:22:09
So then a judge comes in
and does a reading of the facts.
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The Defendants, Aaron James McKinney
and RusseII Arthur Henderson...
:22:18
...met Matthew Shepard
at the Fireside Bar.
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After Mr. Shepard confided he was gay...
:22:24
...the subjects deceived Mr. Shepard...
:22:26
...into Ieaving with them
in their vehicIe to a remote area.
:22:31
En route to said Iocation, Mr. Shepard
was struck in the head with a pistoI...
:22:36
...and upon arrivaI at said area...
:22:39
...both subjects tied their victim
to a buck fence...
:22:42
...robbed him, tortured him,
and continued to beat and terrorize him.
:22:47
When I got to the fence,
I seen what appeared to be a young man...
:22:53
...13 or 14 years of age,
because he was so tiny, Iaying there...
:22:57
...and he was bound
to the bottom of the poIe.
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-What did you do?
-I did the best I couId.
:23:05
He was covered in dried bIood
aII over his head.
:23:08
The onIy pIace that
there wasn't any bIood...
:23:11
...was what appeared to be where
he had been crying down his face.
:23:15
You know...
:23:17
...he did not Iook normaI.
:23:20
I couId teII that he had
a very harsh head wound.
:23:24
You expect these Kinds of injuries
from somebody...
:23:26
...crashing down a hiII
in a car at 80 miIes an hour.
:23:29
You expect to see gross injuries
from something Iike that...
:23:33
...this horrendous, terribIe thing.
:23:36
But you don't expect to see someone
doing this to another person.
:23:40
Both defendants were Iater
contacted by officers...
:23:43
...from the laramie PoIice Department,
who observed inside their pickup...
:23:46
...a credit card
and a pair of bIack patent-Ieather shoes...
:23:49
...beIonging to the victim,
Matthew Shepard.
:23:52
The thing that shocked me is,
it was a pristine crime scene.
:23:56
How do you mean?
:23:58
The tire tracks,
the impressions that the tire made...