Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan citizen previously deported, is accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, resulting in her death.
A suspect, identified by police as Sebastian Zapeta, is facing murder and arson charges in New York City for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames, police said Monday, December 23, 2024. (WABC-TV via AP) Federal immigration officials said Zapeta is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally after he was previously deported in 2018.
Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who was sitting motionless in the train car and may have been sleeping, and used a lighter to set her clothing on fire
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