Sebastian Zapeta Charged With Murder of Woman Set on Fire on NYC Subway
A man was charged Monday with first and second degree murder and arson for allegedly setting a woman on fire on a subway train.
What to know about the death of a woman who was set on fire in a New York City subway train
The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first appearance in court on Tuesday, while authorities were yet to publicly identify the victim.
Vigil planned for woman set on fire in NYC subway as identity remains a mystery
A vigil is planned Thursday for the woman set on fire on a Brooklyn subway last weekend, a public memorial for the still nameless victim in a case that rocked the nation for its cruelty. Community leaders planned to hold a late-afternoon prayer vigil at the Stillwell Avenue station in Coney Island,
NYC police charge man with murder of woman set on fire on subway
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was charged with murder and arson after a woman sleeping on the New York City subway was set on fire and died, police say.
Man arraigned on murder charges in NYC subway death fanned flames with a shirt, prosecutors say
Federal immigration officials said the accused, Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan citizen, entered the U.S. illegally after he was previously deported in 2018.
Man Accused Of Setting Woman on Fire in NYC Subway Allegedly Fanned The Flames With a Shirt
Calil, a 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen, faces charges of murder and arson after setting a woman on fire as she slept on the subway in New York City.
Man who set ablaze sleeping woman on NYC Subway ‘fanned flamesa with shirt’, says he ‘drinks a lot of liquor’
A man, who allegedly set a woman on fire on a New York subway train, told police he "doesn't know what happened," NBC News reported. The suspect admitted to heavy drinking, authorities said Tuesday. The man,
Sebastian Zapeta: All We Know About When, Where and How He Came Into US
The 33-year-old is accused of setting a woman on fire on the New York City subway, killing her, on December 22, 2024.
Migrant drunkenly fanned flames after torching homeless woman on Brooklyn subway: D.A.
Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan migrant living in a Brooklyn men’s shelter, made his first court appearance Tuesday to face ...
Sebastian Zapeta: All About Guatemalan Migrant Arrested For Setting Woman On Fire On New York Subway
Law enforcement officials reported that the suspect was apprehended at a different Manhattan subway station approximately ...
Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, accused of burning woman to death on NYC subway, often ‘bugged out’ after smoking K2, shelter roommate says
Robinson said his migrant pal smoked about $30 worth of the synthetic drug every day and lost it when he drank.
Who is Sebastian Zapeta? Guatemala migrant set a woman on fire on New York City subway
A woman was tragically burned to death on a Brooklyn subway train, allegedly by a 33-year-old Guatemala migrant.
Suspect in fatal New York subway burning ‘fanned the flames’ with his shirt, according to police testimony
Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman who died after being set on fire in ...