Charlotte Suspect’s Sister: He Believed Zarutska Was Reading His Mind

Accused killer Decarlos Brown Jr. told his sister from prison that he stabbed Iryna Zarutska to death on the Charlotte light rail because he believed the young woman was reading his mind.

According to Tracey Brown, who was bitten by her older brother in a 2022 attack, he is a paranoid schizophrenic who believes the government implanted a chip in him.

“A person that is hearing voices in their head and believes the world is against them, they’re going to break,” she told CNN. “And I think that night he broke.”

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