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NEW YORK -- The woman killed when she was set on fire in a Brooklyn subway car has been identified by police, after using fingerprint and dental information and DNA evidence. On Tuesday, NYPD officers ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The woman killed when she was set on fire in a Brooklyn subway car has been tentatively identified by police, after using fingerprint and dental information and DNA evidence.

Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, NJ, was set on fire as she slept in an F train stopped at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave.