My name is Sheri Fisher and I was arrested on 11/4/06 for my participation in the death of Matthew Stegman.
I grew up in foster care and moved from home to home throughout my childhood. I went through physical, emotion and sexual abuse until I was 14. When I was 12, I got pregnant by one of my abusers who was my then foster mother’s fiancé. I freaked out and ended up causing a miscarriage. I hated myself for years because of this. After the miscarriage I started cutting heavily and attempting suicide. When I turned 18 I aged out of the foster care system and became homeless. I started making friends with the wrong people. The were people who didn’t accept me for who I was, but for what they could get from me. The longer this continued the more I disliked myself.
After my arrest I started going to Bible study with Terrie and meeting with the Chaplain weekly. I was looking at a life sentence; however, God was good and I got 25 years with 17.5 mandatory. God opened doors after I got to prison and I was able to go to classes that other “long-termers” weren’t able to take. I joined the Women at the Well church council and got involved with Residents Encounter Christ. I learned to lean on God even more.
If I had not gone to prison I would be dead. I know this. God saved my life and gave me hope for a future. He didn’t want me to die in sin, and He gave me the strength to persevere in the face of adversity. God is always faithful even when we lose our faith in Him. God is great all the time!