Chilling 'reason' from man accused of stabbing Ukrainian refugee to death on train

The man accused of fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska has broken his silence from behind bars in a chilling phone call recorded by his sister.

Decarlos Brown, 34, was captured on CCTV footagelaunching an unprovoked attack on Zarutska, 23, as she sat engrossed in her phone on a train journey through Charlotte on 22 August, according to the Daily Mail.

The horrifying video has ignited a wave of grief, outrage, and concerns over public safety in the Democrat-led city as the country grapples with the shocking incident. The news comes after calls for the death penalty for the man charged with the brutal murder of the Ukrainian refugee on the train.

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Sister reveals shocking audio of killer's twisted confession

Now, his sister Tracey Brown, 33, has released disturbing audio to the Daily Mail of a conversation she had with Brown six days post his arrest, where he detailed his thought process during the gruesome assault, reports the Express.

The 34 year old, who suffers from schizophrenia, can be heard telling his sister that he believed the government had implanted foreign "materials" into his brain and they were controlling his actions when he attacked Iryna with a knife.

Chilling admission: "I hurt my hand stabbing her"

In the audio recording from the afternoon of 28 August, Brown can be heard telling Tracey: "I hurt my hand, stabbing her. I don't even know the lady.

"I never said not one word to the lady at all. That's scary, ain't it. Why would somebody stab somebody for no reason?".

He further expressed his desire for the police to "investigate" the "materials" that were "controlling" him, while referring to the attacker in the third person.

Sister's anger at system that let her brother down

She revealed that Brown had attempted to admit himself to hospital multiple times over the past few years as his mental health spiralled out of control, but doctors kept discharging him after just 24 hours.

"I strongly feel like he should not have been on the streets at all," Tracey stated.

"I'm going to be honest. I'm not blaming anyone for his actions, except for the state. I'm blaming the state for letting him down as far as seeking help.

"When you have mentally ill people seeking help, and you're running tests on them, and you clearly see that you are dealing with a psychosis on an acute level, you do not let them go back into society.

"He was a high risk. He was not in his right mind. He was not safe for society.

"An innocent woman is dead" - sister's heart-wrenching confession.

"We know what he has been dealing with the last three years," she added. "And now an innocent woman is dead.

"He was asking and crying for help, and no-one heard him or took him seriously. He reached a level of his mental illness that caused him to commit a heinous crime."

Desperate 911 calls ignored by authorities

Brown also dialled 911 several times, and directly told officers that he believed his brain was being controlled by a microchip.

The most recent incident occurred on January 19, when he was detained for "misuse of the 911 system" after ringing the emergency line whilst officers were carrying out a welfare check on him.

During the episode, Brown informed police he believed "man made" materials were lodged inside his body controlling his actions.

"Brown wanted officers to investigate this 'man-made' material that was inside of his body," the arrest affidavit reads.

"Officers advised Brown that the issue was medical issue and that there was nothing further they could do."

Fury and detention after police dismiss his appeals

This reaction infuriated Brown, prompting him to dial 911. Officers detained him and hit him with a misdemeanor charge.

"He was seeking help," Tracey said. "He called 911 multiple times. Instead of talking to him they thought charging him was going to help."

Magistrate approves release despite escalating red flags

A further chance to remove Brown from the streets arose when a magistrate was briefed about the matter at a hearing on January 21, but she approved his cashless release on a "written promise" that he would appear in court.

Tracey said the judge mandated a psychiatric evaluation for him through the courts, but "they pushed it back for a year and a half".

Jail turned gentle sibling into menacing stranger

She revealed to the Daily Mail her brother initially went to jail for armed robbery in 2016, and when he emerged six years later he had become a "completely different person". "When he came home, he was not the same brother that I remember," she confessed.

"He used to be quiet and self-reserved. But he wasn't that brother any more. He was still quiet, but he seemed like he was out of sorts.

"He seemed like he was not in our reality any more. He seemed distant every time I spoke with him. I think being incarcerated caused some kind of trauma.

"I could tell that he was still trying to talk like himself, but there was something there. It started coming out more and more."

Paranoid delusions took over his mind

"Every once in a while, he would bring up the microchip, and he would say 'did you see that', and just stop talking and stare out in space somewhere," she added.

"He thought that I was in on it or that my mother was in on it."

Violence broke out at family home before fatal attack

Brown had also been nicked for violent crimes before - including assaulting Tracey in her home shortly after his release from prison in 2022.

"It started with us arguing about cleaning the house," Tracey told the Daily Mail.

"I had never had bugs, and I asked him to keep his room a little more clean. He would leave food in his room.

"We went back and forth about that and it just kind of went from there. He flipped out. He bit my hand and I kicked him out.

"He knocked the hinges off the door trying to get back in."

Sister drops charges out of love and regret

Tracey revealed she reported the incident to police, but subsequently withdrew the charges as she couldn't bring herself to pursue legal action against her own brother.

"I dropped the charges because I understand him on a deeper level, because I was trying to put myself in his shoes," she said.

"I understood what he was going through and I knew that he just needed to talk about it.

"I blame myself because I feel like I gave up on him as for kicking him out of the house," she added.

"I feel like I did everything I could, but if I had known that it was deeper that what I thought... I beat myself up about it. I wish I could have seen how serious this was."

Childhood trauma in foster care system

Tracey revealed she also holds their mother responsible. She explained that she and Brown were taken from their parents' care and spent the majority of their childhood in foster homes.

Throughout this period, she was separated from Brown but they maintained an emotional bond.