An artificially-generated image of a young woman as well as images of two real women have been falsely described in viral posts as the victim of a subway arson attack on Dec. 22 in New York City.

New York City police are seeking a man they believe is connected to the death of a woman who was sleeping on a stationary subway train before she was intentionally lit on fire

Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her.

A suspect is in custody after a woman wasset on fire and died on the New York subway:: Jessica Tisch, Police Commissioner, New York City "Initially, we intended to use this press conference to ask for the public's help in identifying and locating someone who we believe carried out one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being.

The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges.

Authorities have yet to confirm the identity of the victim, who died after she was lit on fire while asleep on a subway train.

New York City police have arrested a man on murder and arson charges in the death of a woman who was set on fire inside a subway train early Sunday morning. Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, was arrested Monday after being taken into custody the previous day.

The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first appearance in court this week, while authorities were yet to publicly identify the victim.