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 of this year, but his death was only recently confirmed by the Washington state Department of Corrections. No cause of death was revealed.
Mezquia escaped with his crime for a decade before DNA evidence obtained in a 2003 arrest in Miami tied him to the slaying. Mezquia had been serving a 36-year sentence for Zapata’s death, but the originally conviction was overturned in August 2005 before the Washington state Court of Appeal reinstated it in January 2009.
Zapata and The Gits were just emerged in the Seattle alternative rock/grunge music scene at the time of her death. The city was in its musical heyday, spawning such major bands as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and others. The physically slight Zapata...
Jesus Mezquia, age 66, died in a hospital in Pierce County, Washington on January 21 of this year, but his death was only recently confirmed by the Washington state Department of Corrections. No cause of death was revealed.
Mezquia escaped with his crime for a decade before DNA evidence obtained in a 2003 arrest in Miami tied him to the slaying. Mezquia had been serving a 36-year sentence for Zapata’s death, but the originally conviction was overturned in August 2005 before the Washington state Court of Appeal reinstated it in January 2009.
Zapata and The Gits were just emerged in the Seattle alternative rock/grunge music scene at the time of her death. The city was in its musical heyday, spawning such major bands as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and others. The physically slight Zapata...
- 5/23/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
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. His death was confirmed by the Washington State Department of Corrections, which declined to provide a cause of death, citing state privacy laws. Mezquia had been serving a 36-year sentence, which was overturned in August 2005, then subsequently reinstated by the state Court of Appeals in January 2009.
“Mia Zapata was an extraordinary human being. She was a beloved friend, a gifted songwriter, musician, visual artist,...
“Mia Zapata was an extraordinary human being. She was a beloved friend, a gifted songwriter, musician, visual artist,...
- 5/23/2021
- by David de Sola
- Rollingstone.com
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