US Crime Woman burned to death in horrific subway attack identified: police
The woman who was heinously burned alive in a New York City subway car last week has been identified as a 61-year-old woman from New Jersey , Fox News Digital has learned. Police tell Fox News Digital the woman has been identified as Debrina Kawam of Toms River, a township and coastal town located on the Jersey Shore in Ocean County. Kawam was lit on fire and burned to death on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York , on Dec. 22. Officials were unable to identify Kawam's body for days after the attack because she was so severely burned. The NYPD did not provide an official cause of death. SANCTUARY CITY NEW YORK PRESSURED TO MAKE DRASTIC CHANGE AFTER ILLEGAL MIGRANT ALLEGEDLY BURNS WOMAN ALIVE The homeless non-profit Coalition for the Homeless previously stated that the victim may have been living rough at the time of her death. Police were unable to confirm if she was homeless. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, a previously deported immigrant from Guatemala , was ...