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Who was Matthew Shepard?
Matthew Shepard
Matthew Wayne Shepard was born on December 1, 1976, in Casper, Wyoming, to Judy Peck and Dennis Shepard. He spent his early life in Casper, where he attended elementary school, junior high, and high school. While attending school, Shepard became known for his interest in environmental issues and was appointed as the young adult representative to the governor's initiative on statewide recycling.
Matthew Shepard as a kid
During his junior year of high school, Shepard left Casper to attend The American School in Switzerland (TASIS). At that time, his mother Judy and younger brother Logan joined Dennis Shepard in Saudi Arabia, where Dennis was employed by Saudi Aramco. While attending TASIS, Shepard was gang-raped by unknown assailants during a school trip to Morocco. Although the crime was reported, the perpetrators were never apprehended. Shepard with emotional and physical trauma. His mother later said that, at the time of his death, he was only beginning to put his life back together after the assault.
Matthew Shepard
After graduating from TASIS, Shepard briefly attended Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. After leaving Catawba, he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, before returning to Casper, where he enrolled at Casper College, the local community college. He later briefly moved to Denver, Colorado, before deciding to attend the University of Wyoming in Laramie, his parents' alma mater. Shepard was admitted for the 1998–1999 school year, where he studied political science and dreamed of working as a diplomat for the United States Department of State.
Who was Aaron McKinney?
Aaron McKinney
Aaron James McKinney was born in 1976. He grew up in Laramie, Wyoming, in what acquaintances and later reports described as an unstable family environment. His parents divorced while he was young, and he alternated between living with each of them. For periods of his childhood he also lived with his grandparents. According to testimony presented during his trial, his mother died when he was sixteen years old, and by the age of seventeen he was largely living on his own. McKinney attended Laramie High School but never graduated. At fourteen, he spent approximately three months in a juvenile detention center after stealing a cash register from a sports card store. As an adult, he worked primarily as a roofer and other temporary labor jobs. Friends and acquaintances described him as quick-tempered and prone to getting into trouble. Before the murder, he had already accumulated a minor criminal record that included theft and robbery-related offenses.
Aaron as a teenager
At the time of the attack of Shepard, McKinney lived with his girlfriend, Kristen Price, and the couple had a young daughter. After the murder, she was charged with interfering in the investigation for helping conceal evidence, although the original charge was later reduced.
Who was Russell Henderson?
Russell Henderson
Russell Arthur Henderson was born in 1977, Henderson was generally described during his childhood as quiet, polite, and reserved. He was raised largely by his grandparents and, during his early teenage years, was considered a good student. He earned a place on the honor roll, participated in the Future Farmers of America, and completed the requirements to become an Eagle Scout, even appearing in a photograph with the Governor of Wyoming after finishing his Eagle Scout community service project. As he grew older, however, Henderson left high school before graduating and began working as a roofer. Friends later described him as someone who tended to follow others rather than take the lead. By his early twenties he had accumulated a relatively minor criminal record that included arrests related to fighting and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Russell as a teenager
At the time of the murder of Matthew Shepard, Henderson was 21 years old and in a relationship with Chastity Pasley. Following the attack, both Henderson and McKinney attempted to persuade their girlfriends to provide false alibis and help dispose of evidence. Pasley later pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact and served a prison sentence.
Matthew Shepard
Matthew Wayne Shepard was born on December 1, 1976, in Casper, Wyoming, to Judy Peck and Dennis Shepard. He spent his early life in Casper, where he attended elementary school, junior high, and high school. While attending school, Shepard became known for his interest in environmental issues and was appointed as the young adult representative to the governor's initiative on statewide recycling.
Matthew Shepard as a kid
During his junior year of high school, Shepard left Casper to attend The American School in Switzerland (TASIS). At that time, his mother Judy and younger brother Logan joined Dennis Shepard in Saudi Arabia, where Dennis was employed by Saudi Aramco. While attending TASIS, Shepard was gang-raped by unknown assailants during a school trip to Morocco. Although the crime was reported, the perpetrators were never apprehended. Shepard with emotional and physical trauma. His mother later said that, at the time of his death, he was only beginning to put his life back together after the assault.
Matthew Shepard
After graduating from TASIS, Shepard briefly attended Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. After leaving Catawba, he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, before returning to Casper, where he enrolled at Casper College, the local community college. He later briefly moved to Denver, Colorado, before deciding to attend the University of Wyoming in Laramie, his parents' alma mater. Shepard was admitted for the 1998–1999 school year, where he studied political science and dreamed of working as a diplomat for the United States Department of State.
Who was Aaron McKinney?
Aaron McKinneyAaron James McKinney was born in 1976. He grew up in Laramie, Wyoming, in what acquaintances and later reports described as an unstable family environment. His parents divorced while he was young, and he alternated between living with each of them. For periods of his childhood he also lived with his grandparents. According to testimony presented during his trial, his mother died when he was sixteen years old, and by the age of seventeen he was largely living on his own. McKinney attended Laramie High School but never graduated. At fourteen, he spent approximately three months in a juvenile detention center after stealing a cash register from a sports card store. As an adult, he worked primarily as a roofer and other temporary labor jobs. Friends and acquaintances described him as quick-tempered and prone to getting into trouble. Before the murder, he had already accumulated a minor criminal record that included theft and robbery-related offenses.
Aaron as a teenagerAt the time of the attack of Shepard, McKinney lived with his girlfriend, Kristen Price, and the couple had a young daughter. After the murder, she was charged with interfering in the investigation for helping conceal evidence, although the original charge was later reduced.
Who was Russell Henderson?
Russell HendersonRussell Arthur Henderson was born in 1977, Henderson was generally described during his childhood as quiet, polite, and reserved. He was raised largely by his grandparents and, during his early teenage years, was considered a good student. He earned a place on the honor roll, participated in the Future Farmers of America, and completed the requirements to become an Eagle Scout, even appearing in a photograph with the Governor of Wyoming after finishing his Eagle Scout community service project. As he grew older, however, Henderson left high school before graduating and began working as a roofer. Friends later described him as someone who tended to follow others rather than take the lead. By his early twenties he had accumulated a relatively minor criminal record that included arrests related to fighting and driving under the influence of alcohol.
Russell as a teenagerAt the time of the murder of Matthew Shepard, Henderson was 21 years old and in a relationship with Chastity Pasley. Following the attack, both Henderson and McKinney attempted to persuade their girlfriends to provide false alibis and help dispose of evidence. Pasley later pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact and served a prison sentence.
