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NC BLAKE & LONDON DEVEN: Missing from Fayetteville, NC - 2022 & 2019 - Age 15 & 22 - Reported missing 2024 *London Deceased* (1 Viewer)

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Fayetteville police looking for teen who vanished years earlier

While conducting interviews in a separate police investigation, several members of Deven’s family said they have not seen him in several years.
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Fayetteville police looking for teen who vanished years earlier​

Fayetteville police are asking for the public’s help to find 17-year-old Blake Deven, who disappeared several years ago.

While conducting interviews in a separate police investigation, several members of Deven’s family said they had not seen him in several years.

Police said due to the unusual circumstances of his disappearance, the Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit, which also investigates missing and endangered persons, is leading the investigation.

Fayetteville police requested the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children create an age-progressed photo to better depict what Deven might look like today.

On Wednesday, the police department and the FBI searched three locations in Fayetteville as part of the investigation to find Deven.


MEDIA - BLAKE DEVEN: Missing from Fayetteville, NC - August 2022 - Age 15 - Reported missing 2024
 
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SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
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FBI search home linked to Blake, London Deven

"We are trying to put a factual timeline together," Fayetteville Police said at a news conference.
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New details released in disappearance cases of Blake Deven and London Deven in Fayetteville​

The Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) released new information during a press conference Friday about the ongoing search for a missing teenager and one of his relatives who may also be missing.

The news comes one day after police announced they are searching for London Deven, now 27, who was last seen in 2019 in Fayetteville, amid a search for Blake Julian Trenton Deven, now 17, who was last seen in 2022, FPD said.

FPD Chief Kemberle Braden said Detectives in the FBI's evidence response team searched a home in Fayetteville where the Deven family used to live after moving to the area in 2015.

He said Blake was last seen at a Walmart on Ramsey Street, and detectives are trying to piece together a timeline for both Blake and London's disappearances.

"We're taking information that we are seeing from all different sources, and we are trying to put a factual timeline together," Braden said. "That's why we're asking for the public's help. Anybody that may have information over the past several years."

Police said they were able to "independently confirm" that London hasn't been seen since, and that the most recent photo of her was from around 2007 when she would have been about 12 years old.


ABC11 obtained court documents showing that Blake and London were adopted by a woman named Avantae Emerald Deven in 2013 and 2011 respectively.
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So they were aged 24 and 15 respectively when they disappeared in 2019 and 2022.

London was an adult when she disappeared in 2019 so is it possible she came back for Blake in 2022 ? Why didn't the foster parent ever report them missing?

ETA. OMG I didn't read far enough into this horror story. So what exactly is justifying the hold up till 2027 ?
 
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So they were aged 24 and 15 respectively when they disappeared in 2019 and 2022.

London was an adult when she disappeared in 2019 so is it possible she came back for Blake in 2022 ? Why didn't the foster parent ever report them missing?

ETA. OMG I didn't read far enough into this horror story. So what exactly is justifying the hold up till 2027 ?
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Yeah it is a horror story all right.

I'll leave off comments about delays. I think all know how I feel about such with the system.
 
Deven is scheduled for a disposition hearing at 9 a.m.

Deven is charged with first-degree murder, concealment of death, kidnapping and felony child abuse.

If convicted on the murder charges alone, Deven could face the death penalty. The trial for this case is most likely to take place in 2027, according to Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West.

West said this case is heavy and all effort is being made to ensure it's handled correctly.

"This case has an extensive what we call an investigative file, and that's what law enforcement is putting together," West said. "This case, as far as the allegations, are certainly right up there with some of the most disturbing and unfortunately, I've seen a lot in 25 years."

West expects Fayetteville police to have that investigative file to his office by June.

After that, the file is presented to a grand jury possibly by the end of summer 2025. Then, it would go to the Superior Court and could be there for about six months. After that, a trial date would be set.
 
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — The court proceedings for Avantae Deven are delayed once again.

Deven, 63, was arrested nearly 15 months ago. She’s accused of murdering, dismembering, and burning the bodies of two of her adopted children, Blake and London.

County investigators believe Blake and London starved to death. Deven faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder and kidnapping.

More than a year after her arrest, Deven is still awaiting her day in court.

According to Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West, prosecutors are waiting on the Fayetteville Police Department to turn over investigative files for the case.

The next scheduled court date for Deven is Dec. 11.



 
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DA receives file in Deven child murder case: Trial not expected until 2027

Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West has received the investigative file for Avantae Deven, who is charged with the murder of her two adopted children, Blake and London Deven.
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DA receives file in Deven child murder case: Trial not expected until 2027​

Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West confirmed his office received the investigative file for a woman charged with the murder of her two adopted children.

Avantae Deven is accused of murdering Blake Deven and London Deven. Authorities arrested Avantae Deven in June 2024.

The investigative file is essentially the collection of various pieces of evidence police gathered. West said the plan is to present the case to a grand jury early in 2026. However, Avantae Deven likely won’t go to trial until 2027.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
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DA receives file in Deven child murder case: Trial not expected until 2027

Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West has received the investigative file for Avantae Deven, who is charged with the murder of her two adopted children, Blake and London Deven.
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DA receives file in Deven child murder case: Trial not expected until 2027​

Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West confirmed his office received the investigative file for a woman charged with the murder of her two adopted children.

Avantae Deven is accused of murdering Blake Deven and London Deven. Authorities arrested Avantae Deven in June 2024.

The investigative file is essentially the collection of various pieces of evidence police gathered. West said the plan is to present the case to a grand jury early in 2026. However, Avantae Deven likely won’t go to trial until 2027.
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2027?!!!
 

Fayetteville mother indicted in deaths of adopted children, Blake and London Deven​

A grand jury has indicted Avantae Deven, the adoptive mother of two children whose partial skeletal remains were found years after they had gone missing in Fayetteville.

Deven is accused of murdering, dismembering, and burning the bodies of both children, identified as Blake Deven and London Deven.

Monday’s indictment marked the first big update in the case in more than a year. The jury indicted Deven on four charges:
  • First-degree murder
  • Destroying a body/remains concealing an unnatural death
  • Intentional child abuse, inflicting serious bodily injury
  • Negligent child abuse, inflicting serious bodily injury
Blake and London were two of five unrelated children adopted by Avantae. The Fayetteville Police Department previously told CBS 17 those children were exposed to “extreme forms of torture, abuse and neglect."

County investigators believe Blake and London starved to death.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:

Fayetteville mother indicted in deaths of adopted children, Blake and London Deven​

A grand jury has indicted Avantae Deven, the adoptive mother of two children whose partial skeletal remains were found years after they had gone missing in Fayetteville.

Deven is accused of murdering, dismembering, and burning the bodies of both children, identified as Blake Deven and London Deven.

Monday’s indictment marked the first big update in the case in more than a year. The jury indicted Deven on four charges:
  • First-degree murder
  • Destroying a body/remains concealing an unnatural death
  • Intentional child abuse, inflicting serious bodily injury
  • Negligent child abuse, inflicting serious bodily injury
Blake and London were two of five unrelated children adopted by Avantae. The Fayetteville Police Department previously told CBS 17 those children were exposed to “extreme forms of torture, abuse and neglect."

County investigators believe Blake and London starved to death.
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That woman is pure evil.
 

New details revealed in murder case against Fayetteville adoptive mother​

A Cumberland County grand jury has indicted a Fayetteville woman on allegations she forced her adopted daughter into involuntary servitude before starving and killing her — accusations that also detail the earlier starvation death and dismemberment of the woman’s adopted son years before either sibling was reported missing.

The indictments allege Avantae Deven, 65, unlawfully confined London Deven and held her captive between June 1, 2020, and May 31, 2021, before killing her and destroying her remains in an effort to conceal the death.

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North Carolina to seek death penalty against Fayetteville mother accused of killing adopted children

North Carolina prosecutors have announced they will seek the death penalty against Avantae Deven for the alleged murders of her two adopted children, Blake and London Deven.
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North Carolina to seek death penalty against Fayetteville mother accused of killing adopted children​

The state of North Carolina will pursue the death penalty against a Fayetteville woman charged with murdering of her two adopted children.

Avantae Deven is expected to go to trial in 2027. She is charged with murdering both Blake Deven and London Deven.

Cumberland County Assistant District Attorney Kayley Haber filed the notice against Avantae Deven on Tuesday.

Avantae Deven’s alleged murders are the subject matter of the WRAL documentary “Broken: Foster Care in North Carolina.” WRAL’s documentary and coverage of the topic led North Carolina lawmakers to change state laws to provide more oversight of the state’s foster care system.

Authorities arrested Avantae Deven in June 2024. She is also charged with two counts of concealing a death, kidnapping and child abuse.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
www.wral.com

North Carolina to seek death penalty against Fayetteville mother accused of killing adopted children

North Carolina prosecutors have announced they will seek the death penalty against Avantae Deven for the alleged murders of her two adopted children, Blake and London Deven.
www.wral.com www.wral.com

North Carolina to seek death penalty against Fayetteville mother accused of killing adopted children​

The state of North Carolina will pursue the death penalty against a Fayetteville woman charged with murdering of her two adopted children.

Avantae Deven is expected to go to trial in 2027. She is charged with murdering both Blake Deven and London Deven.

Cumberland County Assistant District Attorney Kayley Haber filed the notice against Avantae Deven on Tuesday.

Avantae Deven’s alleged murders are the subject matter of the WRAL documentary “Broken: Foster Care in North Carolina.” WRAL’s documentary and coverage of the topic led North Carolina lawmakers to change state laws to provide more oversight of the state’s foster care system.

Authorities arrested Avantae Deven in June 2024. She is also charged with two counts of concealing a death, kidnapping and child abuse.
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Good! Evil b!
 
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