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Troubled, Gay, and Murdered in Junior High

Teachers split over flamboyant student who was killed in Calif. class

By Kate Rockwood, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2008 6:09 PM CDT

(Newser) – A flamboyant cross-dresser, 14-year-old Lawrence King was killed in his Los Angeles school by a boy he loved. The murder trial starts this week, but analysts are debating another question: Whether King's death could have been avoided. Newsweek goes behind the scenes, looking at King's... Read full story »

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