Debrina Kawam, a former high school cheerleader who worked at Merk, was set on fire while sleeping on a subway train, raising questions about her life. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, admitted to heavy drinking ...

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

A Toms River woman was identified as the person who was set on fire and killed on a New York City subway, authorities said. Debrina Kawam, 57, was named as the victim of the attack on Sunday, Dec. 22, ...

A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month was identified, according to police.

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

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

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.

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

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 ...