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Innocent woman, 26, set alight on Chicago subway 'by serial criminal, 50' freed on ankle monitor by soft touch judge in horrific echo of Iryna Zarutska murder
Daily Mail ^ | November 23, 2025 | Nic White

Posted on 11/23/2025 1:07:44 PM PST by Angelino97

The woman set alight by a lunatic on a Chicago metro train is a 26-year-old analyst for Caterpillar who suffered burns to 60 percent of her body.

Bethany MaGee, 26, was doused in gasoline and set alight on the city's Blue Line on Monday night, but managed to flee the train and survive.

MaGee, from Upland in Indiana, works as a business research analyst at Caterpillar after graduating with a bachelors of science at Purdue's Polytechnic Institute.

Her Facebook profile photos revealed that she is an animal lover and churchgoer, who is close to her parents Emily and Gregory, and two brothers Mark and John.

MaGee's father Dr Gregory MaGee is a professor of Biblical studies at Taylor University, a Christian college in Indiana.

The man police named as her attacker, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed, is a serial criminal with 72 prior arrests freed months earlier by a judge after he allegedly attacked a social worker.

Monday's attack has drawn comparisons to the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22.

That prediction now appears to have been borne out, with MaGee now seriously-ill in hospital with her family by her side.

MaGee suffered the most serious burns on her left arm and hand, according to an update from her church community.

She had surgery earlier this week and is expected to be in hospital for at least three months for treatment and rehabilitation.

The victim was publicly identified by Transport Secretary Sean Duffy on Sunday. He wrote in a statement, alongside a photo: 'It is devastating that a career criminal with 72 PRIOR ARRESTS is now accused of attacking 26-year-old Bethany MaGee on Chicago’s L train, and setting her on fire.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: nobodysearches; posted5timesalready
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1 posted on 11/23/2025 1:07:44 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

Pattern recognition.


2 posted on 11/23/2025 1:09:16 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Angelino97

I assume this is from her social media:


3 posted on 11/23/2025 1:10:04 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

I’m bracing myself for the horrific video footage that the Chicago Transit Authority is undoubtedly sitting on to get leaked out.


4 posted on 11/23/2025 1:10:29 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Angelino97

“The man police named as her attacker, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed, is a serial criminal with 72 prior arrests freed months earlier by a judge after he allegedly attacked a social worker.”

In the good old days there was no such thing as 72 arrests for a single person. Because life in prison usually followed after the 5th or 6th arrest.

When Alcatraz was still in operation, I doubt any inmate of that prison had 72 arrests to their names. Some had only 2 or 3 arrests. Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz had only one arrest to his name.


5 posted on 11/23/2025 1:11:33 PM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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To: Angelino97
I assume this is from her social media:

"Havel's Greengrocer"

Look it up.

If you're a normie, you display the slogans of the regime so that the self-appointed Kommisars will leave you alone.

If you're Kramer, you wear the red ribbon. And if you're a 21-y/o college student in 2020, you put BLM on your socials.

6 posted on 11/23/2025 1:12:39 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Angelino97

Horrible! Burns are some of the most devastating injuries. My kid worked in the burn unit of a major hospital during residency and believe me the stuff that was said about the problems of the patients there was just awful.


7 posted on 11/23/2025 1:18:01 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Angelino97

That’s a sickly ironic BLM supporting photo.

God bless her and bring her full recovery. Amen.

So, she helped support the hatred that culminated in Marxist activist judges and deranged blacks hating whites people.


8 posted on 11/23/2025 1:20:42 PM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Angelino97

The woman down the alley from me removed her Black Lives Matter sign up from her window. I wonder why?


9 posted on 11/23/2025 1:22:10 PM PST by roving
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To: lowbridge

Soros Judge?

My bet, YES!

Do I dare speculate his ethnic characteristics.

Was it a Racial Attack? Very Likely.

Now the young girl was BLM? Nuts.

God Bless Bethany MaGee and her family. May she recover fully.


10 posted on 11/23/2025 1:29:41 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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God Bless Bethany MaGee and her family. May she recover fully.

I'm guessing a full recovery is very unlikely.

At best, she's severely disfigured. At worst, she'll languish in the burn unit for months in agonizing pain before succumbing to her injuries.

11 posted on 11/23/2025 1:35:14 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Perhaps someone from BLM can visit her in the burn ward. Dat would be cool, y’know what um sayin?


12 posted on 11/23/2025 1:41:33 PM PST by Right Brother (Apparently, a democratically elected President is a "threat to Democracy!")
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To: Angelino97

No sympathy. There are cops sitting in prison for no reason other than placating America hating morons like her.


13 posted on 11/23/2025 1:42:42 PM PST by Yogafist
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Monday's attack has drawn comparisons to the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22.

Pattern,eh? Democrat/Communist judges letting violent, black criminals released until a horrific homicide, or attempted homicide, “allegedly” occurs.

What a coincidence.

14 posted on 11/23/2025 1:44:11 PM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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To: Yogafist
I sympathize. I wouldn't wish this on her.

Although I prefer it be her rather than someone who didn't support BLM. In a sad way, she got what she was enabling.

15 posted on 11/23/2025 1:49:29 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97
Makes a great Christmas Gift:



16 posted on 11/23/2025 1:50:46 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Angelino97

Headlne left out the most important thing:

“Innocent [white] woman, 26, set alight...”


17 posted on 11/23/2025 1:57:21 PM PST by Jim Noble (Let it turn to something else, Matty)
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Blue Line fire attacker yelled ‘Burn alive b****!’ as officers took him into custody
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/11/blue-line-fire-attacker-yelled-burn-alive-b-as-officers-took-him-into-custody.html

The Chicago Subway Arson Attack Was Horrific — the Suspect's Real Rap Sheet Makes It Even Worse
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/11/20/chicago-train-fire-is-so-much-worse-n2666746#google_vignette

Five years ago, Reed attempted to set the Thompson Center on fire because he was angry that he didn't receive his Social Security check. Instead of putting Reed in prison, Judge Arthur Hill sentenced him to two years of “mental health probation.” While on that probation, Reed was arrested three times, including twice for battery. Those charges were dropped by prosecutors, and the court deemed his probation behavior “satisfactory.”

In a blow to the “defund the police crowd,” and further proof that their plan to send in social workers to deal with crime will fail spectacularly, Reed was arrested in August for assaulting a social worker at a psychiatric hospital. Reed knocked the woman unconscious and according to CWBChicago, she suffered “extreme nausea, severe pain in the eye and head, and difficulty with balance,” ended up in the ER twice, and was diagnosed with “optic nerve bruising and a concussion causing her to experience memory issues, headaches, and daily nausea.”

Prosecutors charged Reed with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. Despite those serious charges and his lengthy record, Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez refused to jail Reed and ordered him released on electronic monitoring. Under her orders, Reed was allowed to leave his home from 6 am to 2 pm on weekdays, and could only visit the psychiatric hospital in the event of an “emergency.” In September, Judge Ralph Meczyk modified the monitoring to let Reed leave his home on Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

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Satan already owns his soul, might be a time for him to join the hot place. Where fire is never quenched.

18 posted on 11/23/2025 2:02:17 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Drew68

I want the best for her.

I know that serious burns are horrible and disfigure.

When I was in College, I had a good friend who was blown off a drilling rig and survived horrible disfigure damage. He was X-military, and the kindest person you ever met. But strong.

The other 2 people on the rig, died outright.


19 posted on 11/23/2025 2:05:40 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Angelino97
I've been to Upland. It's quiet little town with a Christian University in one of the reddest areas of a red state.

I bet this poor girl wishes she had never set foot in left-wing hellhole like Chicago.

20 posted on 11/23/2025 2:11:07 PM PST by Kazan
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