The family of stabbing victim Iryna Zarutska says she texted her boyfriend that she was on her way home on the night of her death.

Zarutska was stabbed to death on August 22 on a Lynx Blue Line train in the south end of Charlotte in a brutal murder that resulted in blame being levied at not only the accused, Decarlos Brown Jr., but also the judicial system.

Brown has a lengthy rap sheet , and a woman believed to be his sister has claimed he has never received proper help for his mental conditions.

'This could have been anyone riding the light rail that night.'

Speaking through an attorney, Zarutska's family decided to speak out on Tuesday about the awful incident.

"We are heartbroken beyond words. Iryna came here to find peace and safety, and instead her life was stolen from her i

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