Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, Lorson Ranch, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *endangered* #7

[jbennett]

It would be interesting to see how many calls and texts go from LS’s phone to Gannon’s phone when she allegedly first realized he was late coming home. There should have been at least one. “Where are you, Gannon? It’s getting late. I’m getting worried.”
We know his phone was in the house. She could claim she heard it ring or signal an incoming text so she knew it was there and only called it the one time. That could be proven or disproven easily.
If she made several texts/calls to make it look good, it would only show that the phones were together in the house before she found it.
If that is the case, when she found it why didn’t she scroll through his calls and texts and call his contacts? Instead, she checked his search history and she discovered the alleged google search? I don’t think so.

All good points!

 

[MassGuy]

IMO she absolutely did. In one breath she was whining how LEO "pointed guns" at her minor daughter in the middle of the store (which I will never believe until I see video evidence. Cops just don't start pulling out their weapons in the middle of a busy store for no reason.) Then her next breath she was pulling that minor daughter in front of a camera that was going to be aired all over the nation. I don't know if she has made her daughter lie, I'm leaning towards yes. She def got her 17 year old daughter involved, and IMO only a selfish narcissistic person would turn to their CHILD to help them out of a mess they themselves created.
MOO

Agreed. That interview indicated that her daughter was almost certainly coached.

It’s not hard to imagine the dynamic here, as the daughter is only related by blood to SM, and not Gannon or his father.

Her mom would expect loyalty, and her daughter would likely oblige. Separate the two, you likely remove the control that stepmom has.

That’s when secrets tend to emerge.

 

[allboys]

If she did, her daughter will talk. If her daughter talks, SM is in huge trouble.

bbm

I’m afraid that fact may keep her quiet. The question is for how long.

 

[flashy09]

Oh gosh, we have no idea what he took seriously or didn't. Parents who lose children all have horrid guilt. It just goes with parenting. They shouldn't be gone or deceased no matter how it happened. We all have a list of the 9 gazillion things that we 'failed' at. The head trash any parent has to live with when Gone happens is extreme and insufferable. JMO and experience.

I am very sorry if my comment seemed callous. I didn't mean for it to be any kind of blame or comparison of suffering.

 

[knitter]

What give stepmoms bad connotations are INSECURE STEPMOMS. And I mean PATHOLOGICALLY INSECURE stepmoms. The same thing that might possess a woman to steal her friend's husband can likewise spur her to steal the friend's children. To feel superior. The better woman. The better mom.

If I do my math, there are very young ages involved at the time of affair/ courtship/remarriage. Speaking in generalities, a child that has a well-established and well-maintained relationship with his actual parent may resist cunning attempts to get him to betray or replace that. A much younger child has less capacity to discern which makes them easier, if you will, to manipulate. A younger child will "love" whoever gives them more cookies. IMO

So....if an ill-suited stepparent WERE to harbor favoritism and resentment, a less discerning child would garner the former and the more discerning child, the latter. IMO. Love the one that'll sit on your lap.

Based solely on the back-facing interview alone, I see someone who has a serious sense of entitlement-- "I don't care what people think" IMO means "oh, but I DO." "I need people to think I'm whatever I want them to think. "

A secure stepmom knows her stepchildren love their mothers first and foremost, and they support that. Other stepmoms are preposterously threatened by it. Perhaps it's a matter of degree, but greater degrees will have more painful results, greatest degrees might have deadly ones.

We'll see if this underlay what happened here.

JMO

Just marking so I can find this post later.

About to babysit a 4 year old. Which means I don't "play" on my phone for more than one minute at a time unless for kids games lol.

Sunday morning want to bump this post to every page.

 

[Cindizzi]

Woke up hoping for a break and reading that the search is now on a smaller scale. I'm sure I've missed some discussion here, but what are we to think by smaller searches vs. bigger? They have less to go on or more?

I think it’s due to the weather. 5 inches of snow so far and not supposed to clear up soon. I’m sure they don’t want volunteers out on the roads. NO ONE in LE or media has said or implied this. Just my thinking. MOO

 

[lilithblue]

No one is going to believe that a 17 year old pulled this off, and committed a coverup.

The timeline and the rest of the evidence, probably doesn’t allow for it anyways.

Murder suspects frequently point the finger at others, even their own family members. Good luck to her if she tries it here, when and if that day comes.

I'm not sure I wouldn't put it past her to say it wasn't her in the video. I'm sure the original video is much more clear than the one we've seen and able to discern between her and her daughter, but does stepmom know that?

 

[LovesPeace2]

You would certainly think so. Unless his friend had also stayed home sick, or was home schooled.

this was in response to @Corrupted1967
For some reason it’s not quoting the post for me.

True but for me just doesn’t seem quite right but then again we don’t know what’s on his phone.i wish they could find this young man already

 

[kaen]

I hope that the Stepmom did not get her daughter involved in this mess.

If she didn't, it wasn't for a lack of trying based on the interview. Gotta be very conflicted if you are this girl right about now. LS is her only remaining parent. Any relationship with AS and little step-sister has to be close to non-existent. Talk about awful.

 

[Podengo]

So does anyone know that the SUV was 2 wheel drive? If it’s 4 wheel drive, like most, it should have been fine for going off road.
Also, this line sounds so resentful to me: “I took care of GS for the last two years in our home because his mother didn’t want to do it…OK”.

 

[Knox]

First, I agree wholeheartedly.

And second, thank you for that. And it holds true for mothers and fathers too. Secure parents (bio and step) who are secure in their relationships aren't threatened by another person in their child's life. Adults who are secure are able to put the children first, and blend families in a healthy way.

A secure parent, step or bio , realizes the benefit of having another person to love and support their child. They are very intentional about cultivating a relationship with that new adult in their child's life, because ultimately it benefits their child.

What is different in this case, the relationship with AS and TS was rooted in deception from the beginning. He wouldn't be the first man to deceived by her, but I sure hope he's the LAST!

 

[jillycat]

I am very sorry if my comment seemed callous. I didn't mean for it to be any kind of blame or comparison of suffering.

I get it, I just think there's a lot of analysis of the innocent parents and we can't know what the everyday dynamics were like in that home. These kinds of people are clever at a level that normal people can't imagine because we don't sacrifice other humans for our personal gain. There's a book called The Sociopath Next Door. Nobody sees it until there's a can't miss it casualty.

 

[Seajay]

IMO I have rewatched the press conference the parents did and video with the sister. Something made me study the Father's body language closely. I know he is a victim. I don't think he is involved. But, I think in his heart he knows what happened. He does not have the same strength and hope that the mom displays. He shakes his head when he talks about Gannon coming home safe. He keeps his head down. He looks defeated and destroyed. Based on the dynamic that was present in the home with TS, he may know in his heart what the outcome will be. What he has observed in the past, may not allow him to have the same hope that Gannon's mom has. Very sad for both parents & his sweet little sister.

And IF you are correct in your observation, he might also be exhibiting guilt that he didn’t stop what was going on or protect Gannon better. IMO

 

[skystarr]

Cheyenne Mountain State Park. It is close to the Springs. Remote areas. Less visitors than Garden of the Gods. Was the trip to Garden of the Gods - so close to him missing - a type of deterrence ??

 

[GordianKnot]

bbm

Well, we don’t know for sure what anyone saw/didn’t see. Just because one neighbor did a “tell all” with what he saw (seeing Gannon on Sunday morning, seeing Gannon on Mon.’s video surveillance)... doesn’t mean that all neighbors would publicize what they may have seen or any observations they have from prior sightings or interactions.

Though from what we see in neighbor’s video clip, only one car passes (and quite possibly saw nothing thanks to SM’s careful movements). No one is seen walking by or out in their driveway/yards.

I know is my neighborhood there are peak times when more people are out and about. There are many people walking dogs or escorting children around “bus stop” time, then there is a quiet time when parents are busy working from home or attacking household duties (or, stalking Websleuths site).

Unfortunately, at least in my neighborhood, 10:15 and 2:15 both fall into that “quieter time” category.

I’m a little surprised that no other cars passed during that time. An unfortunate strike of luck for SM.

BBM:

True, but fortunately, LE got even luckier.

Unluckily for TS, LE has something much, much more reliable than passing motorists:

They have her on video.

 

[musicaljoke]

Just marking so I can find this post later.
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You don't need to "mark your spot". Instead, click "Watch Thread" at the top right side of the page. Then when you come back, click "Watched Threads" in the banner at the top of the page. When the list of watched threads loads, click on the little blue dot to the left of the thread title. It will take you right back to where you left off. It's nice and handy and prevents images of dogs lifting their legs. Heh!

 

[MassGuy]

I'm not sure I wouldn't put it past her to say it wasn't her in the video. I'm sure the original video is much more clear than the one we've seen and able to discern between her and her daughter, but does stepmom know that?

That video is only one small piece though. All law enforcement has to do, is figure out where the daughter was at the time.

She very well may have an alibi. I think there are going to be way bigger issues for SM than that video.

 

[Boxer]

It’s popular for kids to communicate through their gaming systems. They can use their headsets to talk to each other while gaming, and a lot of the games have a messaging feature as well. I don’t think there’s any history saved of conversations or chats like there would be on a cell phone though.

MOO there is zero chance a 11 yo boy would not a take his phone to a friends. Call of Duty Mobile etc.

 

[SweetPeas56]

And IF you are correct in your observation, he might also be exhibiting guilt that he didn’t stop what was going on or protect Gannon better. IMO

I know as a parent, I even feel guilty when kiddos are sick, even though logically I know it's not my fault. I can't imagine the guilt parents who lost kids feel. Jmo

 

[NuttMegg]

You don't need to "mark your spot". Instead, click "Watch Thread" at the top right side of the page. Then when you come back, click "Watched Threads" in the banner at the top of the page. When the list of watched threads loads, click on the little blue dot to the left of the thread title. It will take you right back to where you left off. It's nice and handy and prevents images of dogs lifting their legs. Heh!

I wonder how much longer it would have taken me to learn that. Thanks!