Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, is charged with murder after the horrific incident unfolded on an F train in Brooklyn on Sunday. A criminal complaint obtained by Newsweek alleged he fanned the...

Jan 7, 2025 · Sebastian Zapeta, the Guatemalan man accused of lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire and watching her burn to death on a Brooklyn subway car, was arraigned Tuesday.

Dec 27, 2024 · Sebastian Zapeta, 33, waived his Friday appearance but must return to court on Jan. 7, when the indictment will be unsealed at his arraignment, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.

Dec 23, 2024 · Surveillance images captured by MTA cameras in the F train car allegedly show Sebastian Zapeta-Calil standing in the mostly empty F train car, his hands in his hoodie pockets, as flames...

Dec 24, 2024 · Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, the 33-year-old undocumented migrant accused of setting fire to a woman who was asleep while riding a New York City train, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of first-...

Jan 7, 2025 · Sebastian Zapeta-Calil repeatedly told detectives he had no memory of an attack that killed a woman who was set ablaze on the New York City subway train he was riding the morning of December...

Dec 23, 2024 · The illegal Guatemalan migrant accused of torching a sleeping woman on a Brooklyn subway train was hit with murder and arson charges Monday — as the feds identified him as Sebastian...

Dec 27, 2024 · Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of torching a homeless woman on a Brooklyn subway was indicted on first-degree murder charges Friday, officials said.

Dec 27, 2024 · Prosecutors say Zapeta-Calil, a Guatemalan man in the country illegally after he had been deported in 2018, approached a woman sitting on a subway car in Brooklyn early Sunday morning, set her...

Dec 24, 2024 · Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan migrant living in a Brooklyn men's shelter, made his first court appearance Tuesday to face murder charges.