In the winter of 2017, the life of 31-year-old Brandyn Dayne Foster, a male musician from the Catskill, New York area, came to a tragic and violent end. Foster, an up-and-coming rap and hip-hop artist known as Brandyn Dayne, was a father and the son of renowned jazz drummer Al Foster. His sudden disappearance on January 26, 2017, after an abrupt phone call with his mother, set in motion a year-long search that would uncover a story of betrayal and murder.
His mother officially reported him missing to the Woodstock Police Department on January 30, 2017.
For over a year, his whereabouts remained a mystery. The investigation eventually led law enforcement to a rural property on Tool House Road in Catskill, where Foster had been living. In February 2018, the grim discovery of his remains was made, buried in a crawlspace beneath a bedroom. An autopsy confirmed that his death was a homicide. The investigation revealed a sinister plot orchestrated by people he once considered friends.
The case unraveled to reveal a love triangle as the motive. Three individuals were arrested in connection with Foster's death: Carlos Graham, 31, Sade Knox, 30, and Ashton Adams, 26. Graham, who had been a close friend of Foster, had secretly started a romantic relationship with Knox, Foster's ex-girlfriend. On the night of the murder, Knox lured Foster to her home, where Graham and Adams were lying in wait. Graham then shot Foster.
Following the murder, the three conspired to conceal the crime. They buried Foster's body in the crawlspace under Knox's bedroom, sealing it with concrete, gravel, and dirt. To further cover their tracks, they drove Foster's car to a casino in Connecticut and abandoned it, hoping to create the illusion that he had left the state.
Carlos Graham was charged with second-degree murder and, after a trial in which he claimed self-defense, was found guilty in February 2019. He was also convicted on felony counts of weapon possession, grand larceny, concealment of a corpse, and tampering with physical evidence. He was subsequently sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Sade Knox and Ashton Adams were also indicted on charges including second-degree murder and conspiracy. They later accepted plea deals for their roles in the crime.
