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File Name: 15wetark Author: William E. Thompson Comment: Willi Wagner, 18, (left) Vickie Kelley, and Sophia Estes listen to The Rev. Rhett Baird, of the Fayetteville Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, speak during a candelight vigil Thursday evening on the steps of the Washington County Courthouse. The vigil, sponsored by the Fayetteville chapter of Parents Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG), was held in honor of the families and victims of hate crimes and for the recent murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Sheppard. In 1996 Wagner was attacked in Fayetteville by 8 male peers. He suffered a broken nose and was beaten severly. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 10/15/98