Bianca Devins

**Bianca Michelle Devins** (October 2, 2001 – July 14, 2019) was a 17-year-old girl from upstate New York. She had plans to go to university and study psychology, But unfortunately, was murdered in July 2019 by a close friend. Her murder became infamous because her killer uploaded a series of photos of her deceased on his Instagram account and a private Discord server.

## Early Life

Bianca Michelle Devins was born in New-York on October 2nd, 2001. She was the first child to her mother, Kim Devins, who had given birth to her at just the age of 17. Bianca was described as an outgoing and happy child in her earlier years, although, she did start seeing therapists at the age of 9, due to separation anxiety. Kim described how Bianca never wanted to go to school, and always wanted to stay with her. During middle & high-school, Bianca was bullied due to her interests in art and anime, and due to her height of 5’10. She was later home-schooled during her sophomore year. Bianca was also abused by her biological father, getting in fights with him due to the way he treated her mother. Kim later divorced him. Later in her life, Bianca had gotten worse. She started isolating herself and started posting online on apps and websites such as Discord, Instagram, and 4Chan, and started talking and posting online more frequently. She was popular on 4Chan, due to her being one of the only girls posting, and was given gifts and drugs by men, for her to send suggestive photos in response. She wasn’t aware that these men were grooming her. One of Bianca’s exes even went far enough to post a video of him and Bianca having sex when she was only 15. But, he never got any charges for this.

This behavior alarmed Kim and Bianca’s family so much to the point they had to take her to more therapists, where she was formally diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, along with PSTD, depression, and anxiety. She was also admitted to a psychiatric hospital from October 2018, to February 2019, due to her running away with her toxic ex-boyfriend multiple times, and threatening to jump infront of a moving vehicle. After Bianca was released, she made tremendous improvements in her mental health, and graduated high-school on June 28, 2019. She had plans study psychology and go to Mohawk Valley Community College later in September of 2019 to help others with that they were going through.

Bianca was very into social media, she enjoyed posting photos of herself, including photos of her with different colored hair, and in more edgy, dark outfits. She is often mischaracterized as an e-girl, and as a manipulative and evil person, along with being called an influencer, even though at the time of her death, she only had around 2,000 followers. People did judge her and make fun of her, calling her a “f\*cking coward” and stand up and deal with her emotions. Although, in the months leading up to her death, she was in a better state, compared to previous years.

### Last Months of Life

In around April-May 2019, Bianca had met a 21-year-old man named Brandon Andrew Clark on Instagram. They eventually met in person, along with Brandon meeting her mother and Bianca’s then 15-year-old sister, Olivia. Brandon was described as a goofy, boy next-door type of guy. Kim liked Brandon so much to the point she allowed Olivia to occasionally hang out with Brandon and Bianca. Although, Kim did sit down with Bianca, talking about how she needs to set her boundaries around Brandon. Bianca was going to college in the fall, and wasn’t interested in dating, due to her wanting to focus on studies. She made it clear she only saw him as a friend, and Brandon seemed to take it well, although he was still interested in her, and presenting himself as her boyfriend, and stalked her profiles.

Brandon had a darker side to him he didn’t disclose around Bianca or her family. He did talk about his childhood, due to his father being abusive. In 2010, Brandon had to watch his father hold his mother at knifepoint for many hours, and threaten to kill her then himself, later apologizing and trying to comfort her. After the murder, Brandon’s father reached out saying that he was raised right. Brandon was also into Loli-con, Japanese drawings of young girls in sexual, or romantic ways, although Bianca didn’t know about it. When he was 16, he was caught groominga 12 year old girl, and trying to get her to send nudes. Brandon’s friends voiced their concerns, but Brandon replied with “Trust me, you’re better not knowing the kind of sh\*t I do, or the things I plan to do.” Though, they never went to the police about this.

## Death

On Saturday, July 13, 2019, Brandon had picked up Bianca from her Utica home to go to a concert held by Nicole Dollengager. They weren’t going alone though, Bianca had invited an online friend she had a crush on, named Alex. Bianca had thought he was cute and sweet, but also went to Brandon telling him of her plans, and asking if he was okay with it, or she should go alone. Brandon seemed happy and didn’t mind it, but, he started looking up how to cut someone’s throat, and made a list of things he would do on that day, along with packing supplies including a tarp and knives. He was planning on killing Bianca after the concert that day.

The last text Kim had received from Bianca at around 7:30PM, texting how they were looking for parking. This was Bianca’s first time at a concert alone, and Kim wanted to leave Bianca alone to enjoy the rest of the night, and Bianca expressed how much she loved all the freedom she got after graduating. During the night, Alex and Bianca were smoking weed, and ended up kissing during the concert, which enraged Brandon. They left at around 10PM, this was the last time Alex saw Bianca alive. During their drive back home, Bianca was on Discord talking to her friends about how amazing the night was, and how she had kissed Alex. It was later discovered that she had texted Alex “I think he saw me kiss you.” referring to Brandon seeing them kiss. Bianca later went to the back of the car, folded the seat, and fell asleep during the ride.

At around 5 to 6AM, Brandon pulled over to an area near where Bianca had attended high-school, and went to the trunk and took out a knife. He went back in the car and pulled out his cellphone, starting to record a video. He woke up Bianca, asking her about the kiss she had with Alex. Bianca was confused, saying how they weren’t in a relationship/were not exclusive, only being seen as friends. He replied with “That’s not good enough.” and slapped her, which shocked Bianca since it was the first time he’d been violent to her. Reportedly, she replied with “Are you going to take me home now?” due to them being 10 minutes away from her home, Brandon realized this may be the last time he’d be with Bianca, and he started to viciously stabbing her, mainly at her neck. There were so many stabs to her neck, to the point she was nearly decapitated. This was all caught on video. He recorded her last breaths, then after Bianca had died, he took photos of her body and posted them to their Discord server, with the message “Sorry f\*ckers, you’re going to have somebody else to orbit” He was referring to men who were orbiting, or “simping” on Bianca. Her discord friends were alarmed with the gore, but thought it was a cruel joke, since it’s common to post gore on Discord. Although, they started calling the police, voicing their concerns that Bianca may have been murdered.

### After Murder

After killing Bianca, Brandon posted photos on Instagram and Snapchat, including a photo of Bianca’s bloody torso, and another photo of her body under a tarp, both with the caption “I’m sorry Bianca.” He set up a bonfire and played music, and called 911. Brandon confessed to her murder, threatening that he’d kill himself, due to him needing to do the suicide part of his murder-suicide. Police showed up to Bianca’s family’s house for a checkup. On video-cam, police asked Olivia if Bianca had lived there, and telling Kim to get ahold of Bianca. At first, Kim was confused, thinking that she may have been hurt, tried calling her, but it went to voice-mail. Back at the crime scene, other officers arrived, and kept Brandon on gunpoint, due to him having a knife. They yelled out asking were was Bianca, he replied with “Where the f\*ck do you think she is?” Brandon had spray-painted “May you never forget me” a message from a dark Japanese manga, known as PunPun, a story both him and Bianca often read. He was also laying on a green tarp that had brown hair sticking out. Brandon then started stabbing himself in the neck, and took a photo of his bloodied wounds, with the captions “Ashes to ashes.” Police were later able to disarm him and was sent to hospital for emergency surgery. Police made a grim discovery, finding Bianca’s body under the tarp, with deep wounds on her neck. Brandon was charged with her murder after hospitalization, and after Bianca’s body was identified.

Back at Bianca’s family’s home, officers received messages on their radio’s from police at the scene describing how Brandon had made remarks that he had hurt Bianca. It didn’t make sense to Kim, because she had trusted Brandon, thinking that he’d protect Bianca from any harm. Police didn’t show her family the photo of Bianca’s dead body, but they learned of her death in the worst way, when an anonymous person had texted Bianca’s younger sister, Olivia, the gruesome photo of her body.

### Social Media Outrage

As a response to Bianca’s murder, it went viral on social media, posting the photos of her all over platforms. On Instagram and Twitter, there was a hashtag named #ripbianca, which was filled with the photos of her dead body. People were even making accounts just for the purpose of posting photos. On Bianca’s comment sections on her Instagram account, people were commenting hateful things, such as saying that she deserved to die, and insulting her. People rushed to defend Bianca, and made accounts posting cute pink images, representing Bianca’s love for the color pink. Many also tried reporting the images online, but got responses saying they didn’t violate community guidelines. Eventually, the images died down, but can still be occasionally found on other websites.

Brandon was charged with 2nd degree murder on July 29, 2019. His trial was scheduled for April 7, 2020, but was changed due to the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another time was scheduled for December 2020, but was also changed. On March 16, 2021, he was finally sentenced to 25 years to-life in prison. Her mother, grandfather, and Olivia all made statements on how they wanted Brandon to never be released, and how he ruined their lives. Brandon also made a statement saying how he regretted what he did, and was disgusted. He also made a comment saying how he wanted to take it back, and would give his life in a heartbeat for Bianca. He formally apologized for what he had done, but Bianca’s family didn’t accept it.

## Funeral

Bianca Michelle Devins was laid to rest on July 19, 2019, 5 days after her murder. A candle-light vigil was also held to honor her life in a park where she loved to frequent. Mourners sang a song that Bianca’s grandfather used to sing to her when she was growing up. Her headstone featured a little girl on a swing, representing Bianca’s love for swings, her favorite childhood activity .

## News

*For news articles on Bianca Devins, see here.*

## External links

* @beegtfo • Instagram
* @escty • Instagram
* Murder of Bianca Devins • Wikipedia
* @oxiecontin • Instagram

### Records

* Bianca Michelle Devins (2001-2019) • Find A Grave
* Devins family tree • Ancestry (paywall)

## In popular media

### Podcasts

* Sword and Scale: Episode 146 (9 Sep 2019)

### Documentaries

* 48 Hours: The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins (18 Sep 2021)