Murder of Angie Zapata

Angie Zapata (August 5, 1989 – July 17, 2008) was an American trans woman beaten to death in Greeley, Colorado.

[1] Zapata's story and murder were featured on Univision's November 1, 2009 Aquí y Ahora television show.

In middle school, Zapata disclosed her female gender identity to family and close friends.

[2] Zapata was 18 when she met Allen Andrade (aged 31 at the time) through the mobile phone social network MocoSpace.

[3] In the arrest affidavit, Andrade said he thought he had "killed it" before leaving in Zapata's car with the murder weapon and other incriminating evidence.

During the trial, the jury heard jailhouse conversations in which Andrade told a girlfriend that "gay things must die".