GREELEY, Colo.—A Weld County district judge says prosecutors cannot use at trial a confession made by a man accused of killing a transgender woman in Greeley.
Judge Marcelo Kopcow issued a ruling Tuesday that threw out a July 30 confession to police by 31-year-old Allen Andrade of Thornton.
Andrade is accused of killing 18-year-old Angie Zapata, a transgender woman found dead July 17 in her southeast Greeley apartment.
Kopcow determined that statements Andrade made to investigators were elicited after Andrade clearly stated he was finished answering questions about 40 minutes into a two-hour interrogation.
His ruling also bars prosecutors from presenting evidence that Andrade is a gang member.
Zapata was born as a male but was living as a woman. Prosecutors say Andrade beat her to death after discovering she was biologically male.
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Information from: Greeley Daily Tribune,
