Matthew Shepard, 22, openly gay llege stunt, is found burned, battered and nearly lifels after beg tied to fence for 18 hours, Laramie, Wyo; Rsell A Henrson and Aaron J McKney are charged wh kidnappg, aggravated robbery and attempted murr; Kristen Leann Price and Chasty Vera Pasley are charged as accsori after fact to attempted murr; Shepard's iends say he did not know alleged tormentors; see hate crime; photos (M)
Contents:
- MATTHEW SHEPARD NOT MURRED FOR BEG GAY, NEW BOOK CLAIMS
- GAY MAN BEATEN AND LEFT FOR DEAD; 2 ARE CHARGED
MATTHEW SHEPARD NOT MURRED FOR BEG GAY, NEW BOOK CLAIMS
When two roofg workers beat a young gay man to ath Wyomg 1998, the gome crime quickly reverberated around the U.S. and turned the sandy-haired llege stunt to a powerful symbol of the qut for acceptance and equal rights. * gay killed in wyoming *
The murr of Shepard, a gay Universy of Wyomg stunt, was a watershed moment for gay rights and LGBTQ acceptance the U. – When two roofg workers beat a young gay man to ath Wyomg 1998, the gome crime quickly reverberated around the U.
GAY MAN BEATEN AND LEFT FOR DEAD; 2 ARE CHARGED
Fifteen years after Matthew Shepard was tied to a fence and fatally beaten after leavg a bar Wyomg, a new book claims the gay teenager was murred for “reasons far more plited” than beg homosexual. * gay killed in wyoming *
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