BRANDENBURG, Ky (WDRB) -- It's been almost a year since 13-year-old Tucker Wimpee was killed in a murder-suicide.

His father Phillip Wimpee, who's also a Meade County deputy and school resource officer, says Tucker's death could have been prevented and now he's taking steps to make sure other families are protected.

A pep rally at Stuart Pepper Middle School in Brandenburg on Friday was about more than just the football game.

Principal Chad Butler reminded students they've been working together to raise money for the One Tucker At a Time Foundation, a foundation very close to their hearts.

Tucker Wimpee was a 7th grader at Stuart Pepper when he and his mother were shot and killed by his mother's live-in boyfriend, who also killed himself.

It happened on November 15th, 2013, at a residence just outside Brandenburg.

"The Friday he was murdered, he was supposed to come home to me that evening. I'm not angry about anything. All I want to do is help," said Deputy Wimpee.

Deputy Wimpee tried to get sole custody of Tucker in 2010 and says there were warning signs. 

Soon after Tucker's death, Dep. Wimpee started the One Tucker at a Time Foundation and now he's working to pass a bill in Frankfort that might help make a difference for other parents.

"To find out if an adult is making a bad decision, we must have unannounced visits," he told WDRB.

He wants it so every child care worker in Kentucky can show up without warning for a home visit.

He believes if that had been happening, his son would still be alive today.

"There's no reason any child should go home and lay their head on a pillow at night and not be safe or feel safe," he said.

"It affected us all. We all knew the family. We all loved the family," said Jeff Greer, State Representative in the 27th District.

Greer said he has full confidence in the bill.

"We don't have a beef with CPS. They're wonderful people who do the best they can do but what we're trying to do is create consistency," he said.

Tucker was killed just a few days after his 13th birthday, a date that's quickly approaching.

"We're going to get an ice cream cake and the family is going to get together and we're going to throw a birthday party for Tucker," said Wimpee.

The bill is being drafted now and will be introduced in January.

"It will start in the house committee, health and welfare as a matter of fact. If we're successful there, then it will go to the house floor and then after it passes the house it will go to the senate," explained Rep. Greer.

It would then have to go to the senate health and welfare committee and the senate floor before it could be passed.

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