Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Six years ago I met Mathews County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jack Gill for the first time. Our introduction did not involve the normal pleasantries of first meetings, but rather the tragic circumstances surrounding the abduction and murder of a young woman attending her first year of college here in Richmond. Nearly a year later, her killer would stand in the Mathews County Courthouse and be found guilty of her murder. That outcome was a result of the relentlessness of her parents, the tremendous effort of law enforcement, and the steady hand and hard work of Jack Gill.

As I assisted Jack on that case, I watched him handle his daily responsibilities in Mathews County while spending extra hours traveling back and forth to Richmond to meet with law enforcement. There was no time of the day or night when he did not make himself available. His steadfast adherence to what was right, his prosecutorial instincts, and his ability to assimilate the details of ...