A Latin Kings gang member pleaded guilty to the grisly 2015 murder of Mercedes Williamson, admitting to soliciting sex from the transgender teen and then stabbing and beating her to death with a hammer.
Josh Vallum was sentenced to life in prison for killing Williamson, a murder that remains under investigation by the Department of Justice to determine whether it is a hate crime.
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