Thornton man convicted of killing transgender woman gets another 60 years in prison

DENVER — A man convicted last month of murder and a hate crime in the slaying of a transgender Colorado woman has received another 60 years in prison after being found a “habitual criminal.”

Jury convicts man of first-degree murder for killing transgender woman in Colorado

GREELEY, Colo. — A man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman was swiftly convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday for savagely beating the woman with a fire extinguisher.