Extradition Process For Letecia Stauch To El Paso County Underway
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - Detectives in El Paso County are diligently looking for the body of Gannon Stauch. He disappeared more than a month ago and was reported missing by his stepmother Letecia Stauch, and police believe she murdered him.
The sheriff's office arrested her in South Carolina on Monday and announced charges of first degree murder. She opted not to fight extradition and is expected to arrive at the El Paso County jail as early as Thursday morning.
Total strangers showed their support for Gannon's family by placing blue ribbons around the sheriff's headquarters in anticipation of when Stauch arrives.
"It's everything," Chirsty Gibson said, "because this is not right this is not fair. He's 11 years old."
Gibson was among those leaving things at the entrance of the jail property. She said they are meant to be both a reminder of a life lost too soon and a message to the woman accused of killing him.
"We want to put them up around the jail because we want that to be the last thing that she sees ... but we also want to put some up at the courthouse, around the court, because she'll be there, too. We just want to keep reminding her until she fesses up and tells us where he is. Bring him home. We just want him back," said Gibson.
Stauch's arrest came after five weeks of desperately searching for any sign of the missing child. CBS4 learned she was booked in to the Saline County Jail in Kansas on Wednesday before her return to Colorado and a community that has Gannon in their hearts.
"We love you Gannon and bring him home," Gibson said.
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