First-degree murder charge laid in Patrick Stay homicide investigation

By Tyler Dunne

Posted Sep 11, 2022 02:36:22 PM.

Police say they have now charged a man in relation to the homicide of the well-known Dartmouth rapper that occurred earlier this month in Halifax.

Yesterday, Sept. 10, 2022, investigators arrested 31-year-old Adam Drake in Tantallon, Nova Scotia.

Drake is scheduled to appear in Halifax court on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, to face a first-degree murder charge.

At 12:35 a.m., on Sept. 4, 2022, officers located a man who had been fatally stabbed on Lower Water Street in Halifax.

The man was later identified as 36-year-old Patrick Wayne Stay.

The death was ruled a homicide by medical examiners.

A celebration of life for Stay is happening on Sunday, Sept. 11, in downtown Dartmouth at multiple venues from 7 p.m. to Midnight.

Police say the investigation is ongoing and are asking anyone with information to call police at 902-490-5020. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or by using the P3 Tips App.

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