Man Murdered Teen Star and Posted Instagram Photos, Cops Say
Bianca Devins and her boyfriend Brandon Clark, who is accused of beheading her on Sunday, then sharing photos and videos of the aftermath online (Pictures: Instagram) Police have named Brandon Clark as the prime suspect in the beheading murder of 17 year-old Instagrammer Bianca Devins. Clark, 21, was identified as prime suspect in Devins’ Sunday murder in a press release issued by Utica Police in upstate New York Monday afternoon. Clark is said to have shared this disturbing Instagram story hours before allegedly killing Bianca (Picture: Instagram) Lieutenant Bryan Coromato, from Utica Police Department, says his officers have not yet been able to speak with Clark, who is receiving hospital treatment. After allegedly killing Bianca, Clark is said to have shared photos and a video of her mutilated corpse online. Clark is said to have tried to kill himself when police arrived (Picture: Instagram) Utica Police said on Monday that Devins and Clark had been in a relationship for two to three months after meeting online (Picture: Instagram) A 17-year-old Instagram celebrity was brutally murdered allegedly by an obsessed male friend who then posted images of the slaying on Instagram, gaming website Discord, and 4chan, prompting an outpouring of shock and horror on social media. The victim, Bianca Devins, is a 17-year-old so-called “egirl” who lived in Utica, NY, and had a small following on Instagram under the name @escty. Clark allegedly posted photos of the murder on his Instagram story, including an extremely graphic and bloody image of the victim sitting in an SUV with her neck cut. He also allegedly posted a photo on a server on Discord, with the caption, “Sorry fuckers, you’re gonna have to find someone else to orbit.” (Orbiting is a term used to describe men who lurk on a woman’s social media accounts in the hopes of having sex with her.) Shortly after posting the images, Clark posted a number of other cryptic videos on the Instagram story for his account @yesjuliet, including him driving a car down a dark road with the caption: “Here comes hell.
In DMs with another friend on the Discord server that were shared with Rolling Stone, Devins makes reference to Clark being “so mad” that she held hands with this person and kissed him at the show. In a phone interview with Rolling Stone, Lt. Brian Coromato of the Utica Police Department said Utica police received multiple calls at around 7:20 a.m. from concerned 4chan and Discord users who had seen Clark’s posts. Though he declined to confirm the identity of the victim or suspect, a heartbreaking Instagram post from Devins’ sister appeared to confirm Devins’ death, reading: “I hate knowing you’re not going to ever come back home. You were the best sister anyone could’ve ever asked for.” Another Instagram post from Clark’s brother also alluded to the crime, reading: “Shoutout to all the people who target someone’s family and blame them for a persons [sic] decisions. While Coromato declined to specify Clark’s potential motive, he said that police believed Clark and Devins “were boyfriend/girlfriend, whatever kids these days call it.” Chels, however, disputed this, saying that while the two were friends and knew each other well, their relationship was strictly platonic. On forums like 4chan, however, a thread featuring images of a deceased Devins features posts from users joking about the photos and blaming her for her own murder for flirting with male followers online, referring to Clark in the same context as UC Santa Barbara shooter and incel hero Elliot Rodger. An upstate man allegedly slit the throat of a teenage social media star he was dating — then posted a grisly photo of her lifeless body to Instagram along with a message that said “sorry,” according to police and reports Monday. Brandon Andrew Clark, 21, of Syracuse allegedly posted the gut-wrenching image of Bianca Devins, 17, on Instagram early Sunday — after the pair had attended a concert in Queens — before bizarrely calling the cops on himself, Lt. Bryan Coromato said.
When police found him parked in his car on a dead-end street in Utica, he allegedly slit his own throat and and then posted a photo of his neck gushing blood on Instagram, too, the police officer said. They got into an argument at the show and drove to Utica, where police believe Clark allegedly pulled onto a side street and killed her, Coromato said. Bianca Devins was a 17-year-old girl from Utica, New York, who was murdered on July 14. Photos of Bianca’s body were posted on social media after her death by the suspected killer, a 21-year-old New York man identified by his family as Brandon Clark, who also goes by Brandon Kuwaliski. Police identified Brandon Andrew Clark and Bianca Devins as the suspect and victim on Monday. Despite reports that Devins only met and knew her suspected killer online, Devins’ sister says Bianca’s family had also met him in real life and called the suspect a family friend. Police said Clark and Devins met in person for the first tiem about two months ago. Bianca Devins’ sister wrote on Instagram, “it wasn’t just an ‘internet boyfriend’ this was a close family friend whom we’ve met and trusted so much.
Bianca Devins’ Sister Posted a Tribute to Her on Instagram Calling Her ‘the Best Sister Anyone Could’ve Ever Asked For’ & Her Stepmom Expressed Outrage Over People Sharing Photos of Bianca’s Death Bianca Devins’ sister, Olivia Devins, confirmed on Instagram that Bianca was the victim of the Utica murder. On Facebook, Bianca Devins’ stepmother, Kaleigh, expressed her family’s outrage at people who have reshared the graphic images of Bianca’s death on social media. Brandon Clark, the 21-year-old suspect in Bianca Devins’ murder, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Clark also posted photos of himself, showing his bloody arms and cuts, and a photo next to Devins’ covered body with the caption, “I’m sorry Bianca.” He had earlier shared an Instagram photo while driving saying “Her comes Hell. A candlelight vigil has been planned for Monday night, July 15, in Utica to remember Bianca Devins and to celebrate her life, her family says. On Monday, #RIPBianca was trending on Twitter as social media users reacted to her tragic death and the horrific aftermath of the photos being shared on Instagram and elsewhere online. An Upstate New York man is accused of brutally slaying a teenage internet personality he met online and posting pictures of her body to the internet, according to police. On Instagram, Devins’ sister wrote that “it wasn’t just an ‘internet boyfriend’ this was a close family friend whom we’ve met and trusted so much.
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