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Report: Father of Ukrainian Refugee Murdered in Charlotte Couldn't Attend Funeral Due To Zelensky's Martial Law - News From Antiwar.com
Decarlos Brown Jr., diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, claimed his delusions led to the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train.
- Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, 23, to death on August 22 aboard a Charlotte light-rail train.
- Brown's behavior deteriorated after his 2022 release from a five-year prison term for armed robbery, with family citing untreated schizophrenia.
- Zarutska fled Kyiv with family in 2022 due to the Russian invasion, and her father could not attend her funeral on August 27 due to Ukraine's martial law.
- Audio recordings reveal Brown claimed 'material in his body' caused the attack and he believed Zarutska was reading his mind, while his sister said mental illness was ignored.
- The killing sparked community outrage and calls for justice and improved mental health care, highlighting systemic public safety failures.
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The murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarucka on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, has reopened the issue of crime in the United States and sparked a heated debate about the authorities' response. The attacker is charged with first-degree murder, for which he faces the death penalty. He has been arrested 14 times in the past, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and has shown violent behavior at home. In July, a court ordered him to u…
Ukrainian refuge's killer breaks silence from behind bars in chilling phone call
Decarlos Brown, 34, was captured on CCTV footage launching an unprovoked attack on Iryna Zarutska, 23, as she sat engrossed in her phone on a train journey through Charlotte on 22 August.
Does mental illness justify it? Alleged murderer Decarlos Brown Jr. claims Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska could read his thoughts
The chilling murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, has left the community shaken. Accused killer Decarlos Brown Jr., a
Decarlos Brown Jr. Speaks Out from Jail, Refuses to Accept Responsibility for Murder of Iryna Zarutska
The man accused of murder in the caught-on-video killing of a woman that’s shocked the country claims it wasn’t his fault. In a recording of an Aug. 28 conversation at […] The post Decarlos Brown Jr. Speaks Out from Jail, Refuses to Accept Responsibility for Murder of Iryna Zarutska appeared first on The Western Journal.
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