Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #52

[katydid23]

LS was interviewed by LE on January 29 at police headquarters. She brought up ( for the first time) a story about being assaulted in the basement of the home by a man named Eguardo. She said he attacked both her and Gannon. At some point she said he allowed her to go to the front door and talk to young stepdaughter. She said she had given this Eguardo the garage door code on the 26th so he could come in to the house on the 27th to repair carpet while she was out shopping, so he was in the house when she and G came home.
I would think that given all this info on the 29th , is one reason LE applied for a warrant on the 30th to obtain the ADT logs. JMO

Page 13 of AA :
https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/04th_Judicial_District/El_Paso/Stauch/Stauch FINAL redacted 040120.pdf

YES, I agree.
I wrote the following post late last night but my wifi went out and I couldn't post it then. But I went back to the AA to see what they had by the 30th.


[from last night]

I think the whereabouts of GS on the 27th was highly relevant. It was the last place he was known to be.

There was no evidence that he left on foot that afternoon, which is what the defendant told them. They knew she was lying, when the first responding officer spoke to her. He noted that she didn't know the name of the friend he was supposedly visited, and she hadn't gone looking for him herself at any neighbouring homes. He thought her demeanour was unusual.


I looked at the AA again, to see how much info they had before the 30th, when they asked for the search warrants for the ADT/Cells.


https://www.fox21news.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2020/04/Stauch-FINAL-redacted-040120.pdf

I wish I could cut and paste from the document, but I will briefly give keywords instead:


On the 27th, they already knew she was lying to them about her last afternoon with the missing boy. Her story was erratic and ever-changing. And the neighbours ring cameras did not show him walking in the area at the time she claimed he was.


The responding officer was wearing a body cam and Leticia gave him permission to check GS's bedroom. The responding officer did go into his bedroom on the 27th, and took pictures. Police later found evidence of blood splatter on the bedroom wall.

When his father arrived on the 28th, he noticed odd things about new strange furniture placement and missing bedding in the room.


Leticia went to police office for an interview on the 29th. She read from her bizarre notes and told them a ridiculous story about being raped by an intruder, Edguardo, and Gannon had fought with him, and she had a concussion and passed out, but she did greet her 9 yr old daughter and calmly told her to go play because Gannon was sick and sleeping...


Police looked at neighbours security footage and no Hispanic males entered her home, as she claimed.


When she arrived at police station on the 29th, they saw that her car was still wet after being very recently cleaned, thoroughly, at the car wash. Who goes to the car wash while your child is missing?

They got a warrant for her car and the luminol test was done 'on or about' Feb 1st. It was positive for blood.


SO BY THE 30TH, THEY HAD PLENTY OF VALID LEGAL REASONS TO WANT TO SEE THE FOOTAGE AND PHONE LOGS TO TRY AND FIND THIS MISSING CHILD.
They knew she was lying about the incident.
They knew he had not walked away from his home as she claimed.
They knew he was last known to be in his bedroom.
They knew she was the last one reported to be with him.
They knew his room had been messed with and furniture Wass moved around and bedding was gone.
They knew she went through a car wash before bringing her car to the police station, while her son was missing.
When they did the formal interview she made up ridiculous story about home invader, and it was proven untrue by neighbours ring cams.
====================================

So LE knew the specific location, they knew the specific time, and knew the specific suspect, and had probable cause there was a crime committed, without violating anyone's 4th amendment rights.

 

[Shamrock1]

I’m behind, but didn’t the AA primarily use the ADT logs to compare the amount of times the doors were opened that day to the monthly average, and then use that day’s high number to suggest all those openings were due to her cleaning up?

(As a side note: evidence can be gathered in accordance with a warrant but prohibited from trial for a variety of reasons).

 

[katydid23]

duplicate

 

[Cindizzi]

I’m behind, but didn’t the AA primarily use the ADT logs to compare the amount of times the doors were opened that day to the monthly average, and then use that day’s high number to suggest all those openings were due to her cleaning up?

(As a side note: evidence can be gathered in accordance with a warrant but prohibited from trial for a variety of reasons).

Yes they did.

 

[katydid23]

Yes they did.

No wonder the defense is trying to get that ADT data suppressed. It is very damning info.

 

[mrazda71]

They'd better move her trial to the moon because I'm pretty sure the whole world knows her and what she's done ... I'm in the UK and I've been following the case from the start.

I can't help but think she has some audacity to still be using her married name! She has no shame or self awareness!

 

[altojack]

They'd better move her trial to the moon because I'm pretty sure the whole world knows her and what she's done ... I'm in the UK and I've been following the case from the start.

I can't help but think she has some audacity to still be using her married name! She has no shame or self awareness!

I was just going to post similar as I'm in UK too.

 

[Kiranerys]

I was just going to post similar as I'm in UK too.

Yep,me too!

 

[Warwick7]

YES, I agree.
I wrote the following post late last night but my wifi went out and I couldn't post it then. But I went back to the AA to see what they had by the 30th.


[from last night]

I think the whereabouts of GS on the 27th was highly relevant. It was the last place he was known to be.

There was no evidence that he left on foot that afternoon, which is what the defendant told them. They knew she was lying, when the first responding officer spoke to her. He noted that she didn't know the name of the friend he was supposedly visited, and she hadn't gone looking for him herself at any neighbouring homes. He thought her demeanour was unusual.


I looked at the AA again, to see how much info they had before the 30th, when they asked for the search warrants for the ADT/Cells.


https://www.fox21news.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2020/04/Stauch-FINAL-redacted-040120.pdf

I wish I could cut and paste from the document, but I will briefly give keywords instead:


On the 27th, they already knew she was lying to them about her last afternoon with the missing boy. Her story was erratic and ever-changing. And the neighbours ring cameras did not show him walking in the area at the time she claimed he was.


The responding officer was wearing a body cam and Leticia gave him permission to check GS's bedroom. The responding officer did go into his bedroom on the 27th, and took pictures. Police later found evidence of blood splatter on the bedroom wall.

When his father arrived on the 28th, he noticed odd things about new strange furniture placement and missing bedding in the room.


Leticia went to police office for an interview on the 29th. She read from her bizarre notes and told them a ridiculous story about being raped by an intruder, Edguardo, and Gannon had fought with him, and she had a concussion and passed out, but she did greet her 9 yr old daughter and calmly told her to go play because Gannon was sick and sleeping...


Police looked at neighbours security footage and no Hispanic males entered her home, as she claimed.


When she arrived at police station on the 29th, they saw that her car was still wet after being very recently cleaned, thoroughly, at the car wash. Who goes to the car wash while your child is missing?

They got a warrant for her car and the luminol test was done 'on or about' Feb 1st. It was positive for blood.


SO BY THE 30TH, THEY HAD PLENTY OF VALID LEGAL REASONS TO WANT TO SEE THE FOOTAGE AND PHONE LOGS TO TRY AND FIND THIS MISSING CHILD.
They knew she was lying about the incident.
They knew he had not walked away from his home as she claimed.
They knew he was last known to be in his bedroom.
They knew she was the last one reported to be with him.
They knew his room had been messed with and furniture Wass moved around and bedding was gone.
They knew she went through a car wash before bringing her car to the police station, while her son was missing.
When they did the formal interview she made up ridiculous story about home invader, and it was proven untrue by neighbours ring cams.
====================================

So LE knew the specific location, they knew the specific time, and knew the specific suspect, and had probable cause there was a crime committed, without violating anyone's 4th amendment rights.

Excellent post!!

 

[Shamrock1]

Excellent post!!

Probable cause for a warrant and admissibility at trial are two different things. I do think the ADT data will be admissible though. JMO.

 

[RaspberryMama]

Is anyone else confused about the evidence that he was seen walking into the house that day? We've all seen the video of him walking out of the house to the vehicle... but wasn't there some debate about him actually coming home? Have I missed something? It sounds like now there is "clear evidence" that he came home.

I think he must have come home because of the ADT evidence but imo there was nothing to convince me of that prior to the ADT being obtained. I would love to hear that another video came to light clearly showing him walking back into the house.

 

[Shamrock1]

Is anyone else confused about the evidence that he was seen walking into the house that day? We've all seen the video of him walking out of the house to the vehicle... but wasn't there some debate about him actually coming home? Have I missed something? It sounds like now there is "clear evidence" that he came home.

I think he must have come home because of the ADT evidence but imo there was nothing to convince me of that prior to the ADT being obtained. I would love to hear that another video came to light clearly showing him walking back into the house.

Per AA, LE believes he returned home because of ADT data showing simultaneous activity in two areas of the home. The activity was prior to the sister arriving home and unlikely to be caused by pets.

AA was drafted before the body was discovered and I imagine LE has additional surveillance videos by now. JMO.

 

[katydid23]

Is anyone else confused about the evidence that he was seen walking into the house that day? We've all seen the video of him walking out of the house to the vehicle... but wasn't there some debate about him actually coming home? Have I missed something? It sounds like now there is "clear evidence" that he came home.

I think he must have come home because of the ADT evidence but imo there was nothing to convince me of that prior to the ADT being obtained. I would love to hear that another video came to light clearly showing him walking back into the house.

Leticia puts him there herself with her formal statements. He was there fighting off Edguardo who was raping his stepmom...

And they found G's blood in his bedroom, splattered on the wall near his bed. And in the garage.

 

[NCWatcher]

They'd better move her trial to the moon because I'm pretty sure the whole world knows her and what she's done ... I'm in the UK and I've been following the case from the start.

I can't help but think she has some audacity to still be using her married name! She has no shame or self awareness!

From what I can tell from Google, in Colorado there is a bit more to dropping a married name than just deciding to do it. https://hellodivorce.com/resource/changing-your-name-during-or-after-divorce-co/

Apparently it could have been done as part of the divorce IF LS had requested it but we don't know if she even had a divorce attorney. To do it now would require filing something with the court, paying a fee, and notifying Social Security. I'm not sure she's really in a position to do those things. And I'm not sure even if she could, if the case against her wouldn't still be in her married name. Certainly she'd be referred to that way in the press. So continuing to use "Stauch" really isn't something I can blame her for.

JMO

 

[AmandaReckonwith]

Justice for Gannon:

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[Spartygirl]

"Taken together, the requests to suppress the wiretap, security, and cell phone search info seem somewhat compelling to me (but I'm not an attorney.) It sort of sounds like the approach taken by LE was "She won't talk to us much less confess. So we have no choice but to use these intrusive methods of investigation. We prefer not to use other less Constitutionally-risky methods of investigation or they are too much trouble to go to. Just don't ask us about the specifics of probable cause."

I disagree with much of the above. I think the investigators used a tremendous amount of traditional investigative techniques to get to the point that they asked for the warrants for the ADT footage.

They had originally used that footage to look for a young boy who had walked to a friend's home. Was that constitutionally risky to gather up all of the footage? I don't think it was. They had valid concerns and valid reasons to look at everyone's ADT in order to find him.

But at some point they realised that this child walked into his home one day and was never seen walking back out. Why shouldn't they seek a legal warrant to try and find out what happened to this child? They had valid evidence that he was last seen entering his own home.

They knew there were ADT info logs and security footage that could shed light on the mystery. I don't see it as unconstitutional to seek legal authorisation for that info.

This was NOT a fishing expedition as her attorneys claim. And it was not based solely upon suspicion or speculation. They had solid evidence from their initial search for him, BASED UPON THE DEFENDANTS STATEMENTS THAT HE HAD LEFT TO WALK TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE---that he did not do as she claimed.

And they had security footage voluntarily handed over by a neighbour, showing the boy entering his home, apparently for the last time. So it does not fit their claim that the state was unfairly targeting her, and basing the warrant on suspicion, rumours or rampant speculation. They had solid visual evidence that he was last seen entering that home. It is legally fair, imo, to attain warrant to see what happened to him after he arrived home. JMO

AGREE and to defend that....
add to the fact that LS herself claimed there was an intruder/rapist (Equardo) who SHE called to come fix carpet and gave home code, who also raped her, harmed GS and took him, so they need to verify that info. LE still has to verify it, per LS statements

Then add in she calls off work-4:37 a.m.
Letecia tells employer her stepdad was killed after being hit by a car, she won’t be in to work that day. Needs to be verified

THEN we have QB and his driver Terrance--OMG--so LE have to check this out also. ( JMO but she caused a lot of wasted LE time)

1. When EPSO came to the house on 1/27 the abductor was still in the house and she tried to tell deputies that somebody was there. EPSO deputies checked the entirety of the house and no additional person was located
2. She was raped by Quincy Brown at her home and Brown abducted Gannon. She knew Brown’s identity because she saw a paper with his ID car fall out of his pocket. Letecia sent a photo of Quincy Brown to Al via text
3. Quincy followed her from Petco. At some point was laying the middle of the road in front of her. When she stopped not to run him over, he jumped in the car and made her take him home where he raped her
4. Letecia and Gannon were near County Line Road and Highway 105 in N El Paso County on 1/27. Gannon was riding a bicycle in the area, fell, hit his head and was then abducted by Quincy Brown. Brown was driven by a man named Terence.

So yeah.. LE had a lot of checking/verifying all her lies and I have now forgotten why I am posting all of this...LMAO

Oh Yeah.. In defense of the ADT alarm stuff being necessary
JMO

 

[Cindizzi]

Hearing is on the Docket for tomorrow January 27, 2022.
1:30 p.m, Mountain Time.

In a YouTube Live last night about the Morphew case, Lauren Scharf says she will be there.

If I’m able to be available to post Tweets I will !

 

[Seattle1]

Hearing is on the Docket for tomorrow January 27, 2022.
1:30 p.m, Mountain Time.

In a YouTube Live last night about the Morphew case, Lauren Scharf says she will be there.

If I’m able to be available to post Tweets I will !

Is Jan 27 the hearing that LS was reminded by the Court that her presence was mandatory? I'm not recalling any news during the past week that she's not able to attend (i.e., ordered advance notice required).

 

[NCWatcher]

Is Jan 27 the hearing that LS was reminded by the Court that her presence was mandatory? I'm not recalling any news during the past week that she's not able to attend (i.e., ordered advance notice required).

I believe the hearing tomorrow was originally scheduled for 1/13. The defense had already filed a request LS not be required to appear on 1/13. That request was filed on 1/5 and can be found here.

Colorado Judicial Branch

 

[Cindizzi]

Had to go back to refresh my memory.
December 9 was last hearing. The one where LS refused to be transported to appear in person because she said “ I’ve been refused my medication for 5 days and it wouldn’t be safe for me to be in the courtroom if I can’t control myself”.

Judge Werner made her appear via WebEx. He told her next time he would send an extraction team to physically bring her.
Judge also said she must file a written request 7 days in advance of future hearings if she wishes to not appear.

Judge ordered another mental health evaluation and said that it could be done at the State hospital or in-custody at the jail. He said State Hospital was not a viable option because this is not a competency hearing. Also hospital is short staffed with a 352 person waitlist.

https://twitter.com/ubercandelaria/status/1469053313526079493?s=21
The People still request it be done at the state hospital. Judge Werner orders the evaluation be done there, and said he expects to get a letter back regarding the timeline of that evaluation. He moved the motions hearing set for Jan. 6 back to Jan. 13.

So tomorrow’s hearing was originally scheduled for January 6 and then moved to December 13.

https://twitter.com/ubercandelaria/status/1469054812331274240?s=21
Nothing else from either side, so Judge Werner ends the hearing, adding before he did that if Jan. 13 rolls around and Ms. Stauch just arrived at the state hospital, he'll have to vacate the motions hearing. Ms. Stauch signs off Webex.

On January 12 the 4th Judicial DA tweeted:

https://twitter.com/4thjudicialda/status/1481382050825314304?s=21
Stauch 20CR1358 Motions Hearing scheduled for tomorrow has been moved to 1/27/22, at 1:30. Questions: [email protected]

So I guess we will find out tomorrow if LS has had the evaluation or still waiting for it. JMO
If somehow it’s been completed, I still don’t expect her to be present. As @NCWatcher posted above, LS Defense did file the request back on January 5 to not appear.