Cavalier murder victim’s friends: Jason was just so great

Jason Shephard turned 23 May 30. Twenty-nine friends sent birthday wishes to him at Facebook.com -- an online directory. Considering he’d only started his personal "wall" April 5, the birthday messages may just go to show his popularity -- or the depth of the bonds of the many friendships one woman who knew Shephard since pre-school said he began to cultivate as a young boy.
Page after page, messages from friends old and new, offered a glimpse into the life of the business intern from South Dakota, found strangled to death in the Thornbury home of 41-year-old William Smithson.

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