Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Bran,
Last night was Hayden's birthday party. Missy had it at Aunt Marilyn's house this year. A wiener roast, marshmellows, fishing, and lots of little ones running all about. The boys both had a wonderful time. They rode the 4-wheeler, did a little fishing, and roasted hot dogs.

I remember last years party. At the horse farm. Landon just loved it. We promised him we would take him horseback riding sometime....Little did we know that we only had a month left with you. We were never given a chance to take him.

Of course one of the hot topics of conversation last night was Missy's birthday party last year. Deb just had surgery for that shoulder she dislocated in her "I can do a cart wheel at my age" stunt. Of course Mike had to admit that Hayden broke his arm at football.

I just watched the OSU game. I think of you everytime I watch them play. I remember the Championship game. How excited you were that day. You wanted to have a party so I told you that the house needed cleaned before we could invite anyone over. I came home to a sparkling house and both my boys dressed to the hilt in their OSU gear. We got great pictures of you and Landon in his OSU bedroom. I was pregnant with Tyler. I remember falling asleep in the middle of the game and being woken to your frantic screams near the end of the game.

The weather is starting to get cooler. It reminds me of my last few weeks with you. Landon bought a Halloween costume the other night. I thought of that last night with you and Tyler showing off his scooby doo costume to Daddy. It is strange to think that Tyler was barely talking just a year ago. He talks like he is an old man now.

Well time to be going. Landon just brought Tyler in to show me....He poured chocolate syrup all over his head. They think it is really funny....Time for a bath.

Missing you very much. Love you.

Sara

September 17, 2005

Bran, well it is all over thank god, but you know another had day is approaching. Oct 14 is coming around really fast and I am not looking forward to it. I really miss ya, miss how you used to pick on me, always trying to get me to ride with you. Hopefully now everyone can start the closure process and not cry because your gone but just be happy that you are not suffering and that, that monster will never walk the streets again. Bran I miss you so much man, Love YA
Kasey

Kasey Williamson

September 17, 2005

Hey Brandy,

Just wanted to tell you that I seen your beautiful boys with your mom and dad at the popcorn festival this past weekend. I was there listening to Parrott Head and I seen them all standing with Cory(who was working btw)beside the stage. The boys were dancing to the music, it was really cute. They are definetely your boys :) I hope they grow up to be just like you. I'm sure they will with the family they have loving and supporting them.

Take Care up there and keep smiling down on us.

Amy Caldwell

September 15, 2005

Another month without you. The guys miss you so much. You get brought up EVERYDAY. Sometimes with saddness, and sometimes it is with smiles remembering the crazy funny things you would do. Although this tragedy will never make sense, we were all lucky to have known you.

September 14, 2005

Brandy,
Eleven months. I pray for your family every day. Please let the guys know that you are still with them. They are still having such a hard time dealing with your loss. I hope that the healing process can now start to begin. Rest in peace.

LEO Wife

September 14, 2005

Sara & Brandy, Today is 9/14 and next month will be a year that we lost Brandy. I still have such an ache in my heart and soul for this senseless loss. Every day when my husband Scott, Marion OSP, goes to work, I remember 10/14/04. He helped search for Cruz. Our son, Kaleb prays for your family with me some nights. He knows how sad your boys must be, missing their Daddy. Sara, I understand when you say your decision last week was a hard one and I pray you know that we support and pray for you and your family. Brandy will not be forgotten! Scott & Linda Demmitt

Linda Demmitt
Marion County Sheriff office

September 14, 2005

Always remembering Brandy's crooked smile and always willing to help. Thankful his killer has pleaded guilty and his family and friends can try to move on. His beautiful personality and smile will remain always in our hearts..
Thank You Brandy..
We Love You,
Marti and Joe

September 13, 2005

Brandy,

No amount of time served will ever be enough to bring you home, but hopefully your family, friends, and co-workers will be able to finally find some sort of closure and you will finally be able to rest. It must have been the week for plea deals because the man who took my husbands life also plead, as well did the guy who took the life of Baltimore City Police Officer Brian Winder.

Sara and family,

Nothing I could ever say would ever be enough to take away all the emotional trauma that you have all endured over the past ten months. Just know that I think of all of you every day and I am so glad to have gotten to know all of you under the most unfortunate of circumstances. You are all my family away from home and that is so special to me. Sara I love you lady!

Love,
Jenn

Jennifer Aaron
Wife of Ofc. Duke G. Aaron, III (EOW 07/20/04)

September 13, 2005

Bran,
It has been a rough weekend. After the plea deal I went straight to Cleveland for a COPS event. I was exhausted. However I think it was good to just get away from everything for a few days. The boys spent the weekend with your parents. They spent everyday at the popcorn festival. They had a lot of fun. Yesterday I went to a golf outing in Stark county. They raised money for the trust fund. I had a wonderful time. Lee and Rick Hare came up. It was good to see them and be able to talk for a little while. The healing phase has begun.

I hope you can rest now. It is finally done. I hope that he never sees freedom again. I will strive to make sure your memory lives on and that in 43 years the parole board knows that monsters like him should never walk the streets. Hopefully he kills himself or receives some prison justice. That would save everyone the pain of dealing with this any longer.

I hope you understand our decision. It was by no means an easy one. We all had our reservations about it but we weighed the pros and cons of the information given to us and all thought that this was the best possible solution.

My computer is still down. I came over to check e-mail at Missy's house. Rick is watching the boys for me so I can't be on here long. I will write more when the computer is fixed. Ty Ty covered his hair in Vick's Vapo Rub this morning when he was supposed to be brushing his teeth. I knew you would have laughed at me trying to wash it all out.....

We all miss you very much. Love you.

Sara

September 12, 2005

Winfield family,
I can only thank you for your contribution to our country and say that your families sacrifice is of the highest nature and that his memory will never be forgotten by the Stock family. You are in our thoughts and prayers. I hope that in your trying times you can take some comfort in knowing that Brandy is in a safe and loving place where he can watchover your family with warmth. Know this, some day, you all will be reunited with the people that meant the most in his tragically short life. We love you all.

the stock family

September 12, 2005

Dear Son-in-law
This has been a very raw and emotional week for the whole family. I do believe with all my heart that you had something to do with the way things turned out cause of your love you had for your family and you didn't want any of us to go through any more. I also believe in my heart that justice will be served before your murderer's life on earth ends and he spends an entenity in hell. One thing that did help ease some of the fears that I have had and some of the nightmares I have had is knowing that you didn't have to ride around with that coward with a gun pointed at you. I do want everyone to forget about the coward and live life honoring you and making sure the boys know what a wonderful father they had and how very much he loved his family. Also the boys will be older if this coward ever lives long enough to even try for parole and they both can tell what they missed out on in life without their dad being there to enjoy the special moments. I know I will never live long enough to have to endure that moment if it comes but we will all make sure the boys are around to protect society from him. Thank you for allowing me to share a few short years of your life and giving my daughter wonderful memories and two beautiful babies cause those things will last a lifetime with me. I will live my life honoring you and supporting Sara and the boys. You do live on in those two boys cause we all see it each time we are with them. Remember that I miss you more and more each day and would give anything to have you back in our lives. Love Johnna

Johnna

September 11, 2005

I'm glad that this whole ordeal is over and your family can have some closure and you can now rest in peace. Although he didn't get what he really deserved for taking you from us all. I hope he rots in his cell and never sees the world outside those bars ever again!

You are loved and miss by EVERYONE. Keep smiling down on us and keep your family safe.

Amy Caldwell
Marion, Ohio

September 11, 2005

Sara and Brandy,

Thinking about you both and your families during this most difficult time. I pray that you find peace now that everything has settled down. Please know that you and have been in my thoughts and prayers during this most difficult time. I can't imagine the pain that you all feel and I wish that there was something I could do to help you all. Take care and God Bless.

September 11, 2005

Sara,

I know how emotional everything is for you right now, and I'm sure you wanted that low life to get more.

Back in '94 a loser named "Mudman" (use your imagination how he got that name), shot and killed a Sgt. in a neighboring town. While rotting in jail he was murdered, brutally, by a fellow inmate.

We can only hope........

Ptl.
Glassboro, NJ

September 11, 2005

A note from the Schneiders shared your grief and their concern for the Winfield family. I can only offer my prayers and a thought: The joy of having shared a moment of rich contentment is known to only a few; let your spirits soar having been so rich.

Carrie Fontaine, New Hampshire

September 11, 2005

Sara~

We think of you and the boys often and are so amazed with your strength and courage these last several months. It's been awhile since we moved from the Marion area but we still remember all of the good times and how everyone looked out for one another up there. Just know that you are all in our thoughts and prayers and we will keep Brandy's memory alive.

God Bless you!

Brandi, Ron, Drew & Tommy Schneider

Brandi & Ron Schneider
OSHP-Granville

September 9, 2005

I couldn't sleep last night as the emotions of last October raced through my mind. I know the court appearance and plea made it a tough day for everyone involved but I pray it was a day which helped the healing process. Although I know it wasn't the encounter Rick would like to have, to know he had the chance to confront the monster, to challenge Cruz to do as his father did, brings a smile to my face and hope to my heart that the coward follows through on Ricks challenge.

God Bless the Winfield Family and Friends. Your son is and always will be a hero.

September 9, 2005

I knew of the plea agreement for a week now and it still hit hard when it actually happened yesterday. As much as I wanted his life taken for what he did to you and your family, the trial would have been too much to handle. Yesterday was bad enough, I could only imagine what four weeks of yesterdays would be like. As always, we think of you every day and pray for the strenght and courage to make it through another day.

September 9, 2005

Bran - Just wanted to say glad this is behind us. It was a very hard day yesterday, you would have been SO PROUD of Sara, your dad, mom, & Cory. They did very well. Sara and your Dad's speech was a tribute to honor you and remind the monster what he has taken from us. I think your Dad got his point across VERY well as for his wishes for this deranged man. We all hope you understand. I'm sure you do. Now we can continue to honor you and not worry about the piece of crap and what might happen. It's all about you and the wonderful life you shared with us now. Thanks for being a part of this life with me and my kids. Sorry I didn't stay long yesterday when I came to see ya, I was worn out from the long morning. Love ya, Miss you terribly.

Mis

missy

September 9, 2005

Winfield Family,

I cannot even find the words to say right now. I am deflated with disgust. Brandy and You Guys are the only thing that matters right now. I feel so let down like Brandy has been abandoned by the system he gave his life for. This is unnaceptable and someone needs to give out some answers fast. Brandy is the Hero in this and this is his story. I hope someday somebody will expalin why it is alright that Brandy's boys have to grow up without him and that was somehow a mitigating circumstance with "The waste Of Life." If profanity was allowed right now! He is not worth the dirt that will hopefully one day soon be used to cover the unmarked grave he is not even worthy of. I pray for you all right now.

Ptl.T.D.HILL
Ontario Police

September 9, 2005

Brandy,
I just saw the new and heard that Cruz got 43 years, that is an out rage he should have gotten a nice long needle in his arm for taking you from sara, your boys and your family.

To the Winfield family I can only hope that you have gotten the feeling of a littel bit of justice was done. I hope you are all doing well.

Rob Thornton

rob thornton

September 8, 2005

Dear Winfield Family, I can't imagine the pain or the stress of today! I am so sorry to hear that the demon did not get the death penalty!!!! He deserves to suffer! I guess since the justice system can not handle taking care of the demon, GOD WILL!!!! May the demon rott in his cell and sit in misery.

Brandy, I will keep you, and your family in my heart and prayers! God Bless You Hero!

September 8, 2005

I can't even begin to imagine how difficult to day must have been for your family who loves and misses you. It took a coward to take your life and a strong family to spare his. May he live a horrible life in prison and may he never see the outside of a prison cell and yard. I know there will be a space waiting for him in hell.
Rest in peace Brandy

kc

September 8, 2005

I hope that the sentencing brings some measure of peace to your family, buddy, please give them your support and let them get through all this with as little emotional distress as possible. Your family is one of the finest in Marion, my thoughts and prayers, as always, are with them.

MC
Dublin, OH

September 8, 2005

Well, the SOB was found guilty and got life in prison. He'll even be eligible for parole in 43 years and the whole time be able to have contact (verbal, written and conjugal) with his family.
Any faith I ever had in the judicial system of Marion County is gone. He deserved a needle in the arm for what he did nearly 11 months ago...actually he deserves far worse than that, but the law only allows for so much.
Buddy, I'm sorry. I truly don't feel you've been avenged. I can only hope that when this cold-blooded killer faces his ultimate judgement, that St. Peter has a trapdoor installed.
Please believe me when I say that you're not forgotten and there are those of us down here that DON'T take your murder lightly.

MC
Dublin, OH

September 8, 2005