CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, found deceased, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #56

[iamshadow21]

Hydrocodone found in Gannon's body.

 

[Chelly]

In opening statement did prosecutor say where prosecution believes the stabbing stage took place?

 

[Tealgrove]

She’s a beast.

 

[Kiranerys]

If I was a juror, I would be thinking that if she was insane when she committed this murder, I would expect to see many emotions from the defendant now she is supposedly sane, because if I was sane and seeing and hearing all the hideous things I had done to this child that I claimed to love when I was not in control of my mind and body, I wouldn't be able to breathe, and yet there is nothing, no tears, no horror, no shame, nothing.

So yeah, if I was a juror amd I had any doubt up to this point, it would be gone now.

 

[arielilane]

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[Curious Me]

Also found in Gannon's liver-- Hydrocodone drug used for pain, and also used in cough medication. You need a prescription for that. Unusual? Yes, she found it unusual. If it was for cough you'd give something without the narcotic ingredient.​

 

[Tealgrove]

Hydrocodone found in Gannon's body.

Hydrocodone? Did she try to overdose him or was it to ease his pain from the burns?

Wow!

 

[keptbycats]

If I was a juror, I would be thinking that if she was insane when she committed this murder, I would expect to see many emotions from the defendant now she is supposedly sane, because if I was sane and seeing and hearing all the hideous things I had done to this child that I claimed to love when I was not in control of my mind and body, I wouldn't be able to breathe, and yet there is nothing, no tears, no horror, no shame, nothing.

So yeah, if I was a juror amd I had any doubt up to this point, it would be gone now.

That's a really good point.

 

[arielilane]

In opening statement did prosecutor say where prosecution believes the stabbing stage took place?

Sorry @Chelly no time to look, here is copy of tweets.

https://twitter.com/FierroNicole

Still waiting to be let into the court room. Biological family is all here. We should be starting opening statements soon.


LETECIA STAUCH OPENING STATEMENTS: Just sat down in court room. Jury coming in any second now.

Letecia is present in the court room. She's wearing a white shirt with flowered pattern on it. Gannon's biological family is here, many in full blue.

Prosecution is starting opening statements now.

"Paramount question you need to answer in this case is sanity."

“This case is about two people, the first is Gannon Jacob Stauch an 11-year-old boy who came into this world premature” - this line and Gannon's picture on the screen prompted Gannon's biological mother to run out of the room with emotion.

We are hearing a video that you can't see Gannon, but hear him crying with Letecia asking him questions about what "he did"

"She carried out actions to kill Gannon, to put his body in a suitcase and hide it....to discard Gannon in that suitcase off of a bridge like garbage" - Allen talking about Letecia Stauch

Letecia has her head down and hair is covering her face so we don't see any expression right now.

DA is talking about how Gannon's life was ended in his bedroom. He says Gannon suffered 18 stab wounds to his body. DA says he was then shot.

DA says Gannon was shoved in a suitcase and hidden in a storage unit in the basement. He says Letecia left blood behind in this storage unit but scrubbed walls in bedroom and carpet.

DA says Letecia's clothes were never found but her shoes were found in the washroom drying. DA says Gannon's DNA was found on Letecia's shoes.

DA says the weapon used to stab Gannon 18 times was never found.

GPS location data used to track Letecia's movements lead investigators to a location where they found a board with Gannon's blood on it. DA says board came from Stauch family garage.

48 days later, 1,300 miles from Gannon was killed, DA says his body was found in the suitcase.

DA says the same blankets and pillow that were captured in pictures Letecia took on Jan 27th were found with Gannon's body under that bridge 1,300 miles away.

ALLEN: "All of her actions we’re designed by her to distance herself from what she did/ throw off investigators..escape accountability." "All of her deliberate actions...she knew what she had done to Gannon was wrong...why hide it." "The evidence itself will prove her sanity.”

DA Allen says we will hear from people who can "vouch for her sanity" at the time of Gannon's murder. "People like Al Stauch, the man that was married to her. People like her brother…and most importantly her very own daughter Harley Hunt.”

Letecia's head still down with hair covering her face so we have not seen any emotion.

On Jan. 27th 2020, 6:55 pm the defendant herself called 911. She called 911 to report he was missing and had not come home.

We are hearing the 911 call. When asked who was the last person to see him. She said "Uh, I guess me"

Now it's time for defense. Mr. Cook is going to be speaking.

 

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[GRT]

Does the presence of hydrocodone suggest she drugged him?

 

[heartandsoul]

If I was a juror, I would be thinking that if she was insane when she committed this murder, I would expect to see many emotions from the defendant now she is supposedly sane, because if I was sane and seeing and hearing all the hideous things I had done to this child that I claimed to love when I was not in control of my mind and body, I wouldn't be able to breathe, and yet there is nothing, no tears, no horror, no shame, nothing.

So yeah, if I was a juror amd I had any doubt up to this point, it would be gone now.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

 

[Kiranerys]

She drugged him too?

My soul.

We speculated as much when we saw the truck footage

 

[10ofRods]

I think the defendant is pretty heavily medicated, herself. Mind is on lockdown for court.

 

[Tealgrove]

Did anyone in the house have a prescription for hydrocodone?

 

[Kiranerys]

Hydrocodone? Did she try to overdose him or was it to ease his pain from the burns?

Wow!

My mum gave me that once after a miscarriage (it was her prescription, don't ask ), 2 tabs knocked me on my arse and I was a grown woman

 

[10ofRods]

Has the ME said anything about Gannon's burns?

 

[Megnut]

Did Gannon have a pre-existing cough for which he had a valid RX for cough syrup with hydrocodone?

Or is this defense attorney making stuff up?

 

[Ontario Mom]

Hydrocodone? Did she try to overdose him or was it to ease his pain from the burns?

Wow!

If she gave him the hydrocodone for the burns, it wasn't to ease his pain it was likely to shut him up since he was so upset.

 

[Kiranerys]

I think the defendant is pretty heavily medicated, herself. Mind is on lockdown for court.

She seems sharp enough to me.