Here is a complex case out of Pennsylvania that involves a hardworking young man labeled as “troubled”, a “helpful” family that gives many (except the local police department, of course!) the feeling that things aren’t quite right, and a heartbroken yet determined mother who tried to do what’s best for her son. The family and community are praying the truth comes out as soon as possible.
Kadin Black was living in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania when he vanished in December 2022. He had just turned 19. He deposited his work check (he worked for a moving company) into his bank account a few days before, and it remained untouched; unused. Kadin called and talked to his mom to confirm their Christmas plans that day – he truly loved Christmas. His family describes him as hilarious, athletic, and a guy who loved taking care of himself and his well-being with healthy eating and working out – he encouraged his family always to do the same. Kadin was so athletic that he captain of the football team in highschool. He was training to become a lightweight boxer, going to the gym each and every day despite working a lot. Kadin once biked 50 miles in a day just to prove to himself that he could.
Consequentially, Kadin would often get in trouble for fighting at school because he stood up to bullies. He had no patience for those who lacked kindness. He hated seeing anyone else be talked down to. An important thing to mention is that there are hardly any mixed or black people in this community, apparently, and he definitely faced some racism and discrimination. It was later discovered he had bipolar disorder and was on the spectrum, which explained some of his difficulties with schoolwork and “fitting in”, and he switched to Paradise School in Adams County. This school was known for supporting teens with these sorts of disorders.
THE FOUST FAMILY
At the time of Kadin’s disappearance, he was staying with his friend Ethan Foust and the Foust family: Chris and Amy Foust, and their children, Ethan as I mentioned, and Josie (who was only a little younger than Ethan and Kadin).
Kadin and Ethan had been friends at school for years and years. Kadin’s mom got a promotion and had to move to Maryland while Kadin was enjoying his highschool life, so Kadin ended up asking his parents if he could stay with the Fousts. His mom, Kara, didn’t want him to – since she had already seen some of the racism he faced, she was scared of what could happen in his future in that town – and she didn’t know the Fousts personally. Kadin eventually convinced Kara to let him go, and as he was legally 18 and an adult, she gave him her blessing.
Chris Foust stated he was very happy to have Kadin around to take bike rides with and fun things of a physical nature since his own son mostly enjoyed indoor hobbies. I don’t know much about Amy or Josie, but I know Chris is a former air traffic controller who previously studied theology – a current job isn’t mentioned.
Forebodingly, Kara is quoted as saying,
“I wish he never moved back there. I just knew something would happen.”
THINGS DO NOT ADD UP
The police chief stated back in April of this year at a news conference: “He left unexpectedly without any notice, and at this time, there was no indications of foul play. We are now considering him missing, and we are doing this as an inquiry for his well-being.”
The chief also said that at the time of disappearance, the only things Black took with him were his cellphone and wallet and that he also deleted several social media platforms at that time. It seems to be unknown if Kadin himself deleted those, or if somebody else did so.
Nobody saw Kadin leave the house, apparently. They allegedly just “woke up and he was gone”. He went missing Saturday, and yet his parents didn’t receive word until Tuesday. His dad tried to get ahold of him on Saturday night checking if Kadin was coming in the morning to take a run with his dad’s dogs as he often did, and the messages were left unread. Kadin never showed up.
His dad called and texted Chris all weekend – no response. Tuesday morning, his dad finally gets a call back from Chris: “We haven’t seen Kadin since Saturday, is he at your house?”
His dad saw him earlier on Saturday; Kadin said he was going home (the Foust’s house). The last place Kadin’s phone pinged was also at that home. Strangely, everything in this case, no matter which route you take – seems to lead back to the house and the family that “took him in”. The phrasing of this is bothersome as Kadin had a perfectly good relationship with his mom and his brothers, he wasn’t just lost on the streets or in the system. He simply wanted to stay in town because that’s where his friends were as well as his favorite gym, and his mom had moved hours away. Kadin did not get along with his dad’s fiancee and often butted heads with his dad also, so living with the Fousts seemed like a rational choice.
For a long time, Kadin’s mom was told his phone pinged “within 2 miles” of the Foust home. Later on, Chris calls and says, “They’re searching my house and they have dogs and I don’t know what they’re looking for. They’re saying Kadin may have a second cellphone,” which made no sense to Kara, because Kadin couldn’t even afford his original phone let alone a second one. The police told her they were just doing a “more thorough search”.
A month after this search, she finds out from someone at the DA’s office the search was because they were looking for Kadin’s phone with dogs who detect electronics – there is no second phone involved. Kadin’s phone last pinged AT the Foust home on SUNDAY at 9:28AM before it died/was turned off. Chris had said he got up at 6am that Sunday and Kadin wasn’t there. The phone was never retrieved. Kara says Chris’ house is small & well-kept with “nothing out of place”.
So where is this phone?
Kadin’s car was having some problems, it still ran but needed some work, so supposedly Chris was letting him use his car to take to work. Kadin had to work on Monday, and Chris’ car and Kadin’s car was still there all day long… why didn’t Chris call his parents on Monday then?
Kadin’s ID was found in Chris’ vehicle, as well as a bank slip from the bank for December 16 that shows him depositing his paycheck. His phone records show he called the gym he goes to on Saturday around 6:30PM, the gym owner confirmed it was him who called. Kadin wanted to come work out, but the owner informed him they were about to close for the night. Kadin sounded normal in this phone call, and appeared to be looking forward to coming back to the gym as soon as possible.
So, something occurred between 6:30PM on Saturday and 9:28AM on Sunday.
His mom states the cops they waited too long to search the Foust house – the cops said they couldn’t search because it was too cold outside, then they said they couldn’t search once the weather warmed up because it was too wet and muddy (excuses) – they waited at least a month after Kadin went missing. They did a search on the banks of the river, and a drone search. It’s a very rural area with lots of land and trees.
So allegedly he left the house without being seen or heard without taking his phone or car or money or ID. His wallet and debit card have not been found, and the debit card has never been used.
Now, this town is incredibly, overwhelmingly white, and this news article… well, please read it yourself especially the “Conspiracy theories on social media” section. It is awful and understandably sent Kadin’s family into an uproar. This article seems to want to spread a message of: The Fousts are a WONDERFUL All-American family who would never harm a fly let alone a teen that lived with them. This kid was black and troubled! Obviously that’s what made him disappear.
The article is so off-putting. The Fousts put so much info out there that his family didn’t, a lot of it isn’t entirely accurate, and 99% of the additional info appears to be put out there to make the Fousts look better and Kadin and his family look not-so-great. I am left wondering if the Fousts have community connections to help with this situation at hand.
“He felt he didn’t deserve what we were doing for him,” Amy said. “He couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that two people who barely knew him cared about him.” She said, “He looked at us and our family and wondered why he couldn’t have that. He just wanted to start over and have a better life.”
This is offensive to his family. What a self-congratulatory statement.
Kadin had a perfectly good home with his mother and his brother – he loved them and spoke to his mom and his little brother every single day. He couldn’t wait for Christmas. He wanted to be in PA because he missed his friends there – multiple people have stated this, inside and out of his family. Also – they “barely knew him” but he was over to their house all the time with their son, for a long time, since they were little kids? Sharing dinners and the like? There is some cognitive dissonance taking place.
This past winter, when the temperatures dipped into the single digits, the epoxy finish on the Fousts’ garage floor cracked. Chris posted a photo of the cracks on Facebook and that led to speculation among commenters that the Fousts had killed Kadin, cut up his body and buried the parts under the concrete garage floor. “We stay off (social media) now,” Chris said. “That makes us never want to help anybody out again. We didn’t expect this to happen.”
Chris, actually, has not stayed off social media whatsoever.
Chris had said Kadin went missing between Saturday and Tuesday, but his phone died on Sunday morning connected to the Foust wifi. Chris saw Kadin every day – it has been said Kadin always came home for dinner – he wasn’t worried at all not seeing Kadin for 3 or 4 days? They worked on Kadin’s vehicle together ALL the time – Chris posted pics on FB constantly – so I really wonder about this timeline.
Speaking of the vehicle – why did Chris Foust quickly list Kadin’s Toyota 4Runner – that his mother gifted him, that Kadin worked on relentlessly with dogged determination – FOR SALE just a few months after he went missing? It’s almost like he knew Kadin wasn’t coming back. He listed Kadin’s vehicle for sale on FB Marketplace very quickly.
He sold the Toyota for $8500 after reducing the price, apparently to get it sold quicker. While I hope an undercover detective bought it for evidentiary purposes, it seems unlikely.
Chris did not offer to sell Kadin’s mom or dad the vehicle. nor did he donate any of the money from the sale towards the reward in this case. Chris had multiple vehicles he could’ve sold, but only sold this one. The cops never searched this vehicle, and Chris sold it for way less than he allegedly put into it (way over $10,000, he said)
As I referred to earlier, Chris did not stop making social media posts. Some of these posts include him posting that he would black out on his sleeping pills or epilepsy medication (of course, the post appears to be deleted now). Another post includes photos of the cracks in the epoxy in his garage… his formerly carpeted garage.
Maybe Chris wrongfully thinks people aren’t paying attention.
He didn’t worry about searching for Kadin, either. He did not participate in a single search, according to the family. He hasn’t reached out and asked how he could go about supporting Kadin’s family emotionally through this horrific, endless tragedy. He clearly just wants to move on with life like nothing happened despite a missing teenager’s phone being connected to his WiFi after he went missing – a teenager he supposedly loved so much… spent thousands on fixing his car, spent many hours fixing said car with him, and taught the word of the Lord to! But he didn’t care about him once he disappeared. Seems totally normal to me! Definitely checks out!
ADDITIONAL INFO
As stated previously, Kadin was facing charges in an assault case.
The Fousts say they bailed him out while he awaited trial. Regarding this case, according to his family, he had a high chance of getting the charges dropped and dismissed as a camera from the bus taped the incident which shows Kadin simply defending himself. His family reviewed it themselves (with an open mind Kadin could be in the wrong – they knew he wasn’t an angel), and they said 100% Kadin was attacked by this driver after a verbal argument. Kadin’s anger is understandable in this scenario. A white driver assigning the only black kid on the bus to the very back seats… are we in the 1950s?
However, being a 19 year old kid, he was pretty scared of this court date. But if he left due to that, I’d assume he’d take wallet, phone, etc, and just drive or take a bus or train or plane down to Mexico or wherever else. His bank account, as I said, was and is untouched.
A “psychic” told his parents that Kadin was killed, dismembered, and put in the river. Most people are rightfully cautious about quote unquote psychics, and I hope that this proposed scenario is false. However, his family definitely do not think he is living anymore. The police did do a diving search in this area based on the tip from the alleged psychic – I do commend them for exploring a tip regardless of its potential value. Sadly, they didn’t find anything.
The police state they’re not getting any tips on this case and it’s surprising to them. They get tips on basically every case they put out… not a singular tip on Kadin.
Naturally, there is a small chance Kadin just left without any belongings for some reason (completely unlike any previous behavior) and perhaps got hit by a drunk/distracted driver who moved him out of panic. Perhaps he committed suicide – he was quite anxious about his upcoming court date for the bus driver incident.
With all the circumstantial stuff that has happened in the past year, my thoughts go to where Kadin was last seen and where his phone last pinged. If I forgot anything or if any additional events occur, I will make a follow up post.
A sweet text exchange between Kadin and his mama, Kara. They said I love you to eachother all the time.
All she wants is to tell him she loves him again. Please share Kadin’s story and let’s get him home where he belongs.
REWARD
There’s a reward for 5k for information that leads to Kadin – whether the outcome is good or bad. If you know anything about Kadin Black, please contact for this is the Lower Windsor Police Department at (717) 244-8055.
Thank you so much if you have read this far. Thank you for caring about Kadin.
|SOURCES|
Police seeking info on disappearance
the “Fousts are amazing people” story
Find Kadin (much of the info on the Fousts can be found here)
the FBI became involved shortly after this, and Kara has seemingly gone back to fully believing Kadin is not missing of his own accord
missing people & true crime research 