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Horrifying Murder Of Iryna Zarutska Never Should Have Happened | The REAL Story with Dr. Phil

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Education, Society & Culture

4.313.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Charlotte's democratic leadership didn't want anyone to see the surveillance of a cold-blooded murder aboard a light rail. The Mayor did everything possible to keep the horrific video under wraps. Local media either missed or ignored the magnitude and implications of the crime. This story is tragic on so many different levels. We break it down piece by piece.

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0:00.0

By now, you've seen the surveillance video of the cold-blooded murder aboard a Charlotte,

0:04.4

North Carolina light rail.

0:06.0

Today's real story is that Charlotte's Democratic leadership apparently didn't want you or anyone

0:14.0

to see that video.

0:15.8

Now, why do I say that?

0:17.3

Because you didn't see it for like two weeks. Charlotte's mayor did everything possible to keep

0:24.6

that horrific video under wraps for two weeks. Local media either missed or ignored the magnitude.

0:34.7

The implications of the crime.

0:45.2

Now, I say that because this story is tragic on so many different levels.

0:49.4

Let's just start with the ultimate tragedy.

1:00.9

The death of an innocent young woman, 23-year-old Irina Zerutska, a Ukrainian refugee who fled for a better life.

1:05.6

To save her life, she moved to the U.S. with her mother, sister, and brother.

1:13.0

Now, Friends described her as a passionate artist who loved sculpting and designing clothing. She was also an animal lover who often cared for her neighbor's pets. So this wasn't some kind of wild woman who

1:18.7

was somewhere she shouldn't be doing something she shouldn't be doing. This was an innocent young

1:23.7

woman who was on public transit. And this is how her life ended, alone, riding on

1:31.7

public transportation, scrolling on her phone, completely unaware that a deranged lunatic would

1:38.9

come up behind her and slash her to death. So who did this?

1:44.6

The suspect is a 35-year-old De Carlos Brown Jr.

1:49.1

A career criminal who has been arrested not once, not twice, not three, not four, not

1:55.1

five times, 14 different times.

2:00.3

He unfolded a pocket knife, stood behind Irina, and stabbed her multiple times,

2:06.9

and then just wandered through the train, dripping blood, stripping off his hoodie

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