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GREELEY, Colo.—About 500 potential jurors have been called for the trial of a Thornton man in the 2008 beating death of a transgendered woman.
Thirty-two-year-old Allen Andrade is charged with first-degree murder and a bias-motivated crime. Attorneys began the process of choosing a jury Tuesday in Weld County District Court in Greeley.
He’s accused of killing 18-year-old Angie Zapata in July.
Prosecutors say Andrade beat Zapata with a fire extinguisher after spending the night at her Greeley apartment and then finding out she was biologically male.
The two had met through a mobile networking site.
Andrade is being held without bail at the Weld County jail.
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Information from: Greeley Daily Tribune,
