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Chilling Audio Reveals Charlotte Stabbing Suspect’s Admission and Delusional Claims
Newly released audio recordings of a jailhouse phone call paint a disturbing picture of Decarlos Brown, the suspect accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train. In the call, recorded just days after the August 22 attack, Brown admits to the stabbing while also making unsettling claims about government-implanted materials controlling his actions.
“I hurt my hand, stabbing her. I don’t even know the lady,” Brown tells his sister, Tracey, in the recording.
He goes on to ask, “Why would somebody stab somebody for no reason?” while simultaneously claiming his actions were controlled by implanted materials and urging an investigation into what he calls “the motive behind what happened.”
Tracey Brown presses her brother for answers, expressing her heartbreak and confusion, particularly given Zarutska’s status as a refugee fleeing the war in Ukraine. “Out of all people, why her?”
she asks. Brown’s response doubles down on his claims of external control.
The tragic irony of Zarutska’s fate is not lost on investigators. Having escaped the war in Ukraine in 2022 seeking safety in the United States, she was killed in what authorities describe as a random, unprovoked attack. Surveillance video from the train shows Zarutska, still in her pizzeria uniform, cowering moments before the attack.
Brown now faces both federal and state charges, including one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system and first-degree murder. Meanwhile, Zarutska’s family remembers her as a passionate artist and graduate of Synergy College in Kyiv, known for her creativity, love of animals, and determination.