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 on Tuesday, while authorities were yet to publicly identify the victim.

The man accused of killing a City subway rider by setting her on fire has no memory of "what happened" and admitted to heavy drinking, authorities said Tuesday.

The man accused of killing a woman on a New York City subway train by setting her on fire was charged with murder and arson in an initial court appearance on Tuesday.

Prosecutors on Monday charged 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta-Calil with first- and second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman who died after being set on fire in a New York City subway train a day earlier.

The suspect, an illegal immigrant, is facing murder and arson charges. An illegal immigrant from Guatemala accused of setting a woman on fire in a subway train at New York City and watching her burn to death insists he has no memory of the horrifying attack.

The suspect, identified by police as Sebastian Zapeta, was taken into custody hours after the woman died on Sunday morning.

STORY: Police have charged a man they say set a woman on fire on a New York City train and watched her burn to death Sunday morning. Sebastian Zapeta, a 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen, was arrested on a subway train that same afternoon.

A suspect is in custody after the incident on an F train in Brooklyn on Sunday morning. Officers found a woman "fully engulfed in flames."

A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die has been arraigned.

Calil, 33, of Guatemala was charged Monday afternoon with murder after authorities say he approached a woman on a train in Brooklyn and ignited her clothes.