Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, Lorson Ranch, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *endangered* #17

[Trocroc9]

First they basically fanned out from Lorson Ranch. Marksheffel up to Bradley, we live north of Bradley at Drennan and we personally searched our 19 acres on that sunny Sunday when he’d been gone almost a week. They went south to Fountain, all those areas adjacent to his neighborhood, mostly within a two mile radius of the home. Then they inexplicably moved to a small area of E Las Vegas St near the jail/Fountain Creek. They later returned out east here w the submersible equipment to Big Johnson Res, which is that treeless expanse of water off of S Powers just N of Fontaine Blvd. (The one that was recently drained.) They also hit a few other water holes around Mesa Ridge. That was all in the first 2 weeks. It was the third week that saw the focus suddenly shifted to Douglas County.
-A Local, ColoFarmer

Thank you for taking the time to respond. As a local does that give you any indication as to why they spent so much time close to the home and that specific area? Do you think it was because of sightings from the car? I just am curious why they originally spent so much time close to home at the initial start of the investigation. I know in previous cases I’ve followed many POI’s did not go a far distance from home. Jmo and thanks again for replying much appreciated.
ETA: I don’t think he was taken far from the home. I think smoke and mirrors up north into Douglas county. Shopping trip and all just a ruse. Jmo

 

[MemPat]

I just can’t get over how weird this case is.

Parents and stepparents kill their kids, that happens. Typically though, it’s during an act of abuse.

Say she did kill Gannon to cover up an act of abuse (which I believe), it’s still a very strange way to go about doing that.

You’d expect her to do that in her home, and then transport and dump his body (perhaps under the cover of darkness). That’s not what happened though, as he left that home alive.

So in broad daylight she takes Gannon somewhere, and then likely does something that leads to his death.

I’ve seen people stage an accident, like a guy who threw his wife and son of a cliff. But I’ve never heard of anything like this.

It’s as idiotic as it is cruel. I just don’t know what to make of it.

But there's Kyron.

Perhaps his story of how the stepmother was never brought to justice stuck in the mind of "someone"?

 

[FNG]

I think this case is on the down-low simply to protect the integrity of the investigation.
I don’t think anyone is in any danger.

I agree with this. Just wish we knew more.

 

[Wishbone]

I've gone around in circles originally thinking just stepmother, but then started rereading some of my thoughts about manipulating kids and then decided she may have had some unknowing help and now I've shocked myself and have a completely new person that could be involved (the someone who may have picked him up and why comment). Are her lies getting in my brain?



BBM- I thought stepmother didn't pay attention to friends, that was AS's job? To me there is a difference between him omitting and her not knowing. Of course being early on, she probably wasn't thinking of coverups as much as showing the world how great of a stepmother she was. Typing that gave me a burning lump in my throat.

Since you can't go shopping without being observed by cameras most of the time I'm doubting my own thoughts on what could have happened during LS and Gannon's shopping on Monday. Could the truck have been captured by an outdoor security camera? I would imagine LE has thought of that and checked it out. Be nice if we knew. Now I don't know what to think,.

 

[MichelleBlue]

Thank you for humoring me with all of the gate & lock/key responses! They were very helpful as my neighborhood & the homes/yards in it are set up very differently than this.

 

[MemPat]

I just can’t get over how weird this case is.

Parents and stepparents kill their kids, that happens. Typically though, it’s during an act of abuse.

Say she did kill Gannon to cover up an act of abuse (which I believe), it’s still a very strange way to go about doing that.

You’d expect her to do that in her home, and then transport and dump his body (perhaps under the cover of darkness). That’s not what happened though, as he left that home alive.

So in broad daylight she takes Gannon somewhere, and then likely does something that leads to his death.

I’ve seen people stage an accident, like a guy who threw his wife and son of a cliff. But I’ve never heard of anything like this.

It’s as idiotic as it is cruel. I just don’t know what to make of it.

But there's Kyron.

Perhaps that story and how the stepmother was never brought to justice stuck in the mind of "someone"?

 

[susiQ]

Her warts probably have warts.

LOL!

 

[kittythehare]

I don't know if I've missed something but how could she abuse him that badly for that long with 2 other kids in the house without one of them making a fuss?

They could have been asleep, she might have done it in the garden or in the garage.
I don't necessarily thin it was a sustained attack, one blow i the wrong place is all it would have taken, sadly

 

[OldLadyBlues]

I think they’d be protected regardless.

I think this case is on the down-low simply to protect the integrity of the investigation.

I don’t think anyone is in any danger.

I hope you're right because it's 2 more kids who know the family situation.

MOO,MOO

 

[10ofRods]

Has anyone seen a name for the alleged friend GS went to go play with in MSM? My eyes are about to cross from the reading I've done.

Any known hobbies, clubs, etc LS is into?

LH talks to GS every night. Did she on the 26th?

Edited to remove since not in MSM. Thank you for the reminder!

Hi there. Here's an article with the friend's name:

Colorado boy missing for a week after leaving for friend's home

 

[PrayingForMissing]

Hiking

I can't remember what he had on in the video. Would it have been a camelbak? Water hydration pack? I have seen pics of him with one of those. I know mine has a little backpack area to hold the water reservoir, or bladder, and then room for a few things.

 

[ColoFarmer]

Is it possible/probable that she...
Abused him so profoundly that at some point during her "shopping" that morning he passed, in the truck, and she panicked and found a remote place to leave him?
Maybe she drove to more than a few places looking for the right place, before she left him?
Maybe she left evidence in different places in an effort to complicate the investigation?

Just speculating on the idea that it was an accident and not pre-planned at all.

My thoughts as well all along.

 

[Murphy1950]

I would imagine every defense attorney in the area must be wincing with each nutty new interview as they consider the prospect of representing her.

Ha! I remember watching either Greta van Susteren or Nancy Grace, one night, on late night tv, not sure which one, with a bunch of talking head lawyers Gloria Allred, Johnny Cochran, Mark Geragos , the whole gang....discussing who in their right mind would take Scott Peterson. Well somebody in that group did...

 

[katydid23]

Find and read TS’s written statement to Denver news station. She did what seemed like a lot of “pre-splaining” to the public. She randomly brought up a foot-cutting incident that we had previously heard nothing about. Many feel that it was TS’s way of pre-splaining some blood being found.

It really does seem like 'pre-splaining' because there would be no reason for her to mention his cut foot on Saturday night otherwise.

Why would that minor incident matter in finding a child that went missing 3 days later? There would be no reason for anyone to know about a minor accident in the garage unless it was meant to explain the presence of blood on the garage floor or near the side gate and driveway, or the 'edge' of the car.

OK< so then we have to decide if it was a true event and that is why she felt the need to explain.

I have to wonder if it even happened because they went hiking the next morning . Would you take an 11 yr old, with a fresh cut on his foot, on a hike in a rocky park? I wouldn't, but maybe she would, who knows?

 

[PaulaDC]

He doesn’t say much about much. He seemed content to let LH do most of the talking. Just a quiet personality I suppose.

Or ashamed of choices he made that he might feel put them in this predicament. Having daughters I seriously think women are stronger emotionally in these situations. Moo

 

[ColoFarmer]

I haven't seen anything in the MSM to confirm so this is entirely my own opinion, based on following cases for decades:
Both of Gannon's sisters were interviewed at length, and have answered all of LE's questions about Gannon, the family routine, etc.
I'm usually pretty reluctant to discuss minors in cases but as "potential witnesses" in a case like this, I think it's a fair question.

You can pretty well guess the 17 yr old has been carefully coached, as was already obvious in the KKTV interview. She is TS’s bio daughter. Maybe she’ll crack though. The younger one is bio sis to GS.

 

[10ofRods]

I just have a latch on mind and I guess my biggest protection is 120lb German Shepard that roams the backyard a couple of times a day, lol! I never heard of a lock either. Do they have a pool in the yard?

We have locks on all our gates. Padlocks. Many people I know also have them. Most of my family members with gates also have them.

 

[LightandReason]

Perhaps that story and how the stepmother was never brought to justice stuck in the mind of "someone"?

Maybe "someone" did some research, like maybe signed onto a website like this one, say maybe a week or maybe ten days before he went missing... took notes and then attempted to replicate what was seen as a "success".... JMO...

 

[MassGuy]

You can pretty well guess the 17 yr old has been carefully coached, as was already obvious in the KKTV interview. She is TS’s bio daughter. Maybe she’ll crack though. The younger one is bio sis to GS.

Yes, it was clear to me that she had been coached, and was being used.

The person who has likely told her what to say, cannot keep her own story straight.

Their stories may diverge, which will become problematic for TS.

 

[BeckyF]

But there's Kyron.

Perhaps that story and how the stepmother was never brought to justice stuck in the mind of "someone"?

Kyron case haunts me to this day.