22 Apr 09. Allen Andrade was found guilty of the 1st degree murder of Angie Zapata.
Angie Zapata was found in her apartment, in Greeley, Colorado, by her sister on 17 Jul 08. Andrade was charged in court by the end of the month after he was found in a car belonging to Zapata’s sister.
Andrade claimed he had killed Zapata in a state of panic when he found out she was trans. He had hit her on the head twice with a home fire extinguisher and thought she was dead. She then started moving and he hit her a 3rd time.
The trial began on 16 Apr 09. Andrade did not testify.
The jury took only 2 hours to find Andrade guilty of 1st degree murder, of a hate crime, of stealing Zapata’s sister’s car, and of using a card belonging to the sister.
This was the first time in Colorado and the 2nd time in the US that a person has been tried for killing a trans woman under hate crime laws.
Andrade gets a mandatory life sentence for 1st degree murder.
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