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Matthew Shepard
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American LGBT student and murder victim
Key facts
- Born
- Matthew Wayne Shepard , ( 1976-12-01 ) December 1, 1976, Casper, Wyoming , U.S.
- Died
- October 12, 1998 (1998-10-12) (aged 21), Fort Collins, Colorado , U.S.
- Cause of death
- Murder ( blunt trauma )
- Resting place
- Washington National Cathedral
- Alma mater
- University of Wyoming
- Parents
- Dennis Shepard Judy Shepard
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Matthew
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Casper
- Place of death
- Fort Collins
- Mother
- Judy Shepard
- Occupation
- student
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Episcopal Church
- Official website
- www.matthewshepard.org
- Residence
- Casper
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- date of birth
- 1976-12-01
- date of death
- 1998-10-12
- topic's main category
- Category:Matthew Shepard
- Commons category
- Matthew Shepard
- manner of death
- homicide
- birth name
- Matthew Wayne Shepard
- hashtag
- MatthewShepard
- place of burial
- Washington National Cathedral
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- name in native language
- Matthew Shepard
- cause of death
- traumatic brain injury
- medical condition
- HIV infection
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Encyclopedic overview
Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on October 6, 1998. He was transported by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries sustained during the attack.
Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were arrested shortly after the attack and charged with first-degree murder following Shepard's death. Henderson pleaded guilty to murder, and McKinney was tried and found guilty of murder; each of them received two consecutive life sentences.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matthew Shepard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.