Laramie is a small town in Wyoming with lots of wide open space. The whole community is very close and everyone knows everyone else and their business. Laramie has this beautiful trail with a horrible history. Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten on this trail. I found a it was cruel irony for something so horrific to happen in such a beautiful place. Sergeant Hing said: "...All you got to do is turn around, see the mountains, smell the air, listen to the birds...It was a beautiful day... real clear and crisp and the sky was blue... it's just gorgeous" (Kaufman, 8-9).
Matthew is found in this beautiful place but he is in terrible shape. He was beaten repeatedly with the butt of a gun. His head was distorted and he could barely breathe. The only part of his face that was free of blood was where he was crying and the tears washed off his blood. This is the last place the Matthew would remember and the place everyone pilgrimages to in order to pay their respects. He was tied to this fence and left for dead. The beautiful wide open space of Wyoming and it's clear blue sky's are forever tainted by this horrific event. I never expect something horrible to happen in a place of such beauty and peace. I expect it to happen in dark horrible places. Places as serene as this are never though to be connected to horrible crimes but this one is.
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