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It's for October, so this month me for today's episode of Once Upon a Crime.

It's for October, so this month I'm sharing cases of musical artists

whose lives were tragically cut short as a result of homicides.

In July 1993, Mia Zapata, a rising star in the genre of punk rock music, joined what

is morbidly referred to as The 27 Club, artists and celebrities whose lives ended at the age of 27.

Jimmy Hendrix, Janice Joplin,

Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse all qualify.

But like other members of this unfortunate club,

Mia Zapada didn't die as a result of a drug overdose

or by her own hand.

She was murdered on the streets of Seattle just before she reached success with her band, The Gitz.

In this episode, I'll detailed a life, death, and lasting legacy of Mia Zapata, a promising in contrasts.

She was both an introvert and an extrovert.

She loved to sit for hours inside her own imagination, writing in her journals, and creating poetry

and art.

She also loved to get wild with her friends,

dancing, singing, and laughing until all hours of the morning.

Mia possessed a deep empathy for others which sometimes caused her to become severely depressed.

She enjoyed traveling and meeting new people and outwardly seemed fearless, but internally

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