CO - Gannon Stauch, 11, found deceased, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, 27 Jan 2020 *Arrest* #57

[Megnut]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645539365106618368

Candle found in a second trash can. Inside the candle, you can see some sort of fabric that didn't match the carpet or couch detective says.

Is the fabric in the candle going to match the shirt Gannon had been wearing?

Did it catch his shirt on fire? Melted?

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/AshleyPorteeyo

The next witness to be called to the stand is Detective Tim Ferrell, with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. He described what he saw at the Stauch home on the night of January 28, 2020.

Detective Ferrell said detectives found a pair of shoes on the washer/dryer that seemed out of place, with a pink residue on the soles. He said investigators had suspicions that it was blood, and the shoes had attempted to be washed.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645540151035326464

Detective searched Gannon's room. He noticed on the inside handle of bedroom door, a brown smear. He noticed it was very clean.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645540687377760260

They took blankets and sheets off of Gannon's bed and saw a discoloration in back corner of the mattress.

 

[Love Never Fails]

It doesn't really matter whether any of us think she's sane. It's the jury who has to decide that. It's possible that a person or two could look at the extent of the injuries and conclude she was acting like a wild, non-human beast in a frenzy. IOW, "crazy" in colloquial English.

The jury is not making a psychiatric or psychological determination. They might be instructed to use the "reasonable person" standard. Just substitute the word "insane" for "negligent" in most definition. Would a reasonable person believe Letecia Stauch to be insane at the time of her murder of Gannon?

Don't know about you, but this is one I'm not willing to wager, one way or another. I have no clue how the jurors might think about it, especially as LS seems to be one of the more "advertiser censored" crazy people to appear in a US court in living memory. But, the Manson family were found sane enough - she's no more insane than they were. IMO.

But my opinion doesn't matter here. And there will be an expert (Dr Lewis) to testify that LS is indeed insane. And experts who say she isn't.

The jury gets the task of deciding and while I have strong views on what I would decide, I can't speak for each individual juror.

In this case and in my opinion.

I believe those jurors will know this was a deliberate act and whether or not they “think” she is insane, they will say she was sane. And mean and hateful and narcissistic and, and, and.

 

[Warwick7]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645538781985136640

Prosecution calling up Det. Tim Ferrell to the stand.

Det. Ferrell responded to Stauch home on Jan 28th, night after Gannon was reported a runaway. When he arrived on scene he just remembers Harley Hunt being there. They went in and took pictures of the scene and looked for things out of the ordinary.

Det. Ferrell looking at pictures of the Stauch's laundry room from Jan 28th, 2020.

Detective talks about this pile of laundry. In the pile, they noticed a sneaker with pink substance/residue on the bottom of shoe. Detective said it stood out. They thought it may be bloody shoes that were soaked to try to clean them so they swabbed them.

Det. Ferrell: “It seemed out of place and very strange to us at that moment.”

Ferrell pointing to melted carpet area in the living room.

We are looking at pictures of the trash outside of the house. Melted part of the carpet and padding from under it are in the garbage bag/bin at their house.

2ft by 2ft part of square carpet with burn area and wax substance found in the garbage.

2 foot bt 2 foot? That's huge. Not just knocking over a candle (per her pinky promise video).

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/AshleyPorteeyo

Ferrell said detectives also observed and took photos of evidence in and around the home. He said there were burn marks on the couch in the basement, and a piece of carpet that had been cut out.

Ferrell also said there were trash cans in the backyard, which included the piece of carpet that was cut out. They also found a candle with a piece of fabric inside the candle that didn’t match the burned carpet or the couch.

 

[Warwick7]

Does anyone here actually believe Gannon did that with the candle?

No.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645541601236901888

Detective took pictures of guns found in master bedroom closet. "Something seemed off, so anytime we run across firearms and we don't know what's going on we generally try to document them."

 

[Warwick7]

Candle had a piece of fabric inside the hollow top of candle, not identified from what. I'm wondering-- Fabric from someone's clothing? Opening it in the courtroom, the candle, and it, the fabric, appears to be a sock stuck inside the candle.​

What? A sock?
Why?....

 

[Curious Me]

Detective is being shown and they're going through photos taken on Jan. 28th. In the courtroom they are showing items and areas of Gannon's room with (blood) residue, and a mattress with discoloration on it. They are showing guns found in the MBR closet.​

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645541848772145153

Detective did not locate any handguns at the home on Jan 28th, 2020.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/AshleyPorteeyo

Ferrell said detectives also found guns in the master bedroom, including the master bedroom closet. Ferrell said, “Something seemed off. We couldn’t put a finger on it.”

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645542203358593024

Detective says they had been trying to get her to come to the sheriff's office for an interview "for quite some time" and when she did show up, she came with a freshly washed car.

 

[katydid23]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645527965625876480

In cross, detective says there were utility workers in the area the day of the Gannon's disappearance. To her knowledge, she doesn't remember anyone reporting hearing gun shots.

utility workers being 'in the area' and not hearing shots is not that convincing , imo.

'In the area' is a large swath of potential locations. And they were ikely making their own noise and focused on their activities. Besides, I think the shots were fired in the basement. And she probably had the tv or radio on to block out the sound.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645543434000924672

Had to quickly go track my story for tv. Back and they are talking about search warrant for Harley's phone.

 

[iamshadow21]

This sounds like a BIG surveillance detail. Multiple cars switching out, had to be smooth, a lot of manpower.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645543723013672961

Detective says they had different cars following Letecia and Harley. Saw them going into a Marshall's. Undercover officers followed them into the store to see where Harley's phone was. Warrants for Harley's car and phone were in the works as this was happening.

 

[arielilane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1645544347700699137

While in store, officers saw both Harley and Letecia using Harley's cell phone. Letecia left the store first. As she walked towards Harley's car, officers started to go approach her and detective says Letecia saw an officer coming towards her and "bolted" running away.

 

[Kiranerys]

Does anyone here actually believe Gannon did that with the candle?

No. I do believe she threw the candle wax over him though.