Who Is Amelia Carter? Fake Identity of NYC Subway Fire Victim Goes Viral
Newsweek via MSN ^ | 12/23/24 | Marni Rose McFall
Posted on 12/24/2024 9:23:46 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A post has gone viral on social media that falsely identifies a victim of a recent attack on the New York City subway.
On December 23, a post claimed the victim was a woman named Amelia Carter, and included an AI-generated image. The post, which is a hoax, had been viewed 2.4 million times on X at the time of publication.
A spokesperson for the DCPI confirmed to Newsweek that identification of a the victim in the attack is still pending.
Early on December 22, a woman was set on fire on the NYC subway. She was pronounced dead at the scene, and the police haven't yet released her identity to the public.
A suspect has been identified in the case, a man named Sebastian Zapeta, who was taken into custody in the hours after the woman died on Sunday morning.
Zapeta is a Guatemalan citizen who was in the U.S. illegally. ICE officials confirmed to Newsweek on Monday that Zapeta entered the U.S. illegally in 2018 and was deported, but then reentered the country.
A post shared on X falsely identifying the victim stated: "This is Amelia Carter. She was burned alive on the subway yesterday. This is Joe bidens America," alongside a blurry image of a young brunette woman.
The community note on X states: "This is a hoax. This photo is AI. No verified news sources as of 23/12/2024 have given a victim name or statement."
The false information has circulated beyond X, and was posted to Reddit and a number of other websites.
One site posted an article about Amelia Carter, creating an entire backstory for the fictional woman; claiming that she had worked as an intern on Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign, and that she was a nurse in Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: fire; illegal; nyc; subway
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