Family Legacy Of Blood: The Violent Roots Behind Charlotte Subway Killer Decarlos Brown Jr.

The man accused of brutally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Irina Zarutska to death on a Charlotte subway came from a family riddled with a history of violence and murder. Decarlos Brown Jr., 31, the man who murdered Zarutska, was no stranger to committing crimes or even going to prison for his violent actions in the past. Reportedly, neither were his closest family members. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Brown Jr. had racked up at least 14 arrests ranging from robbery with a dangerous weapon to felony larceny and assault. Even so, in January, a judge allowed him to walk free on a “written...