Vogue model is charged with murder after a body was found with a knife sticking out of her chest in a Bronx apartment

A model who appeared in major brand advertising has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a Bronx man, according to the New York Police Department.

Dynus Saxon, 20, of Manhattan, was arrested and charged with murder and other crimes in connection with the killing of Kadeem Grant, 35.

Neighbors told police they heard fighting coming from Grant's apartment on Nov. 10 and called police New York Daily News. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Grant's body with knife wounds to the chest and cuts to his hands and feet. A trail of blood was found between Grant's apartment and the front steps of the apartment building, police said. The newspaper reported that a knife was stuck in Grant's chest.

Grant was pronounced dead at the scene.

Saxon was arrested on Monday.

According to his Instagram profile, the young model has appeared in magazines and advertisements for major brands such as Vogue Italia, JD Sports, Calvin Klein and Levi's.

He is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and fourth-degree weapons possession.

Saxon's mother spoke to the New York Daily News and insisted that there had to be more to the story.

“I don't know what happened, but based on what I know, I can tell you all that it won't be as easy as you want it to be. Dynus didn’t just decide to murder someone,” she said. “Dynus will protect himself, he's human, you know what I'm saying. He is young. I don’t know what situation he got into.”

She claimed her son had no memory of the stabbing.

“Whatever happened, it wasn’t murder. He hasn't even worked in about three or six months… He's walking around on the street. He goes everywhere,” she told the newspaper. “He puts his headphones on and skateboards.”

Grant's father, Christopher, told the New York Daily News that his son was “just a loving boy who was there for his family and his daughter.”

“It's just so sad that she has to grow up without a father,” he said.