The Laramie Project Page #5

had been talking with Matthew Shepard.

Some people are saying

he made a pass at them.

Hell, you don't pick up regular people.

Aaron and I have been together

for two years.

Aaron said that a guy walked up to him

and said he was gay...

...and wanted to get with him and Russ.

Aaron's really bad about that.

He doesn't like to be around gay people

at all, and neither does Russ.

They just don't like them at all.

So he got aggravated with it

and said he was straight...

...and he didn't wanna have anything

to do with it, and he walked off.

He said that's when him and Russ

went into the bathroom...

...and decided to pretend that they were

gay and get him in the truck and rob him.

They wanted to teach him a lesson

not to come on to straight people.

I'm not excusing their actions,

but it seems to be partially his fault...

...and partially the guys who did it,

so, you know...

...maybe it's 50-50.

They stated that Matt came on to them,

that he approached them.

I absolutely, positively disbelieve

and refute that statement 100 percent.

I'll give you two reasons why.

One, character reference.

Why would he approach them? He wasn't

approaching anyone else in the bar.

Okay, they say he's gay,

that he was a flaming gay.

He's gonna come on to people like that.

Bullshit! He never came on to me.

I mean, hello! Come on.

He's gonna approach these two guys?

Please.

And two, territorialism.

Matt was sitting there.

Aaron and Russell were back there.

Upon their first interaction,

they were in Matt's area...

...the area that he had been

seen sitting all night long.

So who approached who by that?

He'd never not talK to someone

for any reason.

If someone started talking to him,

he'd just be like, "Blah, blah, blah."

He had no problem just striking up

a conversation with anybody.

This is what I'm testifying to...

...because basically

I'm the key eyewitness in the case.

Basically, I'm going to be testifying

that I saw Matthew leave.

I saw two individuals leave with Matthew

Shepard, and I didn't see their faces.

I saw the back of their heads. At this time,

McKinney and Henderson aren't around.

You do the math.

I'm not super familiar with that area...

...which now maKes me thinK that

God wanted me to find him.

I was going for a ride on my biKe...

...and I noticed something

just laying there by the fence.

I think it's a scarecrow.

Halloween's coming up.

I think it's a Halloween gag.

I even noticed his chest

moving up and down.

I still thought it was a dummy.

I thought it was some kind of mechanism.

But when I...

When I saw hair...

...his hair...

...I knew it was a human being.

So what'd you do?

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