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Al Stauch - Direct Examination, Part 2

Exhibit 49 is a book full of text messages between Al and Letecia between February 29th - March 1st(?)

Exhibit 206 is being looked at but it will be entered later with a different witness. It's communications between Al and Harley's phone.

• The total time spent with Letecia was roughly 6 years from starting to date to Gannon's disappearance. He had plenty of opportunity to observe mental condition and did not see anything more than the regular idiosyncrasies we all have
• She could tell the difference between right and wrong even right before the murder. She took the kids hiking and made it there and back safely and didn't get any tickets, obeyed all laws. She asked about the Switch and how they disciplined Gannon. She pressed him about what was right and wrong in their relationship.
• Letecia said she didn't let Laina back in the house when she got back from school and he doesn't know why she wouldn't have other than something going on that she didn't want Laina to see. His voice is breaking.
• They lived together in South Carolina and Colorado and spent time in Alaska. She followed the law in all of those places. She planned and organized all trips and vacations and could get them to the port for cruises and airport for flights on time.
• The typical source of punishment was to take away iPad, Switch, or TV time. Letecia was meticulous about the kids’ schedule with repercussions if they didn't follow that prescribed schedule on a daily basis.
• Al had no concerns her mental health was "cracking". He would have canceled his training and he would not have left the house or the kids there if he had any concerns or if she had showed any signs of a crack in her mental health.
• She had no severe mental illnesses while they were together.
• On January 27th 2020, Al tried to call Letecia multiple times in the afternoon and she did not answer. She didn't reply to texts either. They eventually talked about him buying new headphones and an appropriate price range. The same timeframe of her not answering was the same time she wouldn't let Laina inside.
• Al's opinion of her sanity during their whole relationship is that she was 100% sane, even on January 27th 2020.