Sebastian Zapeta says he was drunk, doesn’t remember setting subway victim on fire: prosecutors
Zapeta said, “Oh, damn, that’s me,” when cops showed him the horrific video of the attack that shocked the city, according to court papers.
NYC subway arson suspect did not remember allegedly setting woman on fire
The suspect is accused of setting a sleeping woman's clothes on fire, using his shirt to fan the flames and then sitting on a platform bench nearby.
Suspect in NYC Subway Burning Death Pleads Not Guilty
Despite previously confirming his identity in surveillance footage, Sebastian Zapeta pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and arson.
Suspect Accused of Setting Fire to Woman on N.Y. Subway Indicted on Murder, Arson Charges
Zapeta is accused of lighting a still-unidentified woman aflame as she slept on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway terminal in Brooklyn, fanning the flames with a shirt and then sitting down and watching as she burned to death.
Woman set on fire in NYC subway is finally identified
Authorities have released the identity of the sleeping woman burned to death inside a New York City subway train by a man who allegedly lit her on fire and stayed to watch the aftermath, officials said Tuesday.
Sebastian Zapeta pleads not guilty to setting Debrina Kawam on fire on Coney Island subway train
Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of fatally setting homeless woman Debrina Kawam on fire on a Coney Island subway train, pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court Tuesday to the horrific caught-on-video attack that shocked the city.
Alleged NYC subway killer Sebastian Zapeta enters not guilty plea to burning sleeping woman to death
Prosecutors say the man lit a New Jersey native on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station in late December.
Man Charged in Subway Burning Says He Was Drunk and Remembers Nothing
Calil, confronted with video of the immolation of Debrina Kawam, told detectives he was blackout drunk at the time. He ...
Woman burned alive in Coney Island subway train identified as New Jersey 57-year-old
The 57-year-old, of Toms River, N.J., was set on fire as she slept in an F train stopped at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave.
Suspect in New York City subway burning death pleads not guilty to murder charge
The man charged with burning a woman to death on a New York City subway train pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and arson ...
Victim of Coney Island Subway Immolation Is Identified by the Police
Investigators have learned the name of a woman who was burned alive — and beyond recognition — aboard a Brooklyn train last ...
Woman burned alive in Coney Island subway train is identified
The homeless woman torched to death at a Brooklyn subway stop has been identified as a 57-year-old woman from New Jersey, ...
Man accused of burning woman to death on subway says he was drunk, can't recall
The man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway told detectives, “Oh, damn, that’s me,” when he saw video of the attack but said he couldn’t remember anything, according to a ...
Police identify 57-year-old woman as the victim of NYC fatal subway burning
The woman who was killed when a man intentionally set fire to her while she was sleeping on a New York City subway train ...
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Hochul pushes for changes to NY law after grisly subway attacks: 'Recent surge in violent crimes…cannot continue'
After a number of horrifying attacks in the subway in recent weeks, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday said she’d introduced bills ...