Police identify 57-year-old woman as the victim of NYC fatal subway burning
The woman who was killed when a man intentionally set fire to her while she was sleeping on a New York City subway train earlier this month has been identified as Debrina Kawam, police said.
Woman burned alive in Coney Island subway train identified as New Jersey 57-year-old
The 57-year-old, of Toms River, N.J., was set on fire as she slept in an F train stopped at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave. station on Dec. 22.
Woman set on fire in NYC subway is finally identified
Authorities have released the identity of the sleeping woman burned to death inside a New York City subway train by a man who allegedly lit her on fire and stayed to watch the aftermath, officials said Tuesday.
New York Police identify woman who was burned to death inside subway train
The woman, Debrina Kawam, had a New Jersey address, according to NYPD. Kawam died on Dec. 22 after being set on fire while inside a New York subway train.
Woman burned alive in Coney Island subway train identified as Debrina Kawam
The homeless woman torched to death at a Brooklyn subway stop has been identified as a 61-year-old woman from New Jersey, officials said Tuesday. Debrina Kawam of Toms River, NJ, was set on fire as she slept in an F train stopped at the end of the line at Coney Island-Stillwell Ave.
Victim of Coney Island Subway Immolation Is Identified by the Police
Investigators have learned the name of a woman who was burned alive — and beyond recognition — aboard a Brooklyn train last week. The police identified the woman as Debrina Kawam of Toms River, N.J. She was the victim of an apparently random attack captured in videos that showed her bracing herself against the doorway of an F train in Coney Island,
Victim burned to death in horrific subway attack identified
A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month was identified, according to police.
Victim Of Subway Burning Identified As NJ Woman. Here’s What We Know.
The New York Police Department released information Tuesday about the woman who died in a subway car in December after reportedly being set on fire, further debunking false information and political narratives that spread online about the victim.
Adams claims subway violence — including horrific arson attack — ‘overshadowed’ NYC’s 2024 success on transit crime
High-profile random attacks -- notably the horrific arson in which a woman was burned to death on an F train -- "overshadowed ...
Sleeping subway rider burned alive on F train after crazed attacker tosses lit match on her: police sources
A sleeping subway rider burned to death on an F train in Coney Island Sunday morning after a madman threw a lit match onto ...
Person pushed onto NYC subway tracks before oncoming train: police
A person was pushed onto subway tracks in front of a train in New York City Tuesday afternoon, police said. The alleged attack comes just days after a 57-year-old woman was fatally set on fire aboard ...
Woman set on fire in NYC subway train dies, authorities say; suspect in custody
The "person of interest" was taken into custody hours after the attack while riding another train, according to NYPD Transit ...
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Man shoved onto subway tracks in Chelsea, NYPD says
A man was shoved onto the subway tracks at the 18th Street station in Chelsea Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Police ...
Debrina Kawam: About the Woman Who Was Set on Fire in a NYC 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 ...
She was set on fire and no one knows her name. How homelessness, crime and a broken immigration system met in a subway car
It’s been a week since a woman died in a New York City subway car, set on fire by a homeless, undocumented man. She has yet ...
Guardian Angels resume NYC subway patrols for first time since 2020 after shocking arson murder
The Guardian Angels are resuming their patrols of the Big Apple’s subways as if it were crime-riddled Gotham in 1979, after ...