Gannon Stauch was an 11-year-old boy from Colorado Springs whose disappearance in late January 2020 quickly became a high-profile homicide investigation. His stepmother, Letecia Stauch, reported him missing on January 27, saying he had gone to a friend’s house. The case shifted from a runaway to a missing and endangered person investigation three days later after new evidence emerged, and searches by multiple agencies and volunteers followed.

Investigators say blood evidence showing a significant struggle was found in Gannon’s bedroom and that Letecia gave inconsistent accounts. Authorities allege Letecia asked her teenage daughter to buy cleaning supplies the day he vanished and that Gannon was killed in his bedroom, placed in a suitcase, and moved repeatedly before his remains were discovered under a bridge in Pace, Florida, on March 17, 2020. The autopsy reported Gannon had been stabbed 18 times, shot, and suffered blunt force trauma.

Letecia Stauch was arrested March 2, 2020, in Myrtle Beach, extradited to Colorado, tried, and found guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body, and tampering with physical evidence; she was sentenced to life without parole. Did anyone in Gannon’s community notice anything unusual about his relationships or routines before January 27, 2020?