The lady who was fatally set on fireplace in a New York City subway earlier this month has been recognized as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam from Toms River, New Jersey, police stated Tuesday.
Kawam was asleep on an idle F prepare on the Stillwell Avenue station on Dec. 22 in Brooklyn simply earlier than 7:30 a.m. when a person set her on fireplace and fled, in response to the New York Police Department.
Police didn’t share any extra details about the sufferer. The preliminary launch from the NYPD stated she was 61, however the age was corrected in a later launch.
A vigil was held for her on Thursday.
Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, a Guatemalan citizen, was arrested in reference to Kawam’s homicide the identical day of the incident after he was caught on police physique digital camera footage. Subway riders known as 911 once they noticed him hours later and officers took him into custody.
He was indicted on four counts of murder and one depend of arson on Friday, per prosecutors. A grand jury indictment was introduced in courtroom on one depend of first-degree homicide, three counts of second-degree homicide and one depend of first-degree arson, in response to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s workplace.
The first-degree homicide cost carries the potential for life with out parole. Zapeta-Calil appeared in Brooklyn courtroom Tuesday and was remanded again into custody.
The Guatemalan citizen is within the U.S. unlawfully and was beforehand deported, in response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
