Many of the details are too gruesome to describe. Kim Devins: It's horrifying. "In the meantime, our hearts go out to Bianca's family and loved ones.". Reporter EJ Dickson covered Bianca's story for Rolling Stone, and says the internet has a name for the type of character Bianca portrayed online. THE MURDER Brandon Andrew Clark (also known as Brandon Kuwaliski) is a 21 . He had the phone staged. i hope your parents are proud of you, scum. It actually furthers the physical crime. "A very twisted need is being met by continuing to share these and trying to get these [images] to Bianca's family," he tells CBS News national correspondent Jericka Duncan. 16 July 2019, 14:10. Frank Williams: And that will go to a student who was going to follow Bianca's ambitions of helping [emotional] helping adolescents with mental health struggles like Bianca had. They first met on Instagram, then in person two . She encouraged people to not post the photos online out of respect to Biancas family. Just before dawn, as they headed back to Utica, Clark made an ominous post on social media. When I close my eyes, those images haunt me. Warning: This post may cause distress for some readers. It's traumatizing to see people saying that your daughter, your, you know, this is my baby, that she deserved such a cruel end to her life. Powered by. Cookie Notice Officers were trying to find the teen when Clark called 911 himself to report what he had done after authorities started receiving calls reporting the online photos. There were moments where I probably spent 2. She was so loved and it breaks our hearts not knowing if she ever realized just how loved she was. Thank you to everyone who has reached out and to those who continue to reach out and share their stories with us. On Facebook, Devins stepmother Kaleigh has expressed her outrage at the sharing of the graphic images. Brandon Clark Pleads Guilty to the Murder of 17-Year-Old Bianca Devins. He collects from the back seat a knife, indicating to us that's something he came prepared with. I have a very hard time understanding how anybody can justify taking another young persons life because they kissed somebody else.. EJ Dickson: She was extremely prevalent on social media. Additional comment actions. Police say the pair had been at a concert in New York City on the night of Saturday, July 13, and that they had driven back to Utica later. Bryan Coromato: There's a conversation back and forth. Police said at the time that Clark had slit the teen's throat in a jealous rage after seeing her kiss another man at the concert. DeMellier says its then that Bianca reminded Clark they were not exclusive. Incels are individuals men 21 or older who have gone six months or longer without any sort of sexual activity not by their own volition. Fighting everyday. Even as investigators questioned what had happened after that and where nothing could have prepared them for what they would soon uncover. DISPATCHER: Just stay on the line with me, OK? Kim Devins: I just kept screaming, "it's not her. Brandon Clark, 21, of Cicero entered the guilty plea on Monday, Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara said. / CBS News, [This story originally aired on September 18, 2021. He wrote, Shoutout to all the people who target someones family and blame them for a persons decisions. KIM DEVINS [to officer]: It went right to voice mail. By She was young and beautiful and so full of live. Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com Bianca Devins: Prosecutors allegedly shared sex and murder videos of 17-year-old influencer . Instagram was heavily criticized for not removing the photos sooner. But Bianca Devins would never return home. Detective Coromato knew they had found Bianca. Did you think it was sincere at all? I hate knowing youre not going to ever come back home. However, they said a video circulating online, purporting to be related to the . Local; US; World; Business; Entertainment; Sport; Technology; Lifestyle; Breaking News. Clark and Devins' had attended a concert earlier in the evening. Thousands of women die to rejection violence every year. Police body cameras were rolling as officers arrived at 17-year-old Bianca Devins' home to perform a welfare check. W. Clark, the father of suspect Brandon Clark, spent time behind bars for an incident that has eerie similarities to the 17-year-old Devins' death. But amid the battle to preserve Bianca's memory, Kim says her family became victims of vicious online trolls who relentlessly sent them the horrific photos. Then, police say, Clark moved to a tarp where a teen's bloodied body was located. 'We got a call from one of the parents that was concerned about some things that were occurring in the relationship at this point,' he said. . And I was honestly afraid to, like, leave my house. Privacy Policy. Prosecutor Sarah DeMellier: And she basically says, "Are you ready to take me home yet?" The next morning, she was found on the ground in her hometown of Utica with her throat slit. She will always be remembered as our Princess., Devins sister also wrote: I hate knowing youre not going to ever come back home. 2 hours ago. On Facebook, where Clark uses the name Brandon Kuwaliski, he wrote, Im ending it today. Frank Williams: That impressed me the most was she fought for her life. Vegetable_Nebula_614 The brutal death of 17-year-old Bianca Devins, a Utica, New York teenager and aspiring influencer who was allegedly murdered by a jealous male friend on her way home from a concert, shattered. Kim Devins: It's heartbreaking. And it's not. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, did not answer questions about how long the violent content remained on its site after it was initially posted under the @yesjuliet account. And he hides it at the right side of of the car. EJ Dickson: Bianca had made it clear to Brandon that she was not interested in a committed, monogamous relationship at this point, and Brandon had seemed to accept that. She helped me get through being bullied. A message sent by Devins shortly before she was murdered may have revealed Clark's jealousy. On July 14, 2019, a teenager named Bianca Devins was murdered by Brandon Clark, who then shared photos of her dead body on social media. I left her alone for most of the night, just giving her space. Kim Devins: It didn't make sense to me. She is now looking down on us, as she joins her cat, Belle, in heaven. And also in person even after her death. Bianca Devins, 17, of Utica; Brandon Andrew Clark, 21, of Cicero 'The ability to influence people' Three months ago, Devins joined Tellonym, an app that lets readers ask and answer anonymous. He posted one of the photos with the caption: 'I'm sorry Bianca'. They were in Clark's SUV for several hours. He then took a selfie and posted it to social media with the caption "Ashes to ashes.". Police said in a statement, On Sunday, July 14, 2019 at approximately 7:20AM Oneida County Dispatch received numerous calls informing them that a male individual had posted to a social media site that he had killed his girlfriend, and was threatening to harm himself. Images of the posts on that account suggested it was owned by Brandon Andrew Clark. Elizabeth: Honestly, nothing notable. Bianca Michelle Devins, also known as Bianca Ahren, [1] was an American teenager from Utica, New York, who was murdered by a male acquaintance, Brandon Andrew Clark, on July 14, 2019. Brandon Clark, who had been out with Bianca Devins the night she died, called 911. One through filters and fox ears and distance. At this point, it is unclear what the nature of Clark and Devins relationship was. A chance for the friends, who had met for the first time two months ago after chatting online, to see musician Nicole Dollanganger in Queens. After Clark serves 25 years in prison, he could be eligible for parole; he will be in his late 40s. Clark was convicted of slashing Devins' throat after the pair returned to Utica from a concert in . He said, in fact, he was the one who encouraged his former client to plead not guilty and go to trial, but it was Clark who refused. and our Frank Williams: And she fought him. By Your daughter was a beautiful and amazing person.. 152K followers. She was such a beauty.. gorgeous eyes and bright smile. And there was this glow in her eyes when she talked about going to college and what she was going to do with her life. For more information, please see our But there was nothing they could do to stop what was going on online. CALLER 2: I'm hoping the girl is just bleeding badly and maybe still alive. Police said Clark met Devins on Instagram and eventually grew to know each other and their families in person. Friends have also said she was active in gaming and other online communities, including on gamer Discord chats and on 4Chan. She had a large presence on many platforms. Investigation ongoing #WUTR #WFXV pic.twitter.com/pVZhTdodEP Ben Dennis (@broadcastben_) July 15, 2019 Bianca Devins stepmother wrote on Facebook, Bianca was a lot of things to so many people. According to police, On Saturday July 13th, 2019 the two had planned to go to a concert together in New York City. Behavioral scientist Stephen Crimando believes the individuals most likely responsible for the attacks on Bianca's family belong to a community of online men called "incels.". Prosecutor Sarah DeMellier: We see that he wakes Bianca up. Some users were so frustrated by the company's inability to police itself that they tagged and reported the users posting the images themselves. Bianca immersed herself in her art and was even getting noticed as a promising young model. Numerous items of evidentiary value were located immediately around the body, as well as in and around the black SUV. Kim may have been right to be suspicious. Emily Crane For Dailymail.com, Indiana man, 25, 'shoots dead three adults and child before abducting his baby daughter after getting into fight with girl's mother because he wanted half her $1,400 stimulus check', Moment DUI driver, 71, is arrested after killing three and injuring six when he mounted pavement and plowed his Volvo into San Diego homeless encampment at 9am, Bungling helicopter pilot blows over stadium roof injuring eight. The killer posted images of her lifeless body online, which went viral. This is a real issue, and we cannot ignore it. Clark slit Bianca's throat and posted her lifeless body on Instagram. Clark posted a photo of her body with the caption 'I'm sorry Bianca' to Instagram, which was criticized for failing to remove it for almost a day. The comments below have not been moderated, By "We are shocked and deeply saddened by this terrible situation," it said. Melissa Krull/Twitter An upstate man who slit Instagram star Bianca. !, She added, Imagine sitting there, in disbelief and praying to God that this is all some mistake and that your baby will walk through the door any minute. This request infuriated the Devins family, who had already been through so much. He subsequently pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to 25 years to . The platforms were heavily criticised for failing to swiftly remove the posts. Frank Williams [standing outside the courtroom post sentencing]: Our deepest thoughts now are with Bianca, our angel. It was our Boilermaker Road Race, which is a well-known 15K road race, where participants from across the world come to run. Investigators learned that message was taken from a series of Japanese comic books called "Punpun" that Clark and Bianca had often read together. Clark wouldn't admit to that. The officer approached this male, and almost immediately, he began to stab himself in the neck with a knife. 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