Brandon Teena was 21 when he was killed on December 31, 1993, in rural Nebraska. After moving to the Falls City and Humboldt area he formed relationships with friends including Lisa Lambert and Lana Tisdel, and met John Lotter and Tom Nissen. Suspicion about Brandon’s biological sex spread among the group. On Christmas Eve Lotter and Nissen exposed Brandon, and later they took him to a remote location where he was assaulted and raped. Brandon reported the crime to the sheriff’s department; Lotter and Nissen were questioned and released.

On the morning of December 31, 1993, Lotter and Nissen broke into Lisa Lambert’s farmhouse. Brandon was shot and stabbed to death; Lambert, 24, and a visitor, Phillip DeVine, were also murdered. Lambert’s infant child survived. Lotter and Nissen were arrested the same day. During the prosecutions Nissen testified against Lotter, saying Lotter fired the fatal shots; Nissen was sentenced to life and Lotter was convicted of three counts of murder and sentenced to death. Nissen later recanted and said he was the triggerman; courts have nevertheless upheld Lotter’s conviction.

Are there details about Brandon’s last week or about witnesses that could help clarify what happened that night?