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‘She loved America’: Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed on train will be buried in US, family says
WWNY ^ | 9/9/2025 | Gray News staff

Posted on 09/10/2025 6:22:20 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

More personal details are being shared about the woman who was stabbed to death in an apparently random attack on a light-rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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While living in the Charlotte area, Ferguson said the college graduate worked at a pizza restaurant, took care of animals, helped at a senior citizen center and rode that same train often.

“The first day she was allowed to work, she got a work permit here, she got a job the very first day,” Ferguson described.

According to Barnacle, the Ukrainian embassy offered to help bring Zarutska’s body back to the European country, but her mother and uncle said she will remain in the U.S.

“She loved America. We’re going to bury her here,” the family told Barnacle

(Excerpt) Read more at wwnytv.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: americanviolence; catchandrelease; charlotte; decarlosbrownjr; irynazarutska; liberaljudges; mentalillness; northcarolina; ukraine
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To: packrat35

Like I wrote: he imagined up grievances so he killed her. He is 100% guilty and his “grievances” don’t matter one jot ... and not just because they were all in his head ... they would not matter even if they were not made up, but they were and so they really don’t matter for not mattering.

Don’t matter squared.

He needs to be shot and put out of our collective misery.


41 posted on 09/10/2025 12:53:34 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher )
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To: packrat35

“She died because she was white and he wanted to kill a white girl.”

BINGO!


42 posted on 09/10/2025 12:55:19 PM PDT by Chgogal (Voting Democrat is suicidal.)
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To: packrat35
What is equally disturbing, not one black person reached out to help the poor girl while she sat there dying.
43 posted on 09/10/2025 12:59:02 PM PDT by Chgogal (Voting Democrat is suicidal.)
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To: Chgogal

They all got up and just walked away.


44 posted on 09/10/2025 3:15:28 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: bigbob
She was working 3 jobs, the akata POS was sucking off the system.
45 posted on 09/10/2025 8:01:52 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Chgogal

They were sure to step around her blood, though...


46 posted on 09/10/2025 8:02:43 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Karl Spooner
adding that her father couldn’t attend the funeral because he’s eligible to be drafted into the war against Russia

Ah, Little Zelya...

47 posted on 09/10/2025 8:04:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: stevio; albie; j.havenfarm; bigbob; CommieCutter; BradyLS

Where did you get that information that Iryna Zarutska was a BLM supporter?

I googled it and got the information that there are widespread claims on social media that Iryna Zarutska supported Black Lives Matter, primarily based on a viral photo purportedly showing BLM posters (including “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe”) in her bedroom.

However, these claims appear to be unsubstantiated and possibly false. The photo in question does not match verified images of her bedroom from her Instagram account (@lucaveros225), which show a different layout (e.g., center-aligned door, blue LED strip lighting along the walls, a large walk-in closet, a TV, and distinct wall art with no BLM-related posters visible).

The circulated image lacks sourcing from her social media, family, or official records, and mainstream reporting on her life (including her obituary, which describes her as an artist, veterinary assistant aspirant, and animal lover who fled Ukraine in 2022) makes no mention of BLM support or any political activism.

Searches of her limited Instagram posts (personal and lifestyle-focused, with no political content) also reveal no references to BLM, protests, or related causes.

The narrative remains unverified speculation without direct evidence from Zarutska herself.


48 posted on 09/11/2025 1:57:06 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Karl Spooner

You are talking rot, the mother of Iryna is in the USA with other family members.

There is no evidence that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is preventing Iryna Zarutska’s family from traveling to the USA or intervening in their specific case.

Her mother has been living in the United States since fleeing Ukraine with Iryna and other family members in 2022, and the funeral was held in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Iryna resided—meaning no international travel was required for her mother to attend.

she has two siblings: a sister named Valeriia and a brother named Bohdan. They both emigrated to the United States with her and their mother in 2022 and are currently living there, likely in Charlotte, North Carolina.

her father was unable to attend her funeral in the US due to Russia’s invasion, which prohibits men aged 18-60 from leaving the country to ensure military readiness.


49 posted on 09/11/2025 2:06:38 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: packrat35

Pack “She died because she was white and he wanted to kill a white girl”.

Correct, this is a hate crime. A racially motivated crime.

He reportedly said, “I got that white girl. I got that white girl,”

By allowing such pondscum on the streets, not only is it dangerous to white people, but it is bad for black people. The good black people are going to be looked at with suspicion, nothing can change that.

Lock up such lowlifes, be colourblind with that.

For this pondscum in particular, he needs to be wormfood quickly


50 posted on 09/11/2025 2:15:08 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Bon of Babble
And there's multiple news stories about him making comments that are completely nonsensical including threatening his sister and mother saying that there's something in them and he needed to attack them.

You knew that, right?

Right?

51 posted on 09/11/2025 2:20:25 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Thank You Rush

She came here with her mother, brother and sister.

The father is in Ukraine due to Putina invasion.

In any case, this is irrelevant.

What is relevant is that this was a hate crime and a brutal senseless murder.

The murderer needs to be drawn and quartered before Halloween.

All such dangerous criminals need to be sent to El Salvador immediately. Or release those convicted of non violent crimes,p putting the non violent ones on community service while the violent ones get stuck in prisons with no gym, solitary and only reading materials like books etc. no tv, no comforts for violent criminals


52 posted on 09/11/2025 2:20:46 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Read and learn:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mother-sister-charlotte-stabbing-suspect-describe-history-mental/story?id=125451590

and:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/even-the-alleged-train-stabber-s-own-mother-didn-t-want-him-on-the-streets/ar-AA1McuRD

and:

https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/decarlos-brown-jr-stabbed-ukrainian-refugee-iryna-zarutska-because-he-believed-she-was-reading-his-mind-sister/


53 posted on 09/11/2025 2:26:47 AM PDT by Fury
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To: TexasKamaAina; dfwgator; CodeToad

The pictures saying she had blm posters on the wall look to be fake (see my post above)


54 posted on 09/11/2025 2:27:01 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Fury

“He spent five years in prison for robbery with a dangerous weapon starting in 2015”.

Why only 5 years?

though it seems that the prison stay made him worse


55 posted on 09/11/2025 2:29:55 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

He’s nuts.

The cashless bail system put him back out on the street multiple times.


56 posted on 09/11/2025 2:37:54 AM PDT by Fury
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To: Cronos

That’s where I got it from.


57 posted on 09/11/2025 5:58:21 AM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: Fury
So what? He went to jail for armed robbery for awhile. Where was mentally ill BS excuse machine at then? His half-brother murdered a white male and his dad is a career criminal.

A male jury with an IQ above 90 will easily convict this guy and not buy the “crazy” excuse, especially with magistrates releasing him into the wild multiple times. Most females and minorities will just make excuses.

58 posted on 09/12/2025 1:25:38 PM PDT by rollo tomasi
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To: Fury
"The cashless bail system put him back out on the street multiple times."

Again with your half-truth BS that you regurgitate across many subjects sniper.

" Court records show that in January, Brown was arrested for allegedly making several 9-1-1 calls. Court documents also show he was released on a written promise to appear, meaning he did not have to pay money to the court. For prior arrests, he has had to pay bail."

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/verify/nc-bail-system-explained-9-9-2025/275-b1076285-ce70-439b-95fb-3f60f68b6bcd
59 posted on 09/12/2025 1:30:00 PM PDT by rollo tomasi
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To: rollo tomasi

“Again with your half-truth BS that you regurgitate across many subjects sniper.”

My apologies, I should have posted my sources.

“After serving his five-year sentence for armed robbery, Brown was released on schedule in 2020. Subsequent incidents were generally classified as less serious: judges often released him pending hearings, sometimes without bail, on a simple promise to appear. “

- see https://sfg.media/en/a/who-is-decarlos-brown-jr-and-why-was-he-free-after-14-arrests/

SFG appears to be a news aggregator site, so did a bit more digging.

“Brown was later released without bond after being charged with misuse of the 911 system.”

- https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/who-is-decarlos-brown-jr-the-man-accused-of-murdering-ukrainian-refugee-lightrail-charlotte-north-carolina-career-criminal-arrested-first-degree-murder-armed-robbery

I believe Brown’s arrest records will come out sooner rather than later,and there will be primary source evidence on how many times he was released without bail or bond.


60 posted on 09/12/2025 6:04:42 PM PDT by Fury
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