Saturday, January 11, 2003 Police make arrest in 1993 Mia Zapata slaying By TRACY JOHNSON SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER The 1993 killing of Seattle punk-rock singer Mia Zapata, which baffled police and her fans for nearly a decade, appears to have been solved with the arrest of a man in Miami. Police say they used DNA evidence to tie Jesus Mezquia, 48, to the slaying. The Gits, from left, were: Steve Moriarty, Matt Dresdner, Joe Spleen and Mia Zapata. Mezquia was arrested late Friday. He is a Cuban native who lives in the Florida Keys, where police searched his home Saturday,...
