
Illegal migrant's outrageous defense for setting woman on fire on NYC subway
Daily MailA 33-year-old illegal migrant who set a stranger on fire on a New York City subway told officers he was drunk at the time and couldn't remember it. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil has been charged with murder and arson after a woman burned to death on the F train in Brooklyn just before 7.30am on Sunday, police told DailyMail.com Train surveillance cameras caught the man setting fire to the homeless woman and then watching as she suffered in agony Zapeta-Calil appeared stony-faced as officers escorted him out of the Coney Island police custody building on Monday. In front of him is an NYPD officer who walked past him, unaware he was responsible for the sickening crime The sick killer even got up at one point to fan the flames that were burning the woman alive Zapeta-Calil eventually boarded the F train again, and he was flagged by high schoolers at York Street Station in downtown Brooklyn who recognized him from police pictures distributed on Sunday. Pictured: NYPD 60th Precinct detectives walk accused fire bug Zapeta-Calil out of the building Zapeta-Calil was later caught on camera at the station sitting on a bench and watching as the woman was engulfed in flames - but he wasn't arrested until seven hours later 'With the help of an MTA employee and a fire extinguisher, the flames were put out.
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