Newly released bodycam footage shows Charlotte light rail murder suspect Decarlos Brown Jr. telling officers that a “man-made material” was controlling his body months before he allegedly stabbed Iryna Zarutska to death.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department released footage on Tuesday of officers responding to a welfare check concerning Brown in January. Brown called 911 himself to report that a “man-made material” had been placed inside his body and was controlling him.

One officer at the scene questioned Brown, asking, “You think you got somebody inside controlling you?”

Brown doubled down and said the material was placed inside him without his “permission or authorization,” adding that it controls all of his bodily functions, including what he eats.

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