September 10, 2025
Dark Family History Emerges in Iryna Zarutska Case
From a 2012 Shooting to a Father’s Criminal Past, the Troubling Family Ties Behind Iryna Zarutska’s Accused Killer There are moments when a story is already unbearable, and then more details surface that make it even harder to process. The killing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail was already devastating on its own. She had come to the United States to escape the war in Ukraine and build a safer future, only to lose her life in such a shocking and random act of violence. But as the investigation into the man accused of her