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New York officials have identified the 57-year-old woman who was burned alive inside a subway car in December to be Debrina ...
Debrina Kawam of Toms River ... Kawam’s body was so badly burned that investigators could not raise her fingerprints. They had to rely on dental records and DNA to get a match, police said.
Debrina Kawam, 57, was sitting by herself ... Jessica Tisch told reporters at a news briefing. Kawam was so badly burned it took more than a week to identify her remains. On Wednesday, civil ...
The woman, Debrina Kawam, had worked at the pharmaceutical ... before sitting on a platform bench and watching as she burned. Identifying the victim proved to be a challenge, and authorities ...
Sunday’s attack comes three months after 57-year-old Debrina Kawam was fatally set on fire inside a subway car stopped at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn. If you purchase a ...
In December, Debrina Kawam, 57, of New Jersey ... then fanned the flames with a shirt and watched her burn from a subway station bench.
Sebastian Zapeta appeared in Kings County Supreme Court, nearly three months after he allegedly set 57-year-old Debrina Kwam on fire. Julia Joseph Mar 12, 2025, 9:51 PM ...
The attack comes just months after a 61-year-old woman, Debrina Kawam, from New Jersey, was burned to death in an arson attack on a New York subway train on December 22. Her injuries were so ...
Prosecutors say those actions left Kawam burned alive and unrecognizable. In the indictment, prosecutors show Zapeta pictures and a video of someone lighting Kawam on fire. When asked who the man ...
Sebastian Zapeta appeared in Kings County Supreme Court, nearly three months after he allegedly set 57-year-old Debrina Kwam on fire.