EXCLUSIVE: Iryna Zarutska’s Best Friend Reveals Heartbreaking Final Text – But Phone Data Uncovers Mysterious Post-Attack Call

In an exclusive interview with this outlet, Sofia Kowalski, the best friend and coworker of slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, has broken her silence, sharing the devastating final text message Zarutska sent just moments before her brutal stabbing on a Charlotte light rail train. The six simple words – “Shift’s over, I’m going home” – now serve as a haunting epitaph for the 23-year-old’s unfulfilled American Dream. But in a startling twist, newly analyzed phone data obtained by investigators reveals an additional, mysterious call made from Zarutska’s device after the attack, raising questions about what – or who – might have been involved in her final moments.