On July 23, 2021, a welfare check at a home on Overlook Drive in Farmingville, New York, led police to three bodies inside: 31-year-old Richard Castano, his 24-year-old fiancée Diamond Schick, and their 20-year-old friend Nyasia Knox of Georgia. All three had been fatally shot. A baby who was Knox’s child was found unharmed in a separate room, and two dogs in the home were also unharmed.

Investigators noted a door appeared to have been kicked in and a broken doorjamb suggested forced entry. Suffolk County Police described the attack as targeted rather than random, but the initial inquiry did not immediately produce a suspect or a clear motive.

In January 2024 a federal superseding indictment named three alleged Bloods members and charged 22-year-old Kendrick Seymore of Coram with the July 23 murders, saying Seymore and an armed accomplice entered the apartment intending to rob Castano and that Seymore shot the three victims. The indictment also alleges racketeering, firearms, narcotics and other charges against the defendants, who were in custody and now face federal trial; if convicted of the murders they face life or death sentences.

If anyone knew Castano, Schick, or Knox or has information about that day, please share what you know.