Make New York Post a Preferred Source A depraved upstate New York man admitted to dismembering his girlfriend and keeping her severed head in a suitcase with a flower — because she’d played him “like a sucker.”
Damon Foy, 50, from Kerhonkson, pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday after killing Pennsylvania woman Alberta Dale, 44, between March 31 and April 1, 2024, prosecutors said.
According to court documents, Foy had a history of domestic violence toward Dale and when cops showed up at his home after she was reported missing, he whispered to them, “She’s in there, I killed her.”
Damian Foy is pictured in a booking photo after pleading guilty to the murder of his ex-girlfriend Alberta Dale. Ulster County Sheriff's Office “I loved her,” Foy later told cops in an interview on April 3, 2024, according to the documents obtained by The Post.
“The only thing she kept doing after the time throughout the whole relationship was just play me, play me like a fool, play me like a sucker, and just took advantage of the whole f—king system.
“That’s it. I was told to leave my own home. I was told to leave my own f–king home, not a bill in her name, and I was told to leave my own f–king home. Get out. Then it all started coming clearer to me.”
Police first went to Foy’s apartment on April 1, 2024, and found Dale’s empty car there even though he had an active order of protection to stay away from her.
The next day, they returned again to question Foy when Dale’s phone was found discarded on the side of the road.
The suitcase containing her remains was found in a closet and a warrant was obtained to open it at the scene after Foy refused to let officers touch it.
Cops said that when they lit it up with a flashlight they “immediately noticed what appeared to be dried blood” on it, according to court documents.
“Officers opened the defendant’s suitcase and found Alberta Dale’s partial dismembered remains, including her severed head,” the court filings said.
“The remaining portions of her dismembered body were not located during the execution of the search warrant.”
Ex-girlfriend of Damon Foy, Alberta Dale. Alberta Dale/Facebook When asked about the flower that was found in the suitcase, Foy did not give a straight answer, only saying that he was thinking about “what still happened last night to take s––– over the top.”
A previous domestic incident involving Foy and Dale had involved a gun and cops had also observed an axe at Foy’s property when they were searching for Dale.
Dale had previously told authorities that “if she went missing it was because [Foy] killed her,” according to the court records.
Under a plea agreement, Foy is expected to get 23 years to life in state prison, which is two years less than the maximum sentence of 25 years to life, according to the Daily Freeman.
Chief Assistant District Attorney Liz Culmone-Mills told the outlet that Dale’s family supported the deal.
“The District Attorney’s Office would not be making this recommendation were it not for Alberta Dale’s family,” Culmone-Mills said.
