The devastated boyfriend of Iryna Zarutska has shared his heartbreak and lashed out at the “unqualified” magistrate judge who let her suspected killer walk free after she was stabbed to death on a North Carolina train.
Stanislav “Stas” Nikulytsia, 21, shared a sweet picture of himself and Zarutska together in bathing suits on his Instagram account on Wednesday, accompanied by a simple broken heart emoji — his first public statement since Zarutska’s murder.
But later, he hit out at the actions of the magistrate Teresa Stokes, who made the decision to free Zarutska’s alleged killer, Decarlos Brown, on cashless bail seven months before the horrific knife attack onboard a Charlotte train on Aug. 22.
Nikulytsia, who was living with Zarutska in Charlotte for the past year after previously living in a home in West Chicago, Illinois, reshared a video on his Instagram story blasting Stokes for not even being a qualified lawyer.
Stokes released Brown, a career criminal with more than a dozen previous arrests, in January on a “written promise” to appear at a future court date.
Nikulytsia, described as Zarutska’s “life partner” in her obituary, also changed his Instagram bio to a mushroom emoji, a favorite symbol of Iryna’s, and a broken heart.
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