Sleeping woman burned to death on NYC subway train pictured in HS yearbook photo: 'Million dollar smile'

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/debrina-kawam-photo-of-nyc-subway-
passenger-burned-to-death/

The sleeping subway passenger who was burned to death on a Brooklyn F
train had aspirations to be a flight attendant and was known for her
“million dollar smile,” according to her high school yearbook biography.

Debrina Kawam, known to her classmates as “Debbie” or “Deb,” graduated
from Passaic Valley Regional HS in Little Falls, New Jersey, in 1985, The
New York Times reported.

Kawam, 57, later fell on hard times: Sources said she was living in New
York City homeless shelters from September until Dec. 2.

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Her horrific death shocked the city — and the nation.

Illegal Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil is charged with
setting her on fire around 7:30 a.m. Dec. 22 on an F train in the
Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island station.

She was asleep on the train when she was set ablaze, video shows.

Kawam, who was originally from Toms River, said her memories at the public
school were participating in freshman and sophomore cheerleading and that
her secret ambition was “to party forever.”

She signed off her biography thanking her parents “for everything.”

Kawam was one of three students who earned the superlative of “million
dollar smile” and “most punk,” according to the outlet.

Kawam’s body was ID’d through fingerprints more than a week after the
horrific tragedy.

Zapeta-Calil, 33, who was deported in 2018 but sneaked back into the US,
was indicted on first- and second-degree murder and one count of arson on
Dec. 27.

He claimed he was too drunk and didn’t remember the attack.

Zapeta-Calil faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole
if he’s convicted on the top count of first-degree murder, Brooklyn
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.

“It is the most serious statute in New York state law, and my office is
very confident about the evidence in this case and our ability to hold
Zapeta accountable for his dastardly deeds,” Gonzalez said.

Toms River resident Olga Corpion had purchased the house Kawam’s mother
once lived in and said she met Debrina shortly after Corpion moved into
the neighborhood in May.

“She said, ‘Hi, my name is Debrina, and I want to go see my mom. My mother
lives here. I want to talk to her,’” Corpion told The Post.

“She looked like she was in her 50s, so right away I assumed she was not
well, because she didn’t know her mom had moved.

“I’m in shock that she was standing right here and then I found out she
died so horribly.”
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Post by Leroy N. Soetoro
https://nypost.com/2025/01/01/us-news/debrina-kawam-photo-of-nyc-subway-
passenger-burned-to-death/
The sleeping subway passenger who was burned to death on a Brooklyn F
train had aspirations to be a flight attendant and was known for her
“million dollar smile,” according to her high school yearbook biography.
Debrina Kawam, known to her classmates as “Debbie” or “Deb,” graduated
from Passaic Valley Regional HS in Little Falls, New Jersey, in 1985, The
New York Times reported.
Kawam, 57, later fell on hard times: Sources said she was living in New
York City homeless shelters from September until Dec. 2.
https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/30-m-dec-22-
homicide-96081410.jpg?resize=300,418&quality=75&strip=all
Her horrific death shocked the city — and the nation.
Illegal Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil is charged with
setting her on fire around 7:30 a.m. Dec. 22 on an F train in the
Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island station.
She was asleep on the train when she was set ablaze, video shows.
Kawam, who was originally from Toms River, said her memories at the public
school were participating in freshman and sophomore cheerleading and that
her secret ambition was “to party forever.”
She signed off her biography thanking her parents “for everything.”
Kawam was one of three students who earned the superlative of “million
dollar smile” and “most punk,” according to the outlet.
Kawam’s body was ID’d through fingerprints more than a week after the
horrific tragedy.
Zapeta-Calil, 33, who was deported in 2018 but sneaked back into the US,
was indicted on first- and second-degree murder and one count of arson on
Dec. 27.
He claimed he was too drunk and didn’t remember the attack.
Zapeta-Calil faces up to life in prison without the possibility of parole
if he’s convicted on the top count of first-degree murder, Brooklyn
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said.
“It is the most serious statute in New York state law, and my office is
very confident about the evidence in this case and our ability to hold
Zapeta accountable for his dastardly deeds,” Gonzalez said.
Toms River resident Olga Corpion had purchased the house Kawam’s mother
once lived in and said she met Debrina shortly after Corpion moved into
the neighborhood in May.
“She said, ‘Hi, my name is Debrina, and I want to go see my mom. My mother
lives here. I want to talk to her,’” Corpion told The Post.
“She looked like she was in her 50s, so right away I assumed she was not
well, because she didn’t know her mom had moved.
“I’m in shock that she was standing right here and then I found out she
died so horribly.”

Democrats do not care that an illegal alien murdered this woman.