CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A woman was stabbed to death on the Charlotte light rail just minutes after sitting in front of the man accused of attacking her, according to an affidavit obtained Thursday.

On Friday, Aug. 22, a woman identified as 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on the light rail in Charlotte’s South End neighborhood, officials reported. Zarutska’s family said she had recently fled to Charlotte from war-torn Ukraine.

Records showed that 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. was charged on Thursday, Aug. 28 with murder in Zarutska’s killing. An affidavit published on Aug. 23 and obtained by WBTV on Thursday, Aug. 28 accused Brown of stabbing Zarutska in the throat.

Brown was being held without bond.

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