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young men talked and had a few drinks, and at the end of the night, McKinney and Henderson offered Matthew a ride home. But the ride took an ugly turn. Matthew was robbed, beaten, and tortured, then tied to a fence in a remote area overlooking the lights of Laramie. Having found his address in his wallet, McKinney and Henderson left him to die, planning to burglarize his apartment. Eighteen hours later, a cyclist, Aaron Kriefels, came across what he thought was a beat-up old scarecrow. It turned out to be Matthew, still lashed to the fence, in a coma, and near death. He had fractures to his skull and severe brain stem damage. He was rushed to the intensive care

An artist placed seven effigies on fences around Jackson Hole, Wyoming to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s murder.