A woman on the train at Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn was set on fire on Sunday, Dec. 22, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch reported in a news conference. A suspect has subsequently be

A sleeping woman was set on fire on a New York subway train by a man who appeared to sit and watch her burn to death. A Georgie homeowner ended up in jail this month after she attempted to move back into her own home, according to reports, which was inhabited by a squatter.

Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old Guatemalan migrant was arrested for allegedly setting a sleeping subway passenger on fire, resulting in the victim's death.

Three high school students recognised the male suspect from bodycam footage after he set a woman alight at complete random while riding the New York subway train

A man identified as a person of interest in the killing of a woman set on fire while sleeping in a subway car, Sebastian Zapeta, has been taken into NYPD custody.

A migrant from Guatemala has been arrested for allegedly lighting a sleeping subway rider on fire in Brooklyn on Sunday morning — then watching as his innocent victim burned to death in what the New York's top cop called “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit.

New York City police are seeking a man they believe is connected to the death of a woman who was sleeping on a stationary subway train before she was intentionally lit on fire

The "person of interest" was taken into custody hours after the attack while riding another train, according to NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta.

Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her. The woman, who has not been identified, sat motionlessly aboard a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in Brooklyn at about 7:30 a.