Iryna Zarutska Killer Found Incompetent to Stand Trial

Medical experts at a local hospital found that Decarlos Brown Jr, the homeless man who stabbed Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on a public transport ride in Charlotte, North Carolina in September 2025, is incompetent to stand trial. Now it is up to the judge in charge of the state murder case against Brown if he accepts the findings of the report. If he does so with prejudice, the case will be dismissed.