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On July 14th, 2019, I woke
up, picked up my phone,

and noticed that my group chat
was buzzing about something.

And I looked at it, and it
was a photo of my friend.

And it looked like she was dead.

So I was reading
all the messages.

And they were saying,
guys, like in the Discord,

someone posted that Bianca's
like dead or something.

And I was like, what?

Some people in the
Discord actually

had to call the police.

Utica police.

Oh, good morning.

I believe someone may
have been murdered.

OK, where?

OK, so, I'm on an online group,
and somebody posted a picture

of someone getting murdered.

And I believe it to be a
Miss Bianca Michelle Devins.

Before I knew it,
the photo was being

circulated around my
community, and then beyond it.

So tell me, what did
you see that day?

I was on Twitter, as
I usually do, just

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 point.

Just that images
had been posted,

and were going viral
on social media.

And I just knew that I
wanted to find out more.

I think we were all
just very confused.

Someone saw something
on the internet,

where they thought Bianca
may have been hurt.

I am Kim Devins and
I'm Bianca's mother.

Bianca is a talented
artist, and aspiring model.

I knew she had an
online presence.

But I found that
granddaughters do not

share their online presence
with their grandfathers.

So I wasn't aware
of the depth of it.

Social media was a huge
part of Bianca's life.

And online she could be
whoever she wanted to be.

She was definitely a
social media chameleon.

She had multiple Instagram
accounts, which is not

uncommon for kids her age.

But, one of them
was clearly reserved

for her online friends,
you know, was fairly edgy.

She was obviously very
popular on Discord.

It was common for some people in
the community to try and escape

or, maybe to get attention,
to fake their deaths.

As this photo is circulating
on Discord, and then

to other social media platforms,
the authenticity of the photo

is being debated.

A lot of people are unsure
whether or not it's real.

People were making
memes out of the images.

They were turning
them into jokes.

They were sent to me.

They were sent to
various family members.

So this is a collection of
different communications

received by Bianca's mom.

And obviously,
every, one of them

meant to be incredibly
cruel, incredibly hurtful.

This is a form of
psychological terrorism.

I just don't understand the
cruelty and the emptiness

in someone's heart, where they
would get some kind of a thrill

out of sending these
pictures 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 be.

It's not her.

It's not my baby.

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July 14th, 2019.

It was a beautiful day in Utica.

It was our
Boilermaker road race,

which is a well-known
15k road race, where

participants from across
the world come to run.

As the first runners
cross the finish line,

Utica police detectives, Brian
Coronado and Michael Curley

heard alarming reports
of a possible murder.

Certainly, nothing prepared
us for a homicide on that day.

The horrific photos
spreading on the social media

platform, Discord, had prompted
calls from around the country.

OK, well, what's
the female's name?

Bianca Michelle Devins.

You know, I'm hoping the
girl is just bleeding badly,

and maybe 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 right.

Police body cameras were
rolling as officers arrived

at 17-year-old
Bianca Devins's home,

to perform a welfare check.

When did you first learn that
your daughter was missing?

There was a knock at our door.

Is there a Bianca
Devins that lives here?

Yeah, why?

My daughter, Olivia
answered the door.

She came up to me and said,
Mom, the police are here.

There's something
going on with Bianca.

The police didn't show
Bianca's mother, Kim the photo.

But said they feared her
daughter might be in danger.

Can you try to get a
hold of your daughter?

And what were you
thinking at that moment?

I was so confused.

I didn't know where Bianca was.

It went right to voice mail.

Kim told police she
last saw Bianca the day

before, as she headed with
friends to this concert in New

York City.

How was her mood when she left?

I remember Bianca
being so excited.

I left her alone for
most of the night,

just giving her her space.

And this was her first
real adult concert.

Bianca texted her
mother after the concert

to say she was heading home.

Bianca was enjoying
her newfound freedom,

Kim says, after graduating
high school two weeks earlier.

But her journey to get
there hadn't been easy.

At what point did you
realize she needed help?

Bianca first saw a
therapist at nine years old.

She was having some
separation anxiety.

Didn't want to go
to school, just

wanted to stay home with me.

And then around
13, Bianca started

showing signs of depression.

As Bianca isolated
herself from others,

she started to spend more
time on social media.

She really could just escape
her own mental struggles,

what was going on in her head.

And escape into a
different world online.

Hi.

It's like 6:00 in the morning,
and I'm currently editing this.

But I just wanted to let
you know, that I'm so funny.

How prevalent was
Bianca on social media?

She was extremely
prevalent on social media.

She had a large presence
on many platforms.

Reporter, EJ Dickson
covered Bianca's story

for Rolling Stone magazine.

And says the internet has a
name for the type of character

Bianca portrayed online.

What's an e-girl?

An e-girl is-- it's basically
a term used to describe

a certain type of aesthetic.

It's like a very
edgy, dark, aesthetic,

different-colored hair.

But Bianca's behavior was
growing increasingly erratic.

At age 16, she was diagnosed
with Borderline Personality

Disorder, an illness
which Kim believes

led to Bianca's
varying mood swings

and affected her self-image.

Bianca was very smart.

She was very intuitive
and self-aware.

So she always knew
something was wrong.

And she knew she needed help.

There she is with Belle on
the couch in the living room.

Bianca sought treatment,
says her grandfather Frank,

and eventually returned to her
role as a devoted big sister

to Olivia and Maddie.

We all said that, Bianca's back.

That's our girl.

And there was this
glow in her eyes

that, when she talked
about going to college,

and what she was going
to do with her life.

Bianca immersed
herself in her art.

And was even getting noticed
as a promising young model.

She would get lots
of compliments

from models and agents.

And she really felt good about
herself when she was modeling.

Though she had turned
a corner, Bianca

maintained her edgy
online persona.

And by age 17, had created
multiple identities.

She also had an active
presence on 4chan,

which is sort of on the
darker side of the web.

I'd go on the record saying
4chan is a dangerous place.

And it's also just
an incredibly,

incredibly, misogynistic space.

As Bianca's popularity
grew online, so

did the number of some
of her male followers,

called orbiters, says
online friend, Elizabeth.

The reason why they're called
orbiters is because they will

follow a girl they think
is attractive online,

and just orbit them, never
become close to them.

Bianca was exceptionally patient
and accessible to her orbiters,

to a fault at times.

One orbiter who captured
Bianca's attention

was a 21-year-old Lyft
driver, named Brandon Clark,

whom she met on
Instagram in May of 2019.

What was he like?

Honestly, nothing notable.

He was just kind
of like a normal--

one of these weird people,
one of these weird guys

in the community.

After communicating
on social media,

they eventually took
their relationship

offline and briefly dated,
but were never exclusive.

Bianca had made it
clear to Brandon

that she was not interested
in a committed monogamous

relationship, at this point.

And Brandon had
seemed to accept that.

When Brandon came around, and
he came around pretty often,

he just looked like a
goofy, nerdy, boy-next-door.

Kim says there were no
glaring, red flags about Clark,

so when Bianca told her
mother he was taking her

to that concert
in New York City,

Kim thought nothing of it.

I took a little
comfort in knowing

that she would be with
Brandon because I trusted him.

We'll stay here.

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As the search continued--

[INAUDIBLE] 47, 47.

--Bianca's friend suspected the
photos circulating on Discord

might be a hoax,
after learning it

was Clark who posted the image.

We all just assumed that
he was making a joke

or trying to scare
us or something.

On Discord it's fairly
common for people

to post gore and
disturbing images,

just to sort of get
a rise out of people.

So it was certainly within
the realm of possibility,

that this could have been faked.

Dispatch to all units.

But things turned
very real, very fast--

We have him on the line now.

--when it was Clark
who called 911.

My name is Brandon, the victim
is Bianca Michelle Devins.

It was like an out-of-body
experience, but I was shaking.

I just kept thinking,
no, no, she's fine.

We just have to find her and
we're going to get her help.

She's going to be OK.

As Bianca's family awaited
news of her safety,

police dispatch received a call.

911, what is the emergency?

My name is Brandon.

The victim is Bianca
Michelle Devins.

I'm going to kill myself.

The officers at the Devins
home could hear what

was unfolding on their radios.

He was going to kill himself.

Brandon, is that
her ex or boyfriend?

Apparently he's suicidal.

He's made statements saying
that he hurt your daughter.

It didn't make sense to me.

I remember just being very
confused that they were saying

that Brandon may have hurt her.

It just didn't make sense
that he would have hurt her.

Investigators turned
their attention

to Brandon Clark,
who by then had

posted more disturbing
pictures of Bianca,

including one with this
message, "I'm sorry Bianca."

We were fighting against time.

It was-- we needed to find her.

And we need to find her fast.

And he's not telling
us where he is.

They're basically
pinging his phone.

The dispatcher tried to keep
Clark talking, until police

could pinpoint his location.

Just stay on the
line with me, OK?

No, I'm not going to stay
on the line with you.

I'm going to be
dead on the ground.

But before hanging
up, Clark told them

exactly where to find
him, a dead-end road

not far from Bianca's home.

Describe for me,
where was Brandon?

And what was he doing?

Brandon's vehicle was
parked up ahead of here.

An officer pulled up,
and he observes Brandon.

Hi.

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 down, man.

Put the knife down.

There's a conversation
back and forth.

Where's the girl?

Where is she?

As the officer
moved into position,

Clark slashed himself
with the knife.

He then took a selfie and
posted it to social media

with the caption,
"Ashes to ashes."

Ultimately, backup arrives.

They engage him in
front of his vehicle.

After a brief struggle,
Clark was disarmed and placed

under arrest.

When I arrived on scene,
Brandon was actually just being

wheeled out to the ambulance.

As paramedics raced
to save Clark's life,

investigators made
a grim discovery,

the body of a young woman
hidden beneath a tarp.

Detective Coronado knew
they had found Bianca.

The news has got
this so you better

send somebody to the mom's house
to give her a heads up before--

But before police
could make that call,

Kim says she had already
learned the painful truth.

And Olivia was in the
kitchen with her friend,

and we heard the most
excruciating scream

that you have ever heard
come out of a teenager.

Someone had texted Bianca's
family the horrific photo.

I just kept screaming,
it's not her.

It's not her.

It's not my baby.

I knew it was her.

And I said to myself,
I'm going to be strong.

And get my family through this.

And this wasn't a whodunit.

We know who did it.

We had to work backwards to
figure out why this happened.

Investigators started
at the crime scene.

As we were learning
about Brandon,

every single thing he
did at the crime scene

meant something to him.

Prosecutors Sarah
DeMellier and Michael Nolan

would lead the investigation
for the Oneida County District

Attorney's office.

And began with a
cryptic message Clark

spray painted at the scene.

As this case was 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 a prosecutor,

something you don't
know, you Google it.

Investigators
learned, that message

was taken from a series of
Japanese comic books called

Punpun, that Clark and Bianca
had often read together.

The books are dark.

They're violent.

And it's almost a Japanese, dark
version of Romeo and Juliet.

Does he have some
very skewed picture

that his relationship
with Bianca

is a star-crossed
lovers scenario?

And there was something else
investigators found unusual

about the scene.

The other thing that I think
we found particularly eerie

was the music at
the crime scene.

[MUSIC - JOJI, "TEST DRIVE"]

[POLICE OFFICER WHISPERING
INDISTINCTLY]

Using a Bluetooth speaker, Clark
had programmed his cell phone

to play a particular
song on repeat.

And that song was, we later
learned, "Test Drive" by Joji,

about a person who is more
invested in the relationship

than somebody else.

To understand exactly what
was happening between Bianca

and Clark that
night, investigators

began reviewing their
social media accounts,

and soon learned that two
weren't alone at the concert.

It wasn't just
Bianca and Brandon.

In fact, they were accompanied
by another person, another guy.

Direct messages from
Bianca's Discord account

reveals she had invited
a new friend named Alex,

and was concerned Brandon
might get jealous.

Prosecutors tracked him down.

He was very helpful in
explaining the last moments

that he spent with Bianca,
that Brandon really

seemed to not want Alex there.

Investigators learned that
after Brandon 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 the concert,

we need to explore was it a
crime of passion, if you will,

was it a snap?

Just before dawn, as they
headed back to Utica,

Clark made this ominous
post on social media.

Brandon has posted
a photograph of what

appears to be the New
York State Thruway.

And in that post, he
says, "Here comes Hell.

It's redemption, right?"

Even as investigators questioned
what had happened after that,

and where, nothing
could have prepared them

for what they
would soon uncover.

We found out that there
was a video of the murder.

This is horror film
playing out in real life.

Tonight's 48 Hours
will continue.

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This morning we're going to
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It's early in the morning
when I go into the office.

And we get a call from
the Police Department.

They tell us there's something
that you have to see here.

The day after the
murder of Bianca Devins,

Prosecutors Sarah
DeMellier and Michael Nolan

went down to the Utica
Police Department.

Overnight, investigators had
conducted a forensic analysis

of Brandon Clark's cell phone
and found something terrifying.

They set us up with a
computer, some speakers,

and some headphones,
and pushed play.

And that's when
we see that there

is a video made by Brandon
of him killing Bianca.

I think it wasn't
until that very moment,

that we realized
this was probably

the most horrible, terrible
thing that either of us

have ever seen in our
life, and as a prosecutor.

Many of the details are
too gruesome to describe.

Bianca appears to
be sleeping on--

the back seat is folded
out so that it's flat.

He then takes his camera,
and he clips it to almost one

of those vents that would
be on the front dash.

What we see from
there is the beginning

of the homicide, where
Brandon reaches into the back.

He collects from the
back seat, a knife,

indicating to us
that's something

he came prepared with.

And he hides it at the
right hand side of the car.

We see that he wakes Bianca up.

And he goes about having
a conversation with her.

Then DeMellier says Brandon
asked Bianca about that kiss

she had with Alex, the other
young man at the concert

the night before.

He tells her, you
know, you know,

I saw you kiss him, right?

And she says, Yeah.

And, I'm sorry.

And he says, well, I'm
sorry is not good enough.

It's just not good
enough for him.

DeMellier says, it's
then that Bianca reminded

Clark they were not exclusive.

And she basically says, are
you ready to take me home yet?

And at this point,
with Brandon realizing

this might be the end of the
time that the two of them

are going to spend together,
we see him grab the knife.

She does not see it coming.

DeMellier says Clark
then killed Bianca.

And then he blames her.

He screams 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 he finished
filming the video,

that Clark took those
graphic photos of Bianca,

and 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 and grandfather
have never seen the video,

but heard of its contents
early on in the investigation.

I was 10 minutes away.

If she had just been able
to get out of that car.

But he caught her
completely off guard.

Does that haunt you today?

It does.

I was so close.

And she fought him.

Yeah, she fought back.

That impressed me most was
she fought for her life.

But the sickening murder video
wasn't the only important piece

of evidence investigators
found on Clark's cell phone.

They learned that he was
intent on killing Bianca long

before the events of that night.

We learned that
Brandon is meticulous

in his categorization,
itemization of things

that he wants to do.

Two days before
killing Bianca, Clark

utilized the Notes
app on his smartphone,

and typed a sinister checklist.

I would just describe this list
as the to-do list, the things

that he needs to do
to carry out his plan

and to stage his crime scene.

"Setup speaker" and "Last
song" question mark.

[MUSIC - JOJI, "TEST DRIVE"]

And that's not all.

Clark did multiple internet
searches, some the day

before the murder,
researching ways to kill.

He searched, how to
choke someone out,

how to hit the carotid
artery to kill someone.

More evidence,
investigators say,

that this was not
a crime of passion.

Brandon had this planned.

He had the video staged.

He had the phone staged.

He knew exactly
what he was doing.

We believe that, when this
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 him.

And he wasn't going to
let anybody else have her.

So no matter what she
said, she was going

to wind up dead that night.

Two weeks after the murder,
Bianca's family and friends

packed the courtroom, wearing
pink, her favorite color,

as they waited for
Brandon Clark to make

his first public appearance.

Brandon walked
into the courtroom

today, wearing an
orange jumpsuit

and a black protective vest.

I was in court when
they brought him in.

And I said, he just
looks pathetic.

Clark was officially charged
with second-degree murder,

and pleaded not guilty.

The defense was considering an
extreme emotional disturbance

defense, but authorities
and Bianca's family

were not buying it.

Investigators and
the prosecutors

describe him as
just an evil person

that wanted to murder someone.

And that's who Brandon is.

He is a murderer.

He is evil.

And as prosecutors
prepare to go to trial,

they had only one goal in mind.

We need Justice for Bianca.

And we need to make
sure Brandon can never

hurt anybody else again.

That's what our job is.

But there was nothing
they could do to stop

what was going on online.

The horrific images of Bianca's
murder that Clark had posted,

continued to spread
on the internet.

And a vile campaign of hate
was brewing on social media.

Bianca's family
members were also

being targeted, as a
result of Bianca's death.

It was just nonstop harassment.

This is a form of
psychological terrorism.

Tonight's 48 Hours
will continue.

In the days following
Bianca's murder,

downtown Utica was lit
up in pink in her honor.

And a candlelight vigil was
held to celebrate her life.

(Crowd Singing) Puff the
magic dragon lives by the sea.

Supporters gather to
sing "Puff the Magic

Dragon", a song her
grandfather, Frank

sang to Bianca as a child.

(Singing) Puff the magic
dragon lived by the sea.

A tradition she continued
with her baby sister, Maddie

"Puff the Magic Dragon".

That's the special song.

But as Bianca's family grieved,
the images of her dead body

had spilled from the
fringes of the internet

into mainstream social media.

I just can't understand why
people would want to see it.

This is real.

Frank believes those who
shared the photos didn't

see Bianca as a loving daughter
or cherished granddaughter.

They didn't see her
as a person, at all.

These pictures aren't fictitious
pictures taken from a movie.

They're of a lovely,
beautiful girl, whose life was

taken from her in a cruel way.

Bianca's death photos spread
on the social media platforms,

Facebook, Instagram,
and Twitter.

When you found out that
your daughter's images

were on Twitter--

It's heartbreaking.

It's so exploitive
of my daughter.

I just thought of how
embarrassed she would be,

how heartbroken she would be.

Kim pleaded with social media
companies to remove the images,

but it took time.

They stayed on
Instagram and Facebook

for at least a couple of weeks.

Every time the
photo was removed,

another one would
appear in its place,

says reporter EJ Dickson.

Unfortunately, extremely
violent and disturbing images

can circulate wildly
on social media.

And a lot of social
media platforms

don't have the
infrastructure in place

to prevent that from happening.

In response, some
social media users

led a grassroots effort to
replace the death photos

with messages of hope.

So Bianca's supporters tried
to combat people trolling

the hashtag by posting beautiful
images of clouds, bunnies,

ribbons, or fan art of
Bianca, like we see here.

To what end?

They did it to push
the death photos down

in the search results.

But amid the battle to
preserve Bianca's memory,

Kim says her family
became victims

of vicious online trolls,
who relentlessly sent them

the horrific photos.

They were sent to me.

They were sent to
various family members

that were close to Bianca.

Olivia's had to take a
break from social media

because there's always the risk
of having to see her sister's

death photo.

Along with the photos,
were hateful messages,

blaming Bianca for what
happened to her, many of which

are too graphic to show.

It's horrifying.

It's traumatizing to see people
saying that your daughter--

this is my baby--

that she deserved such
a cruel end to her life.

They're direct messaging and
text messages to the family.

A very twisted need is being met
by continuing to share these,

and trying to get these
to Bianca's family.

It actually furthers
the physical crime.

Behavioral scientist,
Steven Crimando

believes the individuals
most likely responsible

for the attacks on
Bianca's family,

belong to a community of
online men called incels.

Incel is short for
involuntary celibate.

Incels are individuals,
men, 21 or older,

who have gone six
months or longer

without any sort
of sexual activity,

not by their own volition.

Incels see themselves
as victims,

says Crimando, in a
never-ending struggle

to win the affection of
attractive women, whom

they refer to as Stacys.

Incels believe that they don't
have any chance with Stacys

at all.

Was Bianca considered a Stacy?

Bianca would be
considered as Stacy.

Though Clark did not
identify as an incel,

he was celebrated by
this dark community

for what he did to Bianca.

The incel feels
badly-cheated to the point

where it becomes just
an obsessive thought

that, I need to strike
back for the unfairness.

In fact, this violent
rhetoric has led to murder.

In 2014, a 22-year-old
self-identified incel

went on a deadly rampage
in Isla Vista, California,

killing six people.

Since then, the
intelligence community

believes there have been more
than a dozen mass killings

in North America,
resulting in 50 deaths,

attributed to incel ideology.

And that's there's been
more incel killings,

has become more clear
to us, that there

is, on the spectrum
of incels, those

at the extreme end, who are
certainly capable of murder.

And because of that,
it's recognized now

as a terrorist threat.

We all knew that we were
in the line of fire.

And I was honestly
afraid to leave my house.

The response to Bianca's
murder by the incel community

served as a wake-up
call for friends

like Elizabeth and
other young women

in their online
world, who realized

they, too, could be targets.

You know those same
incel communities

that were praising Brandon's
actions were saying,

oh, I wonder who's
going to be next.

I can't wait for
the next victim.

Or the next girl to be killed.

As Clark's case headed
to trial, emotions

ran high for
Bianca's family, who

feared her murder video
would be played in court.

My last memory of Bianca is
her full of life, so excited.

So to have to see her
in her last moments,

how she was brutally murdered
is absolutely traumatizing,

and something no
one should ever see.

But shortly before his trial
began in February 2020,

Clark pleaded guilty
to Bianca's murder.

I know that sorry is not enough.

I know that won't
take back what I did.

He said he wanted to spare
us from having to see

the details of Bianca's murder.

Did you believe him?

I don't believe him.

Kim may have been
right to be suspicious.

Before sentencing,
Clark changed his mind,

yet again, and wanted
to go to trial.

We know that he's playing
a game with everybody.

Go to the 48 hours Facebook page
to learn more about the effort

to turn tragedy into hope.

Just five months after pleading
guilty to murdering Bianca

Devins, .

Brandon Clark was back in
court to try and change

his plea back to not guilty.

This request infuriated
the Devins family,

who had already been
through so much.

Don't play games.

Take your punishment.

Give this family some peace.

Bianca's mom said she
knew why Clark now, wanted

to go to trial.

He found out that there
were media and production

companies interested
in Bianca's story

and he wanted to be
able to tell his side.

Clark wouldn't admit to that.

Months later, he took the
stand to plead his case.

Do you solemnly
swear the testimony

you're about to give is
the truth, the whole truth,

and nothing but the
truth, so help you God.

I do.

He blamed his former
attorney, Luke Nebush,

a well-respected
local public defender,

for not visiting him
enough in prison,

and pressuring him
into pleading guilty.

He knew that I was a
first-time offender

and had no knowledge of
the legal system, knowledge

about court proceedings.

You state your name.

Luke Nebush.

On the stand, Nebush said
Clark's claims were not true.

I went to the Oneida County jail
15 times prior to this plea.

And I-- there were moments
where I spent four or five

hours with him.

There were moments where I spent
two, maybe an average of three.

He said in fact,
he was the one who

encouraged his former
client to plead not guilty

and go to trial.

But it was Clark who refused.

And again, whose idea was to
plead guilty to these charges?

It was Mr. Clark's.

And it was your intention to
take this matter to trial?

Yes.

And during cross-examination,
Prosecutor Mike Nolan

demolished Clark's
argument about

his supposed legal knowledge.

You're making claims that
Mr. Nebush didn't do his job,

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 school
did you go to, Mr. Clark?

I did not go to law school.

Right.

So you don't know that.

Correct?

Correct.

Thank you.

The judge denied
Brandon Clark's request

to withdraw his guilty plea.

And on March 16th,
2021, nearly two years

after Bianca was
murdered, he was finally

brought in to be sentenced.

Are there any
family members that

would like to address the court?

Yes, your Honor.

Bianca's mother and grandfather
had been waiting a long time

to face Bianca's killer.

With the death of your child
comes the most unimaginable,

indescribable pain, a pain that
time cannot heal and only seems

to worsen.

But Brandon, for
the cruel manner

in which you took my
granddaughters life,

for the total disregard
you had for a human life,

for the callous act in which you
posted pictures of her murdered

body on social media to gratify
your own selfish purposes,

you, Brandon, deserve to
spend the rest of your life

in prison.

Before the judge
read his sentence,

Clark gave a statement.

I hate myself for why I did.

I'm so sorry that I put
everyone through this.

I'm so sorry that I put
Bianca through this.

I wish I could apologize to her.

And just apologize and apologize
and just take it back 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 play, "oh, poor me."

It's not about what
he did to Bianca.

It's all about him.

The judge also appeared
unmoved by Clark's apology,

and gave him the maximum
sentence for murdering Bianca,

25 years to life.

Our deepest thoughts now
are with Bianca, our angel,

who has given so much
love to this family.

But despite their
relief, Bianca's family

knows their fight
may not be over.

After Clark serves
25 years in prison,

he could be eligible for parole.

He will be in his late 40s.

Did Bianca receive justice?

No.

Justice would be
Bianca being alive.

But the Justice for Bianca
now, takes a different form.

Today, Bianca's family is
trying to turn their grief

into action.

They have worked with
local politicians,

like then-congressman
Anthony Brindisi,

to try and get
Bianca's Law passed.

And today, we are putting social
media companies on notice.

We are taking substantive
action on the federal level

to bring the Devins
family peace,

and ensure this never happens
to another family again.

Bianca's Law is
a bill that would

hold social media companies
accountable for violent

and graphic content that they
allow on their platforms.

So we looked at that
as a start for a series

of laws and policies
that would prevent

death photos like Bianca's
from being put on social media.

They also have established a
scholarship in Bianca's name.

And that will go
to a student who

is going to follow Bianca's
ambitions of helping

adolescents with mental health
struggles, like Bianca had.

How do you want Bianca
to be remembered?

I want Bianca to be
remembered for her smile,

for her bright spirit, for
her huge, caring heart.

Bianca always wanted
to help someone.

Even in her worst struggles
when she couldn't help herself,

she helped others.

And she will never,
ever be forgotten.

Bianca's family
continues to work

to get Bianca's Law passed.

The family still
receives graphic photos

of Bianca's murder.

A socialite living in Paradise.

Her friend, a senior
police official, shot dead.

These two people wind up
on a lonely pier together.

That was a terrible accident.

Or was it?

My brother was shot,
execution style.

Murder.

48 Hours, Saturday on CBS.

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