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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. [2] .
May 23, 2021 · On July 7th, 1993, Zapata, the lead singer of the punk band the Gits, was raped and murdered. She had spent most of the night before at the Comet Tavern, then went to a friend’s apartment in...
On the night of July 7, 1993, Mia Zapata was brutally raped and murdered while walking home from a bar, The Comet. The Seattle Police Department initially focused their investigation on Zapata's circle of friends, believing that her murderer must have been someone she knew.
- 1986–1993
- Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- Punk rock
- Mia Zapata, Joe Spleen (b. Andy Kessler), Matt Dresdner, Steve Moriarty
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...
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...
Mar 22, 2023 · YouTube. By Amy Beeman / Updated: March 22, 2023 1:15 pm EST. 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.
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. Zapata was the frontwoman for...
