Following a botched suicide attempt, Clark was charged with second-degree murder. I will FOREVER have those images in my mind when I think of her. Bianca Devins with her mother. This image showed the extent of injuries to Bianca's throat and made clear her wounds had been fatal. So, you don't know that correct? #ripbianca, Actor Jimmy Wong wrote, Christina Grimmie was murdered by an obsessed fan three years ago. I do not want false information being spread around., Utica Police told BuzzFeedNews, One of the other rumors were hearing is that there was a stalking incident. After a brief struggle, Clark was disarmed and placed under arrest. An officer pulled up, and he observes Brandon. Instagram was heavily criticized for not removing the photos sooner. I love you all., Clarks brother, James Ward, confirmed on Instagram that Brandon was the suspect in Devins death. On the stand, Nebush said Clark's claims were not true. !, 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. Just four months ago, video footage of the Christchurch massacre was shared widely on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. She came up to me and said, "Mom, the police are here. Would love your thoughts, please comment. When the murder of an innocent woman becomes internet fodder, we have a serious problem. After communicating on social media, they eventually took their relationship offline and briefly dated, but were never exclusive. Investigators learned that after Clark and Bianca left the concert, she texted Alex to say, " I think he saw me kiss you.". Lets light up the park, like she lit up our lives!, Her stepmother shared messages from friends who talked about Biancas life. He then took a selfie while lying across her body as the officer watched, police say. Jason. And this was her first, real adult concert. Bryan Coromato: Yeah. Photos of the violence and the moments before and after were posted to Discord and what appeared to be Clark's Instagram account, @yesjuliet. Steven Crimando: Incels believe that they don't have any chance with Stacys at all. 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. He blamed his former attorney Luke Nebush, a well-respected local public defender, for not visiting him enough in prison and pressuring him into pleading guilty. Clark and Devins went to a concert Saturday in New York City, about four hours south of Utica. Kim Devins: It's horrifying. Bianca Devins, the victim, was 17. He underwent emergency surgery and has been charged with. I didn't know where Bianca was. I can't wait for the next victim or, you know, or the next girl to be killed. This is a real issue, and we cannot ignore it., Rob Gavagan tweeted, Its disgusting how much harder women have it in relationships. The Brutal Murder of Bianca Devins on Social Media | by Anita Durairaj | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. Det. Elizabeth: You know, those same incel communities that were praising Brandon's actions were saying, oh, I wonder who's going to be next? Overnight investigators had conducted a forensic analysis of Brandon Clark's cell phone and found something terrifying. They attended a concert in the NYC area. Instagram#RIPBianca was trending after her death. They're basically pinging his phone. An image of Bianca's body first appeared on the social media platform Discord on July 14, 2019. Melissa Krull/Twitter An upstate man who slit Instagram star Bianca. Man, 21, who slashed teen Instagram star Bianca Devins' throat pleads guilty to murder and apologizes in court for posting images of her bloody body online Brandon Clark, 21, pleads guilty to. We needed to find her to make sure to see if she was all right. It has echoes of the massacre at two mosques in New Zealand this year, which the perpetrator live-streamed on Facebook. Kim Devins: Bianca was very smart. 16 July 2019, 14:10. A very twisted need is being met by continuing to share these and trying to get these to Bianca's family. It doesnt negate the crime, but it mitigates it. 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. As officers for the Utica Police Department held Clark at gunpoint, he continued to post to his Instagram Stories, allegedly sharing photos of himself laying across Biancas body. What I mean by that is it doesnt make it so youre not guilty, it just reduces the level of crime, so it would knock it from a murder 2nd to manslaughter in the 1st degree.. Devins, who was known among her 170,000 Instagram followers as an e-girl who posted about emo fashion and video games, was murdered on July 14 after getting into an argument with Clark, who police say slit her throat in a fit of jealousy after she kissed another man at a concert in Queens. But on social media, the graphic images posted on Instagram by the suspect began to spread quickly. "The argument progressed until the male produced a large, black handled knife, and used this to inflict the injuries that caused her death," the police said in a statement. 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. On Facebook, where Clark uses the name Brandon Kuwaliski, he wrote, Im ending it today. The belief is that she kissed somebody at the concert and thats what upset him, Oneieda County District Attorney Scott McNamara told WKTV. Bianca Devins stepmother wrote on Facebook, Bianca was a lot of things to so many people. Bianca's mother and grandfather have never seen the video but heard of its contents early on in the investigation. Bianca's mom said she knew why Clark now wanted to go to trial. Jericka Duncan: Did you all believe his apology? Det. Im sorry to all the family and friends who wanted me to achieve. But Bianca Devins would never return home. Kim Devins: There was a knock at our door. She was having some separation anxiety, didn't want to go to school and just wanted to stay home with me. But shortly before his trial began in February 2020, Clark pleaded guilty to Bianca's murder. In 2014, a 22-year-old self-identified incel went on a deadly rampage in Isla Vista, California, killing six people. Police located 21-year-old Brandon Clark after he called 911. 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. Bianca Devins was a 17-year-old Proctor High School graduate and social media influencer whose Instagram account had more than 70,000 followers. Instagram struggled to remove the images from its service Monday, as more and more copies were posted. An upstate man has been charged with second-degree murder and officially accused, as explained by police officials. Authorities said the two were friends but not romantically involved. We got a call from one of the parents that was concerned about some things that were occurring in the relationship at this point, Utica Police Lieutenant Bryan Coromato told WKTV. A message sent by Devins shortly before she was murdered may have revealed Clark's jealousy. Kim Devins: My last memory of Bianca is her full of life, so excited. 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. He will receive the maximum sentence of 25 years to life, according to the prosecutor. Las autoridades encontraron el cuerpo de Bianca Devins, una "e-girl" adolescente con ms de 30,000 seguidores en Instagram, cerca de un vehculo en Utica, Nueva York. UTICA, N.Y. - Brandon Andrew Clark, a Cicero man who is a suspect in the grisly murder of Bianca Devins, slashed his throat in front of officers and took a selfie of himself lying across the. Just before dawn, as they headed back to Utica, Clark made an ominous post on social media. Bianca graduated from T. R. Proctor High School this past June and was looking forward to attending MVCC (Mohawk Valley Community College) in the fall., Brandon Clark: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. Produced by Jonathan Leach. In the days following Bianca's murder, downtown Utica was lit up in pink in her honor, and a candlelight vigil was held to celebrate her life. Then, police say, Clark moved to a tarp where a teen's bloodied body was located. He had the video staged. Prosecutor Sarah DeMellier: What we see from there is the beginning of the homicide where Brandon reaches into the back. 'I apologize to everybody affected by this - everybody who had to see that horrific picture of her. Instead of repeatedly sharing and it saving these sick pictures, you report them so they can be taken down. Frank Williams: These pictures aren't fictitious pictures taken from a movie. Det. , updated Police said Clark then called 911 on himself and made incriminating statements with respect to the homicide. Devins was just a recent high school graduate, a student at Mohawk Valley Community College with a dream of getting a degree in psychology in order to help people with mental illness. Frank Williams: It's part of his story, is to play, oh poor me. Prosecutor Sarah DeMellier: As we were learning about Brandon, every single thing he did at the crime scene meant something to him. Kim Devins: She really could just escape her own mental struggles, what was going on in her head and escape into, you know, a different world online. Clark was convicted of slashing Devins' throat after the pair returned to Utica from a concert in . On Saturday night, 17-year-old "e-girl" Bianca Devins attended a concert in New York City. Now imagine seeing those pictures and having everything in you break. Once this occurred, it was learned that a young female had suffered extensive injuries to her neck, and was obviously deceased. Before the judge read his sentence, Clark gave a statement: BRANDON CLARK: I hate myself for what I did. EJ Dickson: Bianca's family members were being targeted as a result of Bianca's death. We can confirm that the images distributed of both the victim and the offenders injuries are authentic and occurred at the time of the incident. BRYAN COROMATO [bodycam video to officers on scene]: The news has got this, so you better send someone to the mom's house to give her a head's up before . Ken Bruce will be joining the Greatest Hits Radio family in April, Harrowing moment woman begs father not to kill himself, As it happened: UK Government blocks Scotland's new gender law, Kamala opts out of kneeling with Biden for Warriors photo op, Russian pro-war fanatic warns Britain could be 'wiped off the map', Russian marksman flees Ukraine to reunite with wife before being shot, Motorists slowly drive down snowy hill in treacherous conditions, BBC Breakfast celebrates forty years of hilarious bloopers, Royal Family will find it 'impossible' to compromise with Sussexes, Extinction Rebellion douse the Home Office building in black paint. It was just nonstop harassment. How about we have some fucking consideration for her Mother, Sister, Step sisters and brother, Step Mother and Step Father, her Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Nieces and Newphews and her friends. The Utica Police Department takes the offenses and claims of Domestic Violence seriously. Earlier in the night, another young man was with them. She is now looking down on us, as she joins her cat, Belle, in heaven. Jericka Duncan: What were you thinking at that moment? It was updated on August 13, 2022.]. But as Bianca's family grieved, the images of her dead body had spilled from the fringes of the internet into mainstream social media. Your daughter was a beautiful and amazing person.. Photo: @escty. She helped me get through being bullied. FRANK WILLIAMS [outside courtroom after July 28th hearing]: Don't play games. Theyre almost always the ones who get targeted and brutally murdered due to the absolute horribleness of insane, worthless men. Detective Coromato knew they had found Bianca. OFFICER [bodycam video to Kim Devins]: Brandon is that her ex or her boyfriend or? Brandon Clark, who is accused of killing 17-year-old Bianca Devins, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, according to his attorney, Luke Nebush of the Oneida County Public Defender's . The killer posted images of her lifeless body online, which went viral. 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. Police say the two met on social media, and had a relationship. Nothing better than waking up at 4am to find out your brother killed someone and tried to kill himself, and when youre trying to understand and comprehend how the person you looked up to, and taught you so much is responsible for such a horrible act, and people proceed to go out and blame you for what he did., He added, So here I am stationed in Alaska for military service wanting nothing more than to wake up and be back home hoping this is some sick twisted nightmare, instead Im all the way across the country. The body of Bianca Devins, 17, was found by police in the upstate New York town of Utica on Sunday morning local time. And at this point, with Brandon realizing this might be the end of the time that the two of them are gonna spend together, we see him grab the knife she does not see it coming. Utica Police said they received numerous calls about 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, July 14, that led them to the crime scene. It's redemption, right?". That Brandon really seemed to not want Alex there. Bianca Devins Lyrics Here comes hell It's redemption right May you never forget me Sorry fuckers You're gonna have to find somebody else to orbit Follow you Follow the 'gram I start to follow. 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. Dad Of Bianca Devins' Suspected Killer Once Threatened To Cut His Wife's Throat. Prosecutor Sarah DeMellier: it wasn't just Bianca and Brandon, that in fact they were accompanied by another person, another guy. EJ Dickson: On Discord, it's fairly common for people to post gore and disturbing images just to sort of get a rise out of people. Jericka Duncan: At what point did you realize she needed help? Det. His injuries were severe; however, he is expected to survive. According to police reports, the photos showed Devins body covered in blood with wounds to her neck and throat. Prosecutor Sarah DeMellier: He tells her, you know "I saw you kiss him, right?" He is evil. On Saturday night, Bianca Devins, 17, and her friend, Brandon Clark, 21, attended a concert in New York. you didnt deserve it. Now, tragically, #ripbianca. Det. Bianca's mother and grandfather had been waiting a long time to face Bianca's killer: KIM DEVINS [in tears]: With the death of your child comes the most unimaginable and indescribable pain. Her family has said that she was not killed by a stalker she met online on Discord chat, but by someone she knew in real life who was also known to the family. They first met on Instagram, then in person two . The Devins family still receives graphic photos of Bianca's murder. Clark wouldn't admit to that. The horrific. He had also scrawled 'May you never forget me' on the road next to them. It actually furthers the physical crime. Michael Curley: He searched "how to choke someone out?" "This is a collection of different communications received by Bianca's mom and obviously every one of them meant to be incredibly cruel and incredibly hurtful," behavioral scientist Steven Crimando, tells CBS News' Jericka Duncan. On Facebook, Bianca Devins stepmother, Kaleigh, expressed her familys outrage at people who have reshared the graphic images of Biancas death on social media. Imagine not even being able to yell out and scream or cry because your soul has now just been broken. They're violent. More evidence, investigators say, that this was not a crime of passion. Bryan Coromato: This wasn't a whodunit; we know who did it. Bianca Devins, who was killed last July by her friend, Brandon Andrew Clark, will be remembered this weekend at a gala in her name in Utica, New York. Clark was interviewed by detectives on Monday. Trying to understand their relationship, what the mindset of each person in the relationship was. EJ Dickson: So, Bianca's supporters tried to combat people trolling the hashtag by posting beautiful images of clouds, bunnies, ribbons or fan art of Bianca . Devins was a recent high school graduate and was planning to start studying psychology at a community college in the fall, according to her social media posts. The couple had traveled to New York City together from Utica, upstate. After attempting to injure himself, he laid down across a green in color tarp that was on the ground some distance away. Prosecutor Sarah DeMellier: We need justice for Bianca. He's made statements saying that he hurt your daughter. This year, the New York State Assembly and Senate passed a law that criminalizes sharing personal images of crime victims. Messages Bianca sent from the concert indicated that Clark saw her kissing another man, and became jealous. 'S part of his story, is to play, oh poor me upstate man has been with. 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