Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 **ARREST** #39

[Monroe2]

If each count is conditional on a specific weapon, then yes.

I think that is the case, and Gannon’s body showed injuries consistent with those weapons.

I did think the truth was worse than we could imagine, and today’s developments appear to have made that a reality.

Now we await the arrest affidavit.

 

[SleuthBee]

They wouldnt list three different weapons used along with different charges if they didnt have proof these three weapons were used against Gannon.

A DA cannot just file any charge with just a hope of one of them sticking. I want to believe our justice system protects us from that.

 

[Monroe2]

I believe TS had a phone (burner phone) that she thought no one knew about. Then in her arrogance, used it to connect to a source traceable to her.

I want to believe the reason LE is requesting tips to connect her to the Florida location, is simply to obliterate any possibility of TS's attorneys building a defense. ... enter contention between TS and her attorneys.

I just started to follow this case all my attention has been on the lori vallow case. Can someone tell me where was Gannons father at when all this was going on?

 

[zenzen]

TS and HH left the house together then stayed at a hotel. Its really difficult to believe that HH knew nothing about TS's actions.

i can believe it, Tee doesn't tolerate being questioned or challenged, i don't doubt poor HH had fears and thoughts, she is testifying against her mother, but i don't think Tee told her anything and i doubt she would have been game to question Tee, she was probably in shock and afraid and i think it's unfair to put that kind of guilt/shame onto another kid who has had to grow up under the hand of Tee.
i suspect both AS and HH are feeling incredibly guilty for not protecting G, she seems to have loved him a lot.

i personally feel awful for her, every one is supporting the bio family but she has been part pf that family for a long time and she has been kinda left out to dry. i really hope someone is there for her, she is going to need it.

 

[Momof4RN]

I had to take a break for most of yesterday. Now I will never be able to read all the posts I've missed. So, maybe this has been mentioned, but is it possible she was not followed because she somehow disguised herself? I think LE / FBI were awfully close.

If I have my timing correct, she left to do this soon after her interview with Spencer. She already knew what she was about to do, imo. Thus, her not facing the camera. She didn't want her face to be freshly in the mind of anyone between COS and FL.

I need to check the date of her arrest... She was arrested at a car rental place, wasn't she? I wonder if she was bringing a car back or getting a new one. What was she up to at that point?

I'm seriously wondering if she's killed before. Or if she's come very close and there's just no record of it. She's a very hardened murderer and not likely to break. And if it looks like a duck (which she does, esp. in the lips area!)...

I still think it's likely she will plead guilty to avoid the humiliation of all her unholy acts being laid out in front of her publicly. Who knows though.

I don’t think she’ll plea guilty. I think she’s more likely to go the Making a Murderer route and claim a set up. Moo

 

[JuneRose]

I just started to follow this case all my attention has been on the lori vallow case. Can someone tell me where was Gannons father at when all this was going on?

he was on assignment in the military.

 

[Bravo]

I just started to follow this case all my attention has been on the lori vallow case. Can someone tell me where was Gannons father at when all this was going on?

He was away on training.

 

[Ravenmoon]

My dad was a cop.
He trained us to be observant, to notice vehicle numbers and strange things in strange places.
Not a whole pile of use to me cos memory like a sieve and I don't know makes and models of cars.. they are all just cars to me... but I do notice registrations... where they came from.
I wonder whether many people do this?

My parents were also law enforcement. I too, notice details when something's "different".

 

[Megnut]

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^This!

JMO

 

[Vern]

LS rented a vehicle when she collected her husband at the airport (Tues, Jan 28) --day after she reported GS missing.

LS returned the vehicle about 27 hours later (driving 900+ miles). LS provided Crimeonline with copy of Budget receipt confirming same. (See link below).

I don't believe LE had confiscated any family vehicles at this time (i.e., GS still considered a runaway). We also know that LS left with GS in AS Nissan Frontier truck on Monday (Jan 27) when he disappeared.

LS excuse to look for GS in a rented vehicle he didn't recognize so lame. More likely LS used rental to relocate GS body or drove a distance to hand GS body off to another who also could have transported his body to Florida. MOO

Gannon Stauch: Stepmom explains rental car as search for missing Colorado boy continues [EXCLUSIVE PART 2]

ETA: Searching for confirmed details of additional rental vehicle by LS after Jan 29.

Gannon was reported missing on Monday afternoon, 28th January and had been in school the week before.

Whenever a child goes missing on a Monday, my first thought is always "Who, outside of the individual reporting them missing last saw the child alive and when"?

My brain is theorizing that, IMO, a possible scenario may be that Gannon was actually last sighted on Saturday 26th January shortly after the time the neighbours footage shows her returning home without Gannon. That footage is the last confirmation of Gannon alive prior to his remains being found.

Early on, the neighbour stated that they had checked his footage, but that he was later going through it trying to see if he could find anything to help further the investigation. Is it possible that his footage of Gannon leaving in the truck is actually from Saturday morning? I've seen where LE states that it's Gannon and the neighbour too, but no flat-out statement that the footage was actually recorded on Monday. Perhaps that's just an assumption by all of us. Dad watches the footage too and knows she has lied to him. LE then announce that this is no longer an assumed run away case and foul play is suspected.

If filmed on Saturday, that leaves her until Monday afternoon to get to Florida, using her truck the whole way or a rental as the case may be, dispose of his remains and then return to Colorado to report him missing. The video of Gannon on the floor could have been taken Friday night or Saturday too - disable the geotagging and timing features for media on her phone perhaps? That's possible to do.

Tampering with evidence? Sending texts from his phone saying he was sick etc, to explain away his absence from school the Monday morning. The video footage of her returning to the house was announced as being from Monday afternoon, so we know that's when she came home without him. I've just never seen it explicitly stated that the footage of them leaving was actually filmed Monday morning. I'll have to re-watch it several times to see if she's in the sames clothes as when she left the house. Maybe whatever was bouncing around in the backend of the truck when they left was a small duffle bag with a change of clothes etc - or a bag she put he body into after killing him.

I think Saturday morning to Monday afternoon would allow her to make the trip to Florida, then return to Colorado to report him missing. With a couple hours gap back in the house without him before she actually filed the report ... perhaps to shower and freshen up given the long haul she's perhaps just made.

Upon hubby's return she gets a rental from the airport, knowing it's probably GPS tracked, and puts on 900 or more miles, driving with purpose all over the place to send searchers on their goose chase knowing full well he's already been deposited in Florida. Giving them lots of places to investigate and search while the actual evidence deteriorates in Florida. She knows LE eyes would have been all over her with tails etc. I just can't wrap my mind around a possibility that those eyes were not surveilling her and watching her every move to make it possible for her to move him after he was reported missing. It also makes it possible for the story of "he ran away, was picked up by someone then murdered and dumped by them far away from home" possible if/when his remains were ever identified in Florida" knowing that she was under surveillance and couldn't have taken him there after reporting him missing.

I don't know why, in my head, IMO, I think Gannon was in Florida before he was even reported missing. Premeditation and tampering at it's finest.

Just my .02 cents worth; your mileage may vary.



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[susiQ]

I was one who never believed she moved Gannon. I assumed he would be found in Colorado. Man was I ever wrong.

Don’t beat yourself up over it . You were not alone! I’m still perplexed about a few things in this case and I believe when all is revealed, we’ll be left with our mouths gaping open, shaking our heads at what she did and how it all went down. There’s just no way for us to understand that kind of evil. It’s not how normal people think. She is not normal. She is the devil’s spawn. A chameleon of the worst kind. The AA will be jaw dropping but the trial a “blockbuster” much like the Patrick Frazee trial. Her attorneys will be reduced to sitting there mute, unable to counter the irrefutable evidence before them, just like PF’s attorney. I hope, like in his case, this goes to trial within the year. I just wish they could throw her in PF’s cell when they’re done with it. That would be fun to watch . MOO

 

[Bravo]

FBI agents from several states, including Florida were already on the witness list. So it seems likely they knew he could be there.

Agree. As time went on they were getting more info as to her road trip.

 

[MsBetsy]

Several factors could have delayed the decomp on his body. He was skinny- that also would play a part. Even if he was in the advanced stages of decomp- his skin, hair, facial tissue could have still been in tact. Also being contained in the heat could have mummified him.

Yes, once in the advanced stages, decompostition slows down. I doubt the body was mummified, though. It would have to be a very dry environment for that to occur. I'm not sure about skin and tissue. After almost two months there wouldn't be much left, I would think.

Imo

 

[Monroe2]

he was on assignment in the military.

Ok thanks, why.wasnt.he.living.with.his. real mom

 

[Lambseatoats]

no the video I was shown the highway was before you get to the bridge incline and there is the land between the two on/off lanes and the remains were down into the woods a little ways after you go over the guardrail and over the rocks the trail goes down into the weeds a little ways.

That's what I thought from your video, but they all accessed from the main highway instead of going on the side road. It could be standard procedure not to drive down the side road where they would all have to turn around to get out. That was great video your provided!

 

[MsBetsy]

I don’t think she’ll plea guilty. I think she’s more likely to go the Making a Murderer route and claim a set up. Moo

Or she will just stick to her story that someone came to pick Gannon up, and whoever took him must have murdered him and left him along the side of the highway. Someone who lives closer to SC than to Colorado.

Imo

 

[Bravo]

At this point if she had any help I feel like person/s didn't know what they were helping with. Subject to change.

 

[BoredPsychic]

Yes, once in the advanced stages, decompostition slows down. I doubt the body was mummified, though. It would have to be a very dry environment for that to occur. I'm not sure about skin and tissue. After almost two months there wouldn't be much left, I would think.

Imo

I spent a gruesome hour (last night) looking at research done on body farms and pics in various stages of decomp... I was shocked at how much was still left for identification over a month and two month period. In Knoxville TN they even experiment on the farms with bodies in car trunks, container away from insects, etc.

I’m sure my search history would scare people right now.

 

[Bravo]

Ok thanks, why.wasnt.he.living.with.his. real mom

Not allowed to discuss here. It does appear there was some arranged shared custody. Mom is a Victim but you can sleuth on your own. You just cant bring it here.

 

[MsBetsy]

Agree. As time went on they were getting more info as to her road trip.

Now we know what LE meant when they said there were so many pieces to put together and how complex this case was.