A woman set on fire inside a New York City subway has raised questions about how a world traveler and former Merck employee ended up homeless and burned on a train.

Sebastian Zapeta, the migrant accused of fatally setting homeless woman Debrina Kawam on fire on a Coney Island subway train, pleaded not guilty Tuesday — even as court papers revealed he said ...

Debrina Kawam, of Toms River, was identified as the person who was set on fire and killed on a New York City subway, authorities said. The 57-year-old woman was named as the victim of the attack on ...

Officials identified the woman who was burned to death inside a New York City subway train on Dec. 22 as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam.

The NYPD wants your help identifying a man they say set off several small fires in Lower Manhattan and Queens, including one ...

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A man accused of setting a sleeping woman on fire and killing her on a New York subway pleaded not guilty to felony murder ...

Ten days after being set on fire, Debrina Kawam was identified through fingerprints and DNA. The homeless woman, who once had a 'million dollar smile' in high school, couldn't escape the fire that ...

If one of the most horrific crimes in New York City history—the murder of a homeless woman, Debrina Kawam, who on the morning ...

Sebastian Zapeta, the Guatemalan man accused of lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire and watching her burn to death on a Brooklyn subway car, was arraigned Tuesday.

The woman who was brutally set on fire in a New York City subway was identified as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam. In December 2024, a woman was brutally set on fire in a New York City subway.

In December 2024, a woman was brutally set on fire in a New York City subway. She has now been identified as 57-year-old Toms River, New Jersey, resident Debrina Kawam. As the NYPD and Mayor Eric ...