CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death on a light rail in Charlotte last month will be buried in the U.S.

The 23-year-old woman, identified as Iryna Zarutska , chose to come to Charlotte to escape from war-torn Ukraine , where she reportedly lived in a bomb shelter.

On Tuesday, Sept. 9 , family members told U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Russ Ferguson and FBI agent James Barnacle Jr. that she would be buried in America.

According to Barnacle, the Ukrainian embassy offered to help bring Zarutska’s body back to the European country, but her mother and uncle said she would remain in the U.S.

“She loved America. We’re going to bury her here,” the family told Barnacle.

While living in the Charlotte area, Ferguson said the coll

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