Gannon Stauch’s stepmom fired from teaching job three days before she reported little boy missing
THE stepmom accused of murdering Gannon Stauch was reportedly fired from her teaching job just days before the 11-year-old disappeared.
Letecia Stauch was participating in a three-day orientation for a middle school teaching job at Mountain Ridge Middle School in Academy District 20 when her conditional employment offer was rescinded, according to .
She worked at the district in Springs for only two days before she was fired on January 24 - just three days prior to when Gannon vanished.
District 20 officials found "inconsistent information" after a thorough review of her job application, district spokeswoman Allison Cortez told the newspaper.
She didn't elaborate on the inconsistencies but confirmed that the woman who was going through orientation at Mountain Ridge Middle School is also the same person who was arrested in the boy's disappearance.
A district memo sent to Mountain Ridge parents Thursday said: "The pending charges have no connection to Academy District 20 students or staff members.
"When any employee is hired in Academy District 20, we conduct a full background check, including a Colorado Bureau of Investigation review, which revealed Ms. Stauch was eligible for hire.
"Additional due diligence and reference checks revealed inconsistent information."
Stauch, who received her Colorado teaching license in March 2019, previously worked for Widefield School District in El Paso County, according to district spokeswoman Samantha Briggs.
The 36-year-old was a substitute teacher at the district during the 2019 spring semester and was hired at French Elementary, where she taught from August until her resignation in November.
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Stauch was in Monday extradited to Colorado on a warrant for charges including first-degree murder.
She appeared in court via video on Thursday and was advised of the charges she'll formally receive in person next week.
Things have continued to spiral downward for the alleged murderer, whose husband on Friday.
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