New York City Police say they’ve identified the woman who died on Dec. 22 after being set on fire while inside a New York subway train.

Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors of lighting the woman on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station Sunday morning, then fanning the flames with a shirt.

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.

BROOKLYN (CN) — New York Police announced on Tuesday that they have identified the woman who died after being set on fire while sleeping on a Coney Island-bound subway train on Dec. 22. Police said the 57-year-old woman, Debrina Kawam, had a Toms River, New Jersey address.

Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, NJ, was set on fire as she slept in an F train stopped at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave. station.

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.

A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month was identified, according to police.

Social media posts across platforms are claiming to name and show a smiling portrait of the woman who died when a man set her on fire on the New York subway in December 2024. But the supposed image of "Amelia Carter" appears to be an AI-generated hoax behind which a cryptocurrency is being sold;