The Shadow
On Friday morning, November 10, the Virginian Review sat down to talk one-on-one with the newly elected sheriff of Alleghany County: Kyle Matt Moore. Moore, a family man who’s been married to his wife, Jackie, for 34 years and shares two beautiful daughters with —Leanne Posey and Larissa Jordan— was all smiles as he discussed his grandchildren. Leanne, alongside husband Dustin, share three children together: Remington, Rain, and Rynn, while Larissa and husband, Dominique, are currently expecting a son.
As for the election, his first words to us were, “First off, thank you to everyone who turned out. I feel like the county spoke in a loud voice… It was a large turnout,” said Moore. “…We were at the church [on election night] and just realized, ‘This has got to be…’ after a certain point, I knew that it was my victory and I was just so happy and appreciative of all the local people.”
“I prayed about this for about 2 years,” Moore said of his decision to run for Sheriff. “First, it was an idea in my head, ‘hey, should I do this?’ Second, I said, ‘I’m not gonna do this unless I’ve got the support of my Savior, God.’” Mr. Moore went on to say he initially did not see a sign from God he should move forward until locals began to bring it up in conversation. Eventually, he realized that was God’s sign. He also credits his relationship to the church as being one of his greatest areas of support during the election, as well as his incentive to help make Alleghany County a better, safer place to live.
When asked about the Donald Kelly case, he said, “As far as the investigation goes, I haven’t been given any information on that… I did promise Donnie’s sister that this case would not go cold, that we would continue to follow up on any leads, and that I would reach out to some of my sources to see if there’s any assistance that can be given. I would love to be able to find out the end result for the family for closure. They need that… Even if I hadn’t won, I don’t feel like that case would have died out, but I made a promise and I’m gonna continue to follow up on that.”
During the conversation, Mr. Moore also discussed his support of the school system, his desire to help domestic violence victims and children, how the football team (who he said has a combined GPA of 3.0) managed to bring this community together as one, and how he plans to remain out and about in the community, taking part in regular events. He stated that he’s already gotten started with the changes he wishes to make, though it likely will take a while. “I spoke to one of the deputies the other day,“ Moore said, “and he made the comment to me that they would not allow me to fail.”
