Tag: Angie Zapata

A spokesman for the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado on Wednesday condemned remarks made Monday by state Sen. Scott Renfroe when he called homosexuality an "abomination" and an "offense to God" in a debate over a bill to extend health benefits to same-sex partners of state employees. "As a Christian, I am profoundly saddened by the hate speech uttered by Sen. Renfroe in the name of God,” the Rev. Richard Craft, interim pastor at Family of Christ Presbyterian Church of Greeley, said in a statement.

A man accused of bludgeoning to death an 18-year-old transgendered Fort Lupton woman will face additional criminal charges that could increase his sentence even if he's not convicted of the most serious murder charges, the Greeley Tribune reported Wednesday. The Weld County district attorney filed habitual criminal charges this week against Allen Andrade, 32, who stands accused of killing Angie Zapata in July. Police say Andrade beat Zapata to death with his fists and a fire extinguisher after he learned the transgendered teenager was biologically a man.