Letecia Stauch Wiki – Letecia Stauch Biography
A Colorado prosecutor has opposed an insanity defense by Letecia Stauch, 39, the murderous stepmother of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch, who told the jury she actually knew what she was doing when she stabbed and shot the boy to death.
On Monday, April 3, Michael Allen, district attorney for the 4th Judicial District, said, “Everything that happened to Gannon from that point on was her decision. She took action to kill Gannon, put his body in the suitcase and hide it”. she, in order to hide the evidence of what she did to Gannon, told numerous stories to investigators in order to manipulate the course of the investigation and ultimately discard Gannon inside that suitcase on a Florida bridge as trash,” he reported Law and Crime.
Letecia Stauch Age
Letecia Stauch is 39 years old.
Letecia Stauch pleaded not guilty
According to authorities, Gannon was killed by Stauch in his bedroom while his father, Al Stauch, was out of town at work for the National Guard. The 39-year-old woman who was a teacher pleaded not guilty to the murder on January 27, 2020, by reason of insanity.
Defense attorney Will Cook told a jury Monday in Colorado that Stauch, who suffered sexual and physical abuse by his mother’s lovers growing up, now experiences dissociative identity disorder. Cook said she was known as a loving stepmother and speaking about the murder, he said: “There’s no explanation for it. I don’t have one.”
Gannon death
According to the district attorney, Stauch falsely reported Gannon missing and lied to investigators during the search for the 11-year-old boy. On January 26, 2020, audio was recorded when he expressed concern about a damaged carpet and asked his stepson about spilling candle wax.
“I’m just worried about my burns,” he said in an anguished voice and he was hurt at the time. However, the stepmother was heard shushing him. Gannon, who had injuries to his head, back, and chest, had defensive wounds to his arms and hands and was stabbed 18 times by Stauch. His head was fractured after receiving a crushing blow.
Stauch then opened fire on him three times where one of the shots struck his jaw, went through his head, and lodged in the back of Gannon’s head, according to prosecutors. Allen said: “Gannon’s life drained out of his body, drop by drop.”
Stauch cleaned up the crime scene and put his body and other evidence in a suitcase. He then took the suitcase to Pensacola, Florida, and dumped the remains over a railroad bridge. Allen told jurors that a bridge worker discovered the suitcase on March 17, 2020, Law and Crime reported.
Pros opening: #LeteciaStauch killed 11-yr-old Gannon, stuffed his body in a suitcase and disposed of him 1,400 miles away in Florida. With Gannon's remains was a pillow and blanket matching bedding shown in a pic taken by the Letecia of Gannon in bed the morning of disappearance pic.twitter.com/Pzw7Eo0QaA
— Cathy Russon (@cathyrusson) April 3, 2023
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