NASHVILLE — Hermitage Precinct detectives charged Britany Lynn Foster, 21, with the February 5 murder of Joshua Ryan Steele at the Fiddler’s Inn on Music Valley Drive. Steele, 27, of Joelton, was fatally shot less than an hour after his 10:25 p.m. check-in.
The investigation shows that Steele contacted Foster through a phone number listed in an on-line escort ad and requested that she come to his room. Foster was identified as the woman pictured in the on-line ad. During the execution of a search warrant at Foster’s apartment, a pistol was recovered from a master bedroom closet. A cell phone was also seized. A forensic analysis of the phone showed communication from Steele on the night of February 5.
WSMV reported: Officers were called to the motel at around 11:20 p.m. after someone found Steele lying in the parking lot. Steele died at the scene and evidence shows Steele had gotten into an argument with someone at the threshold of his second story room. The argument continued on the upper balcony.
Foster is jailed in lieu of $500,000 bond. A motive for the crime remains under investigation.
