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Transgender Who Claimed He Brutally Murdered His Parents Because Of Gender Issues Sentenced To 40 Years

Hank Berrien

A transgender teenager who said he brutally murdered his parents because of his issues with gender identity was sentenced to 40 years in jail.

On October 31, 2016, Andrea Balcer, then 17, stabbed his parents, Alice and Antonio Balcer, to death at their home in Winthrop, Maine. Balcer claimed his mother had molested him for years and his father had physically and mentally abused him.

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