OKLAHOMA CITY (OKH) — A Henryetta mother continues to demand change after her 14-year-old daughter and four other teenagers were murdered by a convicted sex offender last year.
Ashleigh Webster says she wants lawmakers at the Oklahoma State Capitol to pass what she calls Knights Law, a bill she says is designed to protect children.
She continues to share the story of her daughter’s heartbreaking death with millions of TikTok viewers. In her latest post, Webster shows Ring camera footage from the moment she learned of Ivy’s death.
“I thought if I started talking and showed the authenticity and openness that a lot of people saw in that one video, maybe it would get more attention,” Webster said. “(Maybe) people will realize that the things that happened to our family shouldn’t have happened.”
Webster is also using her platform to support a national petition for Knights Law. More than 24,000 people have pledged their support for a bill that would require people convicted of certain sex crimes against children to serve 100% of their sentence.
This idea would probably have influenced her daughter’s killer, Jesse McFadden. The convicted sex offender was released early from prison and, according to police, murdered his wife, their children and their friends who were at their house for a pajama party.
“He would have had to serve 20 years. He would still have been in prison and the five children would still be alive. So we’re still trying to work on things like that.”
The Webster family worked with state Rep. Scott Fetgatter (R-Okmulgee) to draft a bill for Oklahoma. It passed the House in the last session but stalled in the Senate.
“The laws currently in place have failed us,” said Ivy’s father, Justin Webster. “Oklahoma is in no rush to tighten laws right now. There have been two sessions to tighten these laws since our daughter’s murder and so far nothing has happened. It’s scary to know, like many other parents, that the same tragedy that happened to us can happen again today with the same loopholes.”
The Webster family says they are talking to Fetgatter about how to get the bill passed in the next session.
Watch the video below to hear what they want to see in this bill.
