Marissa’s death was preventable.

It was the result of the terrible decisions, actions and inactions by many throughout the course of the day on October 2nd, 2020. Our focus since that day has been to find ways to prevent this tragedy from happening again. It’s not enough to make sure this driver never kills another person. We want to look at everything that went wrong that night in this specific case and help promote changes in each of the following areas.

• Wrong Way Driving
• Repeat DUI Offenders
• Special Event Venue Licensing from the ABLE Commission
• Interstate DUI Reporting

To honor Marissa, our family created Victims of Impaired Drivers Inc (VOID) in July of 2023. VOID is a 501c3 non-profit organization to address these concerns and any others leading to the ever increasing number of DUI fatalities on Oklahoma roadways.

In less than 2 years, VOID has grown to represent over 150 families of victims of this 100% preventable crime in Oklahoma. To learn more about VOID’s work, visit www.voidok.org.