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MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2001

A New Mexico man suspected of beating a gay Navajo teen to death has his preliminary hearing today.

Shaun Murphy, 18, has been charged with the murder of Fred Martinez Jr. The 16-year-old Navajo teen from Colorado was found beaten to death in what some are calling a hate crime.

Martinez was gay and transgendered.

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Vigil held for mom of slain Cortez teen (The Denver Rocky Mountain News 8/11)

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