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

[Bogyo13]

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 have been wondering about it as well. We have a switch and while the corner could be used, I think the screen would shatter and that would leave tiny bits of evidence on carpet.

 

[Inthedetails]

Didn’t she reportedly say Eguardo was a guy working at a nearby house that she approached about repairing/replacing her carpet? They probably put him on there just in case he does exist (and they can find him) and has helpful info re her description of the carpet damage.

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I don't know if Eguardo exists or not, but it would be worth LE's time to investigate local construction sites to see if anyone did see her. It's possible construction sites were dump locations for evidence - they usually have big dumpsters, right?

Perhaps the "I met Eguardo at a construction site" was pre-splaining anything LE might find at a construction site or dumpster.

Though I want to know what she was doing at a construction site on Sunday like she claims and also what Eguardo was doing working at night at a construction site. I very much doubt he exists, but worth calling the witness and then explaining to the jury that he couldn't be found. After all, she said he exists - might as well prove her lies in court.

jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

I believe that is the same path she took when she carried the body into the garage and put it in the back of her vehicle.

Imo

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Yes! I think you got it. The "gate" story wasn't about Gannon repeatedly going to the gate, but TS repeatedly going to the gate.

There is truth in the lies she tells.

Good thinking.

jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

I'm not questioning that there wasn't blood there. That's a fact and real evidence. Here's the part that puzzled me, from the AA, #67: "I submit that Letecia had to clean the vehicle, because there was likely visible blood on the rear end, based on the below luminal reactions." So they knew there was blood there and they surmised that it was visible to the naked eye, that she saw it, and as a result, knew she needed to get the car washed before showing up for the interview. That makes sense, but then it does show, as you suggest, that they must have missed it when they searched the house Monday night. Makes me wonder if they had their Body cams on when they searched the garage and if so, could they have caught that on camera despite having missed it visually...

It's possible she washed the Tiguan on Wednesday because it got even more blood smears while she removed Gannon on Tuesday night, in addition to whatever blood there was from loading him.

Perhaps she noticed the blood stains in the light of day Wednesday morning and knew she had to clean the vehicle before going to her LE interview.

jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

Yes. And another thing that struck me that may have been the tipping point: AS decided to spend the night in Dallas before flying out to OK. Maybe it’s bc his mother was also flying out or whatever, still it seems weird considering Denver is not that far from Colorado Springs. Whenever I have family flying out of airport at different times, we make multiple runs, even if the flights are just a few hours apart. No one stays out at the airport hotel.

Rather interesting that her resentful google searches and violence against Gannon happened right after a visit from her MIL. I'm wondering if TS felt judged or left-out during that visit.

I also wonder if the GoG hike on Sunday was a way to please/distract the kids from missing their grandma - I can picture Gannon being a kid a grandmother would adore.

"Dad and Grandma are leaving, but we'll go on a special outing!" Makes her look good in front of her MIL too.

jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

LS & AS married 5 years ago in January.
Probably been together 6 years -she mentions having Laina since she was 2.
G would have been 6 when they got together.

My hunch is she never expected to be a full-time stepmom to AS's kids. She liked the conquest of stealing a man - she was "the other woman" who was so desirable that a man left his wife for her. Win!

But I think she expected the kids would live mostly with bio-mom and she could be the cool step-mom, not that she herself would have full-time mothering duties...for a kid with digestive issues and with a husband who travels. She didn't sign up for that, imo.

I think you're right about Colorado. She was without bio-grandparents' help and literally on her own as a parent when AS traveled.

She couldn't live up to the role she was in. So she destroyed it.

jmo

 

[Niner]

Hey!

I did one. I can post it - and perhaps you can check it over.

That looks great Inthedetails~! I will check it out with what I have in my notes - and will add - if necessary & will tag you! Thanks!

Oh I'm glad to read also - that you will be putting in her lies in the timeline. That would have been TOO much work for me - to go back 43 threads & find them! LOL!

 

[Hatfield]

JMO
About the possible weapon she maybe used on Sunday night when she first got mad at him.

Im thinking it was a hockey stick?

Didnt she take some hockey equipment to Play it Again sports to try to sell it to get some money from it? I think she was maybe taking the hockey stick and other hockey equipment to get rid of the weapon she may have used.

The bottom blade of a hockey stick is usually rough surface like fiberglass to help the stick get more grip and control on a hockey puck.
It could easily cut a persons face or skin if the blade of the stick hits a person.

In hockey, there is a 5 minute major penalty when an accidental stick ends up hitting another player and drawing blood.

Just a theory I have been wondering about with the first injury.

 

[LightandReason]

It's possible she washed the Tiguan on Wednesday because it got even more blood smears while she removed Gannon on Tuesday night, in addition to whatever blood there was from loading him.

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.

 

[Inthedetails]

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.

I'm not suggesting that there wasn't blood also on the Tiguan during loading, but that more was smeared during removal.

But regardless of when and how the blood got on the vehicle, I think she noticed it in the daylight on Wednesday morning and at a time when she also had opportunity to clean the vehicle without people knowing (so she thought).

jmo

 

[Tealgrove]

My brain is a bit scattered these days but I want to go back to RD's Security Video for a bit.

I, like many others, have had a difficult time coming to terms with the information that Gannon actually came back to the house with LS on that fateful Monday. I just can't wrap my head around it, but I have to go with LE as they know way more than you or I.

I've always been curious as to why LE didn't FREAK out over this Video being released and I think I know why.

Although that video gives us a glimpse of Gannon getting into the truck with LS and adds information to their timeline there are other more important pieces that this video tells them and earlier video and subsequent video is probably WAY MORE IMPORTANT.

1. RD's video tells them Gannon was not right that morning.

2. It proves she lied about him going to a friend's house that day. So the first lie is busted. Even if we don't see Gannon come back, the bottom line is that he NEVER walked out of that house on his own.

3. It probably proves that no one entered the house other than LS and family. No kidnapper, no rapist - nope didn't happen. Busted again.

4. It also proves that the "rapist" did not take Gannon from the house with a suitcase and a cardboard box.

That's why it was the break they needed. It showed proof of her lying. All of it.

I am going to surmise that additional video from RD and other neighbours, is going to show a flurry of activity Sunday night, all day Monday including Monday night, along with Tuesday with cars and odd things going on all hours. Wanna bet there is video of LS with the suitcase?

I think LE didn't go off the deep end because they had other video that was just as important, if not more, that would seal the deal for LS.

Just my ramblings for this morning. But I think they have decent video of LS removing Gannon from the house.

MOO

 

[Rosiebones]

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?

 

[MsBetsy]

Then they’d also put Quincy, which they did not.

Not necessarily. They knew who he was, and they had already gone through all the surveillance footage looking for any sign of an Hispanic man or for any sign of Gannon.
They probably put "Eguardo" on the list because that's the name she had given them, and they needed to at least try to look for someone by that name.

The Quincy Brown story came later. Since they already found no evidence for the first story there was no need to put him on the witness list. It's also highly unlikely he would be out committing crimes since he is already on the most wanted list. He is likely hiding out somewhere, or keeping a low profile.

Imo

 

[Inthedetails]

Not necessarily. They knew who he was, and they had already gone through all the surveillance footage looking for any sign of an Hispanic man or for any sign of Gannon.
They probably put "Eguardo" on the list because that's the name she had given them, and they needed to at least try to look for someone by that name.

The Quincy Brown story came later. Since they already found no evidence for the first story there was no need to put him on the witness list. It's also highly unlikely he would be out committing crimes since he is already on the most wanted list. He is likely hiding out somewhere, or keeping a low profile.

Imo

Right. The affadavit, in paragraph 169, states,
"Investigators have uncovered no evidence to support that Quincy Brown was involved with Gannon's disappearance."

Plus, he's "Most Wanted" so I'm guessing he can't be found anyway, lol.

LE also didn't believe the "Eguardo" rape story, but I think they are looking into the Sunday-night construction-site aspect of the story. Just a hunch.


jmo

 

[jvikes]

Not necessarily. They knew who he was, and they had already gone through all the surveillance footage looking for any sign of an Hispanic man or for any sign of Gannon.
They probably put "Eguardo" on the list because that's the name she had given them, and they needed to at least try to look for someone by that name.

The Quincy Brown story came later. Since they already found no evidence for the first story there was no need to put him on the witness list. It's also highly unlikely he would be out committing crimes since he is already on the most wanted list. He is likely hiding out somewhere, or keeping a low profile.

Imo

Plus Eguardo was her story directly to LE. Quincy was her story to AS. If LE had to follow up on a witness list of all the stories and lies she told people it would have taken 75 years to just put the AA together. I think LE was just documenting their evidence and witnesses from their investigation, plus the due diligence of following up on anything she told them directly. I'd be shocked if Eguardo exists, but if he does, he has no idea who this crazy lady is.

 

[catch_22]

Not necessarily. They knew who he was, and they had already gone through all the surveillance footage looking for any sign of an Hispanic man or for any sign of Gannon.
They probably put "Eguardo" on the list because that's the name she had given them, and they needed to at least try to look for someone by that name.

The Quincy Brown story came later. Since they already found no evidence for the first story there was no need to put him on the witness list. It's also highly unlikely he would be out committing crimes since he is already on the most wanted list. He is likely hiding out somewhere, or keeping a low profile.

Imo

Agreed. Also, I wonder if it has as simple of an explanation that (I believe) eguardo was mentioned in her official police interview. Where as, LE heard about the quincy story third hand from AS.

I'm sure quincy would have been included if LE thought that there was any possibility of him being involved. Plus, I wonder if LE didn't mind not bringing attention to the fact that someone on their most wanted list.......still hasn't been located.

JMO

 

[Skillz]

IMO I believe she abused Gannon on Sunday and set out a plan to kill him, but I don't think he wasn't deathly wounded when he got into the truck that morning or they would've found some DNA showing that. I think she gave him something to try to kill him and tried to make it look like he was on drugs when he "supposedly" ran away. So she spent two hours driving around hoping he would die so she could dispose of him, but he didn't die so she had to do things differently.

That’s basically my thought as well.

 

[Inthedetails]

Agreed. Also, I wonder if it has as simple of an explanation that (I believe) eguardo was mentioned in her official police interview. Where as, LE heard about the quincy story third hand from AS.

I'm sure quincy would have been included if LE thought that there was any possibility of him being involved. Plus, I wonder if LE didn't mind not bringing attention to the fact that someone on their most wanted list.......still hasn't been located.

JMO

AS was recording phone/email conversations with TS in February, so I don't think Quincy Brown is being dismissed because it wasn't a story she told directly to LE.

See paragraph 158 of the affidavit which describes that AS recorded conversations and continue reading to see that the Quincy Brown story was in a recorded conversation: Letecia Stauch Arrest Affidavit

I think QB is dismissed because there is no evidence he is involved (and how do you call a "Most Wanted" as a witness anyway? He's a fugitive on the run.).

TS told someone she took a lie detector test and she didn't tell LE that, and they investigated that. LE does not limit their witnesses just to what a suspect tells them in an interview. They follow any legal lead.

jmo

 

[Hatfield]

My brain is a bit scattered these days but I want to go back to RD's Security Video for a bit.

I, like many others, have had a difficult time coming to terms with the information that Gannon actually came back to the house with LS on that fateful Monday. I just can't wrap my head around it, but I have to go with LE as they know way more than you or I.

I've always been curious as to why LE didn't FREAK out over this Video being released and I think I know why.

Although that video gives us a glimpse of Gannon getting into the truck with LS and adds information to their timeline there are other more important pieces that this video tells them and earlier video and subsequent video is probably WAY MORE IMPORTANT.

1. RD's video tells them Gannon was not right that morning.

2. It proves she lied about him going to a friend's house that day. So the first lie is busted. Even if we don't see Gannon come back, the bottom line is that he NEVER walked out of that house on his own.

3. It probably proves that no one entered the house other than LS and family. No kidnapper, no rapist - nope didn't happen. Busted again.

4. It also proves that the "rapist" did not take Gannon from the house with a suitcase and a cardboard box.

That's why it was the break they needed. It showed proof of her lying. All of it.

I am going to surmise that additional video from RD and other neighbours, is going to show a flurry of activity Sunday night, all day Monday including Monday night, along with Tuesday with cars and odd things going on all hours. Wanna bet there is video of LS with the suitcase?

I think LE didn't go off the deep end because they had other video that was just as important, if not more, that would seal the deal for LS.

Just my ramblings for this morning. But I think they have decent video of LS removing Gannon from the house.

MOO

Very good points. I agree and bet you are correct that there are more videos that are just or even more important than the one we got to see from neighbor.

LE got access to all of the neighbor's videos from that whole day and there are probably more videos after the one we saw that are probably even more important. Also other neighbor videos may have been shared with LE as well.

It will be interesting during the trial what videos will be shown to the jury. And yes, we may find out that LE has a video of LS walking out to the vehicle with the suitcase herself.
That would be a done deal, end of story, case closed type of video.

 

[Hatfield]

AS was recording phone/email conversations with TS in February, so I don't think Quincy Brown is being dismissed because it wasn't a story she told directly to LE.

See paragraph 158 of the affidavit which describes that AS recorded conversations and continue reading to see that the Quincy Brown story was in a recorded conversation: Letecia Stauch Arrest Affidavit

I think QB is dismissed because there is no evidence he is involved (and how do you call a "Most Wanted" as a witness anyway? He's a fugitive on the run.).

TS told someone she took a lie detector test and she didn't tell LE that, and they investigated that. LE does not limit their witnesses just to what a suspect tells them in an interview. They follow any legal lead.

jmo

Re BBM
Thanks for pointing out AA #158

That tells me that as soon as AS realized she was lying to him I am betting he immediately started to work with LE and they helped setup secretly recorded phone conversations, texts and emails with LS. LE was able to listen and get access to all of that communication with LS. They set her up and I am sure she obliged in giving incriminating evidence on herself.

Once LS was no longer able to be around the house, I had wondered how so much conversation between AS and LS happened after that point. Now it makes sense. There was purposeful setups with LE and AS to get LS to talk with AS and they recorded all of it.

Good job AS and LE.

AS probably had to bite his tounge a lot during those conversations with LS once he knew she was lying about everything.