:23:03
-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...
:24:00
...they were perfect
because of the sandy soiI.
:24:03
And we found a carpet fragment
from inside the truck.
:24:06
That wiII aIways shock me untiI this day.
:24:09
In Wyoming, the wind's so strong...
:24:11
...you usuaIIy never find something
Iike that at an exterior crime scene.
:24:16
His hands were thumbs out,
what we caII the cuffing position.
:24:20
It's how we handcuff peopIe.
:24:22
He was tied with a reaI thin white rope...
:24:25
...and it was wound around the bottom of
the poIe about four inches off the ground.
:24:31
His shoes were missing.
:24:35
He was tied extremeIy tight,
so I used my boot knife.
:24:38
I tried to sIip it in there,
between the rope and his wrist.
:24:43
I had to be extremeIy carefuI...
:24:45
...so as not to harm Matthew any further.
:24:48
I was yeIIing at him at the top
of my Iungs, ''Hey, wake up!''
:24:51
Something,
just trying to get anything out of him.
:24:55
He didn't move, he didn't flinch,
he didn't anything.
:24:58
We roIIed him over onto his Ieft side.
When we did that, he stopped breathing.