Charlotte train stabbing suspect avoids death penalty due to incompetence
Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, who is charged with murdering Ukrainian woman Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light-rail train, has been deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial following a federal evaluation. He is expected to be committed to a special facility for treatment, and if found competent later, the case may proceed. Brown’s arrest follows the August 2025 stabbing, during which surveillance footage shows him attacking Zarutska with a knife after she sat near him on the train.
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