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How did Gannon Stauch die? El Paso County woman on trial for the death of her stepson

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Emily Cortez

Published Feb 08, 2026

On January 27, 2020, 11-year-old Gannon Stauch was accounted for missing from his area in Lorson Farm, Colorado, which prompted a statewide hunt. A couple of months after the fact, in Walk 2020, his remaining parts were tracked down inside a bag under an extension in northwestern Florida.

On Walk 2, 2020, Gannon’s stepmother, 39-year-old Letecia Stauch, was caught in Myrtle Ocean side, South Carolina. She was then accused of the passing of her stepson on Walk 11.

Letecia was blamed for first-degree murder, kid misuse that brought about death, and messing with a dead body.

Trigger Admonition: This article contains notices of youngster misuse. Perusers’ attentiveness is encouraged.

On January 27, 2020, the El Paso Province Sheriff’s Office answered a call about an out of control kid in the 6600 block of Mandan Drive in the Lorson Farm area. Gannon Stauch was last spotted between 3 pm and 4 pm.

El Paso District Sheriff’s Office examiners and analysts led interviews, gathered reconnaissance film, and sought after extra leads.

As per KKTV, despite the fact that specialists at first expected this to be the situation of an out of control kid, they gave a jeopardized missing ready three days after his vanishing, taking into account the weather patterns.

ABC13 announced that authorities utilized airborne robot film and search and salvage canines to assist with finding the youngster. The Public Place for Absent and Took advantage of Youngsters, FBI Kid Snatching Fast Organization, and Colorado Springs Police Division were additionally associated with the hunt.

The remaining parts of Gannon Stauch were found on Walk 20, 2020, and as per the Related Press, the body was found to some extent canvassed in covers in a fetal position.

Examiners expressed that Letecia Stauch cut her stepson multiple times, shot him, and afterward deserted the bag with his remaining parts over the side of the scaffold.

9 News announced that Fourth Legal Lead prosecutor Michael Allen referenced in court that Gannon’s post-mortem examination uncovered that he supported 18 cut injuries to his stomach, back, and head, alongside guarded injuries to his hands.

The Lead prosecutor likewise expressed that the stepmother hit Gannon Stauch with a weighty item in the head and afterward shot multiple times at Gannon utilizing a handgun.

Toward the start of Walk 2022, Letecia Stauch was arrested in Myrtle Ocean side, South Carolina, and was accused of youngster misuse prompting the demise and first-degree murder of a kid younger than 12, and messing with actual proof.

She stayed in guardianship without bond in South Carolina until she was removed to Colorado Springs.

On February 4, 2020, a neighbor submitted reconnaissance film that showed Letecia Stauch leaving her home with Gannon Stauch and returning hours after the fact alone.
ABC News detailed that Roderrick Drayton, a neighbor, let them know when he glanced through his recording and spotted saw Letecia getting into a red pickup truck at 10:13 am. He likewise referenced that the recording shows Gannon strolling gradually and getting into the truck. In any case, when she gets back to the truck at 2:19 pm, Gannon isn’t going with her.

Aside from kid misuse bringing about death, first-degree murder, and altering a departed individual, Letecia Stauch has to deal with a few different penalties, including seven counts of a wrongdoing of savagery for utilizing a weapon, one count of a wrongdoing of brutality prompting extreme substantial injury or demise and messing with actual proof.

Letecia Stauch argued not liable, expressing craziness in that frame of mind of Gannon Stauch. The preliminary is expected to go on for somewhere around a month and a half.