[rlmorel]

There was a thread that says he was attacked in a drug deal or something...is this the same case?

[Vermont Lt]

Yes. He was a gay icon. In reality, it was a drug deal gone bad.

[Secret Agent Man]

Yup, drug deal gone wrong, media made it out to be antigay.

[ncalburt]

They were all crack heads who met at a WY college town bar .
They robbed him after he went with them to buy and use .
Nothing to do with gay crap .
His mother wanted him to be remembered for a lie vs
he got killed in a crack deal gone
bad .

This lie is still out there .

I think ABC news blew up that lie in a report .

[E Pluribus Bellum]

This whole thing is a hoax.

[Dante3]

Yes, it is the same case. It was no “hate crime,” but instead Matthew Shepard was killed by his gay lover involving a drug deal. Matt was also a pedophile. Outrageous to honor him.