Today would have been girl like us Angie Zapata's 24th birthday had she not been murdered by Allen Andrade five years ago on July 17, 2008. Andrade is rotting in a Colorado prison doing life plus 60 years after being found guilty for that crime while all the people who loved Angie are feeling her loss more keenly on her birthday.
Justice would have been Angie returning to her family, but unfortunately that's not going to happen.
What would Angie's life be like now? Would she be getting out of or going to college? Would she be doing the typical things a twentysomething young woman would be doing? Would she be dating or involved in another relationship? Would she have a vast circle of friends and an active social life? How would her life be evolving right now?
Sadly, those are questions we and Angie's family will never find out the answer to because of what happened on July 17, 2008. Instead of being surrounded by her loving family and her best friends celebrating another birthday, she is amongst the trans angels we've lost far too many of.
Happy birthday, Angie.
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