Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, accused of setting a woman ablaze on a Brooklyn F train, pleaded not guilty to murder charges.
Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, appeared before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun on January 7th on murder charges for a brutal killing that shocked the city. Zapeta-Calil is accused of using a lighter to set Debrina Kawam, 57, on fire on December 22nd as she slept aboard a Coney Island F train. The suspect, accused of burning a woman alive on the F train in Brooklyn last month, was arraigned on a grand jury indictment Tuesday as faith leaders announced a memorial service for the victim.
Zapeta-Calil pleaded not guilty at the January 7th arraignment hearing in Brooklyn Criminal Court; he was ordered held in custody indefinitely without bail. Zapeta-Calil, a Guatemalan migrant who ICE says entered the country and was even deported in 2018, is accused of using a jacket to try and fan the flames engulfing Debrina Kawam’s body and the subway car. Police say Kawam’s body was so badly burned that it took several days to identify her body through fingerprints. Family representatives say she grew up in Toms River, NJ, but was living in the New York City shelter system at the time of her murder. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Tuesday called the homicide an “atrocious and horrific” act, and said his prosecutors are “determined to exact the most severe punishment for this heinous and inhumane act.” “Ms. Kawam and her loved ones deserve a measure of justice and New Yorkers deserve to feel safe in the subways,” Gonzalez added
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