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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...

A post has gone viral on social media that falsely identifies a victim of a recent attack on the New York City subway. On December 23, a post claimed the victim was a woman named Amelia Carter, and included an AI-generated image. The post, which is a hoax, had been viewed 2.4 million times on X at the time of publication. A spokesperson for the DCPI confirmed to Newsweek that identification of a the victim in the attack is still pending. Early on December 22, a woman was set on fire on the NYC subway. She was pronounced dead at...

A migrant from Guatemala has been arrested on allegations he lit a sleeping woman on fire inside a Coney Island F train on Sunday morning. Police sources say a civilian identified the suspected killer as he rode on a train at 34th Street in Manhattan. The witness waved down the cops, who later picked the suspect up and detained him. He has not been charged with a crime yet, sources added. The suspect entered the country and was detained by border patrol agents in Arizona in June 2018 Authorities were still working to confirm whether he is in the country...