Sebastian Zapeta is accused of setting a sleeping woman on fire on a stopped F train in Brooklyn. Authorities are working to identify the victim.
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a subway train, has been indicted on murder and arson charges. Prosecutors say Zapeta lit the woman on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn ’s Coney Island station Sunday morning, then fanning the flames with a shirt, causing her to become engulfed in the blaze. Authorities continue working to identify the victim. Zapeta, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S.
illegally, was taken into custody later Sunday. During questioning by police, prosecutors say he claimed not to know what had happened, noting that he consumes alcohol, but identified himself in photos and surveillance video showing the fire being lit. The indictment will be unsealed on Jan. 7
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