[1] His disappearance and death received national attention and sparked a massive search effort involving multiple law enforcement agencies and volunteers.

The initial press release on his disappearance described him as a "juvenile runaway.” However, three days later, the sheriff’s office reclassified his case as a missing or endangered person, citing new information and evidence.

The FBI Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and the Colorado Springs Police Department assisted the sheriff's office in the case.

[3] Letecia Stauch pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and claimed that she had dissociative identity disorder due to childhood sexual abuse.

The defense offered Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a controversial psychiatrist who specializes in dissociative identity disorder, as their single witness.