A federal grand jury has indicted 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. for the stabbing death of 23-year-old Ukrainian citizen Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte, North Carolina, light rail train. The indictment makes him eligible for the death penalty.
The Aug. 22 murder created a national furor and even involved monitoring from the Ukrainian Embassy.
President Donald Trump added his thoughts in a social media post in September, writing “The ANIMAL who so violently killed the beautiful young lady from Ukraine, who came to America searching for peace and safety, should be given a ‘Quick’ (there is no doubt!) Trial, and only awarded THE DEATH PENALTY.”
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