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Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits. After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home from a music venue, at age 27.
May 23, 2021 · Jesus Mezquia, the man convicted of murdering Seattle musician Mia Zapata, died in a hospital in Pierce County, Washington, on January 21st. He was 66 years old.
May 23, 2021 · The man convicted of murdering influential singer Mia Zapata of Seattle’s The Gits on July 7, 1993 has died. Jesus Mezquia, age 66, died in a hospital in Pierce County, Washington on January 21...
Mar 22, 2023 · Mia Zapata was the singer and frontwoman of the Seattle punk band The Gits when a sex worker found her lying in the street, murdered, in the middle of the night on July 7, 1993, according to Rolling Stone.
Jul 9, 2018 · Mia Zapata: Punk Musician Murdered in 1993, Changing Seattle Grunge Scene. Raped and murdered late one night in Seattle, Zapata's death devastated her community. And it wasn't till nearly a...
Jul 10, 2023 · Zapata, lead singer for The Gits, was beaten, raped and strangled, her body discarded on a street in Seattle’s Central Section, 30 years ago on July 7, 1993. She was not immediately identified as she had no ID on her.
Feb 2, 2009 · Sixteen years ago in Seattle, Jesus Mezquia attacked 27-year-old Mia Zapata, raping and beating her before strangling her to death with her own sweatshirt cord.
