Arriving at his office with a list of people to call, he found it unnecessary. The calls had already come from lawyers, Indianapolis police, pastors, lawyers and people from the state patrol, U.S. Marshal and Fort Wayne Police. The official wheels were churning to help Heck's widow, Debra, and their baby cope. How the Monday funeral is handled depends on Debra Heck's wishes. When you see the terror in their eyes, then it becomes real.
Standard protocol is to assign a bodyguard to the widow.
Officers will be pallbearers. Squadrito will deliver a eulogy. Squadrito said he'd known Heck for all of his 27 years and remembers the day he became a deputy. I remember swearing him in. I swore him in.