US EditionReport: 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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Decarlos Brown Jr. had been diagnosed with schizophrenia but refused to take the medication, his family said.
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