Colorado stepmom Letecia Stauch sentenced to life for murdering 11-year-old stepson Gannon.

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Colorado stepmom Letecia Stauch sentenced to life for murdering 11-year-old stepson Gannon.
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Letecia Stauch was found guilty of murdering her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, in January 2020. She stabbed him 18 times, hit him in the head, and shot him once. Stauch claimed she was insane at the time of the attack, but the jury rejected her plea. The defense argued that she killed Gannon during a "psychotic break" caused by trauma from being physically, emotionally, and sexually abused during her childhood. However, experts concluded that she had a personality disorder but was sane at the time of the murder. Stauch was convicted of first-degree murder, tampering with a deceased human body, and tampering with physical evidence.

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