Man indicted in burning death of sleeping woman on Brooklyn subway, prosecutors say
Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors of lighting the woman on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station Sunday morning, then fanning the flames with a shirt.
Man accused of fatally burning woman on NYC subway indicted for murder and arson, Brooklyn DA says
A grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally setting a woman on fire a New York City subway train, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Friday. Investigators said Sebastian Zapeta,
Man indicted for Brooklyn subway fire that killed woman
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, has been indicted on murder and arson charges after allegedly setting a woman on fire aboard a subway train in Brooklyn. The horrifying attack, described by NYPD officials as “depraved,” occurred at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station.
Suspect Indicted in Fatal New York City Subway Burning
The status of the suspect, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, as an undocumented immigrant swiftly became the focus of coverage of the horrific attack. Zapeta-Calil, 33, was deported from the U.S. in 2018 but reentered the country on an unknown date.
Guatemalan migrant accused of torching sleeping woman on NYC subway indicted on murder and arson charges
The man accused of torching a sleeping woman on a Brooklyn subway train was officially indicted in court for murder and arson on Friday morning.
Man indicted on murder charges in burning death of woman inside New York City subway train
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was arrested following the harrowing incident on Sunday morning on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station
Suspect in NYC subway killing indicted on murder and arson charges
The man accused of lighting a woman on fire in a New York City subway car has been indicted on murder and arson charges.
Man accused of burning woman on subway indicted for murder, arson
A grand jury has indicted the man accused of fatally setting a woman on fire a New York City subway train, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced. Investigators said Sebastian Zapeta, 33,
Court hearing set for man accused of fatally burning woman on New York City subway
A court hearing is scheduled for the man accused of setting a woman on fire on a New York City subway train and fanning the flames with a shirt as she burned to death
Suspect in deadly New York City subway fire indicted on murder, arson charges
The man accused of killing a woman who was sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire was indicted by a grand jury on Friday of murder and arson charges, prosecutors announced.
Brooklyn DA speaks after illegal migrant charged with burning woman to death on subway
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said that a grand jury having to watch video of a woman burning to death on the subway was "very hard to deal with."
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting homeless woman on fire on Brooklyn subway train charged with first degree murder: DA
Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of torching a homeless woman on a Brooklyn subway was indicted on first-degree murder ...
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Man accused of setting woman on fire in NYC subway faces multiple counts of murder
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez says officials are still looking into surveillance footage in order to identify the ...
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 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.
She was set on fire and no one knows her name. How homelessness, crime and a broken immigration system met in a subway car
It’s been a week since a woman died in a New York City subway car, set on fire by a homeless, undocumented man. She has yet ...
Illegal immigrant Sebastian Zapeta faces murder rap for allegedly burning woman to death on NYC subway as DA promises ‘most serious consequences’
Calil, 33, an illegal Guatemalan migrant, is charged with killing a sleeping woman on a Brooklyn F train by setting her on ...