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WEBVTT STARTING TOMORROW, ONE OF THEMEN CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF GENDER-FLUID TEENAGER WILL GO ONTRIAL. 23-YEAR-OLD JORGE SANDERS-GALVEZIS ACCUSED OF KILLING16-YEAR-OLD KEDARIE JOHNSON INBURLINGTON, IOWA, LAST YEAR. JOHNSON'S RELATIVES SAY HE WASGENDER FLUID, IDENTIFYING ASBOTH MALE AND FEMALE. THE CASE GOT NATIONAL ATTENTIONAFTER ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFFSESSIONS ASSIGNED A FEDERALPROSECUTOR TO HELP LOCALAUTHORITIES. AND LAST WEEK, A JUDGE MOVED THE

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One of two cousins charged in the death of a gender-nonconforming Iowa teenager is set to go on trial.Attorney General Jeff Sessions has highlighted the case against 23-year-old Jorge Sanders-Galvez by taking the unusual step of assigning a federal prosecutor to assist state and local authorities in the case. Sanders-Galvez and his cousin Jaron Purham are charged with first-degree murder in the March 2016 slaying of 16-year-old Burlington, Iowa, high school student Kedarie Johnson. Sanders-Galvez's is set to start Tuesday. Relatives say Johnson was gender fluid, identifying as both male and female. A prosecutor says Sanders-Galvez tried to have sex with Johnson and became enraged after learning that Johnson was gender nonconforming. Purham is expected to be tried later.Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.