Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits. After gaining praise in the nascent grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home from a music venue, at age 27. The crime went unsolved for a decade before her killer, Jesus Mezquia, was tried, convicted and sentenced to 36 years in prison.
'Mia Zapata and Sign of the Crab prophetic
Sign of the Crab'' by The Gits, written by Mia Zapata, is often seen as a prophetic song due to its eerie lyrics about being murdered by a serial killer. Mia wrote the song in May 1993, inspired by the increasing number of serial killer cases at the time2. Tragically, Mia herself was raped and strangled in Seattle on July 7, 1993, just a few months after writing the song.
The lyrics describe a sense of inevitability and fear, with lines like "You take me off the rollercoaster of your serial killing ways" and "Go ahead and slice me up, spread me all across this town". These lines eerily foreshadow Mia's own fate, making the song a haunting and prophetic piece.
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