Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, was indicted on first and second-degree murder charges and one count of arson for the attack. He is due back in court on Jan 7. On New Year’s Eve, one straphanger was ...

1. Guatemalan immigrant accused of setting woman on fire in NYC subway Sebastian Zapeta, a previously deported immigrant from Guatemala, was indicted on one count of first-degree murder ...

1. Guatemalan immigrant accused of setting woman on fire in NYC subway Sebastian Zapeta, a previously deported immigrant from Guatemala, was indicted on one count of first-degree murder, three counts ...

Just days before Christmas, Debrina Kawam, a troubled New Jersey woman, was set on fire and burned to death by Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala. Kawam had apparently been ...

NEW YORK-A woman who died after being set on fire on the New York City subway in December was identified as Ms Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey, the New York medical examiner’s ...

Guatemalan migrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, was charged with murder. Kamel Hawkins, 23, was charged with second-degree assault after he allegedly shoved a complete stranger onto the tracks for ...

Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, has been accused of setting fire to Ms Kawam with a lighter and was charged with first-degree murder and arson. Ms Kawam’s identity was confirmed on Dec 30 through ...

Sebastian Zapeta, 33, is accused of setting the woman's clothing ablaze aboard a stopped train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning. He has been indicted on murder and ...

Sebastian Zapeta is accused by prosecutors of lighting the woman on fire on a stopped F train at Brooklyn’s Coney Island station Sunday morning, then fanning the flames with a shirt, causing her ...

But while a suspect, Sebastian Zapeta, was arrested later that day, scant details were available about the victim in the following days as authorities worked to identify her through forensics and ...