Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 **ARREST** #43

[Crimemumuv8]

Actually, I think that’s a very real possibility. She got rid of it for a reason, possibly to sell the runaway story.

She might have tossed it in the suitcase with him.

The other possibility is that she did think it could be tracked (she struggles with reading comprehension), so she may have gotten rid of it if she was concerned about her movements being discovered on the day she and Gannon took that drive.

Then again, she had to get rid of that bedding, so she could have disposed of the Switch at the same time.

Either of these disposal methods make sense. IF i were to try to think like LS (not sure if that's possible), and I thought there was a possibility of tracking, I would be more worried about the bedding being found. It would be a direct tie to her and the house. I dont think she expected GS to be found in another state and if he were found she thought it could be tied to abduction not to her. This would be the reason for her to mention the suitcase request made by this supposed abductor. This makes me feel like the switch could've been with him. Maybe the switch is even tied to a fast presumptive ID before confirmed by a medical examiner. Just an opinion tho. We all know logical thinking isn't LS strong point.

 

[Brubon]

That's a good theory! I hadn't thought about that. But if removing him caused more blood to get on the bumper, wouldn't that mean something was leaking and why then not in the trunk when she lifted him, be within a suitcase or not? Or if MassGuy's theory is correct, and she placed the suitcase on a board, then wouldn't your theory mean the blood got on the board and that was what leaked on the bumper, but again, if it's leaking, why wouldn't it first leak in the trunk? That's the part that puzzles me still, though it's certainly possible she had both on plastic and the removal did impact the bumper and not the trunk.

 

[Holmob]

Has anyone else wondered if LS used the switch to strike the killing blow to Gannon? I have been wondering if she did and if Gannon got on his switch after he grounded from it and LS blew her top over it, picking it up to strike him with it.

I like this theory!

 

[Brubon]

AS would probably know if LS had a Weather Tech (or any other brand) trunk liner in her Tiguan. If she had some trunk liner, and if it is now missing, that would explain no blood in the trunk.
MOO

 

[LietKynes]

If TS was that abusive to him you’d think AS would know. AS said if he had ever seen anything that would make him nervous to leave kids alone with her. G wasn’t a baby. He was old enough to tell or at least hint to parents or nan that something was up if she was routinely abusive. Maybe AS saw it but just didn’t want to believe she could hurt the kids. That being said, from what we’ve heard of her personality and rap sheet and exes, it does seem like she is manipulative and has a bad temper.

bbm
Bingo. ^^^

Also, there was another person living in that household who wasn't a small child.
There are elements to this case that aren't being talked about.
I don't mean here at WS, but a wall of silence around the principle players in that household.

Yes TS is the only one charged with Gannon's murder; but other people in that house weren't completely oblivious until the day he was reported 'missing'.
There had to be warning signs; Imo.

 

[HundredAcreWood]

bbm
Bingo. ^^^

Also, there was another person living in that household who wasn't a small child.
There are elements to this case that aren't being talked about.
I don't mean here at WS, but a wall of silence around the principle players in that household.

Yes TS is the only one charged with Gannon's murder; but other people in that house weren't completely oblivious until the day he was reported 'missing'.
There had to be warning signs; Imo.

That's why I brought up the time HH left for work/school in the morning.

 

[GRT]

I've seen lots of photos of GS and Laina, and I've seen photos of HH and Tee together as well, but I don't think I've ever seen a photo where GS was with HH.

I'm concerned that there was a negative family dynamic in that household between step-siblings.

 

[GRT]

bbm
Bingo. ^^^

Also, there was another person living in that household who wasn't a small child.
There are elements to this case that aren't being talked about.
I don't mean here at WS, but a wall of silence around the principle players in that household.

Yes TS is the only one charged with Gannon's murder; but other people in that house weren't completely oblivious until the day he was reported 'missing'.
There had to be warning signs; Imo.

Exactly, GS' murder didn't happen in a bubble.

 

[Rosyoutlook]

TS probably isn’t worried. She’s the type of person who would be asymptomatic, while infecting everyone around her.

She would be one of the people on FB live licking ice cream and coughing on vegetables.

 

[Mito]

Authorities continue search for missing boy near Fountain - KRDO
This articles says that there were two police officers in an unmarked car and a patrol officer watching the house on Thursday. Two men and a woman came out and got into a pick-up truck and left. When they left the unmarked police and the patrol car left also.
Has it ever been established who the three people were, especially the men?

I thought that was the family, maybe Landon and brother or husband? I think LE knew LS was a murderer by then and were providing police protection to LH and AS.

 

[Mito]

I think hockey stick is a possibility for Sunday, mainly because she specifically mentioned going to Play-it-Again Sports. (Whatever happened to that story? When did she say she went there?) As for the murder weapon, though, it would leave a big arc of blood spatter, I would guess, as a hockey stick is so long. I'm envisioning the blood on the bedroom walls as contained. But for Sunday, makes some sense.

Candle seems believable too.

I also think he might have actually been burned since she mentioned it. She said his skin bubbled, though doesn't that usually take some into the healing process? Anyone know?

jmo

Skins bubbles fairly soon after burn, but generally not bloody event.

 

[O.Incandenza]

I've seen lots of photos of GS and Laina, and I've seen photos of HH and Tee together as well, but I don't think I've ever seen a photo where GS was with HH.

I'm concerned that there was a negative family dynamic in that household between step-siblings.

Obviously not going to post them here, but those definitely exist as well. I think HH posted a video on tik tok that contains lots of them.

 

[Rosiebones]

I thought that was the family, maybe Landon and brother or husband? I think LE knew LS was a murderer by then and were providing police protection to LH and AS.

Where was the little sister?

 

[MassGuy]

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Those Google searches and her changing stories give us an insight into the way her mind works. So does the rest of the affidavit.

She’s vindictive, angry, and completely self absorbed. She didn’t become these things overnight; they are a part of her.

So no, this definitely did not occur in a bubble, and there absolutely were signs. Look at her work history, and look at her criminal record. You really don’t have to look any further than that.

This woman was trouble, and it appears that signs were missed, or picked up on too late. I’m sure that some were willfully ignored too, likely out convenience.

 

[Mito]

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Where was the little sister?

I think this was just a trip to collect belongs after they left the home. No doubt Sis was with family elsewhere. Hopefully she never needs to see that house again.

 

[Mito]

DBM

 

[GordianKnot]

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Whether wittingly or unwittingly, HH materially assisted in TS's coverup after the murder by taking LS away from the home for hours and by purchasing supplies for TS that were used to clean/conceal evidence.

In the affidavit, LE has overtly characterized HH as being uncooperative with the investigation.
From Page 6, Item #48 of the Arrest Affidavit: HH "has refused to speak with investigators."

This isn't what cooperating with authorities looks like.

HH doesn't appear to have been terribly interested in helping LE to find her missing stepbrother.

Turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to suspicious behavior is not healthy, or constructive, or admirable.
It appears numerous people around TS have been doing just that.
Not just for days, or weeks, or even months…they've likely been doing it for years.

I suspect DDA Allen has had an illuminating conversation with HH, probably through an attorney representing her, and that she is now singing like a canary.

If HH isn't a cooperating witness at this point, then it may just be a case of apple-and-tree, chip-and-block.

JMO.

 

[crhedBngr]

Here for Gannon.

 

[O.Incandenza]

If he had suffered any kind of attack on Sunday night that resulted in that much blood loss, he would have been even weaker the next morning. I don't think he would have been in any condition to walk to the truck.

There may have been an accident and punishment the night before, but I don't think it necessarily means he bled as a result.

That video TS made is a mystery. Do we know for sure she recorded it on Sunday? Gannon can't be seen and I couldn't hear him say "I'm bleeding" at all. I listened closely for the beginning "B" sound and an "ing" sound at the end and I couldn't hear either one.

Anyway, he did respond to her questions and said "pinky promise," and "ok," while she was talking to him, which makes me think he was not severely injured. I don't doubt she assaulted him physically or abused him in the past, but I think all that blood was the result of the brutal beating, and possibly stabbing and shooting, on Monday.

Imo

The other thing to note from that video is that it seems like Gannon is in the living room, not all the way downstairs in his bedroom (if I'm understanding the layout of the house right). That doesn't rule out a bloody attack happening in his room on Sunday night of course, but it does make it a little less likely IMO.

 

[10ofRods]

I wonder how much evidence was once in that moving van.

She has to have hidden it somewhere before acquiring the van. Could have been the rental car - but that only gets her to Wednesday afternoon. She must have put the bedding, etc., somewhere on Monday night, then moved it throughout Tues-Wed, then retrieved it on Friday with the van.

Which car was it that LE got tracking for? Was it the Nissan? I can't remember now.