NEW YORK — 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.

A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping in a New York City subway car, according to police. A man boarded the F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn, approached the sleeping woman and then lit her on fire early Sunday morning,

A vigil was held Thursday for the woman set on fire on a Brooklyn subway last weekend, a public memorial for the still nameless victim in a case that rocked the nation due to its cruelty. Community leaders planned to hold a late-afternoon prayer vigil at the Stillwell Avenue station in Coney Island,