Daily Mail ^ | November 23, 2025 | Nic White Posted on by Angelino97 The woman set alight by a lunatic on a Chicago metro train is a 26-year-old analyst for Caterpillar who suffered burns to 60 percent of her body. Bethany MaGee, 26, was doused in gasoline and set alight on the city’s Blue Line on Monday night, but managed to flee the train and survive. MaGee, from Upland in Indiana, works as a business research analyst at Caterpillar after graduating with a bachelors of science at Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute. Her Facebook profile photos revealed that she is an animal lover and churchgoer, who is close to her parents Emily and Gregory, and two brothers Mark and John. MaGee’s father Dr Gregory MaGee is a professor of Biblical studies at Taylor University, a Christian college in Indiana. The man police named as her attacker, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed, is a serial criminal with 72 prior arrests freed months earlier by a judge after he allegedly attacked a social worker. Monday’s attack has drawn comparisons to the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22. That prediction now appears to have been borne out, with MaGee now seriously-ill in hospital with her family by her side. MaGee suffered the most serious burns on her left arm and hand, according to an update from her church community. She had surgery earlier this week and is expected to be in hospital for at least three months for treatment and rehabilitation. The victim was publicly identified by Transport Secretary Sean Duffy on Sunday. He wrote in a statement, alongside a photo: ‘It is devastating that a career criminal with 72 PRIOR ARRESTS is now accused of attacking 26-year-old Bethany MaGee on Chicago’s L train, and setting her on fire. To: Angelino97 3 posted on by Angelino97 To: Angelino97 I’m bracing myself for the horrific video footage that the Chicago Transit Authority is undoubtedly sitting on to get leaked out. 4 posted on by Drew68 To: Angelino97 “The man police named as her attacker, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed, is a serial criminal with 72 prior arrests freed months earlier by a judge after he allegedly attacked a social worker.” In the good old days there was no such thing as 72 arrests for a single person. Because life in prison usually followed after the 5th or 6th arrest. When Alcatraz was still in operation, I doubt any inmate of that prison had 72 arrests to their names. Some had only 2 or 3 arrests. Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz had only one arrest to his name. 5 posted on by lowbridge (“Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it” NY Times Editor) To: Angelino97 6 posted on by Drew68 To: Angelino97 Horrible! Burns are some of the most devastating injuries. My kid worked in the burn unit of a major hospital during residency and believe me the stuff that was said about the problems of the patients there was just awful. 7 posted on by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy EVs a solution for which there is no problem) Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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Innocent woman, 26, set alight on Chicago subway ‘by serial criminal, 50’ freed on ankle monitor by soft touch judge in horrific echo of Iryna Zarutska murder
