GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman was swiftly convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday for savagely beating the woman with a fire extinguisher.Allen Andrade, 32, of Thornton, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of killing Angie Zapata, 18. The jury deliberated for just two hours before finding Andrade guilty. The case was believed to be the first prosecution under Colorado’s bias-crime statute for a crime involving a transgender person.
Man convicted of murdering transgender woman
April 21, 2009