Reflection - The Laramie Project (20/20 special report)

In the aftermath of the events in Laramie, Wyoming - and throughout the time or possibly after the play The Laramie Project came into focus, attention was brought to the town and the murder that happened there. During the 20/20 special about Laramie, the reporters went to go talk to Russell and Aaron - the two who beat up and killed Matthew Shepard. This brought into light, some new information that could bring an new perspective on the case of Matthew's death. There are many other factors that were not added in / or things that people did not go into very much detail about in the play. For example: both Aaron and Russell had a rough upbringing - and Aaron got addicted to drugs. There is also the fact that Matt was also involved in drugs - after a traumatic experience of being gang raped while on a school trip to Morocco.  He found out that he had HIV afterwards. This new information also plays apart into the background of Matthew's murder. While talking to both Aaron and Russel - Aaron testified to saying that he was on drugs (meth) most of the week prior to killing Matt. Mckinney claims that Matthew sought they out for drugs and a ride home. Aaron, knowing that Matt had money - reportedly decided to rob him, and started to beat him when they arrived near the fence. Once Matthew handed his wallet to Mckinney, he only found $30 inside. (my theory from this perspective is that once Aaron found only a small sum of money off of Matthew he became enraged, already fueled by the meth, and its possible he was looking for more money to buy drugs and was disappointed when he didn't get any).  Also Henderson while talking to the reporter claims that he did tie Matthew to the fence, but he did not harm him. Later on in the night both Aaron and Russell planned to rob / break into Shepards house, but found two other guys and ended up getting into a fight with both of them. I think that there is more to the case, that might have been overlooked, like the drugs and money aspect, and the fact that in most reports most people skip over the other details of Matthew's life like the school trip, and the drugs as well.