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- Today the buck fence where Shepard was bound and bludgeoned is long gone. The former crime scene is still a windswept field studded with cacti and criss-crossed by antelope spoor. But there's nothing to indicate this is the site of a deadly assault that changed America.
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Oct 26, 2018 · Today the buck fence where Shepard was bound and bludgeoned is long gone. The former crime scene is still a windswept field studded with cacti and criss-crossed by antelope spoor.
Oct 9, 2023 · Russell Henderson is Serving His Sentence Today. Aaron was admitted four rooms away from Matthew and suffered a hairline fracture of the skull. Meanwhile, the police had already arrested Russell and executed a search of Aaaron’s vehicle.
Suspects Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were arrested shortly after the attack and charged with first-degree murder following Shepard's death. Significant media coverage was given to the murder and what role Shepard's sexual orientation played as a motive for the crime.
Oct 16, 2019 · The 1998 torture and murder of gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming, was a turning point for gay rights in the United States, prompting outrage, sorrow and activism. His murderers were both given consecutive life sentences, although they weren’t charged with a hate crime.
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Oct 9, 2023 · The two-hour documentary special “The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime” airs Monday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. ET on ID (ahead of the 25th anniversary of Shepard’s death on Oct. 12).
Jun 2, 2022 · The murder of college student Matthew Shepard shocked the nation on multiple levels. The sheer brutality of the murder — which consisted of two roofing workers beating and then tying Shepard to a fence, where he was left to die — was appalling, but it also symbolized something even bigger.
Oct 12, 2023 · Thursday marks 25 years since the death of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming who succumbed to brutal injuries six days after being beaten by two...
