Authorities have identified the woman who burned to death after she was set on fire inside a New York City subway train as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam. At a news conference, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Kawam,

A man was critically injured Tuesday after police say someone pushed him in front of a train at a Manhattan subway station.

Authorities previously said they were using forensics and video surveillance to identify the victim, who burned to death on a subway car in Brooklyn. The man accused of lighting her on fire, Sebastian Zapeta, was taken into custody hours after police disseminated images of a suspect.

The woman who was set on fire on the NYC subway has been identified as Debrina Kawam, of Toms River, New Jersey, police say.

Police in New York City have named the woman who was set on fire and burned to death on a subway train in Brooklyn. Authorities on Tuesday identified Debrina Kawam, 61, of New Jersey as the victim of the seemingly random 22 December attack that burned her body beyond recognition.

New York City police say they’ve identified the woman who died earlier this month after being set on fire while asleep in a New York subway train

A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police. The woman was named as Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey, the New York Police Department said.

The full tragedy of the woman burned to death on the New York subway before Christmas was revealed Tuesday as police said they had finally worked out her identity. They named Debrina Kawam, 57, as the victim of the murder,

Social media posts across platforms are claiming to name and show a smiling portrait of the woman who died when a man set her on fire on the New York subway in December 2024. But the supposed image of "Amelia Carter" appears to be an AI-generated hoax behind which a cryptocurrency is being sold;