Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Hey Brian. I'm at school right now working on my presentation about you. Just telling you we miss you & love you and one of these days we will be in Heaven with you. Your probaly having fun up there, watching the Simpsons and playing your video games :)

Paige Stapleton
Step-dad

September 28, 2011

hey babe. so much has been happening lately. paige started 8th grade and madeline started kindergarten! i wish you were here to see her get on the bus for her first day of school. she looked so cute! her teacher's name is mrs. hamilton and madeline loves her! paige is doing really good in all of her classes so far and is thinking about trying out for the basketball team. i am back in school too! i took my first class over the summer- microbiology, which sucked, and now im taking 13 hours this semester. anyways, i miss you and still think about you everyday. it's so hard to realize you are never coming back and that so much time has passed since you've been gone. seems to get harder as the time passes. we love you and miss you very much.

Melissa
Brian's wife

September 3, 2011

Happy Anniversary Brian. I love you so much. You made me the happiest woman in the world and I wish you were still here. I miss you. Visit me in my dreams tonight ok? Love you forever and always.

Melissa
Brian's wife

July 18, 2011

Happy Father's Day to the most amazing dad Paige and Madeline could've ever been blessed with. We love you and miss you!

love,
Melissa

Melissa Linn
Brian's wife

June 19, 2011

Brian, self justice has been served brother. Karma has finally caught up to you know who and "her addiction" Claimed her life just hours after being released from jail. I know that you continue to watch over and protect us from above, and just know that we all miss you, and you will live on forever as "OUR 655"

Police Officer
Fellow officer

May 25, 2011

well, as im sure you know, karma FINALLY caught up with you know who! it was the most wonderful news i could've hoped for! we missed the ceremony last wednesday, but we were not notified so it wasn't our fault. i miss you and love you so much!!!

Melissa
Brian's wife

May 15, 2011

Happy 29th Birthday baby. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU! XOXO

Melissa
Brian's wife

April 22, 2011

happy valentines day. i love you :)

melissa
brian's wife

February 14, 2011

missing you very much. i love you.

melissa
brian's wife

January 29, 2011

i miss you so much babe. i know you were with the girls and i on christmas and for that i am grateful. thank you for coming to see me in my dreams lately. what i would give to turn those dreams into reality. i love you and cant wait for the day we are together again.
love,
me

melissa
brian's wife

December 30, 2010

Brian,
I miss you. Thinking of you today and everyday with love. Rest in peace and watch over us.

Mom

November 2, 2010

We dedicated our shift to you on this date.

Corporal Adam Frost
Radford City Police Dept

November 2, 2010

missing you like crazy tonight. been a rough few days and i know this next week is going to be even more difficult. i will be in elkins to see you on tuesday. i need your strength right now. i wish you were here. i love you.

Melissa
Brian's wife

October 31, 2010

Hi babe. I was just thinking about you and wanted to leave you a little something. The girls are doing great! Madeline is growing up so fast! She looks just like you as always and is doing wonderful in preschool! She is excited to start kindergarten and ride the big bus next year! Paige is so beautiful and so grown up! I can't believe she's almost 13! She misses you a lot. We all miss you. Today is Carly's third birthday... hope you are keeping an eye on her up there :) can't believe it's almost been 3 years since you have been gone. Still doesn't seem real sometimes. I don't think anyone will ever understand the hurt and anger i feel either. I had your name engraved on the back of your stone and had vases added, with the help of your mom of course. They said it would be done before the really cold weather gets here. Now i will have somewhere to put your lilies :) i love you so very much and i wish i could see you one more time to tell you that. people say it will get easier with time, but that's not true. Death is easy, living is harder. i will be ok as always because i know that no matter what you are looking down and smiling over me and pushing me foward with my life. we love you Brian.... always and forever :)

love,
melissa

Melissa
Brian's wife

September 28, 2010

Happy Anniversary Brian. I LOVE YOU :)

Melissa
Brian's wife

July 18, 2010

I've been missing you more than ever the past few weeks. Thank you for coming to see me in my dreams :) Madeline is wonderful! I took her and got her ears pierced last week! She was such a brave girl. Paige is great too, and is going to cheer again this year! My classes start in August, and clinicals start just three weeks into the semester. I'm getting more nervous the closer it gets, but i know you will help me to be strong! i miss you so much Brian. I would give anything to have you back. I know you know that already though :) i love you always and forever.

Melissa
Brian's wife

July 7, 2010

Today would've been your 28th birthday. I have been dreading this day for a while, but after talking with Melanie I realized the girls and I should celebrate this day as a happy one and remember all the good things and the funny things about you today. So, I am making a chocolate cake with chocolate icing- your favorite- and we are going to celebrate :) I miss you now more than ever. I miss your voice, your laugh, your eyes, the way you always held my hand in the car, the way you always chased me up the stairs trying to tickle me :) You will always have my heart. I love you Bri. Happy Birthday :)

Melissa
Brian's wife

April 22, 2010

Happy Valentines Day Brian. I love you very much and miss you even more. Thanks for helping me figure out what to do the other night. Keep catching the girls' kisses they send to you every day :) we love you!

Melissa
Brian's wife

February 14, 2010

Merry Christmas Brian. I love you.

Melissa
Wife

December 25, 2009

We miss you today and always.Watch over us and keep us safe.

Mom

December 25, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving Brian. I love you.

Melissa
Brian's wife

November 26, 2009

Melissa,

I knew Brian. Regretably, not very well though. You and I met briefly also. I worked for the WVSP in Charles Town as both a Corporal and a Sergeant. I am now at FLETC for training. Tomorrow, I will begin the day with a speech, paying tribute to a fallen officer. I will tell them who your husband was and his story. I will do my best to honor him. My prayers still go out to you and your family.

Officer R.T. Dyroff
Federal LEO

November 19, 2009

Your heroism and service is honored today, the third anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

I hold your family in my heart's embrace today and am praying for solace for them.

Rest In Peace


Phyllis Loya

Phyllis Loya
mother of fallen officer Larry Lasater

November 6, 2009

Brian, I cannot believe it's been 2 years since I've seen you. I miss you more than anyone will ever know. All day yesterday I kept looking at the clock remembering what we were doing at each specific time on that final day. I remember watching you out the window when you left for work and Paige was skipping down the sidewalk coming home from school. She said "hey Brian" and you said "hey Paige". And I watched you drive away. I never in a million years expected Castle to be ringing our doorbell later that night to tell me what he told me. I remember him driving me to Winchester going like 100 mph with his lights on and how these cars wouldn't move over for us. We joked about how at that moment I understood why that made you so mad :) when those doctors came into that room and told me they couldn't save you, well, I don't remember a lot after that, but I remember going into the trauma room and sitting next to you and rubbing your arm and holding your hand in total shock that you were really gone. I just couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. I just hope nobody ever forgets you and why you died. You were the most amazing man and I was so very lucky to have you the few short years that I did. I will always love you and see you each time I look at Madeline. She looks just like you :) keep all of us safe down here and even though I can't see you, I know you're with me every second of every day. I love you always and forever.

Melissa
Brian's wife

November 3, 2009

Trooper Linn, Thank you for your sacrafice,God Speed and may you rest in peace.

John Hajash II
Former Raleigh Co. WV Deputy Sheriff

November 2, 2009