About 4:30 this morning, I woke up to an empty bed. Stoney is currently on night shift and is generally home by 4 am. So I figured that he was working on a call. Generally that time of night, the calls are most likely someone hearing something in their yard. Something that is pretty minor especially in a small town where deer are known to hang out. Well today was different. Instead of checking out deer, my husband was sitting on a freeway waiting for a cop killer.

About 1 am, Deputy Josie Greathouse Fox was killed during a traffic stop. She was found minutes later in the road too late. Roberto Miramontes Roman is the suspect in the shooting. I have watched the news throughout the day as the police have thought they possibly had him in their sights two different times. Both times came up to nothing. They are on a manhunt to find this man and another man as a person of interest. Deputy Fox left behind a husband and 2 children after five years of service.

The community that this shooting occurred is not far from my own community where my husband is a deputy. It is a small town just like ours. A place that things like this just don’t happen! When I heard the news, my heart sank. It was way too close to home. All I could do was put on a brave front and pray for my husband and other officers today. Law enforcement officers do not get the respect or the gratitude they deserve. It really breaks my heart to see the men and women who are serving us everyday and putting their lives in danger to be taken advantage of. They give 20-30 years so we can sleep at night.

I used to think there is no way I could be a military wife. I highly respect all they do and what their spouses do. Then I became a wife to a deputy. I have realized just how much their wives go through. There are nights like tonight that I have a hard time sleeping. I have to find distractions to keep my mind from wandering. I have to wipe the tears when I can’t get a hold of  him for a couple hours while he is on a call. Just so that our kids don’t see the fear. We are going on the end of his first year as a deputy and his 4th year in law enforcement. We have 20+ years to get through. I have to trust in the training he has received and trust that will bring him home. I have to trust other men and women to do their jobs to make sure he comes home safely as well.

It is a duty. I know in my heart that if something was to ever happen, I will be okay. Our kids will be okay. I know I don’t tell him enough but I am so proud of him. I can see the pride in himself when he puts that uniform and badge on. I can see the pride when he has helped in an arrest that has gotten one more dangerous person off our streets. I love him so much and even when we have our problems, I will forever be grateful.

Now please pray that they find this suspect without another officer being injured. The community also needs your prayers because they have lost a wonderful piece of themselves. To have updated information regarding this manhunt, please go to My Fox Utah. Next time you see an officer out, stop and just say thank you! They are putting everything they have on the line for you!