How Matthew Shepard's murder became America's window into hate
After Matthew Shepard’s killers drove him to a quiet development on the eastern edge of Laramie, Wyoming, repeatedly struck him with a .357 Magnum pistol, robbed him and left him to die, it took 18 hours for someone to find him.
Details from that Oct. 7, 1998, discovery would sear themselves into memories across the globe. How at first a mountain biker, Aaron Kreifels, thought Matthew’s limp, battered form was a scarecrow – until he noticed tufts of his hair.
How Matthew’s head and torso were so caked in dried blood that every inch was covered except for two strips under his eyes – tracks left by his tears.
How he had been left like that – slumped on his side in the Wyoming dirt, his hands tethered behind him to a wooden buck fence – because he was gay.
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