Claim: Sean Ethan Owen, a gay American man who was murdered in Durham, was shot twice in the head by Matthew Taylor, Derrick Maiden, and Shelton Epps and threw his body in the Eno River.
Evidence: Sean Ethan Owen (1980–2004) was a gay American man who was murdered in Durham, North Carolina in February 2004. When Owen attempted to escape, they shot him twice in the head and disposed of his body in the Eno River, where it was found on February 21, 2004. Matthew Taylor, Derrick Maiden, and Shelton Epps met Owen through a gay.com chatroom and lured him from his hometown of Franklinton to Durham, where they intended to rob him and steal his car.