Mystery woman torched to death in horrific NYC subway attack finally identified by cops: sources

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Cops have identified the woman who was lit on fire as she slept and then burned to death on a Brooklyn subway train while terrified straphangers watched in horror, law-enforcement sources said Tuesday.

The woman was sleeping on an F train at the Stillwell Avenue-Coney Island station in Brooklyn around 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 22 when she was set on fire — with illegal Guatemalan immigrant Sebastian Zapeta-Calil now facing first-degree murder charges in the sick attack.

Horrifying video footage shows the accused killer fanning the flames as the woman burned — and calmly watching the scorched victim from a bench on the platform.

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The victim of the horrifying Dec. 22 subway arson attack was so badly burned that she initially remained unidentified. Gregory P. Mango

The Coalition for the Homeless described her as homeless .

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The woman’s ID is being withheld pending family notification.

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