One more year has passed. One more year Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis' family has to find ways to heal still without any answers as to who killed him, or why he was killed.

"I think we all just want to pray for answers and we want everyone to help us. We need help. We're getting desperate. We can't let Jason's children grow up without knowing why and that they're not gonna hurt anybody else," Kris Phillips said.

Phillips is Officer Ellis' mother-in-law.

But this year is a little tougher as Officer Ellis' police K-9 named Figo, his sidekick for many years, died earlier this week.

Kris Phillips has cared for Figo ever since her son in law was murdered.

"I used to talk to Figo everyday. That was my, me and Figo would talk and now Figo's passed and I feel, I feel really extremely sad that we didn't solve it before Figo passed," Phillips said.

As part of a memorial for Officer Ellis and Figo Thursday, dozens of cars started a procession at the Bardstown Police Department. The cars got off at exit 34, the exit on which Officer Ellis was murdered.

The final stop was at the High View Cemetery where Officer Ellis was buried. And now, the place where Figo's ashes will be put alongside his owner's headstone.

Now with both Officer Ellis and Figo gone, the focus remains on Officer Ellis' friends and family pleading for help from the public.

"You know, community policing. So if you know something, come forward. Come tell KSP. Come tell us. Somebody was there. And if not, somebody saw. You can't keep the silence for a long time. So if we keep his memory alive, going hopefully when you go to bed at night you realize that you know something that can solve this case," Nelson County Assistant Sheriff Ramon Pineiroa said.

Kentucky State Police encourage the public to submit tips by contacting KSP Elizabethtown Post at (270) 766-5078 or tips can also be emailed to EllisCaseETips@ky.gov.