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Sebastian Zapeta, accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train appears in Kings County Supreme Court for an arraignment, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York.

Sebastian Zapeta, center, accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train, appears in Kings County Supreme Court for an arraignment, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in New York.

Video surveillance captured Zapeta-Calil, who rode in the same subway car as the victim from Queens, using what appeared to be a lighter to set fire to fabric that covered the sleeping woman.

Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court on December 24, 2024.

Sebastian Zapeta-Calil repeatedly told detectives he had no memory of an attack that killed a woman who was set ablaze on the New York City subway train he was riding the morning of December 22 ...