{"id":34830,"date":"2024-11-17T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T07:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=34830"},"modified":"2024-11-18T02:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T08:34:58","slug":"model-charged-in-stabbing-death-in-the-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=34830","title":{"rendered":"Model charged in stabbing death in the Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">NEW YORK &#8212;&nbsp;A model who has appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein and Levi\u2019s has been formally charged in the stabbing death of a man in New York City, prosecutors said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Dynus Saxon was arraigned in Bronx criminal court late Friday in connection with the Nov. 10 killing of Kadeem Grant, according to Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Police say they found the 35-year-old victim stabbed in the chest in an apartment in the New York City borough of the Bronx.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">They haven&#8217;t disclosed a motive or any other details surrounding the incident other than to say that Grant was pronounced dead at the scene and that a knife was recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Saxon was arrested Monday on charges of murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At his arraignment Friday, the 20-year-old resident of Manhattan\u2019s East Harlem neighborhood was held without bail until his next court date on Dec. 3, Clark&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Saxon, who has also appeared in fashion publications such as Vogue Italia and L\u2019Officiel Baltic, didn&#8217;t speak during the proceedings, the Daily News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2024\/11\/16\/male-model-dynus-saxon-charged-murder-court-held-without-bail-bronx-fatal-stabbing\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors said he had a large bandage over his right hand because of an injury he sustained while repeatedly jamming the knife into Grant\u2019s chest, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Bronx Defenders, a public defender nonprofit representing Saxon, didn&#8217;t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Saxon\u2019s Instagram profile, which has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dynuslyes\/\">since been made private<\/a>, featured photos of his modelling work, as well as attending red carpet events, including the New York premiere of the Marvel film \u201cDeadpool&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Wolverine&#8221; this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/model-charged-stabbing-death-bronx-115936522\">abcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK &#8212;&nbsp;A model who has appeared in campaigns for Calvin Klein and Levi\u2019s has been formally charged in the stabbing death of a man in New York City, prosecutors said Saturday. 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