Guatemalan migrant arrested for setting sleeping NYC subway rider on fire, watching her burn to death: cops
The savage killing happened at about 7:30 a.m. Sunday on an idling F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station.
Illegal migrant watched woman burn to death on NYC subway train after setting her on fire: police
Calil, an illegal migrant from Guatemala, calmly approached a woman on a New York subway and lit her clothes on fire, with surveillance footage showing the man watched the victim burn.
Vigil held for woman set on fire in NYC subway as identity remains a mystery
A vigil is planned Thursday for the woman set on fire on a Brooklyn subway last weekend, a public memorial for the still nameless victim in a case that rocked the nation for its cruelty. Community leaders planned to hold a late-afternoon prayer vigil at the Stillwell Avenue station in Coney Island,
Fiend accused of burning woman to death on NYC subway is illegal migrant from Guatemala who sneaked into US after he was deported
The Guatemalan migrant accused of setting a sleeping F train passenger on fire and then watching as she burned to death sneaked into the country illegally after being deported -- and then stayed in the New York City shelter system,
Woman dies after being set on fire on NYC subway; Person of interest taken into custody, police say
NEW YORK -- A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway car Sunday morning in Brooklyn, according to police. A person of interest was taken into custody later in the day, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an early evening news conference.
Man charged with murder after setting a woman on fire on NYC subway, authorities say
Calil, 33, of Guatemala was charged Monday afternoon with murder after authorities say he approached a woman on a train in Brooklyn and ignited her clothes.
Sebastian Zapeta Charged With Murder of Woman Set on Fire on NYC Subway
A man was charged Monday with first and second degree murder and arson for allegedly setting a woman on fire on a subway train.
Woman set on fire in NYC subway train dies, authorities say; suspect in custody
The "person of interest" was taken into custody hours after the attack while riding another train, according to NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta.
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Authorities revealed new disturbing details Thursday about the illegal migrant accused of burning a woman alive on a New York ...
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Man accused of lighting NYC subway rider on fire told cops he 'drinks a lot,' prosecutor says
The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on the F train and killing her told police that he drinks heavily and "doesn't ...
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SUSPECT IN CUSTODY - HE IS AN ILLEGAL MIGRANT: The suspect accused of setting a woman on fire in the NYC subway is Sebastian ...
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Could bystanders have prevented NYC subway fire death? | Vargas Reports
Sebastian Zapeta, an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, is accused of setting the woman on fire early Sunday morning ...