What to know about the death of a woman who was set on fire …
5 days ago · NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death has a second court hearing scheduled for Friday.. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is charged with murder and arson and has been jailed at Rikers Island. Authorities allege Zapeta, who federal immigration officials say is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally ...
Man accused of fatally burning woman on NYC subway indicted ... - CBS News
17 hours ago · Investigators said Sebastian Zapeta, 33, used a lighter to set the unidentified woman's clothes on fire as she slept inside a train car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Dec. 22.
Woman dies after being set on fire on NYC subway; Person of ... - CBS News
6 days ago · NEW YORK -- A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway car Sunday morning in Brooklyn, according to police. A person of interest was taken into custody later ...
Suspect Held After Woman Set on Fire in Subway Car Dies, Police …
6 days ago · The victim had been seated in a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning when a man set her on fire. Listen to this article · 4:35 min Learn more
Suspect in custody in the death of a woman set on fire on the …
6 days ago · New York City police announced Sunday they have in custody a “person of interest” in the early morning death of a woman who they believe may have fallen asleep on a stationary subway train before being intentionally lit on fire by a man she didn’t know.
NYPD arrests person of interest in woman's fatal burning on subway
6 days ago · Police investigate at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn after a woman aboard a subway car was set on fire and died in New York on on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024. Kyle Mazza / Anadolu ...
New York subway death accused fanned flames with shirt ... - BBC
6 days ago · A suspect accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire on a subway train has been charged with murder in a New York court. Sebastian Zapeta allegedly set the unidentified woman's clothes on ...
Suspect charged with murder, arson for allegedly setting woman on fire ...
Dec 22, 2024 · On Sunday, the assailant, identified as Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen who entered the US unlawfully sometime in the past six years, approached the woman without...
NYPD arrests man suspected of lighting homeless woman on fire …
6 days ago · A woman was pronounced dead on the scene after sources said she was set on fire aboard an F train at the Coney Island/Stillwell Avenue train station in Brooklyn on Sunday Dec. 22, 2024. (Theodore ...
Woman set on fire inside NYC subway: Suspect charged with …
5 days ago · New York City police arrested and charged a man suspected to have set a woman on fire in the subway early Sunday and then watched from a bench as she became engulfed in flames and died.