The following is a transcript of the Gannon Stauch Family Press Conference announcing the arrest of step-mom Letecia Stauch, held on 03/02/2020.

[Begin Gannon Stauch Family Press Conference Transcript]

SPOKESWOMAN JACKIE KIRBY: Thank you for coming today. We thank you for your patience as we work diligently to piece together what led to Gannon’s disappearance. Our speakers today will be Sheriff Bill Elder, Lieutenant Mitch Mihalko, FBI Denver division Special Agent-in-Charge Dean Phillips, District Attorney Dan May, and Senior Deputy District Attorney Michael Allen. We will not be taking any questions at the conclusion of the press conference, however, I will be reading a statement from Gannon’s father Al. Landen may or may not speak. Please respect the family’s request for privacy as they begin to absorb and process the devastating news they have received today. Sheriff Elder?

SHERIFF BILL ELDER: Thanks, Jackie. Welcome everybody. Today marks five weeks since the investigation into the disappearance of Gannon Stauch. We’re holding the press conference to update you on some significant developments. While we’ve yet to locate Gannon, this morning just after eight o’clock AM east coast time, Letecia Stauch was taken into custody in Myrtle Beach South Carolina without incident by law enforcement officers from the El Paso Country Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, Horry County Sheriff’s Office, the Denver and Columbia divisions of the FBI, the Myrtle Beach South Carolina Police Department, the Horry County South Carolina Police Department and Sheriff’s office. Letecia will be held without bond in the J Reuben Long Detention Center in Horry County, South Carolina where she will remain until she’s extradited back to Colorado Springs on the following charges. Charge 1: Murder in the First Degree of a Child Under 12 years of age by a Person in a Position of trust. Child Abuse Resulting …