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This article is about the TV Series character. For other pages with the same name, see: Matthew

They gave me hope and I tried to give that to my son. Matthew was my son. I didn't give birth to him, but he was mine. He was born to my sister, it's what I called her anyway. I lost her when he was born.
Leah about Matthew and his mother.[src]

Matthew Shaw is a survivor of the outbreak in AMC's The Walking Dead. He is Leah's adopted son.

Pre-Apocalypse

Location Unknown

Nothing is known about Matthew's life prior to or as the outbreak began, aside from the fact that his mother died in childbirth and he was adopted by his aunt, Leah Shaw.

Post-Apocalypse

Season 10

"Find Me"

While discussing events related to losing their loved ones that broke them, Leah tells Daryl she had an adopted son whose mother - who was like a sister to Leah - died giving birth to him. She goes on to explain that, one night, when her group was attacked by a large herd, Matthew was bitten, and that she didn't realize until they had run for miles and found an abandoned cabin. Matthew later either succumbed to the infection or was put down out of mercy by Leah before he could turn, and was in turn buried in the backyard by his grieving adoptive mother.

Death

Killed By

Matthew was bitten by a walker and subsequently died.

Given that he was bitten by a walker, Leah likely killed him before or after he reanimated.

Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Matthew has killed:

Relationships

Allies

Appearances

TV Series

Season 10

Trivia

  • Matthew is the only known member of the Reapers to be a child.