The “heartbroken” family of Iryna Zarutska , the Ukrainian refugee stabbed to death on a North Carolina train, has demanded justice and public safety reform following her killing. The 23-year ... 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska has fled the horrors of war at her home country in search of a safer and more promising life in the United States. However, she was stabbed to death last week in a North Carolina train station by a career criminal. Iryna Zarutska , a Ukrainian refugee, was fatally stabbed on a North Carolina train. The Justice Department has charged DeCarlos Brown Jr. with a federal crime. Iryna Zarutska , 23, was fatally stabbed in August while on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train.
