Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, Lorson Ranch, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *endangered* #15

[ColoFarmer]

Probably already addressed ..

From LS statement she released in her defence

Again, I repeat they have had this Initially and I was asked to keep quiet about it so they could have the best shot at doing their job and bringing G home.

Just another indicator ... if she was asked to keep quiet about it as a best shot, why is she going against LE's experienced advice and request if she really cares more about bringing Gannon home more than her own image?

On another note, while strangers may do so, I would never reduce my child to one little initial ... his name would always be Gannon, or yes even fondly called by his nickname G-Man.

I personally distrust TS for many obvious reasons, but I don’t see any bad omen in her using the nickname “G.” Sounds like it was commonly used, including the variant “G-Man.” Many loving parents use diminutive or initial type nicknames. My little girl has the initial nickname “ZQ,” which sound like “Zeke U,” and has somehow been diminished to the moniker “Zekey,” or just “Zeke,” which is nowhere near my kid’s actual name, and is based not even on the initial, but on the mere sound of the initial. LOL There’s enough other truly problematic behavior from TS, and so, yes, in this case I might agree that it matches a pattern of disconnection to GS. JMO

 

[Wolfmack9]

My husband actually confirmed this on his end. He is law enforcement and he said since more video wasn't released by the neighbor is very telling, what was okayed to be released. imo, LE see what a big mouth she has and knew it would have her rambling a little more.

Good to know! I always love the strategy of giving someone just enough rope...

 

[GordianKnot]

Probably already addressed ..

From LS statement she released in her defence

Again, I repeat they have had this Initially and I was asked to keep quiet about it so they could have the best shot at doing their job and bringing G home.

Just another indicator ... if she was asked to keep quiet about it as a best shot, why is she going against LE's experienced advice and request if she really cares more about bringing Gannon home more than her own image?

On another note, while strangers may do so, I would never reduce my child to one little initial ... his name would always be Gannon, or yes even fondly called by his nickname G-Man.

Exclusive: Gannon Stauch’s stepmother releases statement about boy’s disappearance

Also from her statement:

Last, from day one the Sheriff's office has known a description of the person/friend whom Gannon left with.

Last they have more in-depth details that go along with this pointing to who sent the person or why he may have come.

(Nodding emphatically) Sure! But of course!

As we all know, LE routinely withholds information providing a detailed description of the person a missing child was last seen with, for fear that it would seriously jeopardize their investigation.

It would really hamper LE's search efforts were the public to be alerted to be on the lookout for the person last seen with a missing child.

This just makes all kinds of sense.

NO. It doesn't.

Like all lying liars who lie, this chick can't even keep her own stories straight.

JMO.

 

[midmoonlady]

They might be keeping things under wraps simply because if they’re anywhere near Gannon or a crime scene, they don’t want her to know that they know.

Which makes me wonder...the current search area became a major focus just after TS's written statement to the media. She has been pretty much MIA since that time. Is she worried or is she sitting smitten knowing they're totally off on the location? I wish some credible info on her would be leaked. Heck, I'd even welcome new statements from her because I feel like there is always some truth to the lies.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

I wish we could send them searchers hot drinks and gourmet sandwiches out there.

I have hope Gannon will be found. It's happened in other cases I started to really doubt (SP.)

 

[ColoFarmer]

I also have the feeling that’s not the only video they have.

It can’t be.

 

[Love Never Fails]

I made a timeline of EPCSO Facebook updates. EPC Sheriff's Office
This made it easier for me to determine when certain things were mentioned (like misinformation on social media being a hindrance to the investigation, for example). There's also a clear pattern to the updates (in my opinion) and that makes it easy to see the dates when they deviate from the norm.


1/28/2020 at 1:15 PM
Can you help us find this runaway last seen in his home between 3:15pm-4pm in Lorson Ranch? (The post was edited at some point, after they reviewed video, to say that he was not last seen at the *advertiser censored* & Go, as previously indicated)


1/29/2020 at 1:31 AM
Can you help us find this runaway last seen 1/27/2020 in his home between 3:15pm-4pm in Lorson Ranch?


1/30/2020 at 8:01 PM

• EPCSO tip line is 719-520-6666
• Misinformation being put on social media is an absolute hindrance because it takes away precious resources to follow up on false narratives
• Shared a new missing poster that was created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children:

GANNON STAUCH
NCMEC: 1380792
Missing Since: January 27, 2020
Missing From: Colorado Springs, CO
DOB: September 29, 2008
Age Now: 11
Sex: Male
Race: White
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 4’9”
Weight: 90 lbs.

Both photos shown are of Gannon. He was last seen at home on January 27, 2020. Gannon was last seen wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, and tennis shoes.


1/31/2020 at 6:03 PM
Taking applications for citizen volunteers in the search for Gannon (and provided a link to application)


2/2/2020 at 6:38 PM

• At approximately 2:00 pm, the decision was made to move Incident Command to the Sheriff’s Office Training Facility, across the street from the El Paso County Jail, at 2743 E Las Vegas Street, based on information gathered during the investigation
• 50+ people are assisting in search efforts and will continue today as long as there is daylight
• 134 received tips to date
• Tips may be called into tip line at 719-520-6666 or emailed to tips@elpasoco.com
• Continue to vet and follow-up on every lead

Partners in today's search efforts include:
FBI CARD
Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management
El Paso County SAR
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Salvation Army
Emergency Incident Support
Army 4th Engineer Battalion (100% non-duty volunteer status)
National Guard 100th Missile Defense Brigade (100% non-duty volunteer status)


2/3/2020 at 8:38 PM

• EPCSO and partners continued their search efforts in the area of 2743 E Las Vegas Street and that was completed at approximately 2:00 pm
• Will continue to search specific areas based on tips and leads
• For the past 3 days, we’ve had over 2,400 hours of manpower put into the search efforts, which included our Mounted Unit, SAR canines, and aerial coverage with drones
• For the past 7 days, we’ve had over 1,860 hours of Investigations Division investigation hours
• EPCSO has received 164 tips to date

Added/new partners include:
VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster)
Flight for Life (searching purposes only)


2/4/2020 at 9:27 PM

• Investigation and search processes will continue to run parallel with one another
• Misinformation being spread on social media is a hindrance to the investigation and adds additional burden to the family
• Any information prematurely released, and is not directly released from the EPCSO, is not a credible source
• Pertinent information will be put out as the investigation allows
• Through the course of the investigation, will follow up on leads and tips until they are exhausted
• Even the smallest piece of information may prove valuable and could consist of things as simple as anyone remembering suspicious vehicles or people they saw in or around the area on the date of this incident
• Follow our social media but do not use it as a tool to report tips or information about the case
• EPCSO has received 184 tips to date

2/5/2020 at 7:41 PM

• EPCSO has received 231 tips to date
• DA Dan May being seen at Stauch home does not change the ongoing efforts in the search for Gannon
• Our priority remains bringing Gannon home safely
• The Crime Lab will be present at the home for the next few days as evidence is collected and processed

Added/new partners include:
Fremont County Sheriff’s Office SAR
Fountain Police Department
Colorado Springs Police Department
El Paso County Public Works
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office SAR


2/6/2020 at 7:22 PM

• Continued search is focused in the area of Lorson Ranch
• Over 100 volunteer partners, 4 mounted unit members, and 3 SAR canines assisted in today’s efforts
• Part of this investigation led us to search this area initially on February 1st and this secondary search was conducted with additional equipment and technology we did not have previously
• EPCSO has received 280 tips to date

Added/new partners include:
4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office
Army (multiple units – volunteers)
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Colorado Springs Fire Department
FBI


2/7/2020 at 8:19 PM

• Continue to search specific areas based on tips and leads
• All leads and avenues are being explored
• EPCSO has received 309 tips to date

Added/new partners include:
Verizon Wireless

2/8/2020 at 9:31 PM

• Continued searches are taking place in the Lorson Ranch area
• Re-canvassed Gannon’s neighborhood and spoke with neighbors to ensure all residents have been interviewed
• EPCSO has received 324 tips to date
• Any pertinent information will be put out as the investigation allows and will continue to share even the smallest updates
• Misinformation being spread on social media is a hindrance to the investigation and adds an unnecessary additional burden on family
• Information prematurely released, and not released directly from the EPCSO, is not a credible source

2/9/2020 at 8:09 PM

• EPCSO has received 339 tips to date

All other info was copied from prior day’s update


2/10/2020 at 6:00 PM

• EPCSO has received 385 tips to date
• 2656 hours of investigative work has been done and 3600 staff hours put into the search efforts; this includes large scale searches in addition to smaller specific searches
• Investigation remains active and fluid

2/11/2020 at 5:29 PM
If anyone feels they have information regarding the search for Gannon please call 719-520-6666 or email tips@elpasoco.com


2/12/2020 at 11:24 PM

• Continue to search specific areas and have over 130 trained individuals to include SAR, mounted, and K9s today
• We have a pool of over 500 citizen volunteers who have been vetted for search efforts and will reach out to them as the need arises
• We don’t anticipate needing more volunteers and will no longer be taking applications from citizens in the search for Gannon
• EPCSO has received 442 tips to date

2/13/2020 at 8:36 PM

• Continue to search specific areas and have over 80 trained individuals and specialized assets to include SAR, mounted, and K9’s assisting today
• EPCSO has received 465 tips to date
• Tips include possible sightings, search suggestions, social media related information, suspicious activity, found property/possible evidence, and video/phone/drone evidence
• If you have info you feel is pertinent to Gannon’s case or his whereabouts, please call tip line at 719-520-6666 or email tips@elpasoco.com, if you have not already done so
• Please don’t send tips thru social media platforms as it slows down the investigative process and the timeliness in following up on the tip and/or lead

2/15/2020 at 6:08 PM

• Continue to search specific areas and have over 100 trained individuals and specialized assets to include SAR, mounted, and K9’s assisting today
• EPCSO has received 540 tips to date

2/16/2020 at 7:23 PM

• Search efforts continued in Southern Douglas County with 82 people assisting including Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas County SAR, Arapahoe County SAR, and El Paso SAR
• EPCSO has received 555 tips to date

2/18/2020 at 5:05 PM

• EPCSO continues to investigate the disappearance of Gannon Stauch
• Absence of information provided to the public doesn’t mean investigation has slowed down
• To date, there has been 637 tips received
• Over 7000 hours of investigative work has been done by the sheriff’s office and the FBI
• Over 8400 staff hours have been put into search efforts
• Search efforts consist of utilizing drones, horses, and canines

Added/new partners include:
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office SAR

thank you for this. Great work.

 

[MassGuy]

Exclusive: Gannon Stauch’s stepmother releases statement about boy’s disappearance

Also from her statement:

Last, from day one the Sheriff's office has known a description of the person/friend whom Gannon left with.

Last they have more in-depth details that go along with this pointing to who sent the person or why he may have come.

(Nodding emphatically) But of course!

As we all know, LE routinely withholds information providing a detailed description of the person a missing child was last seen with, for fear that it would seriously jeopardize their investigation.

It would really hamper LE's search efforts were the public to be alerted to be on the lookout for the person last seen with a missing child.

This just makes all kinds of sense.

NO. Just, NO.

Like all lying liars who lie, this chick can't even keep her own stories straight.

JMO.

Ha! I’m dead. To quote convicted murderer Patrick Frazee, “well, exactly.”

 

[Love Never Fails]

Exclusive: Gannon Stauch’s stepmother releases statement about boy’s disappearance

Also from her statement:

Last, from day one the Sheriff's office has known a description of the person/friend whom Gannon left with.

Last they have more in-depth details that go along with this pointing to who sent the person or why he may have come.

(Nodding emphatically) Sure! But of course!

As we all know, LE routinely withholds information providing a detailed description of the person a missing child was last seen with, for fear that it would seriously jeopardize their investigation.

It would really hamper LE's search efforts were the public to be alerted to be on the lookout for the person last seen with a missing child.

This just makes all kinds of sense.

NO. Just, NO.

Like all lying liars who lie, this chick can't even keep her own stories straight.

JMO.

Love this post.

 

[GordianKnot]

It can’t be.

Agree.

LE has more video evidence in hand than we know about.

The other homeowners who provided footage to LE just didn't talk to the media about it.

JMO.

 

[Angels Advocate]

I would like to ask the stepmom to recount the days events (27 Jan) backwards.

She could not recall anything accurately because she has her own version of reality which in no way comports with Reality. And everything she says is invented, as MegNut so aptly described it “to produce conflict, drama, deflection and noise”. It is an inverted, disrupted, corrupt manner of interpretation. So it would not do any good to ask her anything. LE has to find the evidence and take her down.

 

[Love Never Fails]

Agree.

LE has more video in hand.

The other homeowners who provided it to LE just didn't talk to the media about their security footage.

JMO.

Exactly what I believe. I think Drayton was told to release what he did. Or LE released it just to get the SM rattled a bit.
She really believes she will beat this.

 

[jimprobable]

Is there really any hope left, now after 24 days missing and unless he is being hidden in some indoors location, that Gannon Stauch is still alive? Is not the fact law enforcement has been conducting these extensive searches in out-of-doors locations (in cold weather with snow) really just all but officially confirming GS is deceased?

I would, of course, be immensely pleased if someone could provide a logical explanation, short of conspiracy involving more than one person of interest, how a person could be missing this long and still be alive.

One might also recall when John F. Kennedy Jr.'s airplane (with himself, his wife and sister-in-law as passengers) went missing in 1999, at a certain point authorities described the situation of JFK Jr.'s and his passengers disappearances having changed from one of "search and rescue" to "search and recovery," the latter term meaning the United States Coast Guard was at that point only looking for bodies inside a downed aircraft. So why have LE in the GS case not been calling this situation a "search and recovery" mission, at this point? Or is it implied with the situation of an aircraft missing at sea after a specific period of time to be "recovery," while land searches hold out more possibilities for living persons?

Perhaps someone in this forum may answer these questions and offer some professional insight. All the points I raised here of course involve semantics and professional protocol.

 

[Cindizzi]

Actually it was another news source that showed the footage just before it was shown by Fox. The reporter said due to some very good reporting, they were able to uncover new information in the case. Those aren't the exact words but he said he went around knocking on doors and interviewing neighbors, and many did not want to talk about the case but some did say there had been a lot of conflict between TS and LH. He then went on to say that one of the people he interviewed shared the video footage with him. Then about an hour later, Fox reported on it.

Imo

That was Tom Mustin of Denver 7. He knocked on RD’s door and his wife told him where RD works and he went over and interviewed him in the parking lot.
Tom Mustin on Twitter

Also Mustin tweeted out “the Dad AS is not a suspect “ He deleted it, but his response is still up.
Tom Mustin on Twitter

 

[ColoFarmer]

Which makes me wonder...the current search area became a major focus just after TS's written statement to the media. She has been pretty much MIA since that time. Is she worried or is she sitting smitten knowing they're totally off on the location? I wish some credible info on her would be leaked. Heck, I'd even welcome new statements from her because I feel like there is always some truth to the lies.

I think we all would welcome more statements from LS. She provides instant fodder with her egregious comments.

 

[Angels Advocate]

Is there really any hope left, now after 24 days missing and unless he is being hidden in some indoors location, that Gannon Stauch is still alive? Is not the fact law enforcement has been conducting these extensive searches in out-of-doors locations (in cold weather with snow) really just all but officially confirming GS is deceased?

I would, of course, be immensely pleased if someone could provide a logical explanation, short of conspiracy involving more than one person of interest, how a person could be missing this long and still be alive.

One might also recall when John F. Kennedy Jr.'s airplane (with himself, his wife and sister-in-law as passengers) went missing in 1999, at a certain point authorities described the situation of JFK Jr.'s and his passengers disappearances having changed from one of "search and rescue" to "search and recovery," the latter term meaning the United States Coast Guard was at that point only looking for bodies inside a downed aircraft. So why have LE in the GS case not been calling this situation a "search and recovery" mission, at this point? Or is it implied with the situation of an aircraft missing at sea after a specific period of time to be "recovery," while land searches hold out more possibilities for living persons?

Perhaps someone in this forum may answer these questions and offer some professional insight. All the points I raised here of course involve semantics and professional protocol.

taken in human trafficking and being held for that or another nefarious purpose.

 

[Love Never Fails]

She could not recall anything accurately because she has her own version of reality which in no way comports with Reality. And everything she says is invented, as MegNut so aptly described it “to produce conflict, drama, deflection and noise”. It is an inverted, disrupted, corrupt manner of interpretation. So it would not do any good to ask her anything. LE has to find the evidence and take her down.

I think they may have the evidence they need, or most of it but they still want Gannon. So they keep investigating. For us, they can’t arrest her too soon. But for them, they want the case air tight.

 

[californiagem]

Just curious, why the switch? Was it reported missing?

 

[jillycat]

disagree, I believe LE uses what they have to to cause someone to wiggle and feel uneasy just so they might react in a way they might not otherwise,IMO

Honestly I don’t think they’re playing those kinds of games, nor do they need to. The fact that the DA went to the home, the report of their search in the home, and images all the snow sifting, and now searching at an “undisclosed” location, would be enough to send her over the edge without even trying. I see them as focused on their work and their commitment to not telling anyone a thing.

 

[MassGuy]

Is there really any hope left, now after 24 days missing and unless he is being hidden in some indoors location, that Gannon Stauch is still alive? Is not the fact law enforcement has been conducting these extensive searches in out-of-doors locations (in cold weather with snow) really just all but officially confirming GS is deceased?

I would, of course, be immensely pleased if someone could provide a logical explanation, short of conspiracy involving more than one person of interest, how a person could be missing this long and still be alive.

One might also recall when John F. Kennedy Jr.'s airplane (with himself, his wife and sister-in-law as passengers) went missing in 1999, at a certain point authorities described the situation of JFK Jr.'s and his passengers disappearances having changed from one of "search and rescue" to "search and recovery," the latter term meaning the United States Coast Guard was at that point only looking for bodies inside a downed aircraft. So why have LE in the GS case not been calling this situation a "search and recovery" mission, at this point? Or is it implied with the situation of an aircraft missing at sea after a specific period of time to be "recovery," while land searches hold out more possibilities for living persons?

Perhaps someone in this forum may answer these questions and offer some professional insight. All the points I raised here of course involve semantics and professional protocol.

You’re last line is my answer, “semantics and protocol.”

In following cases like this, I’ve seen this language and behavior on countless occasions.

Law enforcement’s number one job is preservation of life. That’s their posture until they have proof that a missing person is dead.

They will express hope, even when it’s clear there is none. I believe they know Gannon is dead, but have thus far, fallen short of being able to prove that.

There’s always the chance that they are able to prove it, but they see some advantage in not calling this a murder investigation.

I doubt that though.