CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, found deceased, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #54

[imstilla.grandma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643009254754852864

 

[GoJacks]

I've never once heard a criminal defense attorney show any respect for the actual victims or their families in any case. They run them down, often blame them for their own victimhood, and paint the perp like a sad, misunderstood victim themselves in some twisted creepy way. All in the hope of causing enough doubt to score a win in court.

I find all of that revolting.

Double edge sword really. That part of criminal defense attorneys of course isn't attractive to the public eye. (I don't like it either)

But if you look at a case such as the Matheau Moore one in Ohio where he was charged for his wives murder (claimed he staged suicide) and the brilliance of his attorney Diane Menashe....it's cases like those that need good criminal defense attorneys. Otherwise a lot more innocent people would be sitting in prison. She really impressed me throughout the trial.

 

[Curious Me]

Was anybody else just immediately suspicious of the stepmom, seeing how she said he stayed home "sick" on the missing person flyer. She put the word sick in quotation marks as if to subtly imply that he wasn't actually sick, maybe just a bad kid who wanted to skip school? I know just off the bat seeing that raised a red flag for me. You can see her dislike for him in that.​

Yes I'm with you, she made him being sick sound suspicious. (She's trying to imply that he was missing, but maybe it was him being a sneaky kid.) Well, as a Juror, I'd be still back the night before when he was worried about his BURNS. Of course he had to stay home from school because he had BURNS. The victim speaks loud and clear to the Jurors and they heard Gannon in the courtroom today.

Tricky, cunning stepmom wasn't worried about his burns, no, she was talking about selling furniture. There were no demons involved. That missing poster shows exactly how the stepmother started covering up her murderous actions on a little boy in her care. It's heart wrenching and tragic what happened to Gannon. ​

 

[GoJacks]

I'm patiently waiting for one of those courtroom drawing/sketches to pop up of LS all gremlin like hiding behind the monitor and her hair.

Anyone else?

 

[Kiranerys]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1643009254754852864

I thought Leigh was on the witness list?

 

[Love Never Fails]

Was anybody else just immediately suspicious of the stepmom, seeing how she said he stayed home "sick" on the missing person flyer. She put the word sick in quotation marks as if to subtly imply that he wasn't actually sick, maybe just a bad kid who wanted to skip school? I know just off the bat seeing that raised a red flag for me. You can see her dislike for him in that.

EVERYONE was suspicious of LS. We all knew.

 

[steeltowngirl]

Trial 6-8 weeks long, seems really long. Is that typically how long trials like this go? Is she using a public defender? Not sure my heart can handle hearing all the details, poor little man didn’t stand a chance.

Murdaugh’s trial lasted 6 weeks. But I don’t get it with LS. As far as I know, she has NOT been determined to be legally insane by the state. The defense says she is, of course. Is the jury being asked to determine her sanity? I’ve not seen a case like this in my own state, where the defendant’s sanity is in question, yet they proceed to trial. Here a defendant would plead “guilty but mentally ill” and the judge would determine the sentence, typically confinement in a mental health institution.

Either she’s competent, or she’s not. The judge found her sane enough to go to trial. Her lawyer is admitting she killed Gannon.

I guess I couldn’t sit on that jury, as the NGRI just doesn’t fly with me. If she passed enough sanity checks to make it to trial, and she committed the murder, she’s guilty.

 

[k-mac]

Going to go back and read ya comments just wanted to say how sad to hear the true horror of Gannons injuries. And the duration. my god.

The burns...alone WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCRUCIATING.

how terribly cruel this next month will be for his family.....listening to poor leticia that..... poor leticia this......

Yes Landon...we heard your wish to the world......Gannon is my hero. xo

 

[k-mac]

This recording of Gannon speaking is so damn heartbreaking.

It makes sense now why she was so happy putting out that "edited version" of it.
She was so caught up in the bigger picture of what she had going on that she was 100%tone deaf to what we all heard on that video.

Because she felt she had removed all the incriminating elements.
So glad they must have found the original.

Gannon is my hero xx

 

[MassGuy]

EVERYONE was suspicious of LS. We all knew.

For sure. Once she started “presplaining” evidence, it was over for me. The story never made sense. The posture of law enforcement never made sense.

Then we had that insane back to the camera interview, where she asked for a second take (she clearly didn’t think she was emotional enough).

She’s as evil as she is stupid.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

She was with her mom in the hours before the killing, and the days and weeks following. She’s invaluable.

Yes and I'm also thinking that it means that she has mentally escaped from Letecia's control.

 

[k-mac]

For sure. Once she started “presplaining” evidence, it was over for me. The story never made sense. The posture of law enforcement never made sense.

Then we had that insane back to the camera interview, where she asked for a second take (she clearly didn’t think she was emotional enough).

She’s as evil as she is stupid.

she seriously is the gift that just kept on giving.
She is a prosecutions dream.

 

[linds1393]

Gannon was smart. He will get his justice.

 

[10ofRods]

I hate to say it but I think LS did in a rage and then gaslit him to believe the situation was just as much his fault. She probably realized pretty quickly how bad that would look when he told AS how it happened and she had to come up with a plan that also satisfied her resentment
JMO

That's probably where it started - she was used to torturing/punishing Gannon with lighters and this time went to candles, then held some part of his body over the flame and realized he was going to tell on her. She knew it was only a matter of time before Gannon told his dad, despite her torture and her attempts to keep him from telling.

I think she probably planned to get rid of him in a different way, but being a very poor planner and not nearly as smart as she thinks, she failed at that and went straight to her core feelings of rage and helplessness (helpless in her relationship; frequently fired; husband perhaps with a new love interest; Gannon became a sacrifice to her rage).

However, one proviso: the word "rage" is often used to mean "I had no clue what I was doing at the time, totally out of my mind." If even one juror thinks that way, I'm extremely anxious at the thought.

IMO.

 

[GRT]

Murdaugh’s trial lasted 6 weeks. But I don’t get it with LS. As far as I know, she has NOT been determined to be legally insane by the state. The defense says she is, of course. Is the jury being asked to determine her sanity? I’ve not seen a case like this in my own state, where the defendant’s sanity is in question, yet they proceed to trial. Here a defendant would plead “guilty but mentally ill” and the judge would determine the sentence, typically confinement in a mental health institution.

Either she’s competent, or she’s not. The judge found her sane enough to go to trial. Her lawyer is admitting she killed Gannon.

I guess I couldn’t sit on that jury, as the NGRI just doesn’t fly with me. If she passed enough sanity checks to make it to trial, and she committed the murder, she’s guilty.

I can see insanity being a valid defense, but not in LS case. To me, insanity means the killer thought the victim's head was a lemon and decided to squeeze it for lemonade.

That's not even close to LS whose internet search history that showed she and AS were on the verge of breaking up and she wanted a new rich man. She was lying and conniving for weeks. Planning. Thinking she was smarter than anyone else.

Not crazy.
Evil.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Tee used eleven year old, (only in the 5th grade) Gannon as a weapon to hurt and humiliate his mother, as a bonus, while teaching her husband a lesson with cold revenge.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

I can see insanity being a valid defense, but not in LS case. To me, insanity means the killer thought the victim's head was a lemon and decided to squeeze it for lemonade.

That's not even close to LS whose internet search history that showed she and AS were on the verge of breaking up and she wanted a new rich man. She was lying and conniving for weeks. Planning. Thinking she was smarter than anyone else.

Not crazy.
Evil.

Yeah that defense seems pretty hopeless. She obviously knew right from wrong and she was not hallucinating or anything like that. I think it will be easy enough for the jury to see that.

 

[10ofRods]

I'm hoping the fact that Michael Allen specifically mentioned that we would hear from both Harley and Letecia's brother, the people who know her best and drove with her across the country, that their testimony won't be in Letecia's favour.

I hope so too. But I can see how the defense might be able to turn it to their advantage, with the right line of questioning. I hope no one describe her having "different personalities."

IMO.

 

[Kiranerys]

I hope so too. But I can see how the defense might be able to turn it to their advantage, with the right line of questioning. I hope no one describe her having "different personalities."

IMO.

I know what you mean. All we can do is trust that Michael Allen is a top notch prosecutor and he will have the right questions ready for any incident, and I think he will. We will just have to trust that that's enough, and trust the jury.

 

[k-mac]

I can see insanity being a valid defense, but not in LS case. To me, insanity means the killer thought the victim's head was a lemon and decided to squeeze it for lemonade.

That's not even close to LS whose internet search history that showed she and AS were on the verge of breaking up and she wanted a new rich man. She was lying and conniving for weeks. Planning. Thinking she was smarter than anyone else.

Not crazy.
Evil.

Right
Her strategic moves blows up the insanity defence IMO.

Everything she did was logical (controlled) and self serving to keeping her head above water.

That it was inhuman, horrifying, savage and escalated in brutality as she went along shows desperation and pent up hatred.

Nothing insane there. Pure evil heart.