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Matthews' father arrived home at 9:30 PM and found the garage door open, but no one was in the house. Matthews' shoes and shawl were near a heater in the family room, a place she often sat. [9] Matthews' older sister, Jennifer, arrived home at 10:00 PM, but had not seen her. Their father began to worry and called police.
Leigh Matthews (8 July 1983 – 9 July 2004) was a South African university student who was kidnapped and murdered. Her disappearance and murder sparked a media frenzy , with the ensuing investigation and court case being one of the most closely followed in South African history.
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. [1]
The hate that Matthew’s murder spotlighted still exists today. Just last year, five people were killed by a far-right gunman in an anti-LGBTQ attack on a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
On May 5, 2015, prosecutors announced that Matthew would be charged with capital murder. The increased charge of capital murder meant that Matthew could have faced the death penalty if convicted. [39] The trial date was set for July 5, 2016. [40] On March 2, 2016, Matthew pleaded guilty. [41] [33] Later, Matthew received four additional life ...
A three-part oratorio will be performed in West Lafayette to mark the anniversary of gay Matthew Shepard's murder. Anti-hate performance honors 25 years since Matthew Shepard's murder Skip to main ...
Gary Matson (April 6, 1949 — July 1, 1999) and Winfield Mowder (May 30, 1959 — July 1, 1999) were a gay couple from Redding, California, who were murdered by white supremacist brothers Benjamin Matthew Williams and James Tyler Williams. The Williams brothers confessed to killing the couple because they were gay.
The Breakthrough follows a double murder that took 16 years to solve — much like a real-life incident that occurred in Sweden in 2004.. Based on the 2021 novel of the same name, the Netflix ...