A North Carolina man accused of fatally stabbing a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte train was indicted by a federal grand jury on capital murder charges on Oct. 22.
Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., 34, was charged with one count of Violence Against a Railroad Carrier and Mass Transportation System Resulting in Death under Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 1992. The offense carries the death penalty, and if convicted by a unanimous jury, Brown could be placed on the federal death row and executed.
On Aug. 22, Brown was seated behind Iryna Zarutska on a train operated by the Charlotte Area Transit System. Without provocation, according to widely shared video footage of the incident, Brown stood up and allegedly stabbed Zarutska in the neck with a knife. He was arrested after exiting the train. Zarutska died at the scene….