What to know about the death of a woman who was set on fire in a New York City subway train
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have a person in custody who is suspected to have set a woman on fire
in the subway early Sunday and then watched from a bench as she became engulfed in flames and died.
Surveillance video showed the man calmly approach the woman
who was sitting motionless and may have been sleeping
while aboard a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station and then set her on fire.
Her clothing “became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds
said New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch
describing the case as “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being.”