CONCORD - More than 25 Concord police officers honored the memory of slain officer Quinn Witherspoon after his wife, Misty Witherspoon, was convicted of first-degree murder in a Statesville courtroom and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Thank you to all the officers that are calling for the public to think about the children.
Its time for the ugliness to stop. The signs on Magnolia, at the graveyard, etc. Do you not think these children can read? Do you not think they see and feel the ugliness? Please, please, consider these children's lives before you spread any more hate.
They have lost so much already. Rally around them and show them the love Quinn would want you to. They cannot even leave their home now. Its not safe. That is wrong.
Regardless of how you feel about Quinn's parents, consider the kids next time you drive by and shout obscenities or throw things at their home or paint signs on your cars or put them in your yard. Don't think these kids are blind to it. They aren't. They go to his gravesite too. How do you think they are going to feel seeing that big ugly sign?
TO PEOPLE OF MAGNOLIA!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM ASHAME TO CALL YOU MY NEIGHBORS.ANYONE THAT HAS NOT SIN IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER STANDUP AND CAST THE FIRST STONE.AND IF YOU DO YOU ARE THE LIERS.YOU MOVE OUT,AND LEAVE THESE PEOPLE ALONE.OR I HOPE YOU ARE HIT WITH A LAWSUITE FOR HARRSMENT.THE KIDS SHOULD COME FIRST!!!!.NOT THE PEOPLE OF MAGNOLIA.
I AGREE..MISTY'S GONE..THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYMORE TALK ABOUT IT! THE KIDS ARE THE ONE'S THAT SHOULD STICK OUT IN OUR MINDS FROM NOW ON...LET'S HAVE PEACE WITHIN OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY....TO EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL...THANK YOU! QUINN DESERVED THAT...REST IN PEACE!!
The Misty supporters are at it again. Just last night on the news the news anchor said that the family of Quinn Witherspoon had called them (again) and stated that they were asked not to go to the vigil for Quinn. You people are crazy. Why would you even want to be there when EVERYONE there knows the real truth. As far as the signs go, what do you think these children are being told behind closed doors and how do you even know the children are still living with their grandparents. Please know the facts before you judge. The sign should be a thorn in Frances and Bobby's side everyday. The sign was a voice. As far as notes at the cemetary, I agree that is wrong.
WELL HERE WE GO I DID NOT SAY I SUPPORTED ANY ONE BUT THE KIDS. LETS GIVE THEM SOME ROOM SO THEY CAN GRIVE FOR THERE FATHER AND MOTHER. THEY ARE KIDS AND THEY WILL ALWAYS LOVE BOTH PARENTS.THAT IS WHAT CHILDERN DO.
Tina,
I can understand you anger especially if it's something your seeing everyday on your way home. Im speaking of your neighbors and the signs they have posted in support of Quinn. YES people sin everyday and nobody is perfect. BUT you can hardly compare THAT to what Misty has done. Not only to us, (those who TRUELY loved him.) But to this community. SHE is responsible, this one individual, for having the Witherspoon's drug thru the mud. And having our town and the surrounding areas in a rage! As far as the children GOD bless them and their broken hearts because of their SELFISH mother they are going to miss out on how wonderful and caring this man really was. So how dare Misty!!!! Because of her actions, the town has shown theirs. How can his family still stand by her when she has made such a mess of their name it will be hard for them to show their face anywhere. She has left them behind to take care of the aftermath. How dare her to be thinking of nothing but her self. Leaving her children to be cared for by someone else.And believe me no matter what story is told to those children, the truth WILL come out eventually. We have already seen that. There is too many people that care about them to let them walk around blind. So she gets no sympathy from us!! The only thing she is getting is three meals a day from US. Like I said in a earlier comment "There is alot of people that would love to claw her eyes out for what she has done, BUT how would she be able to ever look at herself again?"
God bless the jury, fellow officers and good friends that kept the faith!!
Good God people, these are small children. You want them to hear all the gory details of how their father died just to make YOU feel better? Who cares what they are told right now. Any psychologist will tell you that they should NOT be told any more than necessary and never should anything negative be said about either of their parents to them at this age.
I'm certain the good justice filled folks of Mooresville will see to it that those kids get all the gory details no matter what is best for them. By God its their right to be indignant and mad and glad that justice was done, no matter what damage THEIR actions have on these children.
Concord PD and Mooresville PD people, PLEASE do something to let these vigilantes know that this is wrong and should stop and that Quinn would NEVER want his kids and parents treated this way.
You have said you would continue to support Quinns kids, how about protecting them from these so-called self richeous citizens. Your opinions matter, please express them to these fine folks.
In response to anonymous,
Give us a little credit, After all WE do have a heart. And very sympathetic to those children. Note I said children!! Nobody said anything about giving gory details to them. They have everyones best interest. They have had no time to mourn it went from his death to Misty being charged and then a circus from there on. Who was there caressing those children, and comforting them while everyone was focused on the support of Misty? The families have been so busy coming up with new ideas and tatics on proving her innocence, where did the time come for those babies? So dont tell me about protecting these children. They need that now more than ever. You dont think for a minute what their mother done with them in the house doesnt effect them already without someone telling them? Where was the protection and thought of the children when the one person they should be able to trust did ALL of this harm?
I'm sure Quinn would have never wanted or expected his parents to treat him as they have..... IT'S OVER....
Oh yes and now you have the nerve to ask the 2 PD's for something after everything the Witherspoon's have said and done against them.. YEH RIGHT !!
No, I am asking them to protect Quinn's children. The adults in this matter made decisions and are perfectly capable of dealing with the fallout and abuse that those decisions cost.
The children did nothing to deserve any of this abuse.
I asked for the help of the Concord PD and Mooresville PD for the children. The people in this community, including me, respect the way they handled themselves during this ordeal and hope they don't bail on these kids now that the trial is over. People will listen to Quinn's brothers in the PD if they say to back off.
I don't care how mad you folks are at the Witherspoons, take it out on them. Send them letters if you must but keep it between you and them. Don't do it in a way that the children will pay for it. They have had enough and don't deserve any of this.
And yes, they are living on Magnolia with their grandparents because that is the best place for them and where they feel secure. They are well cared for and loved and are already getting professional help to deal with this.
What they need now is as much love an support as they can get. The LAST thing those precious children need is to hear the mother that they love called all the ugly names in the book. THEY love her regardless so quit trying to rob them of that.
The verdict has been rendered, and last night we said our final farewell to our beloved friend and brother, and wished that he finally rest in peace.
People have expressed their feelings with their comments on this blog, and their signs. Thank you for creating this blog and allowing the people to show and get their feeling out on this instead of out in front of the family home where the children would have been exposed to it.
The law enforcement agencies, law enforcement officers, community, and Quinn's friends have only ever wanted what is best for Quinn's children and to carry on his legacy in their future through the memorial fund in his name, and to set aside a special day with the memorial ride to honor Quinn and to show his children what a difference Quinn made in everyones life that he touched.
Let's now put the fire out and not fuel it anymore.
Let's give the children the future that Quinn so wanted for them.
The children will be adults and they will have the oppurtunity to seek the facts if they so choose to, and from there they will have a choice whatever it may be.
Let's finally put this fire out.
I am not without fault, but I am part of putting this fire out.
I am the Peggy who arranged the candle light vigil last night for Quinn at Glenwood Memorial Park. First of all I would like to thank everyone for coming. I thought we had a really good crowd especially with the weather. Although short due to the rain, the service was beautiful. People spoke from their heart about Quinn and our hopes for the children. Quinn's nephew was there and I think he will be the first to tell you that everyone made him feel welcome. He spoke about his uncle and it was very moving. There were friends from all the years of Quinn's life that were there for one reason and one reason only....to show our love and support for Quinn and his children. It had nothing to do with Misty and I did not hear her name mentioned. When I was trying to get this vigil together monday afternoon, I called two TV stations and ask them to announce that we were having this. This was so people would know about it and could plan to come. I was shocked when I got there last night and saw all those TV trucks. But what shocked me most was when I got home after the vigil and heard on channel 3. They reported that a member of the Witherspoon family had called the station and reported to them that we ask the Witherspoons to not attend the service. This was not a call from the TV station to the Witherspoons but was a call from the home to the station. I'm the one that planned this vigil and I did not call anyone to ask them to come nor to ask them not to come. It makes me sick that we couldn't have this event for Quinn without ugliness and lies being brought in to ruin it. I know who told that lie and who called the television station. Just know that. I think it's a really low class thing to do and I think Quinn would be very ashamed of you. Me, I just pity you.
I can't help but wonder also about how much truth is in the reports of the people on Magnolia street having signs up that could hurt the kids. I don't know anyone on Magnolia but after reading these blogs, we rode through on sunday evening and saw nothing.
If anyone is doing something that could hurt Katherine, Seth, or Sydney then you have to stop. That's not supporing Quinn. You know how much he loved his kids. He's not here to protect them so we should. But that goes both ways. The family needs to do that too. I think it would do them good to know how much people loved their dad and also love them. There are a lot of us who would be glad to help you out with the kids.
The trial is over. The jury has decided. Let it be over now.
To the Mooresville Police, the Concord Police and the Concord Sheriff's dept.....no wonder Quinn loved you all. You're really great people and it was so nice meeting you. Thanks again.
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