Found Deceased CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, Colorado Springs, Lorson Ranch, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *endangered*

[susiQ]

I've been reading on so many threads I can't remember where I saw this, so if I need to delete, please someone let me know within the hour

Somewhere it was stated that GS had left his phone at home and that there was a search about "can parents find out where I am" or something to that effect. Depending on when GS really went missing, anyone could have done that search to make it look like a runaway situation. It would be interesting to know when that google search was done.

 

[PrayingForMissing]

Are you familiar w the area? It seems to be one of the only popular hiking areas east of the mountains.

It would be quite a ways on foot, probably 45 minutes or so 'ish' by car maybe? I've been several times there. Pretty place.

 

[flashy09]

It is? Respectfully, I can think of a case here in the past few months where people clearly thought the victim's partner was responsible and another where they suspected the parents, and both cases turned out very different.

Yes, I still think it is pretty obvious with this one. Hope I am wrong.

 

[flashy09]

I've been reading on so many threads I can't remember where I saw this, so if I need to delete, please someone let me know within the hour

Somewhere it was stated that GS had left his phone at home and that there was a search about "can parents find out where I am" or something to that effect. Depending on when GS really went missing, anyone could have done that search to make it look like a runaway situation. It would be interesting to know when that google search was done.

100%. Feels totally planted to me. I haven't read the whole thread - do any of his friends actually say he was coming to see them? It would have planned by phone or online as he was absent from school. Also super shady he was even going out to see a friend on a sick day. Too sick for school, but fine to go out in the cold? Too sick for school, but go infect your friend?

 

[mustloveco]

I am curious what day this neighborhoods garbage service comes around.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Also on Thursday, a Sheriff's Office patrol car with two deputies was parked for an extended period of time across the street from the Stauch family home, and two other men appearing to be law enforcement officers sat in an unmarked car down the street.

However, the officers left the scene after two men and a woman got into a pickup truck parked in the driveway, and drove away.

Gannon was last seen by his stepmother Monday afternoon while leaving to meet a friend near his home on Mandan Drive in the Lorson Ranch community.

Kaitlyn O'Kelly, a neighbor across the street, said she immediately checked her home's security camera to see if Gannon was recorded there.

"I didn't catch anything on (it)," she said. "A friend in the neighborhood a couple of houses down said that she might have caught some kids talking on her camera Monday afternoon, but she wasn't sure if it was him."

But investigators said they had checked home security cameras in the neighborhood and had not identified images of Gannon on any of them.
Authorities say Gannon Stauch 'missing and endangered' after days gone - KRDO

 

[GordianKnot]

FBI now involved in search for missing 11-year-old Gannon Stauch
SABBM:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now involved in the ongoing search for a missing/endangered 11-year-old Colorado Springs boy who went missing Monday afternoon, and the task force investigating his disappearance is organizing a team of volunteers to start searching for him.

The search for Gannon remains an active investigation and the Sheriff's Office said deputies are following up on all potential leads that might help them to find the boy, including continued witness interviews and evidence collection.

Deputies said they have received multiple tips since Gannon was reported missing. Deputies also said while they are monitoring social media, they are not using it for tips.

At Thursday’s press conference deputies said repeatedly that the main focus of the investigation at this time is to find Gannon. They also said that while they have been in contact with local trash companies and landfills, there are no searches taking place at those locations at this time.
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These aren't the actions LE takes when they actually believe a juvenile has run away from home.

Early on in this case, their words and their actions weren't mirroring one another.
Now, they're starting to change their language.
They've obviously decided to go ahead and tip their hand.

You don't contact trash companies and landfills when a child runs away.

These are actions that LE takes when they're conducting a criminal investigation.

JMO.

 

[Pianoturtle]

I am curious what day this neighborhoods garbage service comes around.

Since we get to choose our trash service, it could be multiple days. For instance, in my neighborhood trash gets picked up by 4 or 5 different companies Tuesday-Friday.

 

[GordianKnot]

I want to know if stepmom and GS's dad are currently sleeping under the same roof.

For some odd reason, I'm thinking that ain't likely.

JMO.

 

[KCJRCSC]

Who here lives in the area where Gannon lives? Is it a new neighborhood? On the first page in this thread it says he lives on Mandan Rd. near Marksheffle and Fontaine Blvd. When I pull up google maps, it shows no homes on Mandan, but it looks like it has been cleared and new streets are in. I don’t know when the google map photo was taken.
Playing Devil’s Advocate: LE says Gannon was not picked up on neighborhood video cams that day. If he did go out when stepmom says he did, and if he was running away, could he have gone out the back of his home to an open area where he would not have been picked up on camera?
Trying to narrow down possibilities.....

Yes, it is a newer development. It’s been growing exponentially over the last 4-5 years. As I stated in a earlier comment I’m roughly a mile away in a newer development off Marksheffel and Mesa ridge East in a new build and my office is less than 15 minutes away. I sell building materials and about a 1/3 of my personal volume comes from this development and it’s planned to continue for many of years. With that being said there are copious amounts of skilled trade workers, delivery drivers, and prospective buyers/ real estate agents coming and going constantly. It’s feasible that he could of exited out back because there really isn’t much out there it’s pretty barren land as they continue to develop and push eastward.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

...
Landen Hiott, the mother of the 11-year-old Colorado Springs boy who has been missing since Monday, flew in from her home in South Carolina to deliver that impassioned plea at a news conference Thursday, with the boys’ father, Albert Stauch, and about a dozen other relatives at her side.
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A Widefield School District spokesperson confirmed to The Gazette on Thursday that Gannon attends elementary school in the district. A Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman said Gannon was not at school Monday, but did not say why he was absent.
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https://www.outtherecolorado.com/colorado-springs-boy-11-remains-missing-days-after-leaving-home/

 

[sleuther0192837465]

DBM Open mouth, insert foot

 

[kittythehare]

I've been reading on so many threads I can't remember where I saw this, so if I need to delete, please someone let me know within the hour

Somewhere it was stated that GS had left his phone at home and that there was a search about "can parents find out where I am" or something to that effect. Depending on when GS really went missing, anyone could have done that search to make it look like a runaway situation. It would be interesting to know when that google search was done.

It would indeed, but no way to know whether he searched immediately before his disappearance or several weeks or months beforehand. Anybody could conduct a search on a child's phone at any time. No doubt LE have the phone now.
There is no evidence to suggest or deny it was his only phone,however.
I'm dreading the next news breaking, hoping for the best, fearing the worst, but knowing if he is in a warm place, even without food or water, he is likely to still be alive. He was a small child though so time is running out fast.

 

[bradfordsleuth]

Just chiming in with so many questions (as the mom of a grade 5'er who isn't quite ready to let my kid walk to places on her own.)

Did stepmom (or dad) not have a rule about 'call me when you get there' and 'call me when you are leaving?' How long (and how often) had he been going to his friends places on his own and how close by were these houses? Was he usually permitted to go to the home of another child where a parent possibly wasn't home during the day?

If he left home at around 3:30.....that is usually around the time when kids are let out from school (in my world anyhow.) Parents driving their own kids home, bus drivers, other kids...someone should have seen him walking!

His younger sibling needs to be interviewed ASAP about the days before and the day of his disappearance. Kids that age notice and hear EVERYTHING!

Who's idea was the weekend hike?

After making assumptions about the guilt of an s/o in another case I promised myself not to jump to conclusions here....so I am just sticking to questions.

JMO

 

[Ontario Mom]

I want to know if stepmom and GS's dad are currently sleeping under the same roof.

For some odd reason, I'm thinking that ain't likely.

JMO.

I really hope that the step-mom had absolutely nothing to do with this boy's disappearance. Generally speaking, the last person to see a victim is almost always who LE (and all of us) have their eyes on, but sometimes the last person to see the victim is entirely innocent, and just as torn up about it as everyone else (or more, depending on the relationship). There have been a couple of recent cases where "it was obvious" who the guilty party was, except everyone who suggested that, was 100% wrong. A good reminder to sit on the fence maybe, a little while longer, unless LE makes a statement and names the POI or suspect.

Just thinking out loud. Moo & all that sort of thing.

 

[kittythehare]

I want to know if stepmom and GS's dad are currently sleeping under the same roof.

For some odd reason, I'm thinking that ain't likely.

JMO.

same as that. Together 4-5 yrs though....
Gannon would have been quite young when they got together.
I'm not feeling this child left voluntarily, he was bright enough to at least have taken lots of warm clothes with him had it been a plan.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Just chiming in with so many questions (as the mom of a grade 5'er who isn't quite ready to let my kid walk to places on her own.)

Did stepmom (or dad) not have a rule about 'call me when you get there' and 'call me when you are leaving?' How long (and how often) had he been going to his friends places on his own and how close by were these houses? Was he usually permitted to go to the home of another child where a parent possibly wasn't home during the day?

If he left home at around 3:30.....that is usually around the time when kids are let out from school (in my world anyhow.) Parents driving their own kids home, bus drivers, other kids...someone should have seen him walking!

His younger sibling needs to be interviewed ASAP about the days before and the day of his disappearance. Kids that age notice and hear EVERYTHING!

Who's idea was the weekend hike?

After making assumptions about the guilt of an s/o in another case I promised myself not to jump to conclusions here....so I am just sticking to questions.

JMO

All really good questions but the one I bolded stood out to me. I live less than a block away from a grade school and between 3:15-ish and 3:45-ish, my normally very quiet street is quite busy with cars, and moms walking (usually with younger, non-school aged kids, and sometimes dogs on leashes) in strollers or wagons, headed to the school to meet up with kids and then walk home together. My point being, it's so busy with after-school traffic that it's possible someone actually did see him and just doesn't even realize it because after school traffic is so normal, everyone just sort of blends into the crowd.

 

[Rosiebones]

I wonder if his school has a call the home when a child is absent policy. This is to verify if the child really is at home and just didn't make it to school. I wonder if the other two children made it to high school and kindergarten/pre-school. Does the step mom work? In other words was he home alone at all on Monday?

 

[JerseyGirl]

Gannon Stauch Missing: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com

I confirmed with a moderator that Heavy.com is a valid MSM source:

But please do not sleuth the family.

Gannon Stauch Was Last Seen by His Stepmother at Their Lorson Ranch Home Monday Afternoon

Gannon’s father was out of town at the time and he was with his mother and younger sister. His stepmom said the three of them had gone hiking on Sunday.

 

[GordianKnot]

I confirmed with a moderator that Heavy.com is a valid MSM source:

But please do not sleuth the family.

Gannon Stauch Was Last Seen by His Stepmother at Their Lorson Ranch Home Monday Afternoon

Gannon’s father was out of town at the time and he was with his mother and younger sister. His stepmom said the three of them had gone hiking on Sunday.

BOOM!

There it is!

Finally, FINALLY….We can discuss the now-infamous "Sunday Hike."

Thanks, @JerseyGirl !!!!