Mia Zapata – 25/08/1965 – 07/07/1993
The lead singer of punk outfit The Gits was raped and murdered as she walked home from a heavy nights drinking. She had been staying at a friend’s house after her night out and rather then taking a taxi she elected to make it home on foot. She was found in a street by a prostitute, battered and strangled to death. The murderer, Jesus Mezquia, was convicted in March 2004, 11 years after the death of Zapata.
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