Illegal Immigrant Accused of Setting Woman on Fire in NYC Subway Train Is Indicted for Murder and Arson Charges

Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors of lighting the woman on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station.
Illegal Immigrant Accused of Setting Woman on Fire in NYC Subway Train Is Indicted for Murder and Arson Charges
Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court in New York on Dec. 24, 2024. Curtis Means via Pool/AP Photo
Bill Pan
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The man accused of burning a sleeping woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on murder and arson charges, prosecutors announced Friday.

Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors of lighting 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, before sitting on platform bench and watching as she burned.