MAY 1, 2024
One year ago Wednesday, six people, including five children, were murdered in Henryetta by a convicted sex offender.
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"They say it gets easier. But so far, now we've been through a year, all it's done for me has gotten harder,” said Brewer. "It doesn't even feel like a year. It feels like yesterday. Feels like I am living it all over again."
He said he clings to the memories of the happy times. He said Brewer was outgoing, selfless, and a friend to everyone.
"She was my right hand, little mini-me I guess you could call it,” said Brewer. “Always there helping me, whether it be on cars, or paperwork, figuring new technology out on the phone or the computer that she knew how to do and I didn't."
One of the hardest things for him to grasp is there won’t be any punishment for McFadden, since he killed himself.
It's been one year since five innocent teens were murdered by a convicted rapist.
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Recently, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 3992, known as Knight's Law, which will make multiple sex crimes punishable by up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The bill was written in honor of the victims.
A flag with Brittany Brewer's name waves in the wind above her memorial that’s been spruced up on the day marking one year since she was killed.
“It’s just been a whirlwind. A tornado. Like a tornado. It just tore up everything. She was my go-to person if I needed help with anything she was right there,” said Brewer.