Mother's Day is next Sunday, so this week on "Now I've Heard Everything we're featuring interviews with and about mothers.

Today, a loving and devoted mother who suffered a devastating and very public loss.

On October 6, 1998, a 22-year-old gay University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard was beaten and tortured, and died six days later. 

Two other young men, Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, were later arrested, tried, and convicted in Matthew Shepard's death.

After her son's murder, Ju Shepard took on a new role as advocate for the LGBT community.