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Woman burned to death on NYC subway identified
Arutz Sheva ^ | 31/12/24

Posted on 12/31/2024 9:53:54 AM PST by Eleutheria5

The woman who was set on fire and burned to death on a New York City subway car has finally been identified, more than a week after an illegal migrant threw a lit match at her and watched her gruesome death.

The victim was identified as Debrina Kawam, of Toms River, New Jersey, police announced on Tuesday. After authorities struggled to identify her for over a week due to how badly her body was burned, the 61-year-old was finally identified through fingerprint analysis.

Kawam was homeless, according to the Coalition for the Homeless. She was sleeping on the F Train in the Coney Island area when illegal Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil allegedly threw the match at her. Video of the incident appears to show Zapeta-Calil sitting calmly on a bench in the train station as he calmly watched as Kawam burned to death while standing in the door of the train.

Zapeta-Calilm was arrested shortly after the incident. He faces first-degree and second-degree murder charges, as well as charges of arson.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: New Jersey; US: New York
KEYWORDS: burning; debrinakawam; kawam; newjersey; sebastianzapeta; subway; tomsriver; zapetacalil
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Was she legally in the US?
1 posted on 12/31/2024 9:53:54 AM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Why is that relevant?

What happened to her is not something that happens in a civilized world.


2 posted on 12/31/2024 9:55:25 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Eleutheria5

She was a human being...is what matters...


3 posted on 12/31/2024 9:56:10 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Eleutheria5

She was homeless so probably and she was probably a US citizen....

If her name was Consuela Maria Pepito Ortega Garcia Hernandez, and she was here illegally, she would’ve been housed in a 5 star hotel.


4 posted on 12/31/2024 9:57:39 AM PST by God luvs America (6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Vermont Lt

It’s what happens in a civilized world when the savages and other barbarians are allowed to invade.


5 posted on 12/31/2024 9:58:05 AM PST by curious7
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To: Vermont Lt

It isn’t the main question, but it does still matter. If one illegal murders another, that directly impacts the overall quality of life in America and informs us that we would be better off without one illegal sleeping in the subway cars, and another murdering people in the subway cars.


6 posted on 12/31/2024 9:59:30 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: Eleutheria5
... when illegal Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil allegedly threw the match at her.

I believe he did more than simply throw a match at her. Didn't he douse her with lighter fluid or gasoline first?

7 posted on 12/31/2024 10:01:01 AM PST by Blennos ( Byaasearepeat itnbelow.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I still don’t grasp how a human can be burned to death — burned beyond recognition — when someone throws a match at them. That part seems odd.


8 posted on 12/31/2024 10:01:53 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Eleutheria5

Passaic Valley Regional High School class of 1985. Her father was a Vietnam Vet, so yes, she probably was a US citizen. Unless there are two Debrina Kawams in the country.


9 posted on 12/31/2024 10:02:18 AM PST by x
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To: Eleutheria5

Barbaric and Mediaeval.

I don’t usually condone retribution, but the Bible comes in handy for situations like this.

An eye for an eye.

Whatever you do to someone else, that’s what we’re going to do to you.

Simple and effective.

I don’t care if he’s crazy, he deserves the very worst we can do to him.


10 posted on 12/31/2024 10:02:21 AM PST by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: Thapsus_epiphany

I think that is Hammurabi’s code, not the Bible. Either way, I understand the feeling.


11 posted on 12/31/2024 10:06:02 AM PST by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Earlier reports said that he had poured lighter fluid or some other flammable substance on her. I do not know if that is true. There were also reports that he fanned the flames.

So disgusting and brutal. Prayers for this poor woman.


12 posted on 12/31/2024 10:07:40 AM PST by cld51860 ("This business will get out of control...")
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To: Eleutheria5

I am confused.

How do they know she was a resident of Toms River, NJ if she was homeless?

Maybe they do—but there are a few missing pieces here.


13 posted on 12/31/2024 10:08:39 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: Thapsus_epiphany

Set him alight, publicly, to serve as a beacon guiding us to a return to justice.


14 posted on 12/31/2024 10:10:14 AM PST by CletusVanDamme (You always said you'd take real good care of me, didn't you George. Here's one rap you won't beat.)
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To: God luvs America; All

Topic relatable slide...

An ILLEGAL ALIEN left her purchase receipt or EBT/ATM receipt behind in a restaurant or grocery store and the balances were over $4,000 in cash available, and over $9,000 in purchasing power.

THIS isn’t counting what is supplied to ILLEGAL ALIENS in the way of housing, meals, clothes, medical care, transportation, cell phone and service, etc.!

The powers that be BETTER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND PUNISHED, and all of this INVASION and COST better be exposed to the citizens of this country!


15 posted on 12/31/2024 10:10:52 AM PST by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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To: Vermont Lt

Right! And all the internet speculation that she was younger is now proven to be false.


16 posted on 12/31/2024 10:11:31 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: Eleutheria5

She is a human being. Whether she was here illegally is definitely a secondary issue.


17 posted on 12/31/2024 10:13:06 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: quilterdebbie

Not to many here on FR. America is their religion and god. Similar to liberals and their chosen flavor of idolatry.

Better to follow Christ than 1776.


18 posted on 12/31/2024 10:20:46 AM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: DesertRhino

You really don’t dabble much in the homelessness world do you?

The homeless are not the illegals (for the most part.) Those folks have been put up in housing.

The homeless in this country are usually mentally disabled. When we were kids, most of the homeless would have been institutionalized. That ended in the 80s.


19 posted on 12/31/2024 10:21:35 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: quilterdebbie; All

There was a bit coin webpage or a gamer web page that started the whole AI created false identity of the person burned to death. See Amelia Carter, in any www engine search and it will eventually turn up.

The one I was looking for, which I didn’t find in my quick search, was the original webpage that started it all. It displayed a graph of the crypto’s history on the left and the AI generated image and false background story on the right.

Here are two examples.

Home Who is
Who was Amelia Carter, Woman Burned Alive: Nurse or PhD: Fact-Check
Jnnny Lee Jnnny Lee December 24, 2024 | 09:11

https://knowinsiders.com/who-was-amelia-carter-woman-burned-alive-nurse-or-phd-fact-check-42257.html

Tech
Crypto hucksters push AI image to make profit off subway fire victim
They’re capitalizing on sympathy.
Photo of David Covucci
David Covucci

https://www.dailydot.com/debug/amelia-carter-subway-fire-crypto/


20 posted on 12/31/2024 10:21:55 AM PST by freepersup (“Those who conceal crimes are preparing to commit new ones.” ~Vuk Draskovic~)
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