Gannon had a 1/10 chance of survival at birth, beating the odds only for it to be brutally taken away by a monster living under the same roof. This is a cruel world.
@@Justicesdadhe got a knew wife after that terrible woman. He didn't get a child whit that monster (fortunately)!!! Or did you talk about the knew wife? 🕵🏼♀️🤓 She looks like a good woman at least 🙌🏼💯👀
The story had previously been that she had stabbed him in the stomach that night and he was sobbing because he was begging her to get help for him. She was recording it because she thought making it about the candles would somehow prove her innocent. I''m not sure why the story changed; I still think she hurt him that night and that's why he was crying.
@@Ariadne76-k3dthe mother was suffering from complications after giving birth to two children and asked the father of her children to take care of them until she wasn’t coming in and out the hospital.
@@Ariadne76-k3dShe's solid Narcissistic Personality Disorder, they will act entirely different for every person around them, the father would have seen a different person. They always have a scapegoat, she'd probably been terrorising that boy for most of the 2 years. It is rare they would directly harm someone to that degree, they like to persuade others to do it or get the scapegoat to self cancel.
The “”accidental”” recording of her psychologically terrorizing that poor young boy for accidentally spilling candle wax was gut wrenching to hear. He’s literally sobbing in deep remorse for nothing more than a simple household accident, and instead of comforting him she’s requesting he take inventory of what can be sold to repair the “damages.” Thank god that monster is behind bars.
@@stuckin82 such a sad story. If she never so much as touched a hair on his head, the psychological damage she inflicted alone would have been cataclysmic to his mental and emotional development and well-being as a whole. I pray that boy has peace now. 🕯️💞
You can hear how this kid has been made to feel terrible about himself over and over. I fell into deep depression at age eleven from living in a terrible situation myself. That audio clip was so hard to hear
When his dad spoke and asked that his last name be stripped from her, you could feel the anger and resentment. You could tell just how much that precious boy meant to everyone except his stepmother.
But he should have done his home work before marrying her. Of course some psychos are good at hiding who they truly are. Her constant jealously and moaning was a red flag. Some guys just can't be alone.
@@hahathatsucks8019 Yes, haha that actually more than sucked! He’s dead because he wasn’t around to parent. Tragic! He is not a single dad! He was a divorced father with the responsibility of a child! Indeed tragic.
He was already seriously injured if you listen closely he says something along the lines of I'm just worried about my burns and she shushes him quickly as it doesn't fit with the proof of life video she's making imo. Poor baby was terrified and in pain and I don't normally wish ill on anybody but this woman deserves to rot in Hell but first I want her to live a long life forever afraid of the other inmates. I couldn't believe how she was behaving in the police car either or on the news interviews. Complaining in the car that the officer was threatening her, (I doubt they were as they all kept their composure thankfully so that she couldn't twist it in court) and that people were disrespecting her etc when she already knew she had done far worse to a defenceless child. She's a vile coward! If she truly had issue with Al she was clearly to pathetic to take it up with him directly. RIP Gannon 🙏 he looks so much like a brunette version of my own dear grandson ❤ and she triggers all my mama bear instincts.
The recording of him “pinky promising” he didn’t do it on purpose-he sounds so scared of her and then she starts telling a literal child how they will have to sell things to fix it. She’s the worst kind of human
And he starts to say he’s just worried about his burn injuries and she cuts him off and shuts off the recording. She’s bad at it, but the whole thing was so clearly something she was trying to “shape”
I believe he didn't start any fire. See when she says to him to say if he did it on purpose and he cries that he didn't and kinda trails off, I thinking he meant he didn't do it at all. She did, hoping the fire would take care of her 'problem' once and for all, and he got burnt putting it out.
Right! It’s disgusting to hear her talking to him Like that. When I pinky promise something with my daughters it’s usually for something like “if you are good while we do (said activity) then we can get ice cream, pinky promise”
@katymcginn4644 please shut up. That boy is in the ground. Your magical sky daddy would've saved his life if he was real. Keep your fairy tale bible storybook out of a REAL tragedy
I just can't wrap my head around the fact that somebody could be like that to a little kid. Like what part of your brain is missing that you would treat a child like that?
Something just hit me. Letecia was demanding to have a sincere apology for a crime she knew she committed, but never once actually have an apology to anyone. Not to Ganon, her ex-husband, her daughter. She only felt sorry for herself.
Yeah she's about as narcissistic as a person can be. She probably believes some of her own bs too. Ppl like her victimize themselves in every situation. She's literally rotten from the inside.
@@PazuzuM666 It was hearing that audio in the beginning. I had a million other things on my mind while watching the trial. Like, "Is letecia racist for trying to see if a mexican would be willing to take the fall for her, and then making her 'alter' a russian assassin with a mexican accent" and "Wait, she said she had a button to summon Twilight vampires in her prison cell" or my favorite, "SHE WROTE HER CONFESSION IN LATIN AND THE DOCTOR LOST IT?!"
This monster 👾 is definitely a POS☠️🤬, PURE EVIL🤬🚩, I hope she gets hers in prison, prisonersdon'take kind 2 child haters... RIP G-man ur a super "HERO" 4ever in my heart❤😢💔🙏🕊💪🪶
She was psychologically torturing him. "We'll have to sell stuff to repair it. Maybe a couch so the lady isn't mad at us". What a monster she was even before the murder happened.
I worked at the jail she was in while she was there, she was constantly coming up with escape plans. Once word got around why she was there, inmates would inform on her immediately😂
She's clearly just a Savage. It's always so amazing how people can fake it for a while but she sure showed who she was during the arrest and the whole investigation!! Thank you for sharing how she was in jail
The clip of Latecia asking Gannon about setting the rug on fire absolutely broke my heart. To hear him answering in tears & knowing he was probably in incredible pain from the abuse & injuries she caused him just hurts my soul. Bless his heart, he didn’t stand a chance around such evil. Rest in peace baby.
Exactly. You can hear his condition through his tears of what happened *before* the recording started. He was probably abused for around 20-30 minutes before this recording. No kid gets that upset unless something bad happened, physical or psychological.
@@CoMorbidittyI’m sorry but that’s so not true. There are children that will do something and turn on the water works because they got caught. And they can do it in an instant. I’m not saying the deserve terrible punishments, at the end of the day they are babies after all. But, to make it seem like every kid that cries when they are in trouble is being abused is terrible misinformation and it’s harmful to good parents and good stepparents.
@@forallthestupidshit3550 she said she 'accidently' recorded it, makes me think she had already hurt him which is why he isn't visible or (as Mike said) was planning on killing him
I don’t understand how people can hate step children. I’d be like “hell yeah! A kid that I didn’t have to give birth to and is already potty trained! AND I get to show them love and kindness so they grow up to be smart, kind, and caring adults!” Kids are an extension of your partner. If you don’t love their kids, you don’t love them, just leave. 😩
easy to understand as they are not your kids. they are constant reminders of the fact your partner lived a prior mistaken life with the wrong person in their past. the child has the DNA of the person who the partner now hates. not right, but easy to understand
@@AlaborJinta Hey whats your real name? I just wanna know for when Mike makes a video about you in the future. That is some straight up sociopathic logic.
I can understand why she wouldn’t want to raise someone else’s kids. I would never choose that. So you know what I don’t do? I don’t get involved with single mums. It’s not complicated. She chose to get involved with a single dad, she chose her situation.
@@peteglanton9259people think I’m insane when I say I don’t date single dads. I don’t want my own kids, and I don’t want to raise anyone else’s, either. Simple enough decision to me, but a lot of people think being female and not wanting kids makes you evil incarnate.
I don't understand how can two kids be raised by solely a step parent though? I don't agree with how you should always love your partner's kids, love for kids either exists or not but there should be mutual adult agreement and understanding about it. How the dad could think his wife is happy sitting at home with two school age kids of his own, I don't completely understand. It is clear she had some mental issues anyway, but it is also clear she was not happy at all, and exhausted of raising kids she did not love. Being a mom is not an easy task, being a step mom for two that provides sole care for them - I wouldn't be able to manage it, frankly. I just don't understand what the dad and mom thought about it and why they did not live with the mom since dad is away all the time as an army man.
I'm not a parent or stepparent myself, but I did briefly visit the stepparents subreddit out of curiosity, and I was horrified. Resentment of stepkids and failure to form bonds with them were common threads among posts on that forum. One post that sticks in my mind was written by a step-mom that resented her stepchildren so strongly that she confessed to wanting to unalive them. While most replies expressed concern and encouraged OP to get professional help, one reply was an admission to feeling the same way about their own stepkids. The terrible truth is that more Letecia Stauches are lurking out there, seething with rage and one moment away from snapping.
I’ve visited that sub reddit as well, not the most healthy environment to say the least. I’ll never fathom the absurdity that is the folks who get into a relationship with someone who has kids from someone else and reaching levels of entitlement and disdain it’d make Lucifer himself blush, it’s illogical and to punish the innocent children is just evil and low hanging fruit to take frustrations out on and people do, insanity.
The step-children are the evil ones and their fathers are truly to blame for gas-lighting the step-mother. He sees the turmoil and says nothing, knowing the kids hate her for trying to replace their mother. All of this is the father's fault.
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n calling children evil = opinion disqualified from relevance. You seem the type to dog on fathers and hold mothers up as beacons no matter what either individuals personality/actions/attitude etc, are like.
The thing I can't forget is her talking to the reporter (being sure to keep her back to the camera all the time) smugly saying, "When he is found and it is proven that I had nothing to do with his disappearance, I want an apology from everyone." I think she imagined a big settlement from SOMEONE who had unfortunately had the audacity to accuse the innocent Leticia of doing something wrong. World's most slap-able person! Leticia, are you still waiting for that apology? Here's an apology for you. I am ever so sorry that Gannon had the extreme misfortune to ever come in contact with someone as evil as you. RIP, Gannon.
What got me was when the reporter asked if she would like to say anything to Gannon if he's watching and she said "I need you to come home so you can tell everyone I had nothing to do with this" instead of...you know "Gannon we miss you and love you. Please come home safe" or something like that. Really said a lot about her
Yeah that interview was some real next level shit ! It's clear she's manipulated and lied her way thru life to actually think doing that interview and saying the things she said was a good idea 😂🤦🤷🤦😔. Evil bitch.
It hurts to hear Gannon's scared little voice saying he was worried about his burns. He had the sweetest smile. She is pure evil. We will never forget you, Gannon. RIP, angel.
No wonder Gannon was having accidents, you can hear in his voice how terrified he was of this vile creature. When a child is scared and is subjected to emotional abuse, and probably physical as well, that's how their body reacts. She never should've been left alone with that angel. She was expressing so much jealousy and hatred towards him and the role she felt she was having to play for him. I personally just wouldn't have risked allowing her to be alone with him at all. This one literally made me cry.
Having accidents in a child that was previously potty trained and doing well is a major RED FLAG that there is a ton of stress that child is enduring. It doesn’t necessarily mean physical abuse, or emotional abuse, but it definitely points at a major stress in their life that didn’t exist before. Gannon suddenly having “accidents” likely meant he was feeling a lot of bad shit coming from his stepmom. The candle wax video.. you can hear a lot of terror in his voice. He was scared of her. For how long, who knows.. but it was clear he was scared of her. Same thing happened with harmony Montgomery (sperm donor Adam was found guilty this past week.) she was five when she was sent to live with him. She never had issue with accidents until she was back with him, and then it turned into a daily struggle. staying clean was a point of PRIDE for her. Her foster mother said Harmony trained HERSELF because she wanted to be a big girl. Poor girl lasted onto months with her “dad” and step mom before she was killed.
Gannon’s issue was his adhd meds that he took during the week and hot during the weekend. She was having to give him Miralax to get things moving resulting in the accident during their hike.
@camilleelise.9415 I heard the case before but not that audio clip. The way she spoke to him...made him feel so small and scared. What a absolute horrible human and then to fake cry on tv...the pure audacity.
Poor little guy. Gannon was crying and saying he was worried about the burn on his body. She shut him down and continued talking crap about selling furniture and pinky promises. My grandson is 11 years old. This is horrific, heartbreaking and unconscionable. I can't even.
Hearing her speak to that little guy broke me. She’s intimidating him the whole time. You can hear how afraid he is. I have three sons. I just cannot imagine them being treated that way. That poor baby.
This case will forever haunt me and I’ll never be able to forget the video hearing Gannon say “pinkie” and sounding like he’s in horrid pain! I hope this disgusting MONSTER rots and is haunted every single day for the rest of her miserable life!
Yes he was burnt at the time and I bet suffering terribly. I remember watching the fbi guy interrogating her and he asks was it very painful and she doesn’t think of the burns he suffered but starts talking about her trauma.🙄😡
@Camille Elise. when I first heard it, I started crying! I have a little boy about Gannons age and he is my world!! To do what she did to a CHILD is beyond disgusting!!
I’m on day 11 of the trial right now. Thanks for covering the story again. She is a narcissistic, selfish monster and deserves to rot under the prison.
@@bootynbass9436 English is clearly not your first language, so perhaps don't be expecting people in a comments section to be giving you lessons on the intricacies of the language - here is not the place.
Best part of this whole twisted story is the end - during victim impact statements, where she had to sit with her filthy mouth shut and listen as Al and Landen showed solidarity, and how they've realigned, forgiven each other, and apologized to each other for letting that wicked succubus manipulate them against each other over the years. Her evil was exposed in many ways, for all the world to see. Leticia is no longer in control...of ANYTHING.
I loved every word that that judge said, an eloquent and to the point account of what happened and how she was going to spend the rest of her life in prison for what she did.
“I raised this child for 2 years because his mother didn’t want to do it” is an absolutely vile thing to say in an interview while protesting your innocence in your stepson’s disappearance. Even if she *was* innocent in the crime (she’s not, I’d bet my life on it), how dare she drag his mom through the mud on television like that. She is absolutely revolting.
I do wonder what happened with the *real* Mum. No offense, but while I understand you'd share custody on weekends and holidays, I'm not sure why Gannon was not with her for such an extended amount of time.
@@intrepidtomato the situation is confusing, but doesn’t matter to me. Leticia chose to marry a divorced man who already had two kids. To me, I’d think someone going into that should be prepared and even willing to be the kid’s full-time parental figure if they need it, but it seems Leticia didn’t even consider that. It’s made pretty clear that she didn’t want to raise any more kids, especially not ones that weren’t her own. But she’s a narcissist who only cares about herself. It probably doesn’t even matter if the bio mom was present or not, Leticia would have found a way to despise her, the kids, and even the husband because that’s just who she is. She’s very disturbed.
@@godspellflowerfr5991 funny how everyone crying about the poor child after the fact where was his mom if she had custody Gannon would still be alive my child was a premi almost didn't make it no one and I mean no one is raising my child but me
@@kimpearson496 Again, I don’t see this an argument that matters to the situation. You have every right to feel that way about your own kid, but trying to place any blame on the birth mother for this tragedy makes absolutely no sense to me. We don’t know specifics of the divorce, or why the dad was chosen over the mom. She may not have had any say in how the court ruled. Custody agreement can extremely serious and strict, and they already lived in different states. Or maybe she was a dead beat mom- I don’t think she was, But either way, it doesn’t matter. Leticia is the person who matters here, because she’s the one who committed the ultimate crime of taking an innocent child’s life, something that like 99.99% of people would never even think about doing. It’s so vile and despicable that it’s something no one ever *expects* it to happen, especially from another mother. *Leticia* is the villain here, not the birth mom. She is a victim here too, and I can’t imagine the pain she feels.
I lived in Colorado Springs at the time. Was actually born and raised there. This was right on the heels of the Chris Watts story. From the time they first announced he was missing, it had the whole city in a choke hold. So many people volunteered to search for him, and it was freezing outside at that time. My heart breaks for him, and what he must have went through in his final moments
My son is 11 and I live in Pace, FL where Gannon was found so I vividly remember this case. But NOTHING could’ve prepared me to hear the clip of Gannon crying. That clip broke me. Hearing any child cry like that makes you want to run over and give them a hug. And knowing he was hours away from being murdered is just heartbreaking. I’m glad my brain will never really understand how someone could hurt a child. Hope his real parents can find a way to forgive themselves and get past this.
Wow, you are close to where he was! I'm just across the state line from you, in Brewton AL. I pass near where he was found at least once a month, if not more. That's why this case is so important to me. That poor baby.
So many people say they don't understand something terrible. I really respect how you said you were GLAD to not understand. I'm actually going to use that from now on, thank you.
This case was literally next to my home. I took my child to go and look for Gannon. The whole neighborhood was devastated by his death. Just the absolute monster that calls herself a mom is disgusting and horrible, I just wish we could still hang people in the town square...this baby fought for life in the beginning and in the end..RIP sweet Gannon
Her demeanor and choice of words gave her away in that news interview. The same way Chris Watts did in his interview on his front porch. It's a terrifying thought that people like them live and walk amongst us and we are none the wiser until something happens. Stay safe my TC friends!
I have a stepson close to Gannon’s age. I don’t understand how she could of killed him? This is just beyond disgusting, my stepson is my son, she is a monster.
I'm in Colorado Springs. I had to fast forward through the part where Gannon is crying about being burned and Leticia gas lighting him. It's heart breaking. I can't imagine the fear he had 😢
When he said “wow I aged terribly” I literally dropped my phone from laughing so hard. You have a gift Mike. You are hilarious and yet tell awful stories in a way that honors the victims and their families. It’s truly remarkable
@@bartholomewmiller He's 32?!? For a second there, when he was joking about being called "daddy", I was thinking that I was old enough to be *his* dad! Luckily, I'm not... quite.
So many times he CRACKS ME UP! In one video the Scumbag murderer was blaming the devil, like so many try to do, and he cracked me up saying "the devil? Is he in the room right now?! Should we f him up?!?" Lmao! Gotta love Mike!
It's often times step mother or fathers not accepting step kids perhaps they will agree verbally but too often I've seen from treating step kids as secondary to the ones born of that relationship, all the way to physical abuse as a norm. Imo the worst tho is different when a woman will take the word of their current bf or husband over their biological kids from a past relationship. I've heard women literally super resentful of their kids cause the son from ex looks just like the dad and the mom will be spiteful cuz she sees her ex when looking at her son ... unimaginable to me but I've seen it enough to become jaded but each person will have their own standards
@@stonerllc7585 You know what? You're right. I was an Early Childhood Educator for numerous years; the worst demanding unreasonable parents were your co-workers who had children in the same child care centre.
The interview starting 18:38 just shows exactly how narcissistic she truly was. It's incredible that she did this interview while her 11 year old stepson, a child, was missing and make it all about how she is the victim, how she has been mistreated throughout the process and try to take control of the narrative. Mind-blowing.
The clip of Leticia guilting Gannon for burning the carpet made me sick to my stomach by itself. What a vile excuse for a human being. So many kids have that pressure put on them by abusers and wind up thinking they’re personally responsible for the health and financial situation of the family. You could hear how helpless he felt.
I was made to feel guilty over existing in my childhood by my father. He'd talk about how they'd had more money if I didn't get gifts for my birthday (that didn't come out of his bank btw) or eat so many sweets (despite me being chronically ill/constantly losing weight and him often stealing my food). It left me so messed up as an adult. I hid food in my bedroom as a kid. Although I feel I have a healthy relationship with food, I still feel guilty when people talk about how much food costs (ie, my mother telling me the burger brand I eat is like £4-£6 a pack now). The financial trauma I have is unreal. I feel bad for the kid, obviously, but I also think I'm happy in a melancholy way that he didn't have to live the rest of his (presumably 50+ year) life dealing with the trauma she put onto him.
@@justaperson4656 I’m sorry you went through that. I can relate to the quasi-unhealthy relationship with food. I get triggered by the thought of over-consumption and often limit my food intake for no real reason. There’s this upsetting pang of guilt and shame associated with it. But I don’t remember my mom or dad ever explicitly guilting me over it. It’s a vague sense of feeling as though I’m, I dunno, not worthy of eating too much?? Or maybe that it’s selfish?
Be very careful who you allow around your children. Make sure your children know you are always on their side and they can tell you anything without fear. This poor child. My heart hurts for him.
I honestly think she tried to set Gannon on fire while he was sleeping. I don't think he knocked a candle over... And that's why she was shushing him when he said "I'm just worried about my burn".
I can’t get the image of Gannon fighting for his life out of my head. Ugh what a horrible tragedy. This case and the Watts murders has always stuck with me.
Holy crap! The guy behind her when she’s doing her video court appearance, his reaction is gold. That “holy mother of god, this lady did what?!?!” look.
I cannot forgive her for how she talked to Gannon alone, " you burned the carpet, what are we gonna sell, huh? You realize what you've done?" A genuine abuser.
I hate that recording. Whatever he had done, that whole conversation was ridiculous. Talking about selling a couch and talking over him dismissively when he was trying to say he was scared about his injuries. I hope all the bad things happen to her in prison.
The gaslighting was a technical way to abuse him by fear - while keeping him confused about her position , confuse the hell out of him as though she was innocent and this all happened bc of him, only question was how much he planned of it, is what she wanted him ti believe, this allowed her to feel she could have him shamed into silence and into confusion that her actions were abuse directly - she’s horrible
I remember thinking this at the time this case broke. My only guess was she was really forward and promiscuous, showed some cleavage and these dupes fell for it. And you can bet she just put out to get what she wanted, not necessarily for reasons of pleasure or affection.
The “accidental” video she made when he burned the carpet made me so upset 😭 . She made him think they needed to sell things they need in order to fix it or else be kicked out. Bc he made an accident. My son is 10 and I can’t imagine how awful he’d feel if he thought he caused an issue like that 😢 What a lame excuse for a woman. Not many young kids will physically fight an authority figure like that, fight back, even if they know what’s going to happen. He sounds like he was an incredible boy.
I felt the exact same way. It was very hard to hear. That kind of psychological abuse is so deeply scarring to young children especially. My heart just can’t take it.
I was so emotionally invested in this case, and I watched every minute of the trial. When the verdict was read I couldn’t help myself, I just started crying. Gannon and his family deserve justice. RIP 🩵🩵🩵🩵
Me too. First I shouted in victory and then just balled my eyes out. Such a sweet and precious little boy how could anyone hurt him? People call her a monster but she is worse than that, just pure evil.
I started following this case very early on after hearing about Gannon being missing from my sister who lived in Denver. I've seen all of the true crime stories told about it as well as the interrogations and following the whole trial via Live Stream over on the 8MC channel. My family got tired of hearing every little detail. They could see my anger and my heartbreak for that little boy only 2 years older than my own son. I feel so sorry for his little sister, Dad, Mom and for Harley, who truly believed her mother couldn't have done what they were accusing her of.
Mike... You forgot to mention that the reason they were in Colorado was because Al's previous station was in Alaska... Where Leticia accused other members of the Guard of sexual assault because she thought it would get them sent back to S.Carolina...
There was so much left out. I was hoping the cash baby story would have been brought up. I was there that day and the jury's reaction was hilarious. Not in a haha kinda of way but like r u fn kidding me?!?! way
@Lame Tube she said she helped a woman on the side of the road who had a fake pregnant belly filled with cash who forced her to exchange cash for drugs and when she said no they kidnapped Gannon and took him to Mexico and Gannon was living with the cartels 🤦 I think it was the second to last friday
It definitely was on a Friday because that was the only day that I could attend trial. Also people thought she was flipping off the expert witness but I kinda think she was flipping off this one juror who would openly laugh at her, roll his eyes and shake his head. He was fun to watch because he was showing what all of us felt in the courtroom.
As someone who've seen the whole trial I can say (for the first time) I don't look forward to watching That Chapter video. Here's one huge thank you for covering Gannon's story: 💙.
I think she tried to burn him alive while he was sleeping but he woke up and then she tried to blame him for knocking over a candle. Then he’s crying over his wounds and she can’t even care that he’s injured and in pain. She ended up stabbing and shooting and choking this poor kid. Evil. She should rot in prison until her life ends.
Mike has hands down the best true crime channel out there the way he combines humor with the crimes but also does it in a way that shows respect is amazing and a true talent
Hearing the little boy cry made me cry. He sounded terrified. You never date anyone that doesn't treat your kid like gold. I love my husband, he's the only dad my son knows. He's the dad that stepped up. But if he even says something bad about my son, he's out the f'n door and he knows that.
I watch a lot of true crime shows, but this story is by far one of the most disturbing I have ever seen. Murdering a person is one thing, but murdering an innocent child like that is beyond comprehension. I had to fast forward through the recording of him sobbing. As a father of a young boy, it was too much for me. May you rest peacefully Gannon.
This case reminds me so much to another one that happened in Spain in 2018. An 8 years old boy was killed by his father's partner and she hid the body. The worst part is that during the investigation the Guardia Civil suspected her and asked the parents for their cooperation so for some days the father had to keep living with her and acting as if he wasn't aware of all the proofs against her, while the mother had to let her "help" in the searches and keep it cordial. The killer was one of the first persons in Spain to get the equivalent of life imprisonment. Later on, it was also discovered that she had a child in her country of origin that died at 5 years old when she fell from a balcony. It was considered an accident at the moment but now authorities in both countries believe otherwise.
This happened in my hometown. I remember watching her interview on the news and both my mom and I said that she had something to do with it. It's been a heart breaking few years but I'm so glad she finally faced justice.
Yeah but people always say that, they see someone slighlty strange on tv and imediatly they are guilty lol ! fkin idiots, a lot of the time they are not guilty.
She's a terrible actress. And can you imagine what the reporter and camera operator thought about her first and second takes? They must have felt sick.
Ray Charles could see this pathetic POS was lying through her teeth. I remember seeing this aired in real time when the case broke and it made me mad as hell. I was waiting for a cop to pop out and cuff her.
I remember when she reached out on a local page saying he was missing. A nasty storm was coming in so there was a real panic going on. I figured she was just out of her mind with worry when her story changed on another local page. So many of us spent days on days searching for him. It became pretty clear that she had something to do with it but i think the community really just was trying to hold onto hope hed be okay. That woman is a monster.
i've been following this for a long time and i've sobbed for gannon. poor little boy, he was so strong, so sweet, and he fell victim to a malignant narcissist who was good at hiding her tendences. landon and al's victim impact statements hit me so hard. this case is just as infuriating as it is tragic.
I’m in tears… this one really got me… the audio of that poor child… he sounded terrified… omg… how can you do this to a poor sweet child?? This is beyond heartbreaking and I’m so so sorry this poor boy went through what he did… rip Gannon… the monster that did this to you is where she deserves to be… 😢
It rips my heart right out of my chest every time I hear about sweet Gannon's story. I'm a mother of 6 boys and I just wish I could wrap him up in my arms and tell him what a great kid he was. Now I'm crying again.
Right? Plenty of people out there like me that have always wanted kids but can't have any that would have taken him in and given him the best life ever. These monsters should suffer the same fate
When it comes to abuse and murder of a child, I think the punishment should fit the crime, we need to start setting examples of these people, we as a society need to start doing more to protect these innocent children. I think all will agree no one deserves to live if they harm a child!
I'm glad that you showed that clip of flipping someome off. She was admonished for this by the judge, and then had to sit between her 2 attorneys. Someone from a live RUclips feed actually noticed this and got message to the prosecutor.
This case give me a level of rage I've never had. This evil waste of flesh killed Gannon bc of her jealousy, and hatred for his Mother. The most diabolical part was the monster would call Landon from Gannon's phone AFTER she murdered him🤬
I used to study in same college as Leticia, or as we called her "Lati" . She really had some anger issues. You would talk to her and she would suddenly turn red and tears in her eyes and got extremely angry. She would say things just to hurt you. Pretty terrible existence. However, I didn't imagine she could do something like that.
One thing I hated about this case is the way Letecia talks about how she "takes care" of the kids and that their original mother didn't do anything, she's narcissistic and it's very sickening to see. There's probably a special place in hell for selfish pricks like her.
She’s not only a liar because Gannons mom was definitely involved despite illness/miscarriage, but then also tried to implicate her own daughter in the crime! Mom of the year alright, master caretaker 😒
And her petty jealousy came out so many times during this ordeal. She didn't just want to hurt Al. She wanted to twist the knife (so to speak.) Not only did she play games with Al over several phone calls where she gave numerous different accounts of "what happened", but she called Landon right after the disappearance FROM GANNON'S PHONE. Can you imagine what was going through that mom's head? First, you think your son is ok since his # is calling you, and then having to be cordial with the person who hurt him? Pure evil....
She murdered an 11 year old boy after knowing him for 2 years. Just hearing his fearful crying hurt my heart. It's difficult to fathom the depth of stone cold cruelty and narcissistic pathology.
Having been in a "relationship" with a NPD female and seeing the way the manipulation and lies goes so deep, far deeper than I could comprehend before her. I still say to myself "I literally can not imagine her reasoning", the WHY that has no answer. I would not have imagined and still can't understand her perspective, despite trying, because it is alien. I just had to accept it is different and nothing about believing most think kind of like yourself was reality.
I cried for Gannon so hard after the verdict was read. That woman needs to have some prison justice done to her. She doesn't deserve to breathe. My son is the same age Gannon was when he died. His mom and I both have the same nickname for our sons, "little boy blue". Even now I can't think about him without my heart breaking 😭💔
My heart goes out to the victim and his family but i also feel bad for Leticia's daughter Harley. She lost everyone too. People were vilifying her for initially believing her mom and thinking she had a hand in it until she testified against her.
On top of everything else, I can only imagine how disgusted her ex is when watching her behavior knowing what she did. My heart goes out to Gannon's parents and sisters...and of course Gannon himself. That poor sweet boy deserved so much better. This is one of those times that I wish I could turn back time. 💔😥💔
Why did Gannon's dad stay with that wretched woman? Even before they got married, she faked a kidnapping for attention and he just laughed it off. He deliberately left the kids alone with her all day, every day. There's no way he didn't know she was abusing his son.
I do also wonder why the birth mother left the kids with her for that long. It is normal to share parenting duties with the father and the new partner, but it seems a bit excessive. Shouldn't excuse Leticia, but if I knew that my child was potentially being abused by a new partner that seemed sus, I would try harder to not leave the kid in that situation for long stretches of time.
@@kimpearson496 Al took full custody away from Landon because she was with a guy who smoked pot. Then he put them in the care of this monster. Landon didn't have the right to take them away
This case is like looking through a mirror into an alternate dimension. I cant fathom how scared that poor boy was but I think my own past can get me pretty close. My own stepmonster despised me, and honestly if my birth mother lived in another state like in this case, I probably wouldve had the same fate. This case hits so so close to home. Rest in peace ❤
@@Lola-AreaCode212 Thank you- some days it feels more behind me then others but I hope that everyone who went through something similar can heal as well. I pray for the day the world is finally in a place where events like this are left far behind.
My stepmother threatened to kill me reglarly when I was a kid, and one day, she "accidentally" spilled an entire pot of boiling water on me, and then rubbed butter all over the open wound instead of taking me to the hospital. It wasnt an accident. We always served our own plates at supper, that night she decided to walk around our cramped table of 5 in a 7'x7' kitchenette serving peas directly from a pot of boiling water pulled directly from a maxed out stove burner. She literally walks over to me and says, "woops" before she proceeds to dump the entire pot directly on me. This is after several death threats where she says she will kill me in my sleep. My father was also an abusive monster, though. Nobody cared. People only pretend to care. Not a single adult ever did anything about my constant abuse even though everyone knew about it. I still have scars from where the boiling water melted my skin off. It has been about 25-30 years since then.
I feel so sorry for Ganon, but also her daughter. Imagine having to live 17 years with that monster, and how scared she must have been. As someone who also lived with a narcissist mother, I hope she gets the therapy and support she needs, she’s a beautiful young woman and deserves to heal and have a wonderful life. Ganon’s sister too 🥺 I’m sure she misses her brother
Yay, shes gone away forever. Why wait to a time to murder a child? If she knew she wasn't well and became Maria? Protecting him from herself ? Not a chance 😮.
@@JSainte17 Right I don't know why they feel bad for her daughter she treated her daughter better than her step-children and that daughter saw how she was treating Ganan
@@JSainte17user-we3tu3lm1z She may have known, but was in complete denial because she didn't want to think the absolute worst of her own Mother. I think if the daughter were involved in any way Leticia would've pinned the murder on her, saying she lied and disposed of the body because she was just trying to protest her daughter. This psychopath is definitely the kind of person that would've thrown her own daughter under a bus if it meant getting away with murder.
I can’t imagine how Gannon’s father must feel. If I brought a woman who is pure evil into my son’s life and she killed him, I’d be devastated. You gotta wonder how he didn’t pick up on her behavior. Love is blind. Now a decent kid is gone and for what? Some evil stepmother who could only think of herself.
Hello? Like she didn't make those types of comments to her husband before that point, but being the big, strong, military man he is- he didn't take this woman's words seriously. Now his son is gone forever, and I really want to know how and why, what role this "wonderful" father played in not allowing his mother to be in his life. Where was she and why in the hell was her little boy not allowed to be with her?
Thanks for bringing this one to us Mike. How do these lunatics lay their heads on the pillow every night?? What an absolute POS to do this to an innocent child. Happy she will be locked up for the rest of her days.
If you don’t love kids, don’t get into a relationship where you’ll have step kids. “Used and under-appreciated” is just part of the deal sometimes when you have kids, whether they’re your own or someone else’s. If you can’t handle that, stay single. Poor Gannon, I hope you’re at peace. It should have been her honor to be your stepmom. 😢
Exactly! I have stepkids as well as my own kids & I always made sure I was aware of my actions. I wanted to make sure I was always treating everyone the same because it is very important that children feel loved. Especially in blended families
I've never felt used and under appreciated as a mother, not for a single second now matter how much I gave, and I give it ALL every day. Getting something back in return never enters the equation as a loving mother. I've been a stepmother, and a mother, and I can tell you, it's not the same, at all. It just isn't. Not for me. As much as you can care for and love someone elses kids, you love your own infinitely more. sorry, it's true. My stepmother told me the same thing when I was an adult, and people need to understand. People don't thank stepmothers enough. Having said that, that beautiful little angel boy... it hurts my heart. That woman was pure evil.
Hey, I really appreciate the fact that you have taken us all into ur arms & hearts since u married my dad, thanks for the acceptance that it's a package deal. Thanks for laying out my lunch snack with my add medicine... ~~Said NO 11 yr. old Ever !!!! On top of that - no kid should be expected to do that stuff. Kids come into this world & they assume "roles" within the family is whats expected of them, as if they HAVE TO do what they do... Ask a kid why mommy & daddy love them. Most will answer back: "it's their job". Kids don't & should not be expected to think the way that monster thought. I kinda wonder why she would even think they should, especially if she was around Kids & supposedly a teacher all this time. It made no sense. She knew nothing of how children should be treated/behave. And did she really think bath salt drugs & bath salts for shower were the same thing? Seemed like she only knew about celebrity gossip. Wtf¿?
Yes. That’s for sure. We still don’t know very much about everything that happened in Gannon’s last 24 hours but, dear God - they were scarier and darker than ANYTHING I can imagine.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks she “accidentally” knocked over that lit candle, hoping Gannon’s room would catch on fire & he wouldn’t be able to get out 💔
I don’t always relate your the stories you tell, but I was a young boy once that got abused too. My younger sister would wait for my dad to come home and tell him that I would call her some bad words or some shit.. my dad would slam some against the wall everytime and get in my face no questions asked.. and I never did it, and felt helpless. What is wrong with people? His voice recording reminded me of myself.
Some Tuesdays Require TC to get me back on track... Let's give it a GOO! Thanks Mike and the TC Crew!! Take care of yourself because well, we love ya (wink).
@@ThatChapter Gladly Mike! Doing all you do, between Podcasts and twice weekly YT uploads. For you to still find time to like and reply... Amazes me, you are a truly classy guy!
I lived in Pace, FL when he was found. I remember the day his body was discovered. Everyone was sitting in traffic forever, I was late for work (which never happens because it’s such a small town), nobody knew why though because there wasn’t any car accident or construction, so it was really weird. Absolutely heartbreaking when everyone heard the news about that poor child. There is a small monument on the side of the road near where he was found that is actively maintained. Little detail, there IS water under the bridge, but the bridge goes over marshy/swamp land so it covers a much wider area than where the various streams and rivers empty out into the bay. She just missed the parts of the bridge that are directly over water. Also it would have washed into Escambia Bay, which ultimately leads to the Gulf of Mexico, not the Atlantic. Thank you for covering his story, I never knew exactly what happened, just that he was a boy that wasn’t from our community. It was never really covered here in local media.
Unfortunately kids go missing all the time and they only get local coverage but thankfully(I'm sure she hated this)this one went national fast.May she meet her punishment when she meets her maker.
As a premie that loves and now works in the video game industry and lives not too far from where everything happened, this case absolutely broke me. I never thought I wanted kids but I’ve actually been going through the adoption process ever since because I hope I can save a child from having to deal with a situation even remotely like this.
Gannon had a 1/10 chance of survival at birth, beating the odds only for it to be brutally taken away by a monster living under the same roof. This is a cruel world.
Yes, it's definitely a cruel world to some. Incredibly sad.
That's unfortunately how it looks for a lot of children of narcissistic parents...sad
Yep but had someone looking over him at birth and at death to be found like that by chance. So pleased he was found so police could see what happened
Mike fathered a baby with her later, hope they are well
@@Justicesdadhe got a knew wife after that terrible woman. He didn't get a child whit that monster (fortunately)!!! Or did you talk about the knew wife? 🕵🏼♀️🤓 She looks like a good woman at least 🙌🏼💯👀
She made a child think they had to choose between selling furniture or getting evicted because of a spilled candle? He is sobbing. What a psychopath.
The story had previously been that she had stabbed him in the stomach that night and he was sobbing because he was begging her to get help for him. She was recording it because she thought making it about the candles would somehow prove her innocent. I''m not sure why the story changed; I still think she hurt him that night and that's why he was crying.
I want to know why the father didn't notice that she was a raving lunatic. And why didn't the mother have custody?
@@Ariadne76-k3dthe mother was suffering from complications after giving birth to two children and asked the father of her children to take care of them until she wasn’t coming in and out the hospital.
@@Ariadne76-k3dShe's solid Narcissistic Personality Disorder, they will act entirely different for every person around them, the father would have seen a different person. They always have a scapegoat, she'd probably been terrorising that boy for most of the 2 years. It is rare they would directly harm someone to that degree, they like to persuade others to do it or get the scapegoat to self cancel.
Not just evicted but that his own father would kick him out.
The “”accidental”” recording of her psychologically terrorizing that poor young boy for accidentally spilling candle wax was gut wrenching to hear. He’s literally sobbing in deep remorse for nothing more than a simple household accident, and instead of comforting him she’s requesting he take inventory of what can be sold to repair the “damages.” Thank god that monster is behind bars.
Not to mention, crying saying he was concerned about his burns
@@stuckin82 such a sad story. If she never so much as touched a hair on his head, the psychological damage she inflicted alone would have been cataclysmic to his mental and emotional development and well-being as a whole. I pray that boy has peace now. 🕯️💞
they way she "shushes" him while he's saying "I'm worried about my burns" 😭
You can hear how this kid has been made to feel terrible about himself over and over. I fell into deep depression at age eleven from living in a terrible situation myself. That audio clip was so hard to hear
It was unbelievably heartbreaking 💔
When his dad spoke and asked that his last name be stripped from her, you could feel the anger and resentment. You could tell just how much that precious boy meant to everyone except his stepmother.
Should have let his kids live with their mom.
@@willissudweeks1050yes Leticia was obviously unstable
But he should have done his home work before marrying her. Of course some psychos are good at hiding who they truly are. Her constant jealously and moaning was a red flag. Some guys just can't be alone.
@@matthewmatthew9485lol he’s a middle aged single dad with not a lot of $$ …. Your options are pretty slim 😂
@@hahathatsucks8019 Yes, haha that actually more than sucked! He’s dead because he wasn’t around to parent. Tragic! He is not a single dad! He was a divorced father with the responsibility of a child! Indeed tragic.
The fear in his voice. The crying. That's incredibly sad. No adult should talk to a child like she was.
He knew he was going to die. The poor little man. My heart is broken....to know the person who is SUPPOSED to love you is going to kill you....
She is evil
His voice oh Lord poor boy my heart 💜 literally hurt
Man my boy is around his age, I would be in prison and she would be in pieces.
He was already seriously injured if you listen closely he says something along the lines of I'm just worried about my burns and she shushes him quickly as it doesn't fit with the proof of life video she's making imo. Poor baby was terrified and in pain and I don't normally wish ill on anybody but this woman deserves to rot in Hell but first I want her to live a long life forever afraid of the other inmates.
I couldn't believe how she was behaving in the police car either or on the news interviews. Complaining in the car that the officer was threatening her, (I doubt they were as they all kept their composure thankfully so that she couldn't twist it in court) and that people were disrespecting her etc when she already knew she had done far worse to a defenceless child. She's a vile coward! If she truly had issue with Al she was clearly to pathetic to take it up with him directly. RIP Gannon 🙏 he looks so much like a brunette version of my own dear grandson ❤ and she triggers all my mama bear instincts.
Props to that news reporter for just letting her talk. She made herself look like an utter fool.
The recording of him “pinky promising” he didn’t do it on purpose-he sounds so scared of her and then she starts telling a literal child how they will have to sell things to fix it. She’s the worst kind of human
I think she had already physically attacked him before that recording
And he starts to say he’s just worried about his burn injuries and she cuts him off and shuts off the recording. She’s bad at it, but the whole thing was so clearly something she was trying to “shape”
I believe he didn't start any fire. See when she says to him to say if he did it on purpose and he cries that he didn't and kinda trails off, I thinking he meant he didn't do it at all.
She did, hoping the fire would take care of her 'problem' once and for all, and he got burnt putting it out.
Right! It’s disgusting to hear her talking to him
Like that. When I pinky promise something with my daughters it’s usually for something like “if you are good while we do (said activity) then we can get ice cream, pinky promise”
@@It-is-me...MelsieI think she drugged him and tried to kill him in a house fire
Real life wicked step-mother. It’s hard to believe evil like this exists. Rest in peace Gannon, you deserved so much better 😢
💙🩵 GANNON WAS SO PRECIOUS. YES, HE TRULY DESERVED BETTER. REST IN HEAVEN HONEY 😇🙏🕊✝️🕊💙💙💙
We have that legend for a reason. Sad.
It's not hard at all. Not even a little bit. Why do people like you act like horrible people just don't exist? Why are you shocked.
@katymcginn4644 please shut up. That boy is in the ground. Your magical sky daddy would've saved his life if he was real.
Keep your fairy tale bible storybook out of a REAL tragedy
I just can't wrap my head around the fact that somebody could be like that to a little kid. Like what part of your brain is missing that you would treat a child like that?
Something just hit me. Letecia was demanding to have a sincere apology for a crime she knew she committed, but never once actually have an apology to anyone. Not to Ganon, her ex-husband, her daughter. She only felt sorry for herself.
Yeah she's about as narcissistic as a person can be. She probably believes some of her own bs too. Ppl like her victimize themselves in every situation. She's literally rotten from the inside.
Yeah she’s a douche nozzle.
That only just hit you?
It's the only so called emotion they have is for themselves. In court at sentencing time they cry "poor me!" Keep Safe Out There
@@PazuzuM666 It was hearing that audio in the beginning. I had a million other things on my mind while watching the trial. Like, "Is letecia racist for trying to see if a mexican would be willing to take the fall for her, and then making her 'alter' a russian assassin with a mexican accent" and "Wait, she said she had a button to summon Twilight vampires in her prison cell" or my favorite, "SHE WROTE HER CONFESSION IN LATIN AND THE DOCTOR LOST IT?!"
During her whole trial she showed no remorse and she was even caught flipping people off while they were testifying. This woman is just pure evil!
That’s right: it was good to watch the judge really putting her in her place.
SHE DID WHAT TO THEM? Oh God, what an absolute piece of shit.
My favorite line from the trial will always be when the prosecutor said, "I want to talk more about vampires."
This monster 👾 is definitely a POS☠️🤬, PURE EVIL🤬🚩, I hope she gets hers in prison, prisonersdon'take kind 2 child haters... RIP G-man ur a super "HERO" 4ever in my heart❤😢💔🙏🕊💪🪶
well, did you ever think maybe the kid deserved it?
She was psychologically torturing him. "We'll have to sell stuff to repair it. Maybe a couch so the lady isn't mad at us". What a monster she was even before the murder happened.
It's called *narcissistic abuse.*
She was an absolute demon to the poor child.
Gannon said ‘I’m just worried about my burns’ right before she tells him to shhh!
Just beyond horrible.
Why wasn't her illness detected before she killed that poor kid.. sicko
I worked at the jail she was in while she was there, she was constantly coming up with escape plans. Once word got around why she was there, inmates would inform on her immediately😂
Good I'm glad ! 😊
She's clearly just a Savage. It's always so amazing how people can fake it for a while but she sure showed who she was during the arrest and the whole investigation!! Thank you for sharing how she was in jail
That’s accessible information on the internet! 🤦🏽♀️You’ve given no new inside info at all for having “worked” in the jail she was in
@@suzymoroka297and...
@@allylabar21she's saying the story of working at the jail is not true. And it's likely not.
The clip of Latecia asking Gannon about setting the rug on fire absolutely broke my heart. To hear him answering in tears & knowing he was probably in incredible pain from the abuse & injuries she caused him just hurts my soul. Bless his heart, he didn’t stand a chance around such evil. Rest in peace baby.
He was a pyro, why praise the firestarter?
Exactly. You can hear his condition through his tears of what happened *before* the recording started. He was probably abused for around 20-30 minutes before this recording. No kid gets that upset unless something bad happened, physical or psychological.
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n he's literally dead wtf is wrong with you
@@CoMorbidittyI’m sorry but that’s so not true. There are children that will do something and turn on the water works because they got caught. And they can do it in an instant. I’m not saying the deserve terrible punishments, at the end of the day they are babies after all. But, to make it seem like every kid that cries when they are in trouble is being abused is terrible misinformation and it’s harmful to good parents and good stepparents.
@@CoMorbidittyunless the child was scared of getting abused for a small mistake, because of previous instances of abuse, but either is possible.
That audio of her talking to Gannon while he’s sobbing is absolutely heartbreaking.
Where dis that clip come from? Did she make it? Why??????
@@forallthestupidshit3550 she said she 'accidently' recorded it, makes me think she had already hurt him which is why he isn't visible or (as Mike said) was planning on killing him
@@nalanimulcahy8451 oh wow. So she may have planned to use it as proof "he was still alive when...." kind of thing? That's awful.
Ugh ya, usually I eat these videos up, but I had to stop it as soon as that clip came on :(
I had to skip over that part, it absolutely ruined me 😢
I don’t understand how people can hate step children. I’d be like “hell yeah! A kid that I didn’t have to give birth to and is already potty trained! AND I get to show them love and kindness so they grow up to be smart, kind, and caring adults!” Kids are an extension of your partner. If you don’t love their kids, you don’t love them, just leave. 😩
easy to understand as they are not your kids. they are constant reminders of the fact your partner lived a prior mistaken life with the wrong person in their past. the child has the DNA of the person who the partner now hates. not right, but easy to understand
@@AlaborJinta Hey whats your real name? I just wanna know for when Mike makes a video about you in the future. That is some straight up sociopathic logic.
I can understand why she wouldn’t want to raise someone else’s kids. I would never choose that. So you know what I don’t do? I don’t get involved with single mums. It’s not complicated.
She chose to get involved with a single dad, she chose her situation.
@@peteglanton9259people think I’m insane when I say I don’t date single dads. I don’t want my own kids, and I don’t want to raise anyone else’s, either. Simple enough decision to me, but a lot of people think being female and not wanting kids makes you evil incarnate.
I don't understand how can two kids be raised by solely a step parent though? I don't agree with how you should always love your partner's kids, love for kids either exists or not but there should be mutual adult agreement and understanding about it. How the dad could think his wife is happy sitting at home with two school age kids of his own, I don't completely understand. It is clear she had some mental issues anyway, but it is also clear she was not happy at all, and exhausted of raising kids she did not love. Being a mom is not an easy task, being a step mom for two that provides sole care for them - I wouldn't be able to manage it, frankly. I just don't understand what the dad and mom thought about it and why they did not live with the mom since dad is away all the time as an army man.
I'm not a parent or stepparent myself, but I did briefly visit the stepparents subreddit out of curiosity, and I was horrified. Resentment of stepkids and failure to form bonds with them were common threads among posts on that forum.
One post that sticks in my mind was written by a step-mom that resented her stepchildren so strongly that she confessed to wanting to unalive them. While most replies expressed concern and encouraged OP to get professional help, one reply was an admission to feeling the same way about their own stepkids.
The terrible truth is that more Letecia Stauches are lurking out there, seething with rage and one moment away from snapping.
I’ve visited that sub reddit as well, not the most healthy environment to say the least. I’ll never fathom the absurdity that is the folks who get into a relationship with someone who has kids from someone else and reaching levels of entitlement and disdain it’d make Lucifer himself blush, it’s illogical and to punish the innocent children is just evil and low hanging fruit to take frustrations out on and people do, insanity.
The step-children are the evil ones and their fathers are truly to blame for gas-lighting the step-mother. He sees the turmoil and says nothing, knowing the kids hate her for trying to replace their mother. All of this is the father's fault.
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n calling children evil = opinion disqualified from relevance.
You seem the type to dog on fathers and hold mothers up as beacons no matter what either individuals personality/actions/attitude etc, are like.
@@cjthebeesknees You should learn to read, you're missing so much in life.
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n I’ll do that, while you consume excess amounts of copium.
The thing I can't forget is her talking to the reporter (being sure to keep her back to the camera all the time) smugly saying, "When he is found and it is proven that I had nothing to do with his disappearance, I want an apology from everyone." I think she imagined a big settlement from SOMEONE who had unfortunately had the audacity to accuse the innocent Leticia of doing something wrong. World's most slap-able person! Leticia, are you still waiting for that apology? Here's an apology for you. I am ever so sorry that Gannon had the extreme misfortune to ever come in contact with someone as evil as you. RIP, Gannon.
What got me was when the reporter asked if she would like to say anything to Gannon if he's watching and she said "I need you to come home so you can tell everyone I had nothing to do with this" instead of...you know "Gannon we miss you and love you. Please come home safe" or something like that. Really said a lot about her
That's not an apology, it's a sarcastic insult. Maybe you and her are related. She is pretty slap-able though, soft, round and slow witted.
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n jesus
@@BariumCobaltNitrog3n You are dangerous. Hope you are being watched
Yeah that interview was some real next level shit ! It's clear she's manipulated and lied her way thru life to actually think doing that interview and saying the things she said was a good idea 😂🤦🤷🤦😔. Evil bitch.
It hurts to hear Gannon's scared little voice saying he was worried about his burns. He had the sweetest smile. She is pure evil. We will never forget you, Gannon. RIP, angel.
Oh you knew him?
No wonder Gannon was having accidents, you can hear in his voice how terrified he was of this vile creature. When a child is scared and is subjected to emotional abuse, and probably physical as well, that's how their body reacts. She never should've been left alone with that angel. She was expressing so much jealousy and hatred towards him and the role she felt she was having to play for him. I personally just wouldn't have risked allowing her to be alone with him at all. This one literally made me cry.
Having accidents in a child that was previously potty trained and doing well is a major RED FLAG that there is a ton of stress that child is enduring. It doesn’t necessarily mean physical abuse, or emotional abuse, but it definitely points at a major stress in their life that didn’t exist before. Gannon suddenly having “accidents” likely meant he was feeling a lot of bad shit coming from his stepmom. The candle wax video.. you can hear a lot of terror in his voice. He was scared of her. For how long, who knows.. but it was clear he was scared of her.
Same thing happened with harmony Montgomery (sperm donor Adam was found guilty this past week.) she was five when she was sent to live with him. She never had issue with accidents until she was back with him, and then it turned into a daily struggle. staying clean was a point of PRIDE for her. Her foster mother said Harmony trained HERSELF because she wanted to be a big girl. Poor girl lasted onto months with her “dad” and step mom before she was killed.
Gannon’s issue was his adhd meds that he took during the week and hot during the weekend. She was having to give him Miralax to get things moving resulting in the accident during their hike.
His little voice crying just hurts to my soul knowing what came next...truly heartbreaking. I just have no words at how cruel and vile that woman is.
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@camilleelise.9415 I heard the case before but not that audio clip. The way she spoke to him...made him feel so small and scared. What a absolute horrible human and then to fake cry on tv...the pure audacity.
Al couldn't have known that she would kill Gannon . But what he definitely must have known is that she had a screw lose
Poor little guy. Gannon was crying and saying he was worried about the burn on his body. She shut him down and continued talking crap about selling furniture and pinky promises. My grandson is 11 years old. This is horrific, heartbreaking and unconscionable. I can't even.
Hearing her speak to that little guy broke me. She’s intimidating him the whole time. You can hear how afraid he is. I have three sons. I just cannot imagine them being treated that way. That poor baby.
It’s funny that she hated the ex-wife, and yet, her actions led to the ex-wife staying at their home
This case will forever haunt me and I’ll never be able to forget the video hearing Gannon say “pinkie” and sounding like he’s in horrid pain! I hope this disgusting MONSTER rots and is haunted every single day for the rest of her miserable life!
That poor baby knew that he was going to die. I literally cried!
Yes he was burnt at the time and I bet suffering terribly. I remember watching the fbi guy interrogating her and he asks was it very painful and she doesn’t think of the burns he suffered but starts talking about her trauma.🙄😡
@@SeXxToR so heartbreaking!
@@bari2883 just the thought of what that poor kiddo went through makes me nauseous!
@Camille Elise. when I first heard it, I started crying! I have a little boy about Gannons age and he is my world!! To do what she did to a CHILD is beyond disgusting!!
I’m on day 11 of the trial right now. Thanks for covering the story again. She is a narcissistic, selfish monster and deserves to rot under the prison.
under the prison? like in the basement? or secret tunnels? explain please!
@@bootynbass9436You're not too bright, are you
@@bootynbass9436 Under the foundations if I had anything to do with it, the evil beitch
@@bootynbass9436 English is clearly not your first language, so perhaps don't be expecting people in a comments section to be giving you lessons on the intricacies of the language - here is not the place.
@Mel that's not quite nice. They're asking politely because they don't get the comment.
Best part of this whole twisted story is the end - during victim impact statements, where she had to sit with her filthy mouth shut and listen as Al and Landen showed solidarity, and how they've realigned, forgiven each other, and apologized to each other for letting that wicked succubus manipulate them against each other over the years. Her evil was exposed in many ways, for all the world to see. Leticia is no longer in control...of ANYTHING.
I loved every word that that judge said, an eloquent and to the point account of what happened and how she was going to spend the rest of her life in prison for what she did.
I personally believe people like her deserve to be put through all she did to him. Ending on a public broadcast
He narried Tisah
The irony of Al and Leticia, taking custody of Gannon away from his bio mom because of her boyfriend’s criminal record…
Yep. I hope the dad feels like an ass and I’m sure he does.
And her drugs. Someone can't take custody from someone. The court does that. Sounds like neither mom or dad should've had custody
“I raised this child for 2 years because his mother didn’t want to do it” is an absolutely vile thing to say in an interview while protesting your innocence in your stepson’s disappearance. Even if she *was* innocent in the crime (she’s not, I’d bet my life on it), how dare she drag his mom through the mud on television like that. She is absolutely revolting.
I do wonder what happened with the *real* Mum. No offense, but while I understand you'd share custody on weekends and holidays, I'm not sure why Gannon was not with her for such an extended amount of time.
@@intrepidtomato the situation is confusing, but doesn’t matter to me. Leticia chose to marry a divorced man who already had two kids. To me, I’d think someone going into that should be prepared and even willing to be the kid’s full-time parental figure if they need it, but it seems Leticia didn’t even consider that. It’s made pretty clear that she didn’t want to raise any more kids, especially not ones that weren’t her own. But she’s a narcissist who only cares about herself. It probably doesn’t even matter if the bio mom was present or not, Leticia would have found a way to despise her, the kids, and even the husband because that’s just who she is. She’s very disturbed.
@@intrepidtomatohe LITERALLY covered that in the video.
@@godspellflowerfr5991 funny how everyone crying about the poor child after the fact where was his mom if she had custody Gannon would still be alive my child was a premi almost didn't make it no one and I mean no one is raising my child but me
@@kimpearson496 Again, I don’t see this an argument that matters to the situation. You have every right to feel that way about your own kid, but trying to place any blame on the birth mother for this tragedy makes absolutely no sense to me. We don’t know specifics of the divorce, or why the dad was chosen over the mom. She may not have had any say in how the court ruled. Custody agreement can extremely serious and strict, and they already lived in different states. Or maybe she was a dead beat mom- I don’t think she was, But either way, it doesn’t matter. Leticia is the person who matters here, because she’s the one who committed the ultimate crime of taking an innocent child’s life, something that like 99.99% of people would never even think about doing. It’s so vile and despicable that it’s something no one ever *expects* it to happen, especially from another mother. *Leticia* is the villain here, not the birth mom. She is a victim here too, and I can’t imagine the pain she feels.
Gannon the boy with the million dollar smile. Fly high little man.💙
❤
I lived in Colorado Springs at the time. Was actually born and raised there. This was right on the heels of the Chris Watts story. From the time they first announced he was missing, it had the whole city in a choke hold. So many people volunteered to search for him, and it was freezing outside at that time. My heart breaks for him, and what he must have went through in his final moments
My son is 11 and I live in Pace, FL where Gannon was found so I vividly remember this case. But NOTHING could’ve prepared me to hear the clip of Gannon crying. That clip broke me. Hearing any child cry like that makes you want to run over and give them a hug. And knowing he was hours away from being murdered is just heartbreaking. I’m glad my brain will never really understand how someone could hurt a child. Hope his real parents can find a way to forgive themselves and get past this.
Wow, you are close to where he was! I'm just across the state line from you, in Brewton AL. I pass near where he was found at least once a month, if not more. That's why this case is so important to me. That poor baby.
So many people say they don't understand something terrible. I really respect how you said you were GLAD to not understand. I'm actually going to use that from now on, thank you.
This case was literally next to my home. I took my child to go and look for Gannon. The whole neighborhood was devastated by his death. Just the absolute monster that calls herself a mom is disgusting and horrible, I just wish we could still hang people in the town square...this baby fought for life in the beginning and in the end..RIP sweet Gannon
Bless you for looking for that baby.
Her demeanor and choice of words gave her away in that news interview. The same way Chris Watts did in his interview on his front porch. It's a terrifying thought that people like them live and walk amongst us and we are none the wiser until something happens. Stay safe my TC friends!
Yup. I knew the moment I saw that video, she was guilty. She couldn’t even FACE the camera. She knew her face would show the lies all the more clear.
I have a stepson close to Gannon’s age. I don’t understand how she could of killed him? This is just beyond disgusting, my stepson is my son, she is a monster.
💙 YES, SHE'S A EVIL MONSTER! GOD BLESS YOU FOR LOVING YOUR STEPSON, STAY BLESSED 🥰😇🙏✝️💙💙💙
would HAVE, not would of
Sorry, pet peeve.
@@themudpit621could* have
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I’ve watched this case EXTENSIVELY and you did such a perfect job of summarizing it into a 30 minute clip. Your perspective and commentary are spot on
I'm in Colorado Springs. I had to fast forward through the part where Gannon is crying about being burned and Leticia gas lighting him. It's heart breaking. I can't imagine the fear he had 😢
I missed the part where she burned him, but caught the false pretense, she was filming... Heartless F 'n B...h!!
I did the same
When he said “wow I aged terribly” I literally dropped my phone from laughing so hard. You have a gift Mike. You are hilarious and yet tell awful stories in a way that honors the victims and their families. It’s truly remarkable
Did you see the description under his pictures? “Angelic” 3 years ago, “decrepit” now 😂
@@montsesalazar6457no shot he's actually 32. He looks 22
@@bartholomewmiller He's 32?!? For a second there, when he was joking about being called "daddy", I was thinking that I was old enough to be *his* dad! Luckily, I'm not... quite.
So many times he CRACKS ME UP! In one video the Scumbag murderer was blaming the devil, like so many try to do, and he cracked me up saying "the devil? Is he in the room right now?! Should we f him up?!?" Lmao! Gotta love Mike!
@@bartholomewmillerI'm the same age as him and reading your comment I now feel terrible. 😂 He makes me look ancient I thought he was 20's! 😂
This woman was an Asst Teacher? But couldn’t handle an 11 year old boy, her own stepchild? 💔 Rest In Peace Gannon 🙏🏼
It's often times step mother or fathers not accepting step kids perhaps they will agree verbally but too often I've seen from treating step kids as secondary to the ones born of that relationship, all the way to physical abuse as a norm.
Imo the worst tho is different when a woman will take the word of their current bf or husband over their biological kids from a past relationship. I've heard women literally super resentful of their kids cause the son from ex looks just like the dad and the mom will be spiteful cuz she sees her ex when looking at her son ... unimaginable to me but I've seen it enough to become jaded but each person will have their own standards
It wasn't a matter of "couldn't handle" him; she didn't *want* to handle him.
@@MoAli-wm4of No it isn't, MOST of the time step parents don't murder their step children
You don't know many teachers, eh? I do, and let me tell ya, many are horrible parents
@@stonerllc7585 You know what? You're right. I was an Early Childhood Educator for numerous years; the worst demanding unreasonable parents were your co-workers who had children in the same child care centre.
The interview starting 18:38 just shows exactly how narcissistic she truly was. It's incredible that she did this interview while her 11 year old stepson, a child, was missing and make it all about how she is the victim, how she has been mistreated throughout the process and try to take control of the narrative. Mind-blowing.
The clip of Leticia guilting Gannon for burning the carpet made me sick to my stomach by itself. What a vile excuse for a human being. So many kids have that pressure put on them by abusers and wind up thinking they’re personally responsible for the health and financial situation of the family. You could hear how helpless he felt.
I was made to feel guilty over existing in my childhood by my father. He'd talk about how they'd had more money if I didn't get gifts for my birthday (that didn't come out of his bank btw) or eat so many sweets (despite me being chronically ill/constantly losing weight and him often stealing my food). It left me so messed up as an adult. I hid food in my bedroom as a kid. Although I feel I have a healthy relationship with food, I still feel guilty when people talk about how much food costs (ie, my mother telling me the burger brand I eat is like £4-£6 a pack now). The financial trauma I have is unreal. I feel bad for the kid, obviously, but I also think I'm happy in a melancholy way that he didn't have to live the rest of his (presumably 50+ year) life dealing with the trauma she put onto him.
@@justaperson4656 I’m sorry you went through that. I can relate to the quasi-unhealthy relationship with food. I get triggered by the thought of over-consumption and often limit my food intake for no real reason. There’s this upsetting pang of guilt and shame associated with it. But I don’t remember my mom or dad ever explicitly guilting me over it. It’s a vague sense of feeling as though I’m, I dunno, not worthy of eating too much?? Or maybe that it’s selfish?
Be very careful who you allow around your children. Make sure your children know you are always on their side and they can tell you anything without fear. This poor child. My heart hurts for him.
I honestly think she tried to set Gannon on fire while he was sleeping. I don't think he knocked a candle over... And that's why she was shushing him when he said "I'm just worried about my burn".
After watching the trial that's what I thought too, she burned him trying to set his room on fire.
He had to be in a ton of pain from the burn. Classic abusive relationship, blame the victim for what the abuser did.
Good construction of information.
I suspect that after drugging him a fire was her design .
Oh Christ, I didn't even think of that. I think you're right. She really wanted a CHILD to suffer so much. Fucking heartbreaking.
I can’t get the image of Gannon fighting for his life out of my head. Ugh what a horrible tragedy. This case and the Watts murders has always stuck with me.
Holy crap! The guy behind her when she’s doing her video court appearance, his reaction is gold. That “holy mother of god, this lady did what?!?!” look.
@@littlebear1771 ‘I got caught passed out in mac’ds parking lot with hot glass in my lap, but goddamn lady!’- Defendant BooBoo.
This case was pure horror.. poor kid. RIP 🕊️
Thank You, Mike 💚
Knowing that she wounded him and he probably went under the bed to get away from her…it’s too much.
I cannot forgive her for how she talked to Gannon alone, " you burned the carpet, what are we gonna sell, huh? You realize what you've done?" A genuine abuser.
What parent would ask a child what could the sell?
She’s evil 😡
@brendaleary9281 a psycho parent 😔
I hate that recording. Whatever he had done, that whole conversation was ridiculous. Talking about selling a couch and talking over him dismissively when he was trying to say he was scared about his injuries. I hope all the bad things happen to her in prison.
The gaslighting was a technical way to abuse him by fear - while keeping him confused about her position , confuse the hell out of him as though she was innocent and this all happened bc of him, only question was how much he planned of it, is what she wanted him ti believe, this allowed her to feel she could have him shamed into silence and into confusion that her actions were abuse directly - she’s horrible
There was no other 'darker' side to Letecia. A blind man could see what kind of person she was. I have no idea who could possibly be fooled by her.
Her husbands.
Jeah just listening her talking ist exhausting. He must have been desperate af or she sucks the chrome off a bumper.
Stevie Wonder could see her evil side from China. She’s a terrible liar, and an even worse person!
I remember thinking this at the time this case broke. My only guess was she was really forward and promiscuous, showed some cleavage and these dupes fell for it. And you can bet she just put out to get what she wanted, not necessarily for reasons of pleasure or affection.
Willing boobs and mouths speak volumes to some men hoping for a simple spouse.
Listening to that boy cry over the carpet is heart shattering
The “accidental” video she made when he burned the carpet made me so upset 😭 . She made him think they needed to sell things they need in order to fix it or else be kicked out. Bc he made an accident. My son is 10 and I can’t imagine how awful he’d feel if he thought he caused an issue like that 😢 What a lame excuse for a woman. Not many young kids will physically fight an authority figure like that, fight back, even if they know what’s going to happen. He sounds like he was an incredible boy.
I felt the exact same way. It was very hard to hear. That kind of psychological abuse is so deeply scarring to young children especially. My heart just can’t take it.
Jesus this made me mad. That poor boy.
She caused the fire too, not Gannon. When he cries "I didn't..." she doesn't let him finish.
And when Gannon says he's worried about his burns she just goes 'SHHH!, Listen'
That really pisses me off
I was so emotionally invested in this case, and I watched every minute of the trial. When the verdict was read I couldn’t help myself, I just started crying. Gannon and his family deserve justice. RIP 🩵🩵🩵🩵
Me too. First I shouted in victory and then just balled my eyes out. Such a sweet and precious little boy how could anyone hurt him? People call her a monster but she is worse than that, just pure evil.
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I started following this case very early on after hearing about Gannon being missing from my sister who lived in Denver. I've seen all of the true crime stories told about it as well as the interrogations and following the whole trial via Live Stream over on the 8MC channel. My family got tired of hearing every little detail. They could see my anger and my heartbreak for that little boy only 2 years older than my own son. I feel so sorry for his little sister, Dad, Mom and for Harley, who truly believed her mother couldn't have done what they were accusing her of.
Mike... You forgot to mention that the reason they were in Colorado was because Al's previous station was in Alaska... Where Leticia accused other members of the Guard of sexual assault because she thought it would get them sent back to S.Carolina...
Damn that's a shitty thing to do
There was so much left out. I was hoping the cash baby story would have been brought up. I was there that day and the jury's reaction was hilarious. Not in a haha kinda of way but like r u fn kidding me?!?! way
@Lame Tube she said she helped a woman on the side of the road who had a fake pregnant belly filled with cash who forced her to exchange cash for drugs and when she said no they kidnapped Gannon and took him to Mexico and Gannon was living with the cartels 🤦 I think it was the second to last friday
It definitely was on a Friday because that was the only day that I could attend trial. Also people thought she was flipping off the expert witness but I kinda think she was flipping off this one juror who would openly laugh at her, roll his eyes and shake his head. He was fun to watch because he was showing what all of us felt in the courtroom.
Holy shit
“Hey you…” - something I hate in real life, but love when Mike says it to me.
As someone who've seen the whole trial I can say (for the first time) I don't look forward to watching That Chapter video.
Here's one huge thank you for covering Gannon's story: 💙.
Exactly, that poor baby and his poor parents, such an evil woman
Me too! My immediate reaction was, as much as I love Mike, I can't listen to all that again. Poor, dear, sweet little Gannon 😢😢😢
Agreed!
I think she tried to burn him alive while he was sleeping but he woke up and then she tried to blame him for knocking over a candle. Then he’s crying over his wounds and she can’t even care that he’s injured and in pain.
She ended up stabbing and shooting and choking this poor kid. Evil. She should rot in prison until her life ends.
I wouldn’t put it past her attempting to burn Gannon alive and when he woke up and that plan didn’t work she blamed him then killed him.
18 stab wounds, 4 blunt trauma to crack his skull, and one gunshot
Plot twist: In the year 2041, Mike time travels back to 1987 and proceeds to prevent all of the crimes he covered over the decades.
On some minority report type stuff lol
Secondary plot twist: Mike time travels to 2043 only to find out he has been missing for 30 years…
I'd watch that movie
“The one murder he couldn’t stop was his own.”
@@jesseleon4501he makes a video about his own murder
"you have the right to remain silent. This is a request, not a statement."
Mike has hands down the best true crime channel out there the way he combines humor with the crimes but also does it in a way that shows respect is amazing and a true talent
@@sendthis9480 lol you're funny 🤣😂
Hearing the little boy cry made me cry. He sounded terrified. You never date anyone that doesn't treat your kid like gold. I love my husband, he's the only dad my son knows. He's the dad that stepped up. But if he even says something bad about my son, he's out the f'n door and he knows that.
@Aubrey
.. absolute scripture..Amen to that . 💯👍✌️
That broke my heart. He was so upset. I can't stand to see my own kid cry. It hurts.
The father just wanted someone to look after his kids, he didn’t really care about them.
His mom should've had him.
so what if your son gives him constant shit?? and he reprimands him? im just assuming he might be a teen, however if he is a child then carry on
Heartbreaking case. I’ll never forget little Gannon. Love to Al and Landen.
Acting like you knew him ❗
I watch a lot of true crime shows, but this story is by far one of the most disturbing I have ever seen. Murdering a person is one thing, but murdering an innocent child like that is beyond comprehension. I had to fast forward through the recording of him sobbing. As a father of a young boy, it was too much for me. May you rest peacefully Gannon.
This case reminds me so much to another one that happened in Spain in 2018. An 8 years old boy was killed by his father's partner and she hid the body. The worst part is that during the investigation the Guardia Civil suspected her and asked the parents for their cooperation so for some days the father had to keep living with her and acting as if he wasn't aware of all the proofs against her, while the mother had to let her "help" in the searches and keep it cordial. The killer was one of the first persons in Spain to get the equivalent of life imprisonment. Later on, it was also discovered that she had a child in her country of origin that died at 5 years old when she fell from a balcony. It was considered an accident at the moment but now authorities in both countries believe otherwise.
That is absolutely horrible.
Being able to do that to children is insane.
Yes. Gabriel Cruz case…so damn evil!
What a nightmare... Truly makes me feel sick.
This happened in my hometown. I remember watching her interview on the news and both my mom and I said that she had something to do with it. It's been a heart breaking few years but I'm so glad she finally faced justice.
Yeah but people always say that, they see someone slighlty strange on tv and imediatly they are guilty lol ! fkin idiots, a lot of the time they are not guilty.
She's a terrible actress. And can you imagine what the reporter and camera operator thought about her first and second takes? They must have felt sick.
@@Tracymmo The reporter testified in her hearing about it and how he knew in that moment she was guilty.
Poor Gannon's body was dumped under the bridge in my hometown. I see a memorial for him every time I pass the spot. So sad.
Ray Charles could see this pathetic POS was lying through her teeth. I remember seeing this aired in real time when the case broke and it made me mad as hell. I was waiting for a cop to pop out and cuff her.
Sweet darling Gannon. His little voice utterly broke my heart. I cannot imagine the terror and pain he went through. Rest in peace darling boy.
I remember when she reached out on a local page saying he was missing. A nasty storm was coming in so there was a real panic going on. I figured she was just out of her mind with worry when her story changed on another local page. So many of us spent days on days searching for him. It became pretty clear that she had something to do with it but i think the community really just was trying to hold onto hope hed be okay.
That woman is a monster.
i've been following this for a long time and i've sobbed for gannon. poor little boy, he was so strong, so sweet, and he fell victim to a malignant narcissist who was good at hiding her tendences. landon and al's victim impact statements hit me so hard. this case is just as infuriating as it is tragic.
I’m in tears… this one really got me… the audio of that poor child… he sounded terrified… omg… how can you do this to a poor sweet child?? This is beyond heartbreaking and I’m so so sorry this poor boy went through what he did… rip Gannon… the monster that did this to you is where she deserves to be… 😢
Well, NOT quite YET, but she'll get there.
It rips my heart right out of my chest every time I hear about sweet Gannon's story. I'm a mother of 6 boys and I just wish I could wrap him up in my arms and tell him what a great kid he was. Now I'm crying again.
Right? Plenty of people out there like me that have always wanted kids but can't have any that would have taken him in and given him the best life ever. These monsters should suffer the same fate
Same it absolutely breaks my heart how he had to live
When it comes to abuse and murder of a child, I think the punishment should fit the crime, we need to start setting examples of these people, we as a society need to start doing more to protect these innocent children. I think all will agree no one deserves to live if they harm a child!
I'm glad that you showed that clip of flipping someome off. She was admonished for this by the judge, and then had to sit between her 2 attorneys. Someone from a live RUclips feed actually noticed this and got message to the prosecutor.
How in the world could Noone in the court see her doing it? Seriously?
Thanks for covering this baby boy 😢 RIP GANNON🙏🏽 this demon should never have been around children
Yet they wanna arm teachers!
She is a prime example of why it is a crazy ifsa
Oh the fear & sadness in this poor childs voice.That really got to me.😢
She’s a sociopath and thinks she’s smarter then everyone else.
This case give me a level of rage I've never had. This evil waste of flesh killed Gannon bc of her jealousy, and hatred for his Mother. The most diabolical part was the monster would call Landon from Gannon's phone AFTER she murdered him🤬
I used to study in same college as Leticia, or as we called her "Lati" . She really had some anger issues. You would talk to her and she would suddenly turn red and tears in her eyes and got extremely angry. She would say things just to hurt you. Pretty terrible existence. However, I didn't imagine she could do something like that.
She sounded like a nutjob to begin with this wouldnt be a surprise
Jesus that's horrifying...
So she really did attend college
I thought she always went by Tecia or Tee? Lati?
I didn't imagine she had the self-discipline to attend a college.
One thing I hated about this case is the way Letecia talks about how she "takes care" of the kids and that their original mother didn't do anything, she's narcissistic and it's very sickening to see. There's probably a special place in hell for selfish pricks like her.
Right?! If you didn’t want to do that why marry a man with children 😮
We certainly hope for that special place in hell for her and monsters like her.
She’s not only a liar because Gannons mom was definitely involved despite illness/miscarriage, but then also tried to implicate her own daughter in the crime! Mom of the year alright, master caretaker 😒
And her petty jealousy came out so many times during this ordeal. She didn't just want to hurt Al. She wanted to twist the knife (so to speak.)
Not only did she play games with Al over several phone calls where she gave numerous different accounts of "what happened", but she called Landon right after the disappearance FROM GANNON'S PHONE. Can you imagine what was going through that mom's head? First, you think your son is ok since his # is calling you, and then having to be cordial with the person who hurt him?
Pure evil....
She murdered an 11 year old boy after knowing him for 2 years. Just hearing his fearful crying hurt my heart. It's difficult to fathom the depth of stone cold cruelty and narcissistic pathology.
Thank you The Chapter for your fight against the perpetrators and giving a voice to their lost victims.
Having been in a "relationship" with a NPD female and seeing the way the manipulation and lies goes so deep, far deeper than I could comprehend before her. I still say to myself "I literally can not imagine her reasoning", the WHY that has no answer. I would not have imagined and still can't understand her perspective, despite trying, because it is alien. I just had to accept it is different and nothing about believing most think kind of like yourself was reality.
I cried for Gannon so hard after the verdict was read. That woman needs to have some prison justice done to her. She doesn't deserve to breathe. My son is the same age Gannon was when he died. His mom and I both have the same nickname for our sons, "little boy blue". Even now I can't think about him without my heart breaking 😭💔
My heart goes out to the victim and his family but i also feel bad for Leticia's daughter Harley. She lost everyone too. People were vilifying her for initially believing her mom and thinking she had a hand in it until she testified against her.
On top of everything else, I can only imagine how disgusted her ex is when watching her behavior knowing what she did. My heart goes out to Gannon's parents and sisters...and of course Gannon himself. That poor sweet boy deserved so much better. This is one of those times that I wish I could turn back time.
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Why did Gannon's dad stay with that wretched woman? Even before they got married, she faked a kidnapping for attention and he just laughed it off. He deliberately left the kids alone with her all day, every day. There's no way he didn't know she was abusing his son.
I do also wonder why the birth mother left the kids with her for that long. It is normal to share parenting duties with the father and the new partner, but it seems a bit excessive. Shouldn't excuse Leticia, but if I knew that my child was potentially being abused by a new partner that seemed sus, I would try harder to not leave the kid in that situation for long stretches of time.
@@intrepidtomato because she didn't want the responsibility of raising her kids and you can't tell me that she didn't know he was being abused
@@kimpearson496 Custody was shared , stop being so judgemental ffs , Leticia is the criminal here
@@kimpearson496 Al took full custody away from Landon because she was with a guy who smoked pot. Then he put them in the care of this monster. Landon didn't have the right to take them away
That "dad" is an idiot, sadly.
This case is like looking through a mirror into an alternate dimension. I cant fathom how scared that poor boy was but I think my own past can get me pretty close. My own stepmonster despised me, and honestly if my birth mother lived in another state like in this case, I probably wouldve had the same fate. This case hits so so close to home. Rest in peace ❤
I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you've healed. You didn't deserve that. 💗
@@Lola-AreaCode212 Thank you- some days it feels more behind me then others but I hope that everyone who went through something similar can heal as well. I pray for the day the world is finally in a place where events like this are left far behind.
All the best to you. Hope you got some professional help. If not don't be shy to take it. A neutral professional is a big help in cases like these.
My stepmother threatened to kill me reglarly when I was a kid, and one day, she "accidentally" spilled an entire pot of boiling water on me, and then rubbed butter all over the open wound instead of taking me to the hospital. It wasnt an accident. We always served our own plates at supper, that night she decided to walk around our cramped table of 5 in a 7'x7' kitchenette serving peas directly from a pot of boiling water pulled directly from a maxed out stove burner. She literally walks over to me and says, "woops" before she proceeds to dump the entire pot directly on me. This is after several death threats where she says she will kill me in my sleep. My father was also an abusive monster, though. Nobody cared. People only pretend to care. Not a single adult ever did anything about my constant abuse even though everyone knew about it. I still have scars from where the boiling water melted my skin off. It has been about 25-30 years since then.
I'm very sorry you experienced that. And i am glad that you got through it better than Ganon. I know you can break that cycle too.
The audio of the carpet burn, Gannon is so scared of lateisha. It broke my heart listening to him crying.
I feel so sorry for Ganon, but also her daughter. Imagine having to live 17 years with that monster, and how scared she must have been. As someone who also lived with a narcissist mother, I hope she gets the therapy and support she needs, she’s a beautiful young woman and deserves to heal and have a wonderful life. Ganon’s sister too 🥺 I’m sure she misses her brother
Poor girl drove with a dead kid in car she never knew but iam sure she found out and that be hard on her her mother is a monster
You're assuming she didn't know anything. That may not be the case.
Yay, shes gone away forever.
Why wait to a time to murder a child?
If she knew she wasn't well and became Maria?
Protecting him from herself ?
Not a chance 😮.
@@JSainte17
Right I don't know why they feel bad for her daughter she treated her daughter better than her step-children and that daughter saw how she was treating Ganan
@@JSainte17user-we3tu3lm1z She may have known, but was in complete denial because she didn't want to think the absolute worst of her own Mother. I think if the daughter were involved in any way Leticia would've pinned the murder on her, saying she lied and disposed of the body because she was just trying to protest her daughter. This psychopath is definitely the kind of person that would've thrown her own daughter under a bus if it meant getting away with murder.
I can’t imagine how Gannon’s father must feel. If I brought a woman who is pure evil into my son’s life and she killed him, I’d be devastated. You gotta wonder how he didn’t pick up on her behavior. Love is blind. Now a decent kid is gone and for what? Some evil stepmother who could only think of herself.
if he were a woman everyone would be tearing him apart
He is a loser
Ya, I wonder if there were any more warming signs, though? Just a few job issues and such. It's horrible
Hello? Like she didn't make those types of comments to her husband before that point, but being the big, strong, military man he is- he didn't take this woman's words seriously. Now his son is gone forever, and I really want to know how and why, what role this "wonderful" father played in not allowing his mother to be in his life. Where was she and why in the hell was her little boy not allowed to be with her?
@@sandifeola9385 Really? Share how that would go for us that don't know? Please.
Thanks for bringing this one to us Mike. How do these lunatics lay their heads on the pillow every night?? What an absolute POS to do this to an innocent child. Happy she will be locked up for the rest of her days.
I’ve always heard child molesters/murderers have a horribly life in prison. We can hope and pray that holds true for this POS.
Wouldnt count on it.
@@VivaCatatumbo973I disagree. Her attitude is gonna get her killed...she's psycho
I have been in prison & at least initially, other inmates make their life a living hell
If you don’t love kids, don’t get into a relationship where you’ll have step kids. “Used and under-appreciated” is just part of the deal sometimes when you have kids, whether they’re your own or someone else’s. If you can’t handle that, stay single. Poor Gannon, I hope you’re at peace. It should have been her honor to be your stepmom. 😢
Exactly! I have stepkids as well as my own kids & I always made sure I was aware of my actions.
I wanted to make sure I was always treating everyone the same because it is very important that children feel loved. Especially in blended families
I've never felt used and under appreciated as a mother, not for a single second now matter how much I gave, and I give it ALL every day. Getting something back in return never enters the equation as a loving mother.
I've been a stepmother, and a mother, and I can tell you, it's not the same, at all. It just isn't. Not for me. As much as you can care for and love someone elses kids, you love your own infinitely more. sorry, it's true. My stepmother told me the same thing when I was an adult, and people need to understand. People don't thank stepmothers enough.
Having said that, that beautiful little angel boy... it hurts my heart. That woman was pure evil.
Hey, I really appreciate the fact that you have taken us all into ur arms & hearts since u married my dad, thanks for the acceptance that it's a package deal. Thanks for laying out my lunch snack with my add medicine...
~~Said NO 11 yr. old Ever !!!!
On top of that - no kid should be expected to do that stuff. Kids come into this world & they assume "roles" within the family is whats expected of them, as if they HAVE TO do what they do...
Ask a kid why mommy & daddy love them. Most will answer back: "it's their job".
Kids don't & should not be expected to think the way that monster thought. I kinda wonder why she would even think they should, especially if she was around Kids & supposedly a teacher all this time. It made no sense. She knew nothing of how children should be treated/behave.
And did she really think bath salt drugs & bath salts for shower were the same thing? Seemed like she only knew about celebrity gossip. Wtf¿?
I like kids but I wouldn’t want step kids which is why I wouldn’t get that close to a lady with kids instead of doing so then being an ass about it.
She’s the epitome of the wicked stepmother that those Grimm boys were telling us about.
Though sadly this particular story does not have a happy ending for the innocent little stepchild. :(
Yes. That’s for sure. We still don’t know very much about everything that happened in Gannon’s last 24 hours but, dear God - they were scarier and darker than ANYTHING I can imagine.
I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks she “accidentally” knocked over that lit candle, hoping Gannon’s room would catch on fire & he wouldn’t be able to get out 💔
Not a very rational theory.
@@eadweard.Leticia's not a rational person
I watched the whole trial, and I totally have that impression. It’s the only logical thing.
@@malkamusik Well two wrongs don't make a right.
@@eadweard. you don't make any sense
Thanks
I don’t always relate your the stories you tell, but I was a young boy once that got abused too. My younger sister would wait for my dad to come home and tell him that I would call her some bad words or some shit.. my dad would slam some against the wall everytime and get in my face no questions asked.. and I never did it, and felt helpless. What is wrong with people? His voice recording reminded me of myself.
Aww man that’s horrible . I hope you have somehow managed to heal and your life has got better . Sending love and strength x
Some Tuesdays Require TC to get me back on track... Let's give it a GOO! Thanks Mike and the TC Crew!! Take care of yourself because well, we love ya (wink).
Thanks so much for being here!
@@ThatChapter Gladly Mike! Doing all you do, between Podcasts and twice weekly YT uploads. For you to still find time to like and reply... Amazes me, you are a truly classy guy!
The TC crew is all him, brotha! Among the best dudes on RUclips!
@@fatherofmimes4236 I sooooooo agree with you~
@@theyoyoyo7833 IKR? Been watching him since he started. I meant the commenters... The Goo Crew as we also refer to ourselves.
Getting off work 26 seconds after Mike uploads a new video is what I call perfect timing.
The horror Gannon went thru is heartbreaking, sickening.
I lived in Pace, FL when he was found. I remember the day his body was discovered. Everyone was sitting in traffic forever, I was late for work (which never happens because it’s such a small town), nobody knew why though because there wasn’t any car accident or construction, so it was really weird. Absolutely heartbreaking when everyone heard the news about that poor child. There is a small monument on the side of the road near where he was found that is actively maintained.
Little detail, there IS water under the bridge, but the bridge goes over marshy/swamp land so it covers a much wider area than where the various streams and rivers empty out into the bay. She just missed the parts of the bridge that are directly over water. Also it would have washed into Escambia Bay, which ultimately leads to the Gulf of Mexico, not the Atlantic.
Thank you for covering his story, I never knew exactly what happened, just that he was a boy that wasn’t from our community. It was never really covered here in local media.
Unfortunately kids go missing all the time and they only get local coverage but thankfully(I'm sure she hated this)this one went national fast.May she meet her punishment when she meets her maker.
Hopefully her fellow inmates will give her the punishment she deserves.
@T Raybern unfortunately you can call this one a custody dispute.
It’s gone international - we are in Ireland and we have been following it. That woman -same planet as Lori daybell. Disgusting women 🤮🤮🤮
As a premie that loves and now works in the video game industry and lives not too far from where everything happened, this case absolutely broke me. I never thought I wanted kids but I’ve actually been going through the adoption process ever since because I hope I can save a child from having to deal with a situation even remotely like this.
She is the monster, not an alter ego. This child was scared to death of her. His crying is just heartbreaking.