On December 22, Kawam was sleeping on the subway at the Stillwell Avenue station around 7:30 a.m. when a man approached her, set her on fire, and then fled the scene.

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

Investigators identified the victim of a New York subway fire as 61-year-old Debrina Kawam from New Jersey via fingerprint data, dental records, and DNA evidence. Kawam was a homeless woman with ...

who was sitting motionless and may have been sleeping aboard a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station. Then, she was set on fire. "As the train pulled into the station, ...

Jamar Banks, 52, was indicted Thursday and charged with assault and attempted assault for the stabbings last month.

The New York subway horror victim has been identified as 61-year-old Debrina Kawam. Zapeta told the police that he did not remember setting a woman on fire but identified himself from photos of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — It took police more than a week to publicly identify Debrina Kawam, 57, as the woman who was fatally set on fire ... the victim was set alight at the opposite end of the subway ...

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she has ordered more officers to patrol the subway trains and platforms following the ...