Letecia Stauch gets two life sentences without the possibility of parole for killing her stepson, Gannon Stauch, in 2020
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. – The woman charged with killing her 11-year-old stepson and dumping his remains across the country in early 2020 was found guilty of murder Monday and sentenced to two life sentences without parole following a month-long trial.
Josh Tolini, Stauch’s defense attorney, said in court the strongest evidence for her lack of mental clarity at the time of the crime was body worn camera footage of deputies from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office the night Gannon had died. Stauch was reportedly laughing, joking, and completely dissociating from what had just happened.
But the defense’s main witness, Dr. Dorothy Lewis, concluded Stauch suffered from dissociative identity disorder and was not sane at the time. The mental health condition is characterized by the presence of two or more personalities in an individual as the result of trauma. In a rebuttal to Tolini’s closing arguments, Fourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen said the prosecution proved there was a motive for Stauch to kill her stepson – even though that’s not something they had to prove in court – because of a Google search which showed Stauch had searched “I hate my stepston,” adding the woman wanted to hurt Gannon, the boy’s father Al, and Gannon’s mom, Landen.
“I miss you Gannon and I love you to the moon, and back and back again!" a tearful Hiott told the court."The ache I have to hold you, to hug you, to tell you how much I love you, and to see your smile.”
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