Audio recordings have emerged featuring a conversation between Dacaros Brown and his sister, Tracy Brown, shortly after he was taken into custody for allegedly fatally stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Irina Zalutska on a light rail train. This call, made on August 28, just six days after the incident, brings to light Brown’s account of the event and, well, it’s pretty unsettling.
In the recording, he shares that he hurt his hand during the attack and claims not to have known Zalutska or spoken to her at all. “I hurt my hands and stabbed her. I don’t even know a woman… That’s scary, right? Why would someone stab me for no reason?” Brown said in the conversation.
Brown, who has a history of mental health issues, has insisted that the government implanted devices in his brain that somehow influenced his actions. He urged that investigators should examine these embedded “materials,” asserting they played a role in his violent outburst.
During their talk, Tracy pressed him for answers about why he targeted Zalutska, describing the attack as senseless and heartbreaking. “Why her? She’s from Ukraine… I’m just trying to understand,” she asked. Brown replied that people were “devastated” by her presence, suggesting that there was something larger at play regarding what made him act violently.
Originally from Ukraine, Zalutska had fled her war-torn country in search of safety in the U.S., yet her life was tragically cut short in what officials classify as a random attack. Surveillance footage shows commuters, some in work uniforms, before the escalation of events.
Federal authorities recently announced charges against Brown for engaging in behavior causing death within the transit system, and he faces a first-degree murder charge in state court for allegedly killing Zalutska. Her family remembers her as a passionate artist and graduate from Kiev’s Synergy College, where she studied art and recovery. She was celebrated for her creativity and her love for animals.
