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DOJ Files Federal Charge Carrying Possible Death Penalty in Charlotte Train Killing

Decarlos Brown Jr., a repeat violent offender with 14 prior arrests and mental health issues, faces federal charges that could bring life imprisonment or the death penalty.

  • A man, DeCarlos Brown Jr., has been charged with the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, on a North Carolina commuter train.
  • Brown is facing both first-degree murder charges and a federal charge for causing death on a mass transportation system.
  • The federal charge could lead to life in prison or the death penalty, as stated by the Justice Department.
  • Iryna Zarutska recently fled Ukraine to escape the war with Russia, according to her family.
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Tracy Brown, who was attacked by her older brother in 2022, during which he bit her and broke a door, described him as a paranoid schizophrenic while revealing that he told her that the government had implanted a chip in him.

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In 2022, Iryna Zarutska fled the Ukraine War with her mother, sister and brother and found a safe haven in the United States, where she developed artistically in the following years and pursued her dream of becoming a veterinary medical assistant. However, she was abruptly torn out of her life during a tram ride in Charlotte City in North Carolina. Videos from a security camera of the train, which has been spreading like wildfire on social media…

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