Matthew Shepard - Wikipedia Attitudes against homosexuality persist in Wyoming, but LGTBQ acceptance has advanced, said Jason Marsden, executive director of the Denver-based Matthew Shepard Foundation. His parents, Dennis and Judy Shepard, declined to comment for this story. Pasley's Mortuary announces the passing of Michael Manigault Sr., 65, of North Charleston, SC who answered the Summons of our heavenly father to retire from the labors here on earth to his rewards in heaven on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at his residence. She attended Laramie High School in Laramie, Wyoming and later obtained a degree from Stevens Henager College. attacked the night of October 7, 1998, after leaving the Patterson was a lesbian, known for being very outgoing, and hit it off with Shepard, who had known about his own sexuality for years and came out to his mother while still in high school. j eer ee a Ra = a Ph Tenis wib Sal i y si i ies he your step | ty ae | Black Peachy Faber CS ek . She enjoyed playing bingo at the assisted living, sudoku, and word finds. Chasity was a resident of Utah at the time of passing. The following morning, Pasley testified, eight detectives Chasity Pasley found in Salt Lake City, Sandy and West Jordan. 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. At that point, despite being the first cousin to Jarrell and Lindsey's mother, Tammi Cuyler, she had been involved with their father and Tammi's ex-husband for almost three years. My thoughts and prayers are with the family. Chasity Pasley, Mr. Henderson's girlfriend, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! In this Oct. 9, 1998 file photo, from left are Russell Henderson, Aaron McKinney, and Chasity Pasley, three suspects in the beating death of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. Our condolences to family and friends: August 26: Marilee Waddell Sonesen, 94, Casper. She said Henderson tried to reassure her, saying, "It's all Today, her husband, Charles E. Dixon, was under arrest in Laramie for violating a restraining order that stemmed from two counts of battery against his wife. right; he's OK," referring to Shepard, who died after he was Girlfriend of Man Who Killed Gay Student Sentenced Randall Randy Craig Stutheit, 69, Casper. The suspects' girlfriends, Kristen Price and Chasity Pasley, have been charged as accessories for allegedly helping McKinney and Henderson try to conceal their crime. Enter your email below to receive a grief support message from us each day for a year. Gay student's murder still haunts US state after 20 years Chasity McClain, 39, of Ripley, TN, passed away on Wednesday, April 21. McKinney slouched forward at the defense table during Meanwhile, Chasity Pasley was found guilty of helping the two discard bloody clothing belonging to Shepard. Alcohol continued to rule at the house of his mother, a waitress at a Hardees restaurant. Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten and left to die in a field outside Laramie, Wyoming, sometime during the night of October 6-7, 1998. Recommend Chasity's obituary to your friends. Pasley said she first learned of the beating listening to