Matthew Shepard Web Archive, 1998-2008

University of Wyoming.

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Westboro Baptist Church (Topeka, Kan.)

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Shepard, Matthew Wayne, 1976-1998

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Matthew Wayne "Matt" Shepard (December 1, 1976, Casper, Wyoming – October 12, 1998, Fort Collins, Colorado) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries. Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to hate crime legislation at the state and federal l...

Matthew Shepard Foundation

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