Kate Singh
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“COLORADO SPRINGS — A mobile crime unit pulled up to the home of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch Monday afternoon. Investigators could be seen carrying various items, all covered in what looked like brown paper, from inside the home, and carefully loading them into their vehicle.
‘The mobile unit that’s there should reflect to you that this is not done,’ said Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deborah Mynatt. ‘They don’t just stop one time.’
A few hours later, the mobile crime unit drove off, but several deputies from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office stayed behind.
Otherwise, the Lorson Ranch neighborhood was quiet.
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Gannon Stauch was reported missing one week ago, on January 27, last seen by his stepmother. His father was away at the time, training out-of-state with his National Guard unit.
For days, teams of people from various law enforcement and search agencies have combed through the neighborhood, looking for any sign of the young boy. The FBI Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team is also now assisting in the search,
though the El Paso County Sheriff’s office clarified that team’s invovlement does not imply an abduction has occurred.
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Freezing drizzle has been an issue in the Fountain area late Monday afternoon. In the evening, snow chances are projected to improve, and temperatures will drop to single digits.
‘Just to imagine an 11-year-old out there in this type of weather, even if the weather was okay, just completely lost and unaware,’ said Mynatt. ‘We have to act quickly.’
Over the course of this investigation, Mynatt says, the focus of the search has shifted to an area off of Janitell Road, not far from the county jail.
FOX21 News crews visited that area late in the afternoon on Monday, but did not see any activity.
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Desperate search for 11-year-old, missing from Security, continues after one week