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The Daily Mail – A teenager who told authorities [he] ‘snapped’ and killed [his] parents while struggling with gender identity and acceptance was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison.
Andrea Balcer, 20, who was known as Andrew at the time of the fatal stabbings, asked for forgiveness from [his] remaining family members, many of whom had called for the maximum penalty.