Exhibit 36

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Exhibit 36

Exhibit 36 is an audio exhibit containing a phone call between Al and Letecia Stauch on the morning of 2/14/2020.

Loose Transcript/Narrative of Call:

Al asks her what's wrong. She said she's tired of crying. He says "well happy Valentine's day."
She asks about Laina. He asks her why and she gets angry. "I can't ask you where our kids are at?"
Harley had to go to the doctor last night because she had chest pains. She won't tell him which hospital because she doesn't want anyone listening to know where they're at.
She is mad, saying he talks crap about her. "You know any time you've needed help, I've been there for you". She's crying.
Al says "you took over $2,000 out of the bank account at the beginning of the month and I didn't say anything". That's 1/3 of his monthly income.
He's never told her no for anything. He's offered safety and help.
"I didn't take 2k, it was 1500," she saya.
She is angry about other people being in his home.
She's upset they had to Uber. "You know how bad it is for me to ask somebody to drive their car to the store?" she starts sobbing.
She's angry he's not on her side.
Al says she needs to understand what he's going through. All he's focused on is Gannon.
He says he doesn't know why people on social media are not happy with her but he is trying to respect her and wants her to respect him too.
Al says she released documents.
One of the most important things in his life is her respecting him, and she can respect him with the truth.
He says there are options to work through things together. She asks what options and he says the options don't come into play until he gets the truth.
He is drawing a line in the sand.
She accuses him of taking him off his car insurance. Two of his vehicles were deleted from the car insurance without his knowledge and she is the only other person who could have done it.
She is mad he has her listed as "ex" spouse and she can't add herself back.
He says there is a gap between them and that's where they're at right now. There's nothing until they get to the truth. Deep down in his heart he knows they can work on it together. "I think your list you sent to me is a great starting place".
She asks if he filed for divorce. He says "not yet".
He says she doesn't trust him or have respect for him and she has someone watching him. She said it's all online on social media, he says he hasn't told anyone anything about that.
She says she "told them exactly -- that Gannon left with someone".
Letecia asks why Al wouldn't talk to her after she picked him up from the airport. He wasn't getting the truth. He tells her he has been looking into things on his own and there are things that weren't making sense and adding up.
He thanks Letecia for talking with him for so long (on the previous call) and giving him her timeline, but there are still multiple stories. There are red flags, he needs to be convinced.
"I need you to be here with me, supportive" she is angry. "I'm begging you. If they give me immunity, I will help. I can't get in trouble for it!"
She is crying more.
Al tells her he doesn't have any legal knowledge and she needs to help him understand what she means by immunity, he only knows it from TV. He wants Letecia to help him get her immunity. She says it means a judge says she will not be charged with anything in the case and in return she will give them the information on who has Gannon and she will testify against them.
Al asks if she knows how someone took Gannon and who has him, Letecia says not to put words in her mouth.
She accuses him of recording her. "Why would I say happy Valentine’s Day on a phone call? That's something personal between us!" he says.
Letecia is yelling that she needs immunity and can give him more details about what happened to Gannon.
Al doesn't see why she wouldn't just tell him from the beginning.
She is yelling, "they were gonna kill my daughter they were gonna kill me".

Transcribes notes: she is hysterical, I don't even think Al can understand her at this point.

"I need immunity, please!" "Are you recording me!?"
Al asks why Letecia's first thought is what they may do to her and Harley but something has already been done to Gannon and she's not worried about that. She yells Laina was there too. "The guy was still there when the police searched the home!"
Al says he will try to reach out to the agents. She tells him not to reach out to Bethel. They treat her like a criminal. "I'm not a criminal! I don't kill people!"
She is yelling more and is still hysterical.
She says she got a message yesterday but she needs immunity before she shows anyone.
You can hear whispering to Al on the recording.
Al is asking who the person was. He asks if he's there with her. I can't understand her hysterical screaming. She said something about a reward for Gannon but other than that it's just a high pitched noise.
There is a lot of crying. She asks "what can I do".
He says he needs to know if Gannon is safe.
There is more screaming: "immunity ‘cause people are gonna say ‘why didn't you do this’ ‘why didn't you do that’".
Al asks if she could tell him something small he can anonymously call into a tip line but she is screaming at him not to. They are talking about a reward again. Al says "what is it about the money that's the key?" and Letecia is crying.
Al tells her he doesn't want anything to do with the media, Facebook, or social media.
“He” was in the house. "I didn't know at the time, I thought they were gonna find the guy". She says she was terrified which is why she sent Laina and Harley to the dollar store and she thought Gannon was hiding too.
Al says that's huge and helpfu but Letecia gets mad. "I'm not making this up!"
She doesn't want to say anymore. "They'll try to incriminate me for this! I NEED IMMUNITY!"
Letecia is crying and telling another story about not knowing where Gannon was. Al asks when she figured out he wasn't by himself, she won't talk until she gets immunity.
Letecia says she was scared, she couldn't leave a note(?), she didn't know they went out the back door, a bad guy was there for four hours, she realized, and now she's just crying and screaming.
Letecia says she thought he was safe and there is more crying.
Al asks if he could've crawled into a tote or box. Letecia is crying. She says she put Harley and Laina in the master bedroom. Al is asking about the gun she was using because she says the guy had his gun but she says she couldn't get a gun to work. Letecia is yelling at Al.
"You can call in and get immunity" he says and there is more yelling from her.
"He lied about his name"(?) "tried to get the bike"(?).
Al says if she gives him the name of the person he can fix it right now, she cries more about immunity.
Al asks if it was Travis because she said he was abusive. "They're gonna try to incriminate me" she says. Al says "I will fight with you".
"Who is listening to me?" Letecia asks. "I hear somebody".
"Where is everybody else at" she asks. Uncle Jeff is getting on a plane, Landen and Veronica went somewhere and to get Laina.
She is screaming at the top of her lungs. Al asks "what kind of gang are they in?" Letecia doesn't know.
There is more screaming.

Transcriber’s note: I don't know how Al can understand her.

He asks if the guy hurt or killed Gannon in the house, Letecia says she wants immunity and he doesn't trust her. "I don't know if anyone killed anyone!"
Letecia hangs up on Al.
"Alright, she hung up" he says. (This was also recorded.)

Al Stauch, Testimony About Exhibit 36

Al isn't sure the day of the call.
He didn't know where Harley was during the call.
Al thinks Letecia meant the man was there when the cops first arrived home after he was reported missing; no man was ever found.
Letecia never gave any names or identifying features of the man during that call; also mentioned a gang but never said what gang.
Some of the crying in the call seemed real to him, some was fake.
Travis was Letecia's ex-boyfriend, Chance was Harley's father and Letecia's ex-husband; he has passed away.
Al has no knowledge of any gang targeting his family.
Letecia did not change personalities or voices during that entire phone call.