{"id":27009,"date":"2025-09-15T15:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=27009"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:58:58","slug":"man-accused-of-killing-ukrainian-refugee-reveals-chilling-reason-he-did-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=27009","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee reveals chilling reason he did it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15101015\/chill1-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15101015\/chill1-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15101015\/chill1-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15101015\/chill1-412x216.jpg 412w\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>A shocking new chapter has emerged in the brutal killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on a North Carolina train last month.<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"matie69fec4a36f165\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.matie69fec4a36f165 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.matie69fec4a36f165 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.matie69fec4a36f165 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.matie69fec4a36f165 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.matie69fec4a36f165 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p><strong>Now speaking from prison, the suspect claims the attack wasn\u2019t entirely his own doing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-45b99459c5e2a6b2b56e697bfc149f7b\" class=\"newsner-45b99459c5e2a6b2b56e697bfc149f7b newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"newsner-719469125\" class=\"newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"bb-iawr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb_iawr\">\n<div id=\"bb-wr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb-media bb_wrapper bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video bb-pendingplay\" data-flags=\"{}\" data-softembargoremainingtime=\"0\" data-sid=\"ld721DVjJKMZ\" data-isready=\"true\" data-autoplaynextremainingtime=\"0\">\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-skin-layer bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video bb-pendingplay\">\n<div class=\"bb-skin-container phase-init svelte-ft9qq1 playing\" lang=\"en\" tabindex=\"0\" data-cy=\"skin-mode-main\" aria-label=\"Blue Billywig video player. 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Officials revealed that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/news\/brother-of-suspected-killer-says-authorities-could-have-prevented-horrific-attack-on-ukrainian-refugee\/\">Zarutska<\/a> had previously lived in a bomb shelter before coming to America.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-635c7241820d888dd2eb35cdb891b7a4\" class=\"newsner-635c7241820d888dd2eb35cdb891b7a4 newsner-incide_content_once\">\n<div id=\"newsner-2087603745\" class=\"newsner-incide_content_once\">\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails\" class=\"trc_related_container tbl-trecs-container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_thumbnails-mid\" data-placement-name=\"Mid Article Thumbnails\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_2836931132\" class=\"trc_rbox thumbnails-mid trc-content-sponsored\">\n<div class=\"trc_clearer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Her uncle said she was eager to start working immediately upon arrival. Once she received the proper documents, she held jobs at a sandwich shop and an assisted living facility alongside her mother.<\/p>\n<p>She had plans to attend school to become a veterinary assistant and was also taking English classes at a community college.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176253\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15095923\/irynazarutska.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1486px) 100vw, 1486px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15095923\/irynazarutska.jpg 1486w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15095923\/irynazarutska-768x769.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1486\" height=\"1488\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-loving-memory-of-iryna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of her death, Zarutska was working at a local pizzeria and had a \u201cstrong desire to have a better life,\u201d her uncle told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/uncle-murdered-charlotte-stabbing-victim-speaks\/story?id=125509850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That evening, Zarutska had just finished her shift and, according to her family\u2019s attorney, had \u201ctexted her boyfriend that she would be home soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-5a5c7005ef5f49da0ddf0cabf5cd3329\" class=\"newsner-5a5c7005ef5f49da0ddf0cabf5cd3329 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>She had only traveled four and a half minutes before the 34-year-old Brown Jr. allegedly pulled out a knife, paused, then stabbed her three times in the neck.<\/p>\n<p>The harrowing footage shows Zarutska looking up in horror before collapsing to the train floor. Clips circulating online suggest the suspect muttered, \u201cI got that white girl,\u201d as he walked away.<\/p>\n<p>Zarutska was pronounced dead at the scene just 15 seconds after the attack.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-zarutska-s-boyfriend-speaks-out\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zarutska\u2019s boyfriend speaks out<\/h2>\n<p>Her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/news\/boyfriend-of-ukrainian-woman-murdered-on-train-has-furious-message-for-judge-who-let-suspect-free\/\">boyfriend<\/a>, Stanislav \u201cStas\u201d Nikulytsia, 21, who had been living with Zarutska in Charlotte for the past year, arrived at the station only to learn she had died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Nikulytsia shared his grief online for the first time on Wednesday, posting a tender photo of the couple in bathing suits with just a broken heart emoji. He has also reposted videos criticizing Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes, who released Brown on cashless bail seven months before the killing.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore echoed the public outrage, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Carolina\u2019s justice system failed Iryna Zarutska. She came to Charlotte looking for safety and a better life, but instead, she was brutally murdered by a repeat offender who never should\u2019ve been let back on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moore directly called for action against the judge:<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-8d6d7c0115c7e3010d0a6e744ca5cea2\" class=\"newsner-8d6d7c0115c7e3010d0a6e744ca5cea2 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cJudge Stokes had the chance to protect the public and chose not to. It\u2019s clear that she\u2019s unfit to hold this consequential position and should be removed from the bench immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina doesn\u2019t have a formal cashless bail system. In certain cases, judges or magistrates can release a defendant based on a written promise to appear, or they can require a secured bond in accordance with state law.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-a-troubled-past\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A troubled past<\/h2>\n<p>Brown Jr. has a long criminal history, including robbery convictions dating back to 2011 and six years in North Carolina prison for robbery with a dangerous weapon. He had also been arrested in 2022 for assaulting a woman and is a diagnosed schizophrenic.<\/p>\n<p>His mother, Michelle Dewitt, told The New York Post<em>\u00a0<\/em>that her son should have \u201cnever been free\u201d given his deteriorating mental health. She said he had been increasingly aggressive and had recently stayed in a homeless shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/mother-sister-charlotte-stabbing-suspect-describe-history-mental\/story?id=125451590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">speaking<\/a>\u00a0from prison, Brown Jr. claims the attack wasn\u2019t entirely his own doing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176254\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15100000\/decarlos1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"767\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His sister, Tracey Brown, 33, released an audio recording of a phone call with her brother in which he said he believed the government had implanted foreign \u201cmaterials\u201d in his brain and that they were controlling his actions when he stabbed Zarutska.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hurt my hand, stabbing her. I don\u2019t even know the lady. I never said not one word to the lady at all. That\u2019s scary, ain\u2019t it. Why would somebody stab somebody for no reason?\u201d he told his sister.<\/p>\n<p>He also demanded that police \u201cinvestigate\u201d the so-called materials and referred to himself in the third person during the call.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-a2c2c567875519bdb0bc7e2065301d88\" class=\"newsner-a2c2c567875519bdb0bc7e2065301d88 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"h-family-calls-for-accountability\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family calls for accountability<\/h2>\n<p>Tracey said the family repeatedly tried to get Brown Jr. admitted to medical facilities as his mental health worsened, but doctors often released him after just 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly feel like he should not have been on the streets at all. I\u2019m going to be honest. I\u2019m not blaming anyone for his actions, except for the state. I\u2019m blaming the state for letting him down as far as seeking help,\u201d Tracey told the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have mentally ill people seeking help, and you\u2019re running tests on them, and you clearly see that you are dealing with a psychosis on an acute level, you do not let them go back into society. He was a high risk. He was not in his right mind. He was not safe for society.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-political-reaction\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Political reaction<\/h2>\n<p>The brutal killing has reignited debates over public safety and mental health, with President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/news\/donald-trumps-has-surprising-response-after-ukrainian-refugee-stabbed-to-death-in-random-attack\/\">Donald Trump calling for the death penalty for Brown Jr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Carolina Republicans are also pointing fingers at Democrats\u2019 \u201cwoke\u201d policies and lenient crime enforcement, blaming them for the deadly stabbing of Iryna Zarutska.<\/p>\n<p>Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper fired back, accusing Republicans of politicizing a tragedy. Cooper, a 2026 Senate candidate in North Carolina, wrote on X on September 9: \u201cThe murder of Iryna Zarutska is a horrible tragedy and we must do everything we can to keep people safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly a cynical DC insider would think it\u2019s acceptable to use her death for political points, especially one who supported cutting funding to law enforcement in NC,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation continues, the tragic death of Zarutska has highlighted gaps in mental health care, public safety, and the challenges of protecting vulnerable communities \u2014 including refugees seeking a new life in the U.S.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-83b7b99554bb05373075996ea9bfb3b9\" class=\"newsner-83b7b99554bb05373075996ea9bfb3b9 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-176255\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15100051\/zarutska.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15100051\/zarutska.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/09\/15100051\/zarutska-768x768.jpeg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shocking new chapter has emerged in the brutal killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on a North Carolina train last month. 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