WITNESS LIST
Gannon Stauch’s dad will testify against ‘killer’ wife Letecia at murder trial – as will her own daughter
THE father of missing Colorado boy Gannon Stauch will testify against his now-estranged wife during his son's upcoming murder trial.
Gannon's dad, Al Stauch, Gannon's mother Landen Hoitt and his younger sister Laina Stauch were among the 316 witnesses identified in court documents, along with the 17-year-old daughter of the accused killer, Letecia Stauch.
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The names in the witness list fill over 20 pages in the filing submitted by prosecutors in an El Paso County courtroom last week.
Letecia, 36, has been charged with Murder in the first degree, child abuse resulting in death, tampering with a deceased human body, and tampering with physical evidence.
Authorities now believe that Letecia murdered Gannon on January 27, and then worked to hide his body before claiming her had disappeared when she called law enforcement officials later that same day.
Little is know for sure yet though because most of the court records cannot be accessed by the public.
The witness list is one of the few documents in the case that has not been kept under seal.
Most of the witnesses are with one of the myriad of law enforcement agencies that and transport the accused back to Colorado from South Carolina.
This includes members of the FBI, CBI, and both the El Paso and Horry County Sheriff's Offices.
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The latter of those two was responsible for arresting Letecia last week, as she had moved to South Carolina shortly after proclaiming her innocence in a bizarre television interview.
"I am going to be so ecstatic when I am able to say to people that they should have a really sincere apology for all of these theories that have come out online," Letecia told 11 News just a few days after she reported Gannon missing.
"For all the things that people have said I have done or people have done."
It was just a few days after this interview that police got their big break in the case.
Video from a neighbor's CCTV shows Letecia and Gannon get into a car on the day he goes missing, but when the car arrived back at the home around 2.30 pm there was no sign of Gannon.
Letecia called authorities four hours later and claimed the boy had wandered off to a friends' house.
Two months after that, she was charged with murder.
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"Justice will be served, and I will make sure that justice is served because my boy did not deserve any of this," said Landon in a press conference after Letecia was charged last week.
"Hold off on questions until we know that this person, the stepmom that I even trusted, that she will pay 100 percent for the heinous crime thing she has done."
She then added: "Gannon has a testimony. Gannon has a story. He is special, and this is his story."
The boy's father, Al Stauch, still seemed to be struggling to accept the new when he made his remarks that day.
Al said: "My little boy is not coming home. We will never play Nintendo again. No more taco Tuesdays. No more smooth looking haircuts. No more Big Bubba. And, no more G-man for the world.
"The person who committed this heinous, horrible crime is one that I gave more to anyone else on this planet, and that is a burden that I will carry with me for a very long time."
Al will be in court with Letecia tomorrow
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