Ukrainian refugee escapes the war only to be stabbed to death by a career criminal in Charlotte, North Carolina.
NEW: Ukrainian refugee escapes the war only to be stabbed to death by a career criminal in Charlotte, North Carolina.
23-year-old Iryna Zarutska fled Ukraine, “seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning.”
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23-year-old Iryna Zarutska fled Ukraine, “seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning.”
Her life was cut short thanks to 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr., who has been in and out of prison for the last 15 years.
Zarutska was stabbed at a train station.
Brown spent five years in prison for robbery, but was able to avoid other charges that were dropped.
Brown, who thought there was “man-made” material stuck in his body, was pending charges for misuse of the 911 system at the time of the stabbing.