A woman set on fire inside a New York City subway has raised questions about how a world traveler and former Merck employee ended up homeless and burned on a train.

Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, confronted with video of the immolation of Debrina Kawam, told detectives he was blackout drunk at the time. He pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday. By Liam Stack The man ...

Kathy Hochul’s pledge to put cops on every overnight train — her third enforcement surge in three years — doesn’t deal with ...

HindustanTimes.com spoke to Kent Bausman, Ph.D., a professor of sociology in the Online Sociology Program at Maryville ...

Debrina Kawam, known to her classmates as “Debbie” or “Deb,” graduated from Passaic Valley Regional HS in Little Falls, New Jersey, in 1985, The New York Times reported. Kawam ...

A man accused of setting a sleeping woman on fire and killing her on a New York subway pleaded not guilty to felony murder ...

But in his first interview with detectives at the NYPD's 60th Precinct in Coney Island, Zapeta would repeatedly inform investigators he had no memory of the incident, despite positively identifying ...

Torres said in response: 'On the same day the murder victim of the subway fire, Debrina Kawam (61) was finally identified, Governor Hochul feels the need to take a victory lap. The incident ...

A memorial service will be held Sunday evening in Brooklyn for Debrina Kawam, who was set on fire inside a New York City ...

Community members gathered at the First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay on Sunday in memorial of Debrina Kawam, who died ...

Police officials say that on Dec. 22, a man set fire to a sleeping woman, now identified as Debrina Kawam, in a stopped ...

A vigil held at a Sheepshead Bay church honored Debrina Kawam, who died after being set on fire aboard an F train.