Cops have recognized the girl who was lit on hearth as she slept after which burned to demise on a Brooklyn subway prepare whereas terrified straphangers watched in horror, law-enforcement sources stated Tuesday.
The girl was sleeping on an F prepare on the Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island station in Brooklyn round 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 22 when she was set on hearth — with unlawful Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil now dealing with first-degree homicide expenses within the sick assault.
Horrifying video footage reveals the accused killer fanning the flames as the girl burned — and calmly watching the scorched sufferer from a bench on the platform.
The Coalition for the Homeless described her as homeless.
The girl’s ID is being withheld pending household notification.
A supply advised The Publish she was alive when she was set on hearth, with a walker and several other baggage close by.
The town health worker struggled to establish the physique as a result of it was so severely burned within the assault, relying largely on dental data when it grew to become unattainable to drag fingerprints.
Zapeta-Calil, who was arraigned on first- and second-degree homicide and arson expenses, is being held at Rikers Island with out bail pending.
Federal immigration officers stated he entered the US illegally in 2018 however was deported lower than every week later — solely to search out his approach again into the nation and to the Large Apple.
By March 2023, he was residing within the New York Metropolis shelter system.
A pal on the Brooklyn facility the place he final shacked up advised The Publish the migrant was hooked on smoking the artificial drug K2 and drank closely every day.
The accused killer allegedly advised cops he was so excessive he didn’t keep in mind lighting the hearth.
“He smoked K2, drank and bugged out,” stated shelter resident Raymond Robinson, who slept in a cot on the facility subsequent to Zapeta-Calil till his arrest.
“He would bug out and talk to himself when he was high, but never harmed nobody but himself,” Robinson stated. “That’s why this s–t f–ked my head up as a result of I slept subsequent to him and he was by no means like that. I wouldn’t go away my daughter with anyone however he was the kind of dude I might belief.
“As long as he wasn’t high,” he added.
Robinson stated Zapeta-Calil appreciated to drink Voda vodka, “the cheapest s–t there is.”
