A man in New York City is facing charges of murder and arson after allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train. The suspect was identified as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil.
A man in New York City is facing murder and arson charges for allegedly setting a woman on fire inside a subway train over the weekend and then watching her die. Authorities have identified the suspect as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil.According to police, the victim, as well as the suspect, were both riding the F train just before 7:30 a.m. to the Stillwell Avenue Subway station in Coney Island. Police do not believe the two knew one another.
When the train stopped at the end of the line, police said the suspect calmly walked up to the seated woman and set her on fire with his lighter. The woman's clothing then 'became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,' NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Sunday press conference. 'Officers who were on patrol on an upper level of that station smelled and saw smoke and went to investigate. What they saw was a person standing inside the train car fully engulfed in flames,' Tisch said.The woman, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. Unbeknownst to the officers, the suspect had remained at the scene and was seated on a bench on the subway platform, just outside the train car, Tisch said. Body cameras worn by the officers caught a 'very clear, detailed look' at the suspect and those images were publicly disseminated.Three high school students later recognized him and called 911, and the suspect was arrested on another subway train. The suspect had a lighter in his pocket when he was taken into custody, Tisch said.Authorities have identified the suspect as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil.Zapeta, 33, is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S. illegally after he had been previously removed in 2018, said Jeff Carter, a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcemen
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