Exhibit 335: Starbucks Interview

Exhibit 335: January 28 2020 Police Interview with Al and Letecia at Starbucks

55 Minutes Long

They go inside the Starbucks.
They have lived on Mandan Drive for a little over a year; they spell their names.
Letecia is asked where she works, she said she works for a school but when asked which she says “I don’t know”.
It sounds like she gives an excuse but the audio is terrible.
Al is in the Army National Guard full time.
“Tell me a little bit about Gannon” he’s 11.
Al is speaking; can’t hear him until he says someone texted him and said he didn’t look distressed. Something about buying chips.
Gannon attended Grand Mountain school.
Most of his friends are right there right around the house.
He has the boys that live at the end of the street he plays with most of the time.
He has his parent’s phone numbers; it’s two brothers with two families in the same house that are related.
Letecia names one friend; something about rezoning and him going to a different school.
Gannon went to school Friday.
He normally returns home around 3:05 - 3:15; Letecia says it used to be 3:30 or 3:45 and mentions snow days.
Letecia says she doesn’t have the parents’ numbers because Al likes to talk to them and he has all the numbers.
Al gives the name of one of Laina’s friends with a brother in the neighborhood; they ride bikes over the sometimes but mainly play with the other brothers.
Al gives more of Laina’s friends; he knows their mom and gives her number.
Al says he has other friends at school but never goes to their houses.
Al says the point of concern is a text message Gannon sent him, he starts to read it and Letecia interrupts him and says she took them hiking on Sunday at the Garden of the Gods, his stomach was hurting and she said something about exercise; he gets constipation.
Al was on the plane and they were texting back and forth. Letecia says, “and I was like, ‘should I just stay at home because I didn’t (inaudible) there was blood and stuff coming out of his butt and I didn’t want him to go to school like that” something about multiple underwear.
Al says he gets very down and embarrassed about that.
Letecia says he gets very emotional about it.
Gannon stayed home because he was sad about that.
They went and got the dogs some new outfits. She doesn’t know the exit number
He stayed in the car so she wanted to make sure he was gonna eat so she gave him some pedialyte.
They got food and went to PetCo, whatever. When they came back, Gannon was texting Al.
Gannon had spilled a candle because he felt like he was smelling bad because of his accident; he got upset because he made a mess and -
Letecia interrupts and says “it burned a big” -
Al keeps talking: so this is where the texts start, I was in Oklahoma. He texted me that his tummy hurts blah blah blah I’m just trying to stay positive you know so he’s worried about, Tecia said he was really worried about getting in trouble for the candle thing. Then right here I was like we’ll talk later and he was like “do we have bath salts?” and immediately I know what that’s all about so I’m like what the what’s going on or where did he even hear this from.
He immediately texted Al and told her to put all the stuff they use for their baths away until they figure out what’s going on.
Letecia says the day before on Sunday he asked if they had bath salts so she gave him a bath bomb because she didn’t know and he took a bath.
She was clueless about bath salts until she looked it up.
Gannon texted Al his friend said they could play this weekend if he has bath salts; he said his brother has a car and he can come over on Friday. Al said no.
Al says Gannon told Letecia he was going to go play; he may have been 10 minutes late before but he is always generally on time.
He doesn’t know who this supposed friend is, that’s his biggest concern.
Trying to figure out which friend of his has a sibling older enough to drive. There was a rumor Jimmy had an older sibling, but they went to check and he didn’t.
Al says Gannon is a homebody. Al is the same way.
Gannon would rather be at home on his Nintendo or watching cartoons.
He has to make him go ride his bike so he’s not one to walk off.
He has been a little embarrassed about his stomach problems but nothing like this.
Al is convinced that something bad has happened.
Al asked the teacher if she could give any information on Gannon’s friends but she could not release any of that kind of information.
Gannon has no social media, he is not allowed to get online.
Al checks the phone logs and makes sure of activity. He has only texted one friends.
Bethel explains they can do a download of the phone and potentially find deleted items Gannons may have hidden; Al says absolutely.
His Nintendo Switch is missing. Al says he brought something because it connects to the internet (a bit confusing because I couldn’t see it).
He takes ADHD medication; it has never caused him a problem.
He is a straight A student but he got his first B this last time.
They give Laina and Landen’s information. Al doesn’t remember Landen’s birth date, Letecia does.
Bethel says she mentioned multiple children in the home.
Letecia said she mostly meantt Laina and Laina gets worked up very easily and is having a hard time; so many people have been coming to the house.
The search history had been deleted but on Monday afternoon some time he searched “can my parents find my cell phone if its off”.
Al says he doesn’t know if he meant to take the phone with him.
FFGTV(?) is a YouTube kids program.
He is not talking to girls. Al joked with I’m about it. Letecia says he was grossed out by his puberty class.
They ask about 10315 Declaration Drive.
Letecia and Al don’t know what that is.
Al says it doesn’t make any sense because he went the other direction.
Bethel explains they’re providing consent and they would have to get a search warrant if he didn’t. They turn over Gannon’s phone.
They have no relatives in the area.
Going over it again, stomach problems, dropped the candle, then the bath salts.
Al went to the airport Saturday night, his flight was Sunday morning. He had one day of class on Monday and this all happened on Monday night.
Letecia says she doesn’t know what time she went to PetCo. They would have to set an alarm.
Al asks didn’t you go to PetCo on Sunday? “NO!” Letecia talks about hiking on Sunday.
Letecia says the only thing she can think of is if that’s the person she took the “Jingle Basket” to because Gannon was with her.
Literally from what Letecia explained, everything was consistent with him going to play with a friend. It was whatever clothes he was wearing and Letecia let him take his Switch. We don’t really ever do that - Al.
He talks to Landen regularly; 5 times a week. They spoke on Friday and Saturday.
Al says not to add any confusion to anything, but Gannon’s mom is married to a guy that has been in a lot of trouble and that was his first instinct when there was a gas station sighting.
Letecia says she disarmed the panel at 2:29 PM so that’s when they got home.
There was basement motion and in the living room at 10:10 AM. It was armed at 10:05 AM.
Explaining the Jingle basket with moms on Facebook, it’s a secret santa type thing for the neighborhood.
Al: “I know every parent says this but he’s a pretty straight up kid”.
The only thing he ever sneaks his playing his games when he’s grounded.
He does his chores, makes straight As, plays with his sister.
Letecia brings up counseling. Because of his mom and his situation with that and her husband she basically lost everything and didn’t have a place to live so he got custody of them.
It’s been pretty hard for the kids so he decided to get them in counseling. They go once a month on base. Al always asks the doctor if there’s anything alarming or that Al should be concerned with.
They were just going through the normal emotions of loving mom and loving dad.
He watched Youtube but Al says absolutely no online gaming.
A detective says he doesn’t recognize any communication apps on the phone.
Gannon learns by researching on YouTube.
Letecia blocked him from the wifi because he was using TikTok about the “choking game” within the past week.
She says he was watching it and laughing; you choke yourself to get high.
He says Gannon would never even get into smoking because his mom and stepdad and grandma and he knows it leads to bad things.
Letecia said “what about what was in his bookbag” and Bethel asks what was in his book bag.
After the bath salts text, Al told Letecia to go check Gannon’s book bag just in case. She didn’t find anything but searched again after he went missing.
Letecia says no, she didn’t ever look initially she was doing other things but she later sent Harley to search and she found a 2 pack of Swishers (cigars, many people slice open and remove the tobacco and refill with marijuana).
What is the Rubicon Drive address? Letecia says there are friends that live there.
Al says he doesn’t know the house number but Laina’s friends live on that street.
Rubicon turns out to be Gannon’s friends, Laina’s live on a different street.
Letecia says there have been about 100 photos and videos she has gone through of sightings and a few of them look like Gannon in the clothes he was wearing when he left.
Al gives iCloud usernames and passwords.
Letecia laughs because the kids phone has coupon apps she uses.
Letecia is talking about her interaction with officers the night before and the search they did.
Letecia says you don’t have to kick him outside if he’s not on his medication.
It’s only when he’s on his meds - he is like a zombie at first, so on Sundays after church he doesn’t go outside because he takes it on Sunday but he didn’t take it Saturday, Sunday, or Monday which caused his stomach problems.
Someone they thought was Gannon is a different boy that often goes to that store with his dad.
(unintelligible) Something about a light and being all riled up and a shed.
Bethel gives a card. She says they are going to follow up with the parents of the kids and look at the phone and follow up on other leads.