The family of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska says her body will remain in the United States because she “loved America.”

Zarustka was brutally and randomly stabbed while riding the light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, this past August. The suspect, 34-year-old DeCarlos Brown Jr., had a history of violent crime and was a repeat offender.

Zarustka immigrated from Ukraine to the United States following Russia’s invasion of her home country, during which she lived in a bomb shelter. While living in Charlotte, she worked at a pizza restaurant and rode the train home often after finishing her shift.

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Russ Ferguson, said during a press conference, “the first day she was allowed to work, she got a work permit here, sh

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