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Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is facing life without parole if convicted for the disturbing caught-on-camera killing as his ...

At 4:45, nine people waited outside, standing close to block the bitter wind. A growing number of homeless women has turned ... husband will probably end up sleeping in the couple's car with ...

Critics are lambasting the so-called "Daniel Penny effect" after several bystanders and even police officers appeared to stand by without helping as an innocent woman burned to death on a subway ...

Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who was sitting motionless in the train car and may have been sleeping ... media appeared to show the woman standing inside the train ablaze as ...

NEW YORK -- A man faces first-degree murder charges for allegedly setting a sleeping woman on fire on the New ... the station smelled smoke and saw her standing engulfed in flames inside the ...

Accident or crime scene cordon tape, police line do not cross. It is nighttime, emergency lights of police cars flashing blue, red and white in the background (Getty Images/iStockphoto)(HT_PRINT ...

possibly sleeping, and set her clothing on fire with what appeared to be a lighter. The woman’s clothing then “became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,” New York City Police ...

A man suspected of setting a sleeping woman on fire on a New York ... Responding officers discovered the woman standing in the train car "fully engulfed in flames." The fire was extinguished ...

The episode took place as subway safety has become a top concern for riders and workers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

New York City police are working to identify the woman who died after being intentionally set on fire inside a stationary subway train New York City police were working Monday to identify the ...