Letecia Stauch Arrives In Colorado After Extradition

Colorado Springs CO

05 March, 2020

12:53 PM

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EL PASO COUNTY, CO — Gannon Stauch's stepmother, Letecia Stauch, arrived in El Paso County Thursday after she was extradited from South Carolina. She spent Wednesday night in a Kansas jail, officials said. She was arrested Monday in connection with the 11-year-old's disappearance. She faces charges of first-degree murder of a child under 12 by a person in a position of trust, child abuse resulting in death, tampering with a deceased human body, and tampering with physical evidence, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said. Investigators did not release details about the case to protect criminal proceedings, and the affidavit remains sealed. Authorities said Gannon's remains had not been located. The boy left his home near Fountain between 3:15 and 4 p.m. Jan. 27 to go play at a friend's house down the street, according to the sheriff's office. He has not been seen since. A surveillance video from near the boy's home shows him getting into a red truck with his stepmother in their driveway at 10:13 a.m. Jan. 27, authorities said. The stepmother appears to return around 2:19 p.m. in the truck without the boy. She reported him missing just before 7 p.m. the same day, officials said. Hundreds of community members and rescue personnel searched for the boy in several counties over the past month. Authorities received hundreds of tips from the public during the investigation.