SC woman who allegedly killed her step-son in Colorado changes plea to not guilty
An Horry County woman who is accused of killing her step-son in Colorado has changed her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity, according to WBTW-TV.
Letecia Stauch, who is accused of killing Gannon Stauch, 11, in 2020, was granted a change of plea, the TV station reported.
Letecia Stauch was arrested March 2, 2020 in Myrtle Beach and charged with killing her step-son in Colorado Springs, nearly two months after he was reported missing. Law enforcement found Gannon Stauch’s body in Pace, Florida on March 18, 2020.
The trial, which was set for March 28, is expected to be pushed back for an expert evaluation of Letecia Stauch, WBTW-TV reported through their sister station, KXRM.
KXRM reporter Lauren Scharf reported that Letecia Stauch believes that the court won’t find a fair jury pool due to pre-trial publicity, and has filed a motion to waive a jury, Scharf said in a tweet.
Jan. 27, 2020, Stauch called the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and reported Gannon Stauch left their home near Colorado Springs and never returned.
Stauch has been held in the El Paso County Jail since March 2020, according to the TV station. She faces more than a dozen charges, including first-degree murder, the network reported.
