The woman who was gruesomely burned alive in a subway car last week has been identified as a 61-year-old woman from New Jersey, Fox News Digital has learned.
Police told Fox News Digital that the woman has been identified as Debrina Kawam of Toms River, a municipality and coastal city located on the Jersey Shore in Ocean County. Kawam was set on fire and burned to death on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York. December 22.
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, a a previously deported immigrant from Guatemalahas been charged with one count of first-degree murder, three counts of second-degree murder and one count of arson in connection with this horrific case.
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Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire on a subway train in New York, appears in court Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Curtis means via Poole)
