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(NewsNation) — The antheral charged successful the killing of a pistillate who was burned alive arsenic she slept connected a New York City subway bid is owed successful tribunal Friday.
As Sebastian Zapeta-Calil is acceptable to look earlier a expansive jury, determination are inactive much questions than answers astir the unfortunate successful this case. The New York Police Department is inactive trying to fig retired the woman's identity.
Authorities accidental Zapeta-Calil approached the pistillate connected the subway and lit her covering connected fire. Zapeta-Calil past fanned the flames utilizing a shirt, prosecutors said.
The 33-year-old from Guatemala was arraigned connected execution and arson charges Tuesday. In court, helium stood earlier the justice successful a achromatic jumpsuit and achromatic hoodie. Zapeta-Calil did not talk and was surrounded by a twelve NYPD officers the full time.
The transgression was caught connected camera. Body-worn cameras connected responding officers caught the suspect's look and his representation was blasted connected societal media. Three teenagers successful a antithetic portion of the metropolis recognized him and called the police.
Video footage shows an NYPD patrolman passing the country casually. At 1 point, idiosyncratic appears with a broad to instrumentality the flames, portion different idiosyncratic is filming.
At the clip of the incident, Zapeta-Calil was surviving astatine a stateless structure that provides outpatient services for substance maltreatment and intelligence health. A root adjacent to the probe tells NewsNation that Zapeta-Calil's lawyer wanted his lawsuit to person a psychiatric evaluation, perchance mounting the signifier for an insanity defense.
