AUDIO: Decarlos Brown Jr. Reveals Bizarre Reason Why He Stabbed Iryna Zarutska

This is beyond bizarre.

Decarlos Brown Jr. has spoken for the first time since being arrested for the brutal murder of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska inside a light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In the audio, Brown claims materials were placed inside his body and were controlling him during the stabbing.

Newsweek provided a transcript of Brown’s bizarre claims:

Decarlos Brown Jr. blamed “materials” inside his body for causing him to kill Iryna Zarutska, in disturbing audio revealed by his sister.

Brown Jr., 34, stabbed Zarutska, 23, to death on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 22.

The unprovoked killing of the Ukrainian woman, who fled Russia’s war in her home country to live in the U.S. was captured in shocking surveillance footage.

The audio recording is of a jail call between Brown Jr. and his sister, Tracey Brown, on August 28. She shared the recording with Mail Online.

Brown Jr., whose family says is schizophrenic, said he wanted police to “investigate what my body was exposed to”.

“They just lashed out on her, that’s what happened,” Brown Jr. said, trying to explain the killing to his sister.

“Whoever was working the materials they lashed out on her. That’s all there is to it.

“Now they really gotta investigate what my body was exposed to… Now they gotta do an investigation as to who was the motive behind what happened.”

Listen here:

NEW AUDIO: Murderer of Iryna Zarutska claims

"The material in my body"

Made him do it.

I don't care what he says, he did it and its time for action. pic.twitter.com/V6oz1Jq3Y2

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) September 10, 2025

WCNC reported Decarlos may now face the death penalty:

Decarlos Brown, the man accused of stabbing and killing a Ukrainian refugee on a LYNX Blue Line train in August 2025, now faces a federal charge tied to the incident.
On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi shared that federal prosecutors officially charged the 34-year-old Brown with one count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system. Brown is accused of killing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on the train.

“Iryna Zarutska was a young woman living the American dream — her horrific murder is a direct result of failed soft-on-crime policies that put criminals before innocent people,” said Bondi in a statement. “I have directed my attorneys to federally prosecute DeCarlos Brown Jr., a repeat violent offender with a history of violent crime, for murder. We will seek the maximum penalty for this unforgivable act of violence — he will never again see the light of day as a free man.”

FBI Director Kash Patel also offered his own comment, confirming that his agency had launched an investigation.

If convicted, Brown could face one of two maximum penalties: life in prison or death.

Could Decarlos be aiming for an insanity defense?

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