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Matthew Shepard was born in 1976 in Casper, Wyoming; he was the first of two sons born to Judy (née Peck) and Dennis Shepard. His younger brother, Logan, was born in 1981. The two brothers had a close relationship. [4] Matthew was raised in the Episcopal denomination and had once served as an altar boy in the church. [5]
Dennis Shepard (born November 1954) is the father of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at University of Wyoming who was murdered in October 1998 in what became one of the most high-profiled cases highlighting hate crimes against LGBTQ people.
Three University of Wyoming swimming and diving team members were killed in a car crash Thursday afternoon near the Wyoming-Colorado border, the school said.
All three people in the car were killed in the resulting crash. Jerome Brown: 1965 1992 27 years American American football player car Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: Brooksville, Florida: Lost control of his car at high speed and hit a power pole. His nephew, a passenger in the car, was also killed. Jerry Brown: 1987 2012 25 years American football ...
In the fall of 1998, a man named Matthew Shepard was savagely beaten, strung out on a fence like a scarecrow, and left to die as the Wyoming night temperatures plunged.
It has been 25 years since the body of Matthew Shepard was discovered in Laramie, Wyoming. The gay college student had been tied to a fence post, tortured and left to die. The murder drew national ...
Judy Shepard (née Peck; born August 15, 1952) is the mother of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at University of Wyoming who was murdered in October 1998. She and her husband, Dennis Shepard , are co-founders of the Matthew Shepard Foundation , and advocate for LGBT rights .
The latest crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. 287 about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the Wyoming-Colorado line between Laramie and Fort Collins, Colo. The two injured team members were ...