US EditionShe Fled the Ukraine War for Safety. America Delivered Her to a Killer.
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She Fled the Ukraine War for Safety. America Delivered Her to a Killer.
On August 22, 2025, tragedy struck on a Charlotte LYNX Blue Line train when 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, was stabbed to death by Decarlos Brown Jr., a career criminal with a lengthy record. Zarutska had fled war-torn Ukraine, seeking safety and a new beginning. Instead, she found herself violently knifed to death at 10:30 p.m. while simply sitting with headphones and scrolling on her phone. Surveillance video released by the …
It was supposed to be a normal trip home from work. Iryna Zakrutska was returning from a pizza shop in August and got on the train. The fatal moment happened when she sat in front of homeless man DeCarlos Brown Jr., now accused of murder. Brown pulled out a knife and unexpectedly stabbed her three times from behind. He wiped the bloody knife on his sweatshirt and hid it. Then, unnoticed, he blended in with the other passengers and calmly got off…
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