Family of Hate Crime Victim Ryan Skipper Speaks Out
Bilerico Aug 27 08
The family of Ryan Skipper, a 25-year-old gay man from Winter Haven, Florida who was killed last year in a brutal hate crime, is speaking out and fighting for change. Skipper was found stabbed to death on March 15, 2007. He had been stabbed twenty times and his body was dumped by the side of the road. His killers drove around in his blood-soaked car, bragging how they had killed a gay man. The murders- William David Brown Jr., 20, and Joseph Bearden, 21- were charged with first-degree murder and will be going on trial separately in October 2008 and Feb 2009. You can find out more about the horrific crime in the amazing documentary "ACCESSORY TO MURDER: Our Culture's Complicity in the Death of Ryan Skipper" (trailer after the jump). Full story...
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