Deputy Sheriff Adam William Klutz

I still think of that night, and to this very day I have my moments of breaking down.

For a long time I felt like I was wrong to make the choice I did that night. I rode with you a week before, and was going to ride with you again that night. I called you around 5:30 that afternoon as you arrived at the Office and told you that I had to cancel due to my wife being sick. We talked briefly and I asked "Got that vest on?" Heard you knocking on it and told you I'd try to catch up with you the next week. My brother, had I known....I should've been there. I still wonder, had I been with you, could I have seen something and warned you.

I remember when you wrestled for ECCW, that's where we met. I remember the great news when I learned you joined the Sheriff's Office, and I knew you were getting ready to move to the K-9 Unit. You had a great future ahead of you.

The morning after, I got the call. My mind would not let me comprehend what I was being told. I kept asking if there were sure it was the Adam I knew. Then I got confirmation and I broke. At your service, I was holding myself together the best I could....until I heard your voice and it all hit me at once.

But I know that you are forever resting in the arms of our Lord, I can only imagine the joy you felt when you made it to our Father, and I know you are watching down from above. I await the time we meet again, my friend. Until then, rest easy brother.

Sergeant D. L. Presnell
Friend

December 8, 2024