CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – A candlelight vigil is happening Monday night for Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death on a Charlotte light rail last month.

The vigil is set to be held at 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22, at the East/West Boulevard Rail Station in South End, the place where she was murdered.

Monday’s candlelight vigil will mark 30 days since her death.

Light rail stabbing

Zarutska was killed on Friday, Aug. 22, just minutes after sitting in front of the man accused of attacking her on the Charlotte light rail, according to an affidavit.

Jail records showed that 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. was charged on Thursday, Aug. 28, with murder in Zarutska’s killing. An affidavit published on Aug. 23 and obtained by WBTV on Aug. 28, accused Brown of stabbing Zarutska in the throat.

Video retrieved from inside the light rail showed Zarutska getting on the train car and sitting in a seat in front of Brown.

The train traveled for about four and a half minutes before Brown allegedly pulled a knife from his pocket, unfolded it, paused, stood up, and stabbed Zarutska three times.

Zarutska was stabbed in the middle of the throat at least one of those times, officials said.

It was believed that Zarutska and Brown did not know each other. There “appeared to be no interaction” between the two on the light rail before the stabbing, police said.