Angie Zapata in Greeley, CO

A Greeley transgender woman was apparently murdered this month because a man she met on the Internet became angry when he discovered she was biologically male.

The Weld District Attorney charged Allen Ray Andrade, 32, of Thornton with second-degree murder and aggravated motor vehicle theft Wednesday after Thornton police arrested him on traffic warrants and Greeley police arrested him thereafter on the murder charge. He was picked up while he was in the dead woman's car.

The news came as an incredible relief for Angie Zapata's sister, Monica Zapata.

"I thought they were never going to find him, honestly, I was doubting the police. I was doubting everybody. I just thought he was going to be out there forever," Monica Zapata said in an interview with Fox 31. "But when they called me and they told me I was the first one they called, it lifted away from me — that knot from your throat, like it was not there anymore."

An arrest affidavits shows Andrade told officers he met Angie Zapata on the Internet and they got together in Greeley. When he discovered Zapata was biologically male, he beat her to death with a fire extinguisher.

Zapata, who was born Justin Zapata, was a transgender woman who lived under the name Angie.

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20080731/NEWS/67465010/1001&parentp...

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[shivadamour]

Goodbye my dear friend I will miss you so much. I will never forget you!

[xXSheBldsQkMshnsXx]

WAAAYYY too close to home for me!! This was a terrible event... as much as I hate to admit it, it doesn't surprise me that something like this happened in this city.. It's such a shit hole... the cops are corrupt... there's meth everywhere... It's like living in a Mid-West version of GTA vice city.. except instead of gangsters and the like it's a bunch of fucking rednecks and wanna be thugs... can't wait to move out of here!!

[chocolatechipparadis]

He deserves a death sentence! She wanted to be who she wanted to be. We should not judge for just being our selves.

RIP ANGIE

[heartu24]

fuck all u ppl who judge my cousin she wanted to be like this so give her a break and otheres who are like this because if this was your family member u would be sad like us!! so in other ways just SHUT THE FUCK UP!!

i miss u cousin!

[Deez27177]

LOL SHE IS DEAD and that pretty damn funny it the families falt from letting The T-man do stuff like that to guys

[Momotaro15]

This made me cry. I feel so bad for the Zapata family. It ripped my heart out to listen to them. That was so senseless what happened to Angie.

[KUTEANDKIND]

This totally sucks!! What a bast..!! I hope he pays!!