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The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins | Full Episode

September 09, 2025 / 41:29

This episode covers the tragic case of Bianca Devins, her murder by Brandon Clark, and the subsequent social media fallout. Key discussions include the impact of online communities, the psychological aspects of the crime, and efforts for justice.

Bianca Devins was a 17-year-old girl whose death on July 14, 2019, shocked her community. After attending a concert in New York City, she was murdered by Brandon Clark, a man she had briefly dated. The police were alerted when disturbing images of Bianca circulated on social media, leading to a frantic search for her.

Bianca's mother, Kim Devins, and her family experienced immense pain as they learned about the graphic images being shared online. The episode highlights the psychological effects of social media and the cruel behavior of online trolls who exploited Bianca's death.

Investigators discovered that Clark had planned the murder and filmed it, revealing a disturbing mindset influenced by online culture. The episode also discusses the legal proceedings against Clark, who was ultimately sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Bianca's family is now advocating for change through legislation aimed at holding social media companies accountable for violent content. They have also established a scholarship in her name to honor her memory and support mental health initiatives.

TLDR

Bianca Devins was murdered by Brandon Clark, leading to a social media crisis and calls for accountability from tech companies.

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[Music] on July 14th 2019 I woke up picked up my phone and noticed that my group chat was
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buzzing about something and I looked at it and it it was a photo of my friend and it looked like she was
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dead so I was reading all the messages and they're saying guys like in the Discord someone posted that Bianca is
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like dead or something and I was like what some people on the Discord actually had to call the police you the police uh
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good morning I uh believe someone may have been murdered okay where okay so I'm on an online group and somebody
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posted a picture of uh uh someone getting murder and I believe it to be a Miss Bianca Michelle
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s before I knew it the photo was being circulated around my community and then beyond
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it so tell me what did you see that day I was on Twitter uh as I usually do just
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to gauge what stories are trending that day and I saw that Bianca's name was trending I didn't know very much at that
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point just that images had been posted and were going viral on social media and I just knew that I wanted to find out
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more I think we were all just very confused someone saw something on the Internet where they thought you know
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Bianca may have been hurt I am Kim devans and I'm Bianca's mother yanaa is a talented artist aspiring model I knew
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she had an online presence but I found that uh granddaughters do not share their online presence with their
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grandfathers so uh I I wasn't aware of the depth of it social media was a huge part of Bianca's life and online she
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could be whoever she wanted to be she was definitely a social media chameleon she had multiple Instagram accounts
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which is not uncommon for kids her age but you one of them was you clearly reserved for her online friends you know
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was fairly edgy she was obviously very you know popular on Discord it was common for some people in
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the community to try and Escape or maybe to get attention to fake their yes as this photo is circulating on
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Discord and then to other social media platforms the authenticity of the photo is being debated a lot of people are
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unsure whether or not it's [Music] real people were making memes out of the images they were turning them into
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jokes they were sent to me they were sent to um various family members so this is a collection of different uh
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Communications received by Bianca's mom and obviously every one of them meant to
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be incredibly cruel incredibly hurtful this is a form of psychological terrorism I just don't understand the
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cruelty and The Emptiness in someone's heart where they would get some kind of a thrill out of sending these pictures
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to a family I remember just standing up and saying no it's not her I stamped up my stairs saying it's not her it can't
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be it's not her it's not my baby [Music] [Music] July 14th 2019 uh it was a a beautiful day in UDA
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uh was our boiler maker Road Race which is a a well-known 15K Road Race uh where
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participants from across the world um come to run as the first Runners crossed the
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Finish Line Udo police detectives Brian corado and Michael Curley heard alarming
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reports of a possible murder certainly nothing prepared us for a homicide on that day the horrific photo spreading on
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the social media platform Discord at prompted calls from around the country okay what's what's the female's
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name Michelle devans you know I'm hoping the girl is just bleeding badly and maybe
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still alive people didn't know if it was real or not we needed to find her to make sure to see if she was all
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right police body cameras were rolling as officers arrived at 17-year-old Bianca Devon's home to perform a Ware
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check when did you first learn that your daughter was missing there was an back at our
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door is there a Bianca Devin that lives here yeah why my daughter Olivia answered the door she came up to me and
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said Mom the police are here there's something going on with Bianca the police didn't show Bianca's mother Kim
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the photo but said they feared her daughter might be in danger can you try to get a hold of your
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daughter and what were you thinking at that moment I was so confused I didn't know
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where biano was they W ra a waste now Kim told police she last Saw Bianca the day before as she headed with friends to
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this concert in New York City how was her mood when she left I remember Bianca being so excited I left
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her alone for most of the night um just giving her her space and this was her first real adult concert Bianca texted
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her mother after the concert to say she was heading home Bianca was enjoying her Newfound Freedom
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Kim says after graduating high school two weeks [Music] earlier but her journey to get there
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hadn't been easy at what point did you realize she needed help BCA first saw a therapist at 9 years old she was having
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some separation anxiety didn't want to go to school just wanted to stay home with me
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and then around 13 Bianca started showing signs of depression as Bianca isolated herself from others she started
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to spend more time on social media she really could just Escape her own mental struggles what was going on
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in her head and Escape Into You Know A Different World online hi it's like 6:00 in the morning and I'm
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currently editing this but I just wanted to let you know that I'm so funny how prevalent was Bianca on social
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media she was extremely prevalent on social media she had a large presence on many platforms reporter EJ Dixon covered
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Bianca's story for Rolling Stone magazine and says the internet has a name for the type of character Bianca
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portrayed online what's an e- girl an eirl is it's basically a term used to describe a
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certain type of aesthetic is it's like a very edgy dark aesthetic different colored
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hair but Bianca's Behavior was growing increasingly erratic at age 16 she was diagnosed with borderline personality
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disorder an illness which Kim believes led to Bianca's varying mood swings and affected her
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self-image Bianca was very smart she was very intuitive and self-aware so she always knew something
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was wrong and she knew she needed help and there she is with B right on the couch in the living room
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Bianca sought treatment says her grandfather Frank and eventually returned to her role as a devoted big
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sister to Olivia and Maddie we all said that uh Bianca's back that's our girl and and there was this
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glow in her eyes that when she talked about going to college and what she was going to do with her
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life Bianca immersed herself in her art was even getting noticed as a promising young model she would you know
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get lots of compliments from model and agents and she really felt good about herself when she was modeling though she
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had turned a corner Bianca maintained her edgy online Persona and by age 17 had created multiple identities she also
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had an active presence on forchan um which is sort of on the darker side of the web I go on the record saying
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forchan is a dangerous place and it's also just an incredibly incredibly misogynistic space as Bianca's
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popularity grew online so did the number of some of her male followers called orbiters says online friend Elizabeth
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the reason why they're called orbiters is because they will follow like a girl they think is attractive online and you
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know just like orbit them never become close to them Bianca was exceptionally patient and accessible to
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her orbiters um to a fault at times one Orbiter who captured Bianca's attention was a 21-year-old lift driver named
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Brandon Clark whom she met on Instagram in May of 2019 what was he like honestly
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nothing notable he was just kind of like a normal one of these weird people you know one of these weird guys in the
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community after communicating on social media they eventually took their relationship offline and briefly dated
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but were never exclusive Bianca had made it clear to Brandon that she was not interested in a committed monogamous
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relationship at this point and brandan had seemed to accept that when Brandon came around and he came around pretty
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often um he just looked like a goofy nerdy boy next door Kim says there were no glaring red flags about Clark so when
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Bianca told her mother he was taking her to that concert in New York City Kim thought nothing of it I took a little
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comfort in knowing that she would be with Brandon cuz I trusted [Music] him W stay here
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47 called as the search continued 47 47 Bianca's friends suspected the photo circulating on
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Discord might be a hoax after learning it was Clark who posted the image we all just assumed that he was making a joke
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or trying to scare us or something on Discord it's fairly common for people to post Gore um and disturbing images just
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to sort of get a rise out of people so it was certainly with within the realm of possibility that this could have been
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faked thisp the all unit but things turned very real very fast we have him on the line now when it was Clark who
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called 911 uh my name is Brandon um the victim is Bianca Michelle devans [Laughter]
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[Music] it was like an outof body experience but I was shaking I just kept thinking no no
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she's fine we're we just have to find her and we're going to get her help she's going to be okay as Bianca's
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family awaited news of her safety police dispatch received a call 911 what is youry uh my name is Brandon um the
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victim is Bianca sh devans I'm going to kill myself the officers at the Devin home
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could hear what was unfolding on their radios he was going to kill himself Brandon is that her ex or boyfriend or
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apparently he's suicidal he's made statements saying that he hurt your daughter it didn't make sense to me I
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remember just being very confused that they were saying that Brandon may have hurt
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her it just didn't make sense that he would have hurt her investigators turned their attention
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to Brandon Clark who by then had posted more disturbing pictures of Bianca including one with this message I'm
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sorry Bianca we were fighting against time some we needed to find her and we needed to find her
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fast and he's not telling us where he is they're basically pinging his phone the
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dispatcher tried to keep Clark talking until police could pinpoint his location it's just stay Aline with me okay no I'm
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not going to stand Aline with you I'm going to be dead on the ground but before hanging up Clark told
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them exactly where to find him a dead end Road not far from Bianca's home describe for me where was Brandon and
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what was he doing Brandon's vehicle was parked up ahead of here an officer pulled up and he observes Brandon hi
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what are you doing man Brandon's armed with a knife he has his gun pointed at him yeah he engages him Put The Knife
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Down man Put The Knife Down there's a conversation back and forth where's the girl where is she as the officer moved
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into position Clark slashed himself with a knife he then took a selfie and posted
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it to social media with the caption ashes to ashes ultimately backup arrives they engage him in front of his vehicle
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after a brief struggle Clark was disarmed and placed under arrest when I arrived on scene Brandon was actually
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just being wheeled out um to the ambulance as paramedics raced to save Clark's life investigators made a grim
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Discovery the body of a young woman hidden beneath a tarp detective corado knew they had found Bianca
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[Music] the news has got this so you better send somebody to the mom's house to give her
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heads off before but before police could make that call Kim says she had already
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learned the painful truth and Olivia was in the kitchen with her friend and we heard the
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most excruciating scream that you have ever heard come out of a teenager someone had texted
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Bianca's family the horrific photo I just kept screaming it's not her it's not her it's not my
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baby I knew it was her and I said to myself I'm going to be strong get my family through this
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this wasn't who done it we know who did it we had to work backwards to figure out why this happened investigators
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started at the crime scene as we were learning about Brandon every single thing he did at the crime scene meant
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something to him prosecutors Sarah deiler and Michael Nolan would lead the investigation for the Onida County
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District Attorney's office and began with a cryptic message Clark spray painted at the scene as this case was
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going one of the things we saw was that may you never forget me the first thing we did and I think everybody does now as
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a prosecutor something you don't know you Google it investigators learned that message was taken from a series of
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Japanese comic books called punp pun that Clark and Bianca had often read together the books are dark they're
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violent and it's almost a Japanese dark version of of Romeo and Juliet does he have some very skewed picture that his
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relationship with Bianca is a starcross lover scenario and there was something else
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investigators found unusual about the scene the other thing that I think we found particularly Eerie was the music
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at the crime [Music] scene using a Bluetooth speaker Clark had programmed his cell phone to play a
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particular song on repeat and that song was we later learned test drive by Joi about a person
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who um is more invested in the relationship than somebody else to understand exactly what was happening
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between Bianca and Clark that night investigators began reviewing their social media accounts and soon learned
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the two weren't alone at the concert it wasn't just Bianca and Brandon in fact they were accompanied by another person
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um another guy direct messages from Bianca's Discord account reveal she had invited a new friend named Alex and was
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concerned Brandon might get jealous prosecutors tracked him down he was very helpful in explaining the last moments
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that he spent with Bianca that Brandon really seemed to not want Alex there investigators learned that after Brandon
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and Bianca left the concert she texted Alex to say I think he saw me kiss you when we do learn that there is a kiss at
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the concert we need to explore was it a crime of of passion if you will was it a
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snap Just Before Dawn as they headed back to udica Clark made this ominous post on social media Brandon has posted
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a photograph of what appears to be the New York State throughway and in that post he says here comes hell it's
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Redemption right super even as investigators questioned what had happened after that and where nothing
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could have prepared them for what they would soon uncover and we found out that there was a video of the
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murder this is a horror film playing out in real [Music] life it's early in the morning when I go
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into the office and we get a call from the police department they tell us you know there's
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something that you have to see here the day after the murder of Bianca devans prosecutor Sarah deiler and Michael
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Nolan went down to the Udo Police Department overnight investigators had conducted a forensic analysis of Brandon
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Clark's cell phone and found something terrifying they set us up with a computer some speakers and some
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headphones and push play and that's when we see that there is a video made by Brandon of him killing
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Bianca I think it wasn't until that very moment that we realized this was probably the most horrible terrible
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thing that either of us have ever seen in our life and as a prosecutor many of the details are too
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gruesome to describe Bianca appears to be sleeping and uh the back seat is folded out so that it's
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flat he then takes his camera and he Clips it to almost uh one of those vents that would be on the the
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front dash what we see from there is the beginning of the homicide where Brandon
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reaches into the back he collects from the back seat a knife indicating to us that something he came prepar with um
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and he hides it at the right hand side of uh of the car we see that he he wakes Bianca up
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and he goes about having a conversation with her then demilia says Brandon asked
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Bianca about that kiss she had with Alex the other young man at the concert the night before he tells her you know you
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know I saw you kiss him right and she says yeah and I'm sorry and he says well I'm sorry he's not good
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enough it's just not good enough for him deiler says it's then that banca reminded Clark they were not
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exclusive and she basically says are you ready to take me home yet and at this point with Brandon realizing this might
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be the end of the time that the two of them are going to spend together we see him grab the
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knife she does not see it coming demilia says Clark then killed Bianca and then he blames her he screams
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dramatically into the camera you know Bianca why did you make me do this like it's her fault and it's not it was after
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he finished filming the video that Clark took those graphic photos of Bianca and
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posted them on social media and I know that if she had gotten out of that car she would have called me Bianca's mother
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and grandfather father have never seen the video but heard of its contents early on in the
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investigation I was 10 minutes away she had just been able to get out of that car but he caught her completely
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off guard does that haunt you today it does I was so close and she fought him she fought back
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that impressed me most was she fought for her life but the sickening murder video wasn't the only important piece of
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evidence investigators found on Clark's cell phone they learned that he was intent on killing banca long before the
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events of that night we learn that Brandon is meticulous in his categorization itemization of things
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that he wants to do two days before killing Bianca Clark utilized the notes app on his smartphone and typed a
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Sinister checklist I would just describe this list as the to-do list the things that
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he needs to do to carry out his his plan and to Stage his crime scene setup speaker and last song question
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[Music] mark and that's not all Clark did multiple internet searches some the day
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before the murder researching ways to kill researched how to choke someone out uh how to hit the crowded artery to kill
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someone more evidence investigators say that this was not a crime of passion Brandon had this planned he had the
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video staged he had the phone staged he knew exactly what he was doing we believe that when this
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relationship came to an end was when he was going to kill her Brandon wanted to be with her she did not want to be with
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him and he wasn't going to let anybody else have her so no matter what she said she was
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going to wind up dead that night two week weeks after the murder Bianca's family and friends packed the courtroom
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wearing pink her favorite color as they waited for Brandon Clark to make his first public
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appearance Brandon walked into the courtroom today wearing an orange jumpsuit and a black protective vet I
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was uh in court when they brought him in and I said he just looks pathetic Clark was officially charged
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with second degree murder and pleaded not guilty the defense was considering an extreme
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emotional disturbance defense but authorities and Bianca's family were not buying it investigators and the
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prosecutors describe him as just an evil person that wanted to murder someone and
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that's who Brandon is he is a murderer he is evil and as prosecutors prepared to go to trial they had only one goal in
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mind we need Justice for Bianca we need to make sure Brandon can never hurt anybody else again that's what our job
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is but there was nothing they could do to stop what was going on online the horrific images of Bianca's murder that
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Clark had posted continued to spread on the internet and a vile campaign of hate
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was brewing on social media Bianca's family members were also being targeted as a result of Bianca's death um it was
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just non-stop harassment this is a form of psychological terrorism in the days following Bianca's
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murder downtown udica was lit up in pink in her honor and a candlelight vigil was
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held to celebrate her life Magic supporters gathered to sing Puff the Magic Dragon a song her grandfather
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Frank sang to Bianca as a [Music] child a tradition she continued with her baby sister Maddie Puff the Magic
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[Music] Dragon that's the special song but as Bianca's family grieved the images of
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her dead body had spilled from the fringes of the internet into mainstream social
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media I just can't understand why people would want to see it this is real Frank
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believes those who shared the photos didn't see Bianca as a loving daughter or a cherished granddaughter they didn't
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see her as a person at all these pictures aren't fictitious pictures taken from a movie
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they of a lovely beautiful girl whose life was taken from her in a cruel way Bean's death photos spread on the social
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media platforms Facebook Instagram and Twitter when you found out that your daughter's images were on Twitter it's
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heartbreaking it's so exploitive of my daughter I just thought of how embarrassed she would be how
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heartbroken she would be Kim pleaded with social media companies to remove the images but it took time
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they stayed on Instagram and Facebook for at least a couple of weeks every time the photo was removed another one
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would appear in its place says reporter EJ Dixon unfortunately extremely violent
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and disturbing images can circulate wildly on social media and a lot of social media platforms don't have the in
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infrastructure in place to prevent that from happening in response some social media users led a Grassroots effort to
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replace the death photos with messages of hope so Bianca's supporters tried to combat people trolling the hashtag by
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posting beautiful images of clouds bunnies ribbons um or fan art of Bianca like we
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see here to what end they did it to push the death photos down in the search results but amid the battle to preserve
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Bianca's memory Kim says her family became Vic of vicious online trolls who relentlessly sent them the horrific
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photos they were sent to me they were sent to um various family members that were close to Bianca Olivia's had to
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take a break from social media because there's always the risk of having to see her sister's death photo along with the
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photos were hateful messages blaming Bianca for what happened to her many of which are too graphic to show it's
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horrifying it's traumatizing um to see people saying that your daughter your you know this is
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my baby that she deserved such a cruel end to her life they in you know direct messaging
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and text messages to the family a very Twisted need is being met by continuing to share these and trying to get these
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to Bianca's family it actually furthers the physical crime behavioral scientist Steven crando
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believes the individuals most likely responsible for the attacks on Bianca's family belong to a community of online
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men called incels incel is short for involuntary celibate incels or individuals men 21 or older who have
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gone 6 months or longer without any sort of sexual activity not by their own volition incels see themselves as
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victims says Commando in a never-ending struggle to win the affection of attractive women whom they refer to as
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Stacy incels believe that they don't have any chance with Stacy at all was Bianca
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considered a Stacy Bianca would be considered a Stacy though Clark did not identify as an incel he was celebrated
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by this dark Community for what he did to Bianca the incel feels bad ly cheated to
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the point where it becomes just an obsessive thought that I need to strike back for the
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unfairness in fact this violent rhetoric has led to murder in 2014 a 22-year-old
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self-identified incel went on a deadly Rampage in IA Vista California killing six people since then the intelligence
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Community believes there have been more than a dozen mass killings in North America resulting in 50 deaths
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attributed to incel ideology and as there's been more incel killings has become more clear to us
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that there is on the spectrum of incels those at the extreme end who are certainly capable of murder and because
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of that it's recognized now as a terrorist threat we all knew that we were in the line of
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fire and I was honestly afraid to like leave my house the response to Bianca's Murder By
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the incel community served as a wakeup call for friends like Elizabeth and other young women in their online world
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who realize they too could be targets you know those same Insel communities that were praising Brandon's actions um
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were saying oh I wonder who's going to be next I can't wait for the next victim or you know or the next girl to be
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killed as Clark's case headed to trial emotions ran high for Bianca's family who feared her murder video would be
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played in court my last memory of Bianca is her full of life so excited so to have to see her in her last
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moments how she was brutally murdered is absolutely traumatizing and something no
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one should ever see but shortly before his trial began in February 2020 Clark pleaded guilty to Bianca's murder I know
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that Sorry's not enough I know that I won't take back what I did he said he wanted to spare us
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from having to see the details of Bianca's murder did you believe him I don't believe him Kim may have been
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right to be suspicious before sentencing Clark changed his mind yet again and wanted to go to trial we know that he
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he's playing a game with [Music] [Music] everybody just 5 months after pleading guilty to murdering Bianca devans
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Brandon Clark was back in court to try and change change his plea back to not guilty this request infuriated the Devin
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family who had already been through so much don't play games take your punishment give this family some peace
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Bianca's mom said she knew why Clark now wanted to go to trial he found out that
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there were media and production companies interested in Bianca's story and he wanted to be able to tell his
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side Clark wouldn't admit to that months later he took the stand to plead his case do you soundly swear the testimony
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you're about to give is a truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help
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die he blamed his former attorney Luke nebus a well-respected local public defender for not visiting him enough in
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prison and pressuring him into pleading guilty oh he knew that was a first time offender and had no knowledge of the
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legal system knowledge about court proceedings can you state your name lbsh on the stand nbsh said Clark's
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claims were not true I went to the United County Jail 15 times prior to his plea I there were moments where I spent
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four or five hours with him there are moments where I spent two maybe an average of three he said in fact he was
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the one who encouraged his former client to plead not guilty and go to trial but
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it was Clark who refused again whose idea was was it to plead guilty to these charges is Mr
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cler's and it was your intention to take this matter to trial yes and during cross-examination prosecutor Mike Nolan
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demolished Clark's argument about his supposed legal knowledge you're making claims that Mr Nish didn't do his job
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but you don't know that correct with the resources I was provided it looks like he did not do his job and again what law
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school did you go to Mr Clark I did not go to law school right so you don't know
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that correct correct thank you the judge denied Brandon Clark's request to withdraw his guilty plea and on March
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16th 2021 nearly 2 years after Bianca was murdered he was finally brought into be
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sentenced are there any family members that would like to address the court yes your honor Bianca's mother and
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grandfather had been waiting a long time to face Bianca's killer with the death of your child comes the most UN ible
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Indescribable pain a pain that time cannot heal and only seems to worsen but Brandon for the cruel manner in which
00:37:06
you took my granddaughter's life for the total disregard you had for a human life
00:37:13
for the callous act in which you posted pictures of her murdered body on social media to gratify your own selfish
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purposes you Brandon deserve to spend the rest of your life in prison before the judge read his sentence Clark gave a
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statement I hate myself for what I did I'm so sorry that I put everyone through this I'm so sorry that I put Bianca
00:37:37
through this I I wish I could apologize to her and just apologize and apologize and just take it back
00:37:46
but did you all believe his apology did you think it was sincere at all no not sincere that's part of his story is to
00:37:56
play Old poor me it's not about what he did to Bianca it's all about him the judge also appeared unmoved by Clark's
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apology and gave him the maximum sentence for murdering Bianca 25 years to life our deepest thoughts now are with
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Bianca our Angel who has given so much love to this family but despite their belief Bianca's
00:38:29
family knows their fight may not be over after Clark serves 25 years in prison he
00:38:35
could be eligible for parole he will be in his late 40s did Bianca receive Justice no justice would be Bianca being
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alive but the justice for Bianca now takes a different form Bianca's family is trying to turn
00:38:55
their grief into action they have worked with local politicians like then Congressman Anthony brendisi to try and
00:39:03
get Bianca's law passed and today we are putting social media companies on notice
00:39:10
we are taking substantive action on the federal level to bring the devans family
00:39:14
peace and ensure this never happens to another family again Bianca's law is a bill that would hold social media
00:39:23
companies accountable for violent and graphic content that they allow on their platforms so we look at that as a start
00:39:31
for a series of laws and policies that would prevent death photos like Biancas from being put up on social
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media they also have established a scholarship in Bianca's name and that will go to a student who was going to
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follow Bianca's Ambitions of helping helping atesson with mental health struggles like Bianca
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had how do you want Bianca to be remembered I want Bianca to be remembered for her smile for her bright
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spirit for her huge Caring Heart Bianca always wanted to help someone even in her worst struggles when
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she couldn't help herself she helped others and she will never ever be [Music] [Music]
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This episode stands out for the following:

  • 95
    Most shocking
  • 95
    Most heartbreaking
  • 90
    Most emotional
  • 90
    Most intense

Episode Highlights

  • The Day Everything Changed
    On July 14th, 2019, a shocking photo circulated online, leading to a tragic discovery.
    “I believe someone may have been murdered.”
    @ 00m 48s
    September 09, 2025
  • The Role of Social Media
    Bianca's online presence was significant, impacting her life and the events that followed.
    “She was definitely a social media chameleon.”
    @ 02m 08s
    September 09, 2025
  • The Disturbing Call
    Brandon Clark called 911, revealing the victim's identity and his own suicidal thoughts.
    “The victim is Bianca Michelle Devans.”
    @ 12m 15s
    September 09, 2025
  • The Horrific Video
    Investigators discovered a video of Bianca's murder, revealing the chilling details of the crime.
    “This was probably the most horrible terrible thing that either of us have ever seen.”
    @ 20m 49s
    September 09, 2025
  • Brandon's Court Appearance
    Brandon Clark faced charges in court, with Bianca's family present to seek justice.
    “He just looks pathetic.”
    @ 25m 19s
    September 09, 2025
  • Justice for Bianca
    Prosecutors aimed to ensure Brandon could never hurt anyone again.
    “We need Justice for Bianca.”
    @ 25m 56s
    September 09, 2025
  • Psychological Terrorism
    Bianca's family faced non-stop harassment online after her murder.
    “This is a form of psychological terrorism.”
    @ 26m 29s
    September 09, 2025
  • Clark's Guilty Plea
    Brandon Clark pleaded guilty to Bianca's murder but later sought to change his plea.
    “I hate myself for what I did.”
    @ 37m 31s
    September 09, 2025
  • Bianca's Law
    Bianca's family is advocating for legislation to hold social media accountable for violent content.
    “We are taking substantive action on the federal level.”
    @ 39m 10s
    September 09, 2025
  • Remembering Bianca
    Bianca's family wants her remembered for her caring heart and spirit.
    “Bianca always wanted to help someone.”
    @ 40m 15s
    September 09, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • This is a form of psychological terrorism.
    The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins | Full Episode
  • I just kept thinking no no she's fine.
    The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins | Full Episode
  • She fought for her life.
    The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins | Full Episode
  • He is a murderer.
    The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins | Full Episode
  • It's so exploitive of my daughter.
    The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins | Full Episode
  • I hate myself for what I did.
    The Online Life & Death of Bianca Devins | Full Episode

Key Moments

  • Social Media Impact02:03
  • 911 Call12:15
  • Courtroom Drama25:02
  • Evil Described25:39
  • Online Harassment26:05
  • Death Photos Spread27:31
  • Sentencing36:36
  • Legacy of Love40:11

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