Posted on 09/01/2025 1:50:20 PM PDT by ladyjane
A young woman who escaped the perils of war was brutally stabbed to death for no apparent reason on a popular light rail train in North Carolina last week, Tar Heel State law enforcement say.
Decarlos Dejuan Brown, Jr., 34, stands accused of one count of murder in the first degree, according to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
On the night of Aug. 22, Iryna Zarutska, 23, died on the Charlotte Area Transit System's LYNX Blue Line train. She was repeatedly stabbed, at least once in the throat, police claim.
The victim, an artist, had recently arrived in the United States from Ukraine, according to a GoFundMe for her family. She left her native country in order to leave the daily threat of violence behind.
"Ira had recently arrived in the United States, seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning," the fundraiser reads. "Tragically, her life was cut short far too soon."
(Excerpt) Read more at lawandcrime.com ...
God forbid these feral have a crisis because it means an innocent white person is getting murdered.
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