Bianca Devins used the internet to make friends and express herself. After her death, it turned on her.
UTICA, New York ― The chatroom was populated by a motley crew of teens and young adults, spread out from California to Tennessee to Massachusetts. They didn’t know each other independently, but they were brought together by a single, unifying force: bright, effervescent 17-year-old Bianca Devins.
On Saturday, just two weeks after her high school graduation, Bianca headed to New York City to see one of her favorite singers, Nicole Dollanganger, whose dark songs tackle self-harm and depression. Bianca had invited a handful of people from her group chat but ended up going with only one, Brandon Clark, 21. They went to the show, driving several hours there and back again in one night.
The image, posted under a usernameassociated with Clark, was accompanied by a message: “Sorry fuckers, you’re going to have to find someone else to orbit.” In the immediate aftermath of her death, certain narratives, sticky as rice, began to emerge. Everyone wanted Bianca’s death to mean something. Clark and Bianca left Trans-Pecos, a small music venue and coffee shop in Queens, New York, late in the evening to make the four-hour drive back to Utica. It is unclear what route they took; police are working on obtaining toll records to track their movement. But Bianca was dead by early Sunday morning, allegedly killed inside Clark’s car.
Bianca’s body was underneath. Clark took a selfie with his slit throat and posted it to Snapchat, writing, “ashes to ashes,” the tarp visible below him. The night before, some students and teachers had attended a vigil for Bianca. The crowd chanted “love, not violence” over and over, and sang along to “Puff The Magic Dragon.”
“It is absolutely disgusting that people are sharing, screenshoting the pictures of Bianca’s tragedic death!! Wtf is wrong with you people!!??” her stepmother, Kaleigh Nicole Rimmer, wrote on Facebook. “I have seen the pictures. I will FORVER have those images in my mind when I think of her. When I close my eyes, those images haunt me.” Jason Clark, his father, offered an apology to Bianca’s family in an interview with local media and said his son’s home life had been dysfunctional at times.
On 4chan, which Bianca and Tom both grew up using, users gleefully shared images of her dead body, begged for video, and called her vile names. Tom said he was disturbed to see his community turn on her so quickly, though not surprised. A Safe SpaceAfter the photo went viral, Bianca’s Discord server was inundated with trolls, and her real friends had to move somewhere else to talk. They made a new group chat and supported each other on an almost minute-to-minute basis.
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