Andrade Contemplated Selling The Homicide Story Of Angie's Death For $50K
by: Autumn Sandeen
Wed Apr 22, 2009 at 08:42:25 AM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/10558/andrade-contemplated-selling-the-homicide-story-of-anges-death-for-50k

Yesterday, in the final recorded jailhouse telephone call between Allen Ray Andrade and ex-girlfriend Felicia Mendoza that was played in court, I heard the sentence "Gay things must die." It was said so quietly, and said in what could be interpreted as being a joking way, it had less impact than I expected it would. I believe what it showed; however, was that just like many under-informed Americans, Andrade and his ex-girlfriend really don't separate trans and gay in the same way we do in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

$50K Selling Story JokeI posted a tweet yesterday though from the trial that did disturb me. It was where Andrade and Mendoza were joking back and forth, within days after Andrade's arrest in late July, that Andrade was going to sell his story for $50,000, and that he was going to share hundreds a week with Mendoza. It too was said in a joking, laughing matter...

Most states have what a called "Son of Sam" laws that would take any proceeds made from the commission of a crime and give them to the legal heirs.