Angie Zapata [SEP] place of death
Angie Zapata
Angie Zapata (5 August 198917 July 2008) was an American trans woman beaten to death in Greeley, Colorado. Her killer, Allen Andrade, was convicted of first-degree murder and committing a hate crime, because he murdered her after learning she was transgender. The case was the first in the nation to get a conviction for a hate crime involving a transgender victim, which occurred in 2009. Angie Zapata's story and murder were featured on Univision's November 1, 2009 "Aquí y Ahora"
, defendants Mike Magidson and Jose Merél were convicted of second-degree murder, while the jury again deadlocked in the case of Jason Cazares. Cazares later entered a plea of no contest to charges of voluntary manslaughter. The jury did not return the requested hate crime additions to the convictions for the defendants.
- Angie Zapata was beaten to death by Allen Andrade in July 2008. After Andrade learned that Zapata had male genitalia, she smiled at him and said "I'm all woman"; his defense attorney stated the