🇺🇸🇺🇦 The man accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, and his defense attorney is now asking a Mecklenburg County court to delay a key hearing for six months while he remains in federal custody.

Decarlos Brown, who faces both state murder charges and a federal indictment carrying the possibility of the death penalty, was evaluated at Central Regional Hospital and found "incapable to proceed" in a report generated Dec. 29, 2025.