New York Man Pleads Guilty in 2024 Ex-Girlfriend Murder, Facing 23 Years to Life

Q: With a killer's chilling confession and a severed head found, what happened to the rest of the victim's missing remains?

The rest of Alberta Dale’s remains have not been publicly found or accounted for. Authorities said only partial remains, including her severed head, were recovered from a suitcase in Damon Foy’s closet, and prosecutors stated that the remaining portions of her dismembered body were not located during the search. What investigators do know is that Foy had begun disposing of her body before law enforcement intervened. The case timeline suggests deputies moved in quickly after Dale’s family reported her missing, her car was found at Foy’s apartment, and a passerby turned in her phone and other belongings found along a road in Wawarsing. Prosecutors have said Foy was “in the process of disposing” of the remains when investigators stopped him. Searches of Foy’s apartment turned up evidence consistent with dismemberment, including bone and tissue fragments, blood evidence, pruning shears, a serrated knife and an ax. But no public court filing or prosecutor statement released so far explains exactly where the missing body parts were taken, whether they were destroyed, or whether investigators later recovered any additional remains. So, based on the record available, the answer is that the missing remains remain missing. Authorities have disclosed that they were never recovered during the execution of the search warrant, and no later recovery has been reported.

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Damon Foy, 50, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree murder in the 2024 killing and dismemberment of ex-girlfriend Alberta Dale, 44, and is expected to receive 23 years to life.
Ulster County investigators said Foy killed Dale between March 31 and April 1, 2024, after she ended the relationship; he later told investigators she had "played me like a sucker."
A missing-person inquiry began after Dale's Pennsylvania family raised concerns, and deputies returned to Foy's home after her phone was found roadside; Foy then whispered, "She's in there" and "I killed her."
A search of his apartment found Dale's partial remains, including her severed head in a suitcase with a flower, while court records cited a history of domestic violence and Dale's earlier warning that Foy might kill her.
Sentencing is set for Dec. 16, with prosecutors saying the plea deal had Dale's family's backing and framing the case as a stark example of domestic-violence failures.