Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A woman is dead after being set on fire in a Brooklyn subway station Sunday, police said. A suspect is in custody.

Police said the woman was sleeping on a stationary train scheduled to travel to Brooklyn when she was approached by the suspect who used a lighter to ignite the victim's clothing, according to New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who described the incident as "one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being."

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