{"id":2483919,"date":"2025-09-08T23:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patel-says-fbi-has-been-investigating-charlotte-train-stabbing-from-day-one\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T23:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:54:41","slug":"patel-says-fbi-has-been-investigating-charlotte-train-stabbing-from-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/patel-says-fbi-has-been-investigating-charlotte-train-stabbing-from-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Patel says FBI has been investigating Charlotte train stabbing &#8216;from day one&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpatel-says-fbi-has-been-investigating-charlotte-train-stabbing-from-day-one%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2483919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the FBI&#8217;s investigation into the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte,North Carolina.FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed that the FBI has been probing the case &#8220;from day one.&#8221; Zarutska&#8217;s murder gained widespread attention after the Charlotte Area Transit System released surveillance footage showing her attacker, Decarlos Brown Jr.,a homeless man with schizophrenia and a long criminal history,stabbing her multiple times on a train. The case sparked controversy, with former President Donald Trump criticizing Democratic policies on crime and blaming former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper for what he describes as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-hospitalized-from-fentanyl-released-in-air-vents-at-ohio-detention-center\/\" title=\"7 Hospitalized from Fentanyl Released in Air Vents at Ohio Detention Center\">soft crime policies<\/a>&#8221; that allowed Brown&#8217;s repeated releases despite his past offenses. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >investigation continues amid calls<\/a> for greater accountability in the justice system regarding the handling of repeat offenders and mental health issues. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Patel says FBI has been investigating Charlotte train stabbing &lsquo;from day one&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2220952\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI<\/a> Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a> said the FBI has been investigating the murder of Iryna Zarutska &ldquo;from day one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukrainian<\/a>&nbsp;refugee Iryna Zarutska was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month, but her fatal stabbing came to widespread attention on Friday after the Charlotte Area Transit System released footage of the attack. After right-wing commentators decried a perceived lack of attention to the matter, Patel said on Monday that the FBI had been investigating the matter from the start.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3797846\/minneapolis-city-council-litigate-property-owner-homeless-encampment\/\">Minneapolis City Council ready to litigate against property owner who won&#8217;t clear homeless encampment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3797985\/trump-blame-stabbing-murder-roy-cooper-crime-policies\/\">Trump pins blame for murder of Iryna Zarutska on soft crime policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3797624\/randy-fine-legislation-hold-judges-accountable-murder-iryna-zarutska\/\">Randy Fine pushes legislation to hold judges accountable after murder of Iryna Zarutska<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The FBI has been investigating the Charlotte train murder from day one,&rdquo; Patel said. &ldquo;Stay tuned.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; The FBI has been investigating the Charlotte train murder from day one. <\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1965218376374202376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Patel didn&rsquo;t immediately provide any details, but the investigation may be related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3797624\/randy-fine-legislation-hold-judges-accountable-murder-iryna-zarutska\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the judges who released<\/a> Zarutska&rsquo;s murderer, Decarlos Brown Jr., a schizophrenic homeless man who had been arrested and released 14 previous times.<\/p>\n<p>Zarutska&rsquo;s murder came to Trump&rsquo;s attention after he was asked about the matter by a reporter on Sunday night. He commemorated her in a speech on Monday, when he sent his &ldquo;love and hope&rdquo; to Zarutska&rsquo;s family.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A lunatic just got up and started &mdash; it&rsquo;s right on the tape, not really watchable because it&rsquo;s so horrible &mdash; but just viciously stabs her. She&rsquo;s just sitting there. So they&rsquo;re evil people. We have to be able to handle that. If we don&rsquo;t handle that, we don&rsquo;t have a country,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went further later that day on Truth Social, blaming her death on former Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper&rsquo;s crime policies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What the hell was he doing riding the train, and walking the streets? Criminals like this need to be LOCKED UP. The blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer&rsquo;s knife, and now her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail, including Former Disgraced Governor and &lsquo;Wannabe Senator&rsquo; Roy Cooper,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The chilling footage immediately preceding and proceeding Zarutska&rsquo;s murder set off a firestorm on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The surveillance footage showed Zarutska, who fled Ukraine in 2022, sitting on the metro in front of Brown, who took out a pocket knife and stabbed Zarutska multiple times, killing her. He then paced around the metro car with her blood dripping off his knife.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3797985\/trump-blame-stabbing-murder-roy-cooper-crime-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP PINS BLAME FOR MURDER OF IRYNA ZARUTSKA ON SOFT CRIME POLICIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brown had an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-judge-frees-career-criminal-indicted-on-murder-charge-without-bail\/\" title=\"NYC Judge Frees Career Criminal Indicted on ... Charge Without Bail\">extensive criminal history dating back<\/a> to 2014, including an armed robbery with a dangerous weapon, for which he spent eight years in jail. Before he murdered Zarutska, he had been arrested and released at least 14 times and was also diagnosed with schizophrenia.<\/p>\n<p>He was released last time, in January, after giving a written promise that he would return for his court date, according to court documents reviewed by the National News Desk.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI has probed Charlotte train stabbing since day one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2483920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kash-patel-fbi-glasses.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[20464,50645,3976,51054,62898],"class_list":["post-2483919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-charlotte","tag-fbi-2","tag-investigation","tag-patel-2","tag-train-stabbing"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/kash-patel-fbi-glasses.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2483923,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483919\/revisions\/2483923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2483920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}