What the records say
- When
- 1999
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 33.00° N, 86.80° W
- Description
- 1999 homophobic murder in Alabama, United States
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the district its description names, Alabama.
Murder of Billy Jack Gaither
1999 homophobic murder in Alabama, United States
The murder of Billy Jack Gaither took place in Alabama on February 19, 1999. Two acquaintances, Steven Eric Mullins and Charles Monroe Butler, beat Gaither to death, slashed his throat, and burned his body. Both admitted that they murdered Gaither because of his sexual orientation, as Gaither, who was 39 at the time of his murder, was a gay man.
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