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Boyfriend of Iryna Zarutska slaughtered on Charlotte train slams serial thug charged with burning woman on CTA



The boyfriend of a young Ukrainian refugee stabbed to death by a schizophrenic repeat offender on board a train has hit out at a judge who let a violent suspect with multiple convictions walk free before he allegedly set fire to a woman on public transportation in Chicago.

Stanislav Nikulytsia drew direct parallels between the horrific murder of his girlfriend, Iryna Zarutska, 23, in Charlotte, NC, in August, and the sickening attack on Bethany MaGee on the L train on Nov. 17.

ā€œ72 prior arrests sounds like a joke. I guess 72 times was not enough to understand who he is,ā€ NikulytsiaĀ said in his Instagram story, sharing a local article about the Chicago attack.

Iryna Zarutska was killed on Aug. 22, 2025. AP
Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was murdered on a train in Charlotte. Instagram / @nstanilsav

ā€œWhy they always wait for them to do something like that to start doing something to prevent it,ā€ he added.

Zarutska, who had fled the war in her home country in 2022 to come to the US, was fatally stabbed on board a train while coming home from work.

Iryna Zarutska with her boyfriend Stanislav Nikulytsia. Instagram / @nstanilsav

Decarlos Brown, a career criminal with 14 previous arrests, was arrested and charged with her murder shortly afterward.

Suspect Decarlos Brown Jr. is accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska. AP

Brown was freed on cashless bail in January by Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes with a ā€œwritten promiseā€ to appear at a future court date.

Nikulytsia, who was described as Zarutska’s ā€œlife partnerā€ in her obituary, also shared a link to a video of a conservative influencer accusing ā€œhorribleā€ judges of pushing people toward vigilantism.

Iryna Zarutska with her boyfriend ā€œStasā€ in an undated photo from social media.

In Chicago, deranged convict Lawrence Reed, 50, allegedly doused MaGee with gasoline and set her ablaze.

Bethany MaGee was lit on fire while on a Chicago train. Facebook/Bethany MaGee

He had been released in August in a separate assault case by Cook County Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez, despite allegedly slapping a social worker so hard she was knocked out.

Suspect Lawrence Reed is accused of setting Bethany MaGee on fire. Chicago PD

Reed was placed under electronic monitoring, which was deemed ā€œwholly insufficientā€ by prosecutor Jerrilyn Gumila.

Stanislav Nikulytsia reacted to Bethany MaGee being set on fire while on a train. Instagram / @nstanilsav

But despite that, the judge insisted she couldn’t lock him up.

ā€œI understand your position, but I can’t keep everybody in jail because the state’s attorney wants me to, but I understand and respect your position,ā€ she told Gumila at the time.Ā 



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