The Book of Matt: The Real Story of the Murder of Matthew Shepard

“Methamphetamine was a huge part of this case . . . It was a horrible murder driven by drugs.” - Prosecutor Cal Rerucha, who convicted Matthew Shepard's killers

On the night of October 6, 1998, twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard left a bar with two alleged “strangers,” Aaron McKin­ney and Russell Henderson. Eighteen hours later, Matthew was found tied to a log fence on the outskirts of town, unconscious and barely alive. Overnight, a politically expedient myth took the place of important fa...