Delia D'Ambra

Several years prior to the murder, Jason and his family moved into a home next door to Wade and his wife, but that wasn't where the Crisps wanted to be forever.

In 2009, Jason and his wife had purchased a 30-acre tract of land in McDowell County near Mount Mitchell.

The plan was to eventually build a forever home there, but until they could save up enough money to pay down the mortgage on their current home as well as the acreage, their dream of having a homestead was a work in progress.

In the interim, Jason bought a mobile home and kept it on their acreage and worked diligently to make the structure livable so his family would at least have a place to stay when they visited.

In early 2012, Amanda had discovered she had breast cancer and underwent treatment.

She ultimately went into remission, and by late 2013, the Crisps had sold their house next to the Keener's and were kind of in between relatives' places until they could get their mobile home up and running.

On the day of the crime, Jason had been on that property with his family and a plumber who'd come to help them with an issue.

Right in the middle of working beneath the mobile home with his son Garrett is when Jason, who was off duty, got the call to assist in the manhunt for Troy Wisnett.

On March 17th, about five days after the crime, Jason's colleagues and loved ones held a funeral service for him at a local high school and then buried him at his home church in Marion, North Carolina.

His son Garrett told me that his dad's casket processional wound through several city streets and was a very public event.

As a symbol of Jason's bond and companionship with his four-legged partner, Maros, the dog's cremated remains were buried with him.

At the time of Jason's passing, tributes to the slain officer poured in online and his family released a statement that read in part, quote, "'Jason was a loving father, loving husband, and a great friend.

He was his wife's best friend and the love of her life.

He loved the Lord and was an honest Christian man who gave his life protecting his friends.

He loved doing his job with a passion.'"

The only thing he loved more than his job was his family and friends.

He died a hero.

However, he was a hero well before.

Maros was also our family member, and he was loved like a child."

Rhonda and Levi Wisnett's funeral took place at a church in Burke County, and they were later buried in Morganton.