CONVICTION OVERTURNED CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, found deceased, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 #70 *overturned April 2026*

[tricia]

Letecia is expected to plead insanity if the retrial happens

https://twitter.com/x/status/2040080651492163672

 

[Seattle1]

Tolini spoke with FOX31 and said there were differing opinions of what mental health disorder Stauch had, but the state hospital said she had severe borderline personality disorder.

“There’s also been a lot of studies, and everything coming out in the last couple of years, dealing with, that it is not uncommon at all for psychosis to occur in people with borderline personality, and so I think we’ll be exploring that quite a bit more for the next trial,” said Tolini.

Tolini said they will be looking at different experts who focus on severe borderline personality disorder.

“You know, all she had ever wanted was her day in court with a fair and impartial jury, and hopefully we’ll get it this time,” said Tolini.

While Stauch’s conviction was reversed, she will remain in custody.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/letecia-stauch-expected-to-plead-insanity-in-retrial-for-11-year-old-stepsons-murder/

 

[Tealgrove]

Tolini spoke with FOX31 and said there were differing opinions of what mental health disorder Stauch had, but the state hospital said she had severe borderline personality disorder.

“There’s also been a lot of studies, and everything coming out in the last couple of years, dealing with, that it is not uncommon at all for psychosis to occur in people with borderline personality, and so I think we’ll be exploring that quite a bit more for the next trial,” said Tolini.

Tolini said they will be looking at different experts who focus on severe borderline personality disorder.

“You know, all she had ever wanted was her day in court with a fair and impartial jury, and hopefully we’ll get it this time,” said Tolini.

While Stauch’s conviction was reversed, she will remain in custody.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/letecia-stauch-expected-to-plead-insanity-in-retrial-for-11-year-old-stepsons-murder/

So she doesn’t have DID liked they claimed first time around. What a shock! The Russian and whoever else she paraded around were just a flat out lie. Oh my, surprise surprise.

She’s EVIL.

 

[Ontario Mom]

While Stauch’s conviction was reversed, she will remain in custody.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/letecia-stauch-expected-to-plead-insanity-in-retrial-for-11-year-old-stepsons-murder/

Thankfully!

 

[Seattle1]

Gregory R. Werner​

4th Judicial District


The Honorable Gregory Werner was appointed as a District Court Judge for the Fourth Judicial District in August 2006. Judge Werner graduated magna c_u_m laude from the University of Colorado in 1983 and from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1987. Judge Werner served on the law review and authored an article that was published in the Law Review. As a practitioner, he tried a number of jury trials throughout southeastern Colorado and the federal courts. He argued cases in the Colorado Court of Appeals, the Colorado Supreme Court and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Werner has presided over more than 200 jury and court trials since taking the bench. He has presided over criminal, civil, domestic relations and probate dockets. He has presided over a death penalty trial as well as the high-profile trial of People v. Letecia Stauch.

Gregory Werner CLE

https://judicialperformance.colorado.gov/sites/judicialperformance/files/documents/17532%20-%20Judge%20Gregory%20R.%20Werner.pdf

 

[katydid23]

^^bbm

There were 6 days of voir dire for this case, and although jury selection is not broadcast, it was available to us via the Court's Webex (audio only, mostly the attorneys and the Court audible).

From my personal notes, I can attest that this matter of Juror MB (with a son-in-law employed by the 4th Judicial District)-- came up late on the fourth day--or Friday, March 24, 2023 during questioning session by the Prosecution.

To be clear, potential Juror MB had previously disclosed this personal relationship on his juror questionnaire provided to the parties.

To my recollection, the defense did not initiate the objection to strike juror MB for cause during their questioning session of the candidates on March 24, 2023.

The defense objection to the potential juror MB was more in passing during questioning by the prosecution and Judge Werner late on Friday. (Judge Werner recalled MB's questionnaire). After it wasn't completely clear (audible) about the son-in-law's position, length of service, etc., Judge Werner agreed with the Prosecutor not to strike the juror for cause YET, and suggested the matter be carried over until Monday.

IMO, the Parties/Court either discussed off record, moved on, and/or forgot about the matter after the weekend, and as dissenting Judge Bernard concluded in his Opinion, defendant's combination of awareness and deliberate conduct was intentional, and an implied waiver of defendant’s right to challenge the trial court’s erroneous decision to deny her challenge for cause to Juror M.B. on appeal (i.e.,through her counsel, Stauch intentionally banked this juror for her successful appeal).

EXACTLY----they had this juror stashed away, just for a situation like this--->>>Conviction Over Turned!

I've already posted upthread the multiple Defense Motions filed during voir dire where remaining silent on the matter of removing potential juror MB for cause and/or challenging the denial clearly emphasizes how this act was intentional by the defense-- as a means to "bank" a deliberating juror MB to be used for appeal. And it worked! MOO

ETA: I do not fault Judge Werner whatsoever for killer Stauch being granted a new trial pursuant to a "structural error." Instead, I believe Judge Werner was of a like mind of Judge Bernard.

IMO, Judge Gregory Werner's handling of LS trial was one of the only positives of this horrific case where he was fair and balanced to all parties-- including the defense's expert witness who just couldn't get the most minimal discovery filed!

The fact that defense counsel typed a expert's report on the eve of her testimony, which was overlooked by all, knowing action of lesser magnitude cost parties of another Colorado case sanctions, and added to the cause for disbarment, speaks volumes to Judge Werner honoring the "spirit of the discovery statutes."

 

[HongKongPhooey]

Thankfully!

Absolutely.

She’s still banged up, and she still won’t get away with Gannon’s murder.

 

[Seattle1]

Knowing that LS is expected to plead insanity in the retrial of Gannon, thought I'd share a sample of how LS spends her time in the Topeka DOC Facility. It's actually not much different than how she spent her time pretrial in El Paso County Jail!

For example, while incarcerated pretrial, LS filed a civil suit against the county and the El Paso County jail’s medical and food providers. Here, LS alleged staff were inappropriately labeling non-kosher food items as kosher and violating the sanitary requirements for a kosher diet. In retaliation for her complaints, jail workers delayed or denied her food. LS also claimed the jail was not providing adequate medical treatment.

The defendants moved to dismiss, but LS repeatedly failed to respond to USDC Colorado court orders or filings. In a series of letters, she informed the court her address changed multiple times, and, as of August 2023, she had transferred to a Kansas facility. She elaborated that prison officials there were “interfering with legal mail,” and LS was litigating that issue before a Kansas federal judge.

In an Aug. 8 [2024] order, U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews decided to dismiss LS's civil lawsuit due to her failure to prosecute. Crews cited LS's pattern of non-response and non-compliance with the procedural rules. [Order--Colorado U.S. District Court]

Accordingly, on Feb 16, 2024, LS filed a 22-page pro-se Civil Rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against Kansas DOC-- Secretary Jeff Zemuda, et. al., and more than 80 Motions and/or Orders have followed-- including the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment filed on March 20, 2026. [Kansas (Federal) Court Docket]

Plaintiff's response to the Defendants' MTD is due on or before April 10, 2026. If Plaintiff fails to timely respond, the Court will likely take up the motion without the benefit of her response.

For a sample of LS's filings, please see the attached MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by Plaintiff Letecia Stauch filed on April 10, 2025, and the Court's ORDER denying 46 Motion for TRO. Signed by District Judge Holly L. Teeter on 4/16/2025.

In seeking a Temporary Restraining Order, LS contends she is supposed to be a general population resident (without any disciplinary reports from August 2024 to present), but alleges she was placed in the Restricted Housing Unit (RHU) in August 2024, without a hearing, in retaliation for filing
this lawsuit.

Bless her black, evil, heart.... it's no surprise whatsoever to read that Judges have repeatedly had to advise LS that she does not have a constitutional right to dictate where she is housed in prison!

 

[Megnut]

Journaling her sense of giant entitlement in the form of motions to the court, while obnoxious and absurd, it shows that she is oriented to time and space, can form complete sentences, understands cause and effect, has full recall of past events (she did not dissociate due to vapors or Dissociative Identity Disorder), all of which goes to show she's entirely sane.

Her level of entitlement is INSANE but that's not insanity either.

What she is is outrageously self-centered. Which is not a defense.

She has no defense. Not in a hundred trials.

JMO

 

[Megnut]

I feel bad for the juror in question.

He did everything right. He disclosed the relationship on his jury questionnaire. Presumably he answered accurately and honestly during jury selection. When selected as a juror, he took the oath of be fair and impartial, and to wait until all the evidence was in to discuss and deliberate. And then, with his fellow jurors did just that, before reaching a unanimous guilty verdict.

He took an oath to put any bias aside.

There is no evidence that the jury would have decided something different without him.

I'm holding out hope this ruling gets reversed/corrected by a higher court.

Yes, the system calls for a fair and unbiased (unrelated) jury, but that's what jury selection is for.

This isn't a case where the connection was discovered after the fact, like a biased jury lying to the Court in order to influence the outcome.

There has to be a line on the sand or endo single verdict will get overturned because someone somewhere will uncover some sort of link, however remote or tenuous, with the jury.

That this juror wasn't striken is IMO a waiver of acceptance.

This is grocery shopping.

The Defense accepted this juror. Did not ultimately strike him nor motion for the judge too.

But only now, after not liking his verdict, they suddenly just remember the three degrees of separation and want a re-do with a new jury.

How convenient.

Subverting the course of justice not upholding it.

And that should be the distinction/rule here.

Yes, we require a fair and unbiased jury. Every defendant presents with that right. This isn't that. This juror was vetted by both sides and satisfied the judge that he could be fair and unbiased. And was.

What's at stake here is whether a defendant is entitled to new trial when it was Defense strategy to seat a juror they could later use as cause for appeal.

And that should be met hard. With sanctions, no re-trial.

JMO

 

[Yellow Rose]

Does anyone know how Harley is doing now? Last I heard she was trying hard to get a nursing degree in North Carolina. This has probably been a hefty punch in the gut for her too.

 

[pizzawonder]

I am so upset by this.
I'll do it all over again for Gannon though. It's the least of what he deserves.

IMO, Judge Gregory Werner's handling of LS trial was one of the only positives of this horrific case where he was fair and balanced to all parties-- including the defense's expert witness who just couldn't get the most minimal discovery filed!

^sbm
I agree 100%!

 

[Chelly]

I am looking forward to again seeing her stick wads of toilet paper into her ears each morning as testimony begins.

 

[twall]

Knowing that LS is expected to plead insanity in the retrial of Gannon, thought I'd share a sample of how LS spends her time in the Topeka DOC Facility. It's actually not much different than how she spent her time pretrial in El Paso County Jail!

For example, while incarcerated pretrial, LS filed a civil suit against the county and the El Paso County jail’s medical and food providers. Here, LS alleged staff were inappropriately labeling non-kosher food items as kosher and violating the sanitary requirements for a kosher diet. In retaliation for her complaints, jail workers delayed or denied her food. LS also claimed the jail was not providing adequate medical treatment.

The defendants moved to dismiss, but LS repeatedly failed to respond to USDC Colorado court orders or filings. In a series of letters, she informed the court her address changed multiple times, and, as of August 2023, she had transferred to a Kansas facility. She elaborated that prison officials there were “interfering with legal mail,” and LS was litigating that issue before a Kansas federal judge.

In an Aug. 8 [2024] order, U.S. District Court Judge S. Kato Crews decided to dismiss LS's civil lawsuit due to her failure to prosecute. Crews cited LS's pattern of non-response and non-compliance with the procedural rules. [Order--Colorado U.S. District Court]

Accordingly, on Feb 16, 2024, LS filed a 22-page pro-se Civil Rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 against Kansas DOC-- Secretary Jeff Zemuda, et. al., and more than 80 Motions and/or Orders have followed-- including the Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment filed on March 20, 2026. [Kansas (Federal) Court Docket]

Plaintiff's response to the Defendants' MTD is due on or before April 10, 2026. If Plaintiff fails to timely respond, the Court will likely take up the motion without the benefit of her response.

For a sample of LS's filings, please see the attached MOTION for Temporary Restraining Order by Plaintiff Letecia Stauch filed on April 10, 2025, and the Court's ORDER denying 46 Motion for TRO. Signed by District Judge Holly L. Teeter on 4/16/2025.

In seeking a Temporary Restraining Order, LS contends she is supposed to be a general population resident (without any disciplinary reports from August 2024 to present), but alleges she was placed in the Restricted Housing Unit (RHU) in August 2024, without a hearing, in retaliation for filing
this lawsuit.

Bless her black, evil, heart.... it's no surprise whatsoever to read that Judges have repeatedly had to advise LS that she does not have a constitutional right to dictate where she is housed in prison!

She was moved back to CO.

CDOC Offender Search

www.doc.state.co.us

 

[LovesPeace2]

Does anyone know how Harley is doing now? Last I heard she was trying hard to get a nursing degree in North Carolina. This has probably been a hefty punch in the gut for her too.

Harley is probably horrified that she will have to listen to people talking about her mom again and giving her side eye. I feel for gannons family having to relive this again. I hope this woman never gets out, she should rot in a jail or mental health hospital for the rest of her days chasing those imaginary butterflies ..jmvho

 

[Ontario Mom]

I am looking forward to again seeing her stick wads of toilet paper into her ears each morning as testimony begins.

I'm hoping it might be all formality and not live broadcast so no one ever has to see that evil woman's face ever again.
Here's to wishful thinking.

jmo

 

[LaborDayRN]

I agree that she likely sees the mental health prison as an easy escape. She probably also thinks she will be able to fool and manipulate the doctors, nurses and other patients. And, all it would take would be one relatively inexperienced staff person for her to get her hook into them.

But her communication with the outside world should be nil (unless a journalist contacts her in writing and she puts them on her visitor list, which I"m sure she would). Prisoners in a mental facility often get more personalized treatment (such as being allowed a particular shampoo or whatever). Federal law requires that there be some sort of barbering/hair care in prisons. Most prisons (and mental hospitals for criminals) allow better behaved prisoners to act as barbers to others (some prisons actually have classes in this). I cringe thinking that she'll be near sharp objects at some point. In a mental health prison, it should be the case that her treating psychiatrist has to okay her getting near sharp objects.

In a prison, she would likely be allowed barber services if she is behaving properly and works her way up through "levels" to get to that point.

I just picked hair care as an obvious topic for T. I do think some journalist, somewhere, will attempt (when she's allowed to have visitors, which she will be, eventually) to do a story on her. Hopefully, it will be an ethical journalist.

I have no clue how all prisons handle it, but in mental health prison situations, the treating psychiatrist would likely have to approve a journalistic interview (because sometimes, interviews about the past can trigger a whole host of new problem behaviors on the part of the prisoner-patient). All the interviews I've done inside state mental hospitals have been under the auspices and supervision of the treating psychiatrist. Same for interviews I've done in other mental hospitals. I've never had to have a doctor's permission to interview a regular prisoner.

IMO.

I missed the reason she is getting a new trial. ??????

 

[Chelly]

I missed the reason she is getting a new trial. ??????

Biased juror previous trial

 

[Chelly]

I'm hoping it might be all formality and not live broadcast so no one ever has to see that evil woman's face ever again.
Here's to wishful thinking.

jmo

If trial is live streamed, people who don't want to see her face can skip the viewing. As someone with a special interest in law and the function of our justice system, I will certainly watch if possible.

 

[Megnut]

The new thread banner is so painful to see.

I feel especially bad for G's young siblings who at least had the security of knowing the bad lady was in prison and couldn't hurt anyone ever again. Yes, she's in custody and will hopefully remain there for life, but realistically, she'll be out long enough to be in the courtroom, and there's always a chance a jury could go full CaseyAnthony and belch her back into society. NGRI is an insult to those suffering from real insanity AND an insult to those who suffer from but manage their personality disorders. No one should have to fear that there's even a chance of her getting out of prison. Ever.

I hope the higher court shuts this down.

Maybe it's time to charge her for the assault when she tried to escape transport.

New jury, no close degrees of relation, just an open and closed case, the trial would take about ten minutes and the verdict, half that.

JMO