comment, May her family find comfort and peace, She made a choice that she ultimately paid the price for and I find it sad anyone would come to this forum and post such things, these are the same people that want to preach love, The reality is the truth can be found in the Bible such as John 13:34, Your email address will not be published. Instead, he said, they were out to rob him of money and possibly drugs when they drove him to the edge of town on the night of October 6, 1998. "We have been assured that Mr. Clinton and Mr. Gore are firmly behind this legislation, and that they're going to do everything they can to see that it is passed," said Dennis Shepard. The groups work today is the same thing that was there 20 years ago., As recently as Tuesday, days before the anniversary of Shepards death, about 200 people attended a forum in Laramie questioning the prevailing view that he was murdered because of his sexual orientation. Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were around 21-year-old Shepards age when they chatted him up the evening of Oct. 6 at the Fireside Lounge in Laramie. I am so sorry for your loss. The federal government wouldnt move substantially to address the kind of hatred that took Shepards life for almost 20 years, as explained onOxygensnew special, Uncovered: KilledByHate.. I think he has atoned. After Shepard's death, the attempted murder charges became full-on murder trials. Im so, so ashamed I was ever part of this.. He died in a hospital five days later. I think he has atoned. His murderers were both given consecutive life sentences, although they weren't charged with a hate crime. 20 years after Matthew Shepard's murder, alternate narratives gain steam in Wyoming. The murder of Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, was a watershed moment for gay rights and LGBTQ acceptance in the U.S., so much so that 20 years later the crime remains seared into the national consciousness. Both Henderson and McKinney were found guilty of murdering Shepard and were both sentenced to life in prison. Chasity Pasley, Mr. Henderson's girlfriend, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact. This 1995 photo provided by the Matthew Shepard Foundation shows Matthew Shepard. Chasity Pasley, 20 . (AP) When two roofing workers beat a young gay man to death in Wyoming in 1998, the gruesome crime quickly reverberated around the U.S. and turned the sandy-haired college student into a powerful symbol of the quest for acceptance and equal rights. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. According to the Matthew Shepard Foundation, Shepard was chosen to be a peer counselor at the school and was known to fight for the acceptance of everyone. But Henderson did not participate in Tuesdays discussion, aside from a nine-minute prerecorded video. Osborn attributes some of that mentality to peoples desire to be in the know. I think about him and every single one of those days that Ive had that he hasnt had, his family hasnt had, his friends havent had. He joined the Star-Tribune in 2016 as the University of Wyoming sports reporter after graduating from the University of Missouri and covering Mizzou athletics for two years. Chastity Vera Pasley, the girlfriend of murder suspect Russell Henderson, is pictured in court in Laramie, Wyo., on Friday, Oct. 9, 1998. Please try again. Please subscribe to keep reading. His weakness. McKinney, 22, if he is convicted. Celebration of Life Chasity Vera Pasley, 20, cried repeatedly as she was sentenced to 15 months to two . He helps imprisoned hospice patients and trains shelter dogs so they can be adopted. Henderson, who pleaded guilty to avoid a possible death sentence, is serving his time at a medium-security prison in Torrington, a quiet farming-and-ranching town a few miles from the Nebraska line. Ed . Thank you for letting me be a small part of your life. Instead, Henderson said in a non-specific manner that drugs played a role in Shepards killing. It breaks our hearts when death separates us from the ones we love so much, especially when they are as young as Chasity. Pasley wept throughout. In return, McKinney has promised not to appeal his felony murder and kidnapping convictions and sentence. Chasity Vera Haines (Pasley) passed away on October 10, 2017. Don't miss out on the latest news and information. Henderson and McKinney are serving life sentences for Matthew Shepard's murder. So, it was amusing that he tried to tell me that he knew better than I did the facts of the case.. Meanwhile, Chasity Pasley was found guilty of helping the two discard bloody clothing belonging to Shepard. McKinney has pleaded innocent and is scheduled to stand trial in August. She was born on October 4, 1978 in Salt Lake City to Rodney Pasley and Linda Larsen. In April, Russell Henderson pleaded guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. . Instead, he said, they were out to rob him of money and possibly drugs when they drove him to the edge of town on the night of Oct. 6, 1998. Were nowhere near done, said Sara Burlingame, executive director of the Cheyenne-based LGBTQ advocacy group Wyoming Equality. Twenty years ago, a gay University of Wyoming student was brutally attacked and left to die on a lonely plot of land near Laramie. IRS delays tax deadline for Bay Area, but California hasn't followed: What should you do? The prosecution says it will seek the death penalty for She worked in the campus activities center and had helped Jim . For more on Shepards murder, as well as other brutal hate crimes and the current rise of extremist violence in the United States, watch Uncovered: KilledByHate, airingSunday at 7/6conOxygen. The case gained national attention and led to calls for the inclusion of sexual orientation in federal hate crimes law. Prosecutors accused both Price and Chasity Pasley, who was Henderson's girlfiend, of helping dispose of Henderson's bloody clothes. Aaron McKinney and Chastity Pasley wait to be arraigned . Staggering snowfall in California mountains leaves residents trapped for days However, the judge in McKinney's murder trial would not permit it. (AP) _ The girlfriend of a man who pleaded guilty to killing gay college student Matthew Shepard was sentenced Friday to up to two years in prison for helping to cover up evidence in the killing. 525 Grand Ave #101, Laramie, WY 82070, lived here in 2002 : F. 3834 S 7120 W, West Valley City, UT 84128, lived here in 2001 $1,770: G. 3375 W 7800 S #134, West Jordan, UT 84088 .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { Chasity Pasley, 21, is serving an 18-month prison sentence Two decades after Matthew Shepard was bludgeoned, tied to a rail fence and left to die on the cold high prairie, the emotions stirred up by his slaying linger in Wyoming, which still struggles with its tarnished identity and resists changes sought by the LGBTQ community. Shepard was lured out of a Wyoming bar, pistol whipped and tied to a fence in freezing temperatures. Shepard had asked his friends if they wanted to go with him to The Fireside Lounge for a beer but didn't get any takers. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. At McKinneys trial, his attorneys sought to use the so-called gay panic defense, arguing he killed Shepard in a rage for making sexual overtures. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File). In this Oct. 9, 1999 file photo, a cross made of stones rests below the fence in Laramie, Wyo. Wyoming teachers are leaving. "I think about Matthew every single day of my life. Twenty-oneyears after beating Shepard into a coma and leaving him hanging in near-freezing temperatures from a wooden fence for 18 hours, McKinney and Henderson both remain in prison. 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Top McCarthy aide, House Oversight chair each met with Ashli Babbitt's mother Dave O'Malley sits for a portrait outside the Albany County Courthouse on Sept. 28 in Laramie. Even now, people associate Laramie with the murder. Dave OMalley, who worked on the Shepard investigation and is now the Albany County sheriff, told the Star-Tribune that Jimenezs book would more aptly be titled The Book of Lies., Nothing was in the investigation whatsoever that indicated that Matt was in any way involved in the use or distribution of methamphetamine or any other drugs, OMalley said. Im so, so ashamed I was ever part of this, Henderson said. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. I think about him and every single one of those days that Ive had that he hasnt had, his family hasnt had, his friends havent had. He helps imprisoned hospice patients and trains shelter dogs so they can be adopted. Once people find out Im from Laramie, Wyoming, they still zero in on this hate crime, said Trudy McCraken, who spoke at the forum and was Laramies mayor at the time of the slaying. The flier advertising the event went out before Jimenez asked the prison system for permission to livestream Hendersons appearance, according to Wyoming Department of Corrections spokesman Mark Horan. McKinney and Henderson are each serving two consecutive life sentences. Police said the women helped dump bloody clothing and. In a letter written from jail, McKinney admitted to being homophobic. I think about Matthew every single day of my life. According to Oxygen, on October 6, 1998, Shepard was out at a gay bar in Laramie, Wyoming known as The Fireside Lounge. Former UW student Chasity Pasley, who was dating one of Matthew Shepard's killers, pleaded innocent to the charge of accessory, after the fact, to first-degree murder. aggravated robbery in the slaying of Shepard. The murder of Shepard was a watershed moment for gay rights and LGBTQ acceptance in the U.S., so much so that 20 years later the crime remains seared into the national consciousness. McKinney repeatedly used homosexual slurs in his confession, Marsden said. Chasity was born on October 4, 1978 and passed away on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. Trending News Chasity was a resident of Utah at the time of passing. Hendersons remarks dont change the facts of the case, which include McKinneys confession to police, Marsden said. LARAMIE, Wyo. Were nowhere near done, said Sara Burlingame, executive director of the Cheyenne-based LGBTQ advocacy group Wyoming Equality. Shepard died less than a week later, on Oct. 12, 1998, at age 21. October 18, 2017 at 11:00 AM Under cross-examination, she acknowledged she was not in. Pasley said she lied because "I was protecting someone I Henderson tied Shepard to the fence after McKinney told him to do it, he said. One of the convicted killers, Russell Henderson, now 41, said the U.S. should have laws that protect everyone, no matter who they are. From left . President Barack Obama signed a federal hate crime prevention act named after Shepard in 2009, a law that Shepards mother, Judy Shepard, said has been helpful. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Henderson, who pleaded guilty to avoid a possible death sentence, is serving his time at a medium-security prison in Torrington, a quiet farming-and-ranching town a few miles from the Nebraska line. concussion he suffered during a fight he and Henderson had (AP) _ The girlfriend of a man who pleaded guilty to killing gay college student Matthew Shepard was sentenced Friday to up to two years in prison for helping to cover up evidence in the killing. LARAMIE, Wyo. And so, for the conspiracy theorists out there, I suppose its good reading. Nobody wants to believe that we grow children that are capable of hate and violence. Pasley said she first learned of the beating listening to Because of overcrowding at Wyomings maximum-security prison in Rawlins, Henderson and McKinney have served their time in multiple states. The convicted killers, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, are each serving two consecutive life sentences. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File), Nov. 4, 1999: Judy Shepard stands with Detective Sgt. Russell Henderson, Aaron McKinney and Chastity Pasley wait to be arraigned Oct. 9, 1998. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy. Bay Area federal judge orders extradition of woman suspected of killing MSU student in hit-and-run, San Jose: Home raided as part of explosives and narcotics investigation, Man arrested after explosives found in bag at Pa. airport. And, in 2018, Albany County Sheriff David OMalley, who investigated Shepards murder 20 yearsbefore, shared a letter written to Henderson by McKinney while the two were both awaiting trial. (Dennis Shepard/The Matthew Shepard Foundation via AP), Matthew Shepard with his parents, Judy and Dennis Shepard in an undated photo. Prosecutor Cal Rerucha said Monday that she was a valuable witness for the prosecution against McKinney. Flying bug found at Walmart turns out to be rare Jurassic-era insect (AP) When two roofing workers beat a young gay man to death in Wyoming in 1998, the gruesome crime quickly reverberated around the U.S. and turned the sandy-haired college student. where a year earlier, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was tied and pistol whipped into a coma. During that video, which was spliced together from eight shorter clips, Henderson said he did not help kill Shepard because of prejudice. Its a lot easier to say, Oh, well, there must have been another explanation, he said. The sheer brutality of the murder which consisted of two roofing workers beating and then tying Shepard to a fence, where he was left to die was appalling, but it also symbolized something even bigger. Chasity Pasley, 23, could have been sentenced to 3 years in prison and fined up to $3,000 on her guilty plea to being an accessory in the October 1998 slaying of Matthew Shepard, 21. It is among just five states along with Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana and South Carolina that have not passed laws focused on crimes motivated by the victims identity, such as their sexual orientation. After that, he mouthed off, so I hit him a few more times and his fag ass died, McKinney wrote. Attitudes against homosexuality persist in Wyoming, but LGTBQ acceptance has advanced, said Jason Marsden, executive director of the Denver-based Matthew Shepard Foundation. Hendersons remarks dont change the facts of the case, which include McKinneys confession to police, Marsden said. As recently as Tuesday, days before the anniversary of Shepards death, about 200 people attended a forum in Laramie questioning the prevailing view that he was murdered because of his sexual orientation. Known as the Equality State, Wyoming got its nickname for being the first to let women vote. On that nig, The Wyoming State Historical Society will honor a controversial book about Matthew Shepard that claims he was killed in a drug deal gone wrong, This past week, the Society of Professional Journalists began winding down its examination of media trust with a panel in Casper, closing down. My thoughts and prayers are with the family. 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Miss Manners: I shouldn't call because the phone scares people? Chasity Pasley, 21, is serving an 18-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the slaying of Matthew Shepard, who was beaten, tied to a fence post. Pasley, Hendersons girlfriend, was sentenced to 18 months, of which she served 6 months. Though investigators who worked on the case have called the book inaccurate, its premise has continued to gain traction 20 years after Shepards death made him a symbol of equal rights. She is survived by her son Ashton, mother Linda (Candy), father Rodney (Donna), Sister Angela (Sylvester), brother Andrew and sister Vera Pasley, many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Hate Crimes Prevention Act,according to a 2018 Associated Press interview. Your email address will not be published. Cheyenne owned by her mother. the slaying of Matthew Shepard, who was beaten, tied to a In the letter, McKinney tells Henderson that, at trial, he wants his friend to blame everything on him even alleging that Henderson asked him to stop beating Shepard, and that he was drunk and pointing a cannon at his friend,according to the Coloradoan. I love you Chasity until we see each other again. Three suspects in the beating death of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard wait to be arraigned in this, Oct. 9, 1998 file photo, from Laramie, Wyo. Pasley said she saw blood and a "fleshy" substance on one (Judy Shepard/The Matthew Shepard Foundation via AP), 1989: Matthew Shepard, age 12, in San Francisco. Pasley is serving 15 to 24 months in prison after pleading guilty to an accessory charge. I think he has atoned. By this point, it was the early morning hours of October 7, and McKinney and Henderson drove Shepard to a rural area where they robbed him and beat him with the butt of a pistol, before tying him to a fence and leaving him behind. As tragic as it is, and as unfortunate as it is, and as hard as it is for Matthews family, and for my family, for all of us, to go through, it opened up all of us to be better people and really think about who we are, Henderson said of Shepards death in a prison interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. Call 896 6000. ``I cant bring him back. One gay rights activist argues that Henderson has paid his dues for what he described as being in the wrong place at the wrong time.. . . Shepard was discovered by a mountain biker who at first glance thought that Shepard's mutilated body tied to the fence post was a scarecrow on the evening of October 7. Price was sentenced to 180 days, of which she served 60 days. The 21-year-old was taken to a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado where he died on October 12, 1998 (via Matthew Shepard Foundation). were arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, while their respective girlfriends, Kristen Price and Chasity Pasley, were also arrested and charged as accessories. The reasons why may be about more than money. District Judge Jeffrey Donnell sentenced Price to 180 days in jail. with two other men after the Shepard beating. The night I did it, I did have hatred for homosexuals. At no time did we know he was gay until he tried to get on me.. }, First published on November 4, 1999 / 9:24 AM. He faces the death penalty if convicted of murder. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! He has also seen the drug-related hypotheses gain popularity over the years. 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