Teenager cleared of transvestite?s slaying

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Prosecutors thought they had a surefire case against a 19-year-old Woodlawn man who they said killed a transvestite in a St. Paul Street apartment complex and set the victim on fire.

But a Baltimore City jury disagreed Thursday ? and acquitted Zukael Stephens of all counts.

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