, your post opened my mind to thought. Right now, the only remaining power TS has is revealing the location of Gannon's body. I realize it may me next to impossible, but making the decision to move on and heal without locating his body, may be wise. The idea is empowering because it gives the parents back the control.

If Gannon's body is to be found, it will be. Its possible that LE and the parents had this is discussion before the PC. No bargaining, no deals! I felt a sense of acceptance or finality about the conference.

** Again, I am not suggesting to cease searching for Gannon's body. However, I realize this as a strategy to disable the monster's control and ability to inflict anymore pain onto these parents.

 

[Feistyomi]

Thank you for sharing this. We may have had the same mother

Gannon is my hero! I called it epiphany, because I had my moment of clarity thru the gas fog...some have said SD will be orphan, I think it will be freedom, that is how I felt, no more playing her games , trying to understand her un-deciphererable behavior... she/you/we are stronger, and Gannon will not have that.

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

“I spoke with the EPCSO they can’t release when they expect #LeteciaStauch. They also said at this time there are no official searches scheduled. #GannonStauch. #GANNONSTRONG
@FOX21News”
11:32 AM · Mar 4, 2020 (local/MST)
Daniela Leon on Twitter

 

[akazia1978]

I would doubt they are driving, they usually fly.

I dunno, being from CO they do tend to drive...I can't think of anyone I was familiar in my brief jail stint that was flown in, and there were some high profile people in the jail at the time. She'd be lucky if she got flown in

They drove Chris Watts to Wisconsin. But that was after he was sentenced.

I've only personally seen driving, and these people were also murders brought back to CO, so who knows. Maybe she got lucky and is one of the few flying back in. I volunteer at a jail on occasion, they've all been driven in. Maybe CO Springs has a more high profile jail.

 

[RaspberryMama]

Thank you for sharing this. We may have had the same mother

Oh, I'm sorry! (((hugs))) to you.

 

[SleuthBee]

I'm not a medical professional but since no one else has provided this info, I'll say what I know.

People with some liver diseases (like cirrhosis, scarring of the liver) who vomit blood don't do it because of a liver injury per se. They often develop enlarged veins in the esophagus from blood backing up because of scars in the liver. These can burst, blood flows into the stomach and is vomited up. This is an emergency. Usually a laceration to the liver would cause internal bleeding, not bloody vomit, I'm pretty sure. Still an emergency.

JMO

Exactly! And this explains Gannon's coughing and the something unexpected tone when he said, "I'm bleeding?"

If his foot was cut, he would expect to bleed. I really do not want to be right about this.

 

[ZhaZhaHa]

I wonder if there are any obvious searches still going on, or if they're going to see if she talks. I REALLY wouldn't bet on her talking. She will blame and play victim all the way through the end.

 

[Cagle]

Is it possible that she gave control of her Instagram, and other SM before her arrest so as the crazy messages kept being posted AFTER her arrest. She could then claim she was hacked weeks prior, and it wasn't her but the hacker posting all of the other videos, comments, and craziness that we all saw. Ugg.

She can claim this, but IP addresses could be pulled to verify when/if control of the account shifted.

 

[SleuthBee]

there is NO way I could ride in a vehicle with that witch! I bet she has them stopping every hour and is complaining about the extradition every turn of the wheel!

LMAO! Not to mention the ongoing verbal diarrhea.

 

[I'm Just Here]

If he isn't ever going to live there again I would expect to read that he was moving everything out of the house, not read that he was moving Gannon's belongings out of the house.

My opinion is the pointing out removing Gannons belongings is a statement made for news attention. Who knows what else AS is removing that wasn't mentioned? Maybe he wants very little from that house and is not going back to it? I wouldn't think a person (AS) would want to remain living there but it is his choice.

 

[LietKynes]

looks like one of Tee's twitter friends has abandoned ship

*snickers*
Well ain't that just a darn shame.
You can't trust anyone these days.

 

[SSGAma]

Not a good sign if T knew her well enough to chat on IG and answer questions defending herself the first night. It will come out in the trial but won't surprise me if she was involved with drug dealers.

I'm not a pediatric specialist either but I've raised 4 boys and none of them ever breathed or cried like that even when we made obligatory ER visits for sports injuries. I gave her the benefit of the doubt until her interview and even then said maybe she's covering up something but didn't hurt him, but after that video I was sick hearing her tone, his cries and knowing the dynamic too well from my own childhood.

If a pediatric specialist opined the child's injuries from the sound of his breath in the torture video, I imagine he would diagnose a seriously ill child. I'm not a pediiatric specialist but I was surprised the child was still alive in the morning from observing the original video and audion of the torture. The little boy could barely breathe, was terrified of his captor and was aware he needed to keep her calm which he did by agreeing with every word she said. He showed remarkable resilience in this I thought at the time.
An enhanced video available to a child specialist would have told a bigger story. That ss is from someone in one of the tee support groups. She likes to cite nefarious prison gan members' names while she is slating the police, like an outlaw would. That is another story that will surely unfold.

 

[SleuthBee]

I doubt it’s an entirely accurate account. There may be some context missing. Like maybe the whole house is being packed up. I didn’t pack up my son’s room for months and even now, almost 10 years later, I still have a giant bin full of his stuffed animals. Lately, my husband keeps hinting we should donate them. I keep telling him where to shove it.

But it is possible that AS no longer wants to live in that house. And Landen wants his things.

 

[MtnMama]

She can claim this, but IP addresses could be pulled to verify when/if control of the account shifted.

Thank God @Cagle!!! That makes me feel so much better, I'm not super techie so I was worried she would claim this but yes, you're right LE would be able to tell! Obviously someone else is posting on her behalf on her SM. Hard to believe, but they sound just as intelligent as T

 

[MamaOV]

Neither, so we’re both wrong lol I’ve been saying EPSCO but others have been saying EPSO so I just went with that this time since I was walking and it’s hard to type on this little phone. Anyway, it’s @EPCSheriff.

EPCSheriff on Twitter

ETA: @10ofRods - You can’t tell from the way WS formatted the link above, but it’s a direct link to the thread I was referring to, not a general link to LE’s Twitter page. Tagging you since you probably read this before I added the clarification/ETA.

I stand corrected - @EPCSheriff just tweeted and referred to themselves as EPSO in the tweet, so that’s where I got it from/the precedent I was following!

 

[lynchmob67]

Is it standard practice for interrogation videos to be released? I’d rather enjoy seeing her backed in a corner being called out on her BS.

 

[Kyte]

Julia Donovan KRDO on Twitter

Staked out at the El Paso County Jail to record the moment Letecia gets booked in... the beginning of what Gannon’s parents call the road to justice.