Around 2001 | London's (~4) biological mother said she hasn't seen or heard from London since around 2001 | WRAL video April 9 |
Around 2007 | Most recent available photo of London (~12) (according to the FBI) | CBS 17 April 6 |
2007 | Deven Academy homeschool is established at the Deven family's Eichelberger Dr home | WRAL April 10 |
2011 | Avantae Deven is listed as the registered agent for Infinity Institute (EIN: 91-1890966). The Infinity Institute sells the teachings of deceased Advaita Vendata teacher Robert Adams. The institute's address and her address at this time are a PO Box in Enka, NC. | IRS |
January 2011 | Avantae Deved filed petition to adopt January 2011 and was granted 2 months later | WRAL April 9 |
2011 | London's (~14) biological mother says she received a photo of London in 2011 | WRAL video April 9 |
February 2011 | Madison County Department of Social Services received Blake Julian Trenton Deven (~4) into its custody. | WRAL April 4 |
March 2011 | Avantae Deven's petition to adopt London (~14) was approved. | WRAL April 19 |
May 2011 | Blake was placed in a foster home in Buncombe County through a licensed private child placing agency (according to Madison County Department of Social Services) | WRAL April 4 |
December 2011 | Miranda Miller, the sister of Blake's biological father Trevor Shuler, last saw Blake | Fayetteville Observer April 12 |
2012 | Avantae Deven is listed as the registered agent for Infinity Institute (EIN: 91-1890966). The Infinity Institute sells the teachings of deceased Advaita Vendata teacher Robert Adams. The institute's address and her address at this time are a PO Box in Enka, NC. | IRS |
2012 | Most recent available photo of Blake (~5) | CBS 17 April 6 |
2013 | Avantae Deven is listed as the registered agent for Infinity Institute (EIN: 91-1890966). The Infinity Institute sells the teachings of deceased Advaita Vendata teacher Robert Adams. The institute's address and her address at this time are a PO Box in Enka, NC. | IRS |
2013 | According to WRAL, documents show another child (not Blake or London) was adopted in 2013 | WRAL April 10 |
April 2013 | Avantae Deven filed petition to adopt Blake (~6) | WRAL April 9 |
2013 | Blake's biological mother, Felicia Chandler, says she last saw Blake in 2013. | WRAL April 19 |
July 2013 | Blake (~6) was adopted by his foster family (according to Madison County Department of Social Services) | WRAL April 4 |
2013 | Two additional students enrolled in Deven Academy | WRAL April 10 |
2014 | Avantae Deven is listed as the registered agent for Infinity Institute (EIN: 91-1890966). The Infinity Institute sells the teachings of deceased Advaita Vendata teacher Robert Adams. The institute's address and her address at this time are a PO Box in Enka, NC. | IRS |
2015 | Avantae Deven is listed as the registered agent for Infinity Institute (EIN: 91-1890966). The Infinity Institute sells the teachings of deceased Advaita Vendata teacher Robert Adams. The institute's address and her address at this time are a PO Box in Enka, NC. | IRS |
2015 | Deven family moves to Fayetteville | CBS 17 April 6 |
2016 | Avantae Deven is listed as the registered agent for Infinity Institute (EIN: 91-1890966). The Infinity Institute sells the teachings of deceased Advaita Vendata teacher Robert Adams. The institute's address and her address at this time are a PO Box in Enka, NC. | IRS |
September 2016 | Avantae Deven registered Nelson & Johnson LLC in New Mexico under a Sedona, AZ address in 2016. That LLC owns her Berriedale Dr. home | CityView NC April 24 |
November 2016 | Deven family moves to home on Eichelberger Dr, where they live until June 2019. | WRAL April 19 |
November 29 2016 | Avantae Deven's LLC, Nelson & Johnson, purchases the home on Eichelberger Dr. | Cumberland County Tax Administration |
December 19 2018 | Warrant advised for ALL OTHER - COMMUNICATING THREATS at Eichelberger Dr house. Case number: 2018033465. UCR code 13C (intimidation). | Fayetteville NC OpenData |
2019 | Last time the Deven family saw London (~22), she was not reported missing (according to police) | CBS 17 April 6 |
Five years ago | Blake's paternal aunt says family members haven't seen Blake in five years, and "As far as we know, from the time that she got them, she homeschooled them". It's unclear if this means that Blake's adoptive mother had taken in his biological siblings. | WRAL April 4 |
June 5 2019 | Avantae Deven's LLC, Nelson & Johnson, purchases the home on Berriedale Dr. where the Deven family resides. | Cumberland County Tax Administration |
June 6 2019 | According to CityView NC, an incident report says London Deven has not been seen since this date. | CityView NC April 24 |
June 2019 | Police say Deven family lived in their Eichelberger Dr home until this time | WRAL April 10 |
June 2019 | Deven family moved to Berriedale Dr home, where they continue to live as of 2024. | WRAL April 19 |
Christmastime about 6 years ago | Neighbor James last saw Blake (~11) and a girl he believed to be 17 that he thought was London (~21) at the Berriedale Drive house about 6 years ago. Note: in 2018 (6 years ago), the Deven family had not yet moved to the Berriedale house. | WRAL April 9 |
A month after Christmastime 6 years ago | Neighbor James says "Ava Maxwell" told him she had sent Blake (~11) back to the state about 6 years ago. Note: in 2018 (6 years ago), the Deven family had not yet moved to the Berriedale house. | WRAL April 9 |
2022 | Last time the Deven family saw Blake (15), he was not reported missing (according to police). (Other reports say that police have not confirmed when Blake was last seen, and 2022 comes from the Missing Children Database.) | CBS 17 April 6 |
August 1 2022 | Date Blake has been missing since, according to NCMEC. (Compiler's note: I doubt this date is particularly accurate. Police have not confirmed a date and family members don't seem to know. I would bet that a date is required by the database, so they are forced to guesstimate.) | NCMEC |
August 1 2022 | An incident report from Fayetteville PD (as reported by the Fayetteville Observer) indicates this is the last date Blake was seen. (This contradicts the November 30 date in the same report.) | Fayetteville Observer April 12 |
August 1 2022 | CityView NC reports that police discovered that Blake Deven had been missing since this date. It may be that after the 911 call in which Avantae says she hadn't heard from Blake since the holidays in 2022, police were dispatched and she clarified that she spoke to him on the phone at that time, but hadn't seen him in person since August. | CityView NC April 24 |
November 30 2022 | An incident report from Fayetteville PD (as reported by the Fayetteville Observer) indicates this was the last date Blake was seen, at the Berriedale Drive home. (This contradicts the August 1 date in the same report.) | Fayetteville Observer April 12 |
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2022 | In a 911 call, Avantae Deven says she last spoke to Blake Deven some time around the holidays in 2022. | CityView NC April 24 |
September 2 2023 | Warrant for VANDALISM / DAMAGE TO PROPERTY that was cleared by arrest. Case number: 2023021996. UCR code: 290 (Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property) | Fayetteville NC OpenData |
October 19 2023 | Fayetteville PD arrest of White male for assault - simple. Case number: 2023026406 | Fayetteville NC OpenData |
October 20 2023 | Fayetteville PD field contact with 15 y/o White male at 1433 Berriedale Dr. Case number: 2023026406. Category: MCEM. Warrant also listed on this date. | Fayetteville NC OpenData |
November 2023 | Leonie Maxwell, 95, Avantae's mother, sustained an anoxic brain injury rendering her nonverbal and nonresponsive. At some point she was admitted to the cardiatric ICU at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center | CityView NC April 24 |
January 19 2024 | An incident report from Fayetteville PD (as reported by the Fayetteville Observer) says Avantae Deven reported Blake missing. This was done while at the Walmart on Ramsey Street. | Fayetteville Observer April 12 |
January 19 2024 | Avantae Deven called 911 and reported Blake Deven missing for at least a year. She said she believed him to be at a Buddhist retreat, but he had not called her. | CityView NC April 24 |
February 2024 | Blake Deven's biological mother (who had no custody of Blake) says she was informed by Fayetteville police that Blake was missing in February | WRAL April 4 |
March 27 2024 | Police conducted interviews in a separate investigation and family members mentioned not having seen Blake in years. | WRAL March 28 |
March 27 2024 | Fayetteville police begin searching properties associated with the Deven family. As of 2024-04-06 they have searched at least 3. | CBS 17 April 6 |
March 27 2024 | A petition to place Leonie Maxwell in emergency protective care states that Cape Fear Valley Medical Center has not been able to contact Avantae Deven since March 27 2024. | CityView NC April 24 |
April 4 2024 | London's biological mother says she learned London was missing last Thursday | WRAL video April 9 |
April 5 2024 | Fayetteville PD field contact at 1433 Berriedale Dr. Category: HV | Fayetteville NC OpenData |
April 5 2024 | Fayetteville PD and FBI execute search warrant at a Fayetteville home where the Deven family previously resided. | Police press conference April 5 |
April 8 2024 | Fayetteville PD and FBI search the Deven home at Berriedale Drive. | Police press release April 12 |
April 10 2024 | A woman who says she is London's bio mom says the FBI came and swabbed her DNA | CBS 17 April 13 |
April 10 2024 | DSS officials requested a guardian ad litem be appointed for Leonie Maxwell. DSS also requested the court freeze Leonie's financial assets and allow her records to be inspected. | CityView NC April 24 |
April 12 2024 | Fayetteville PD located partial skeletal human remains during the investigation. The remains have not been identified and were not found at the Deven home at Berriedale Drive. | Police press release April 12 |
May 10 2024 | Blake Deven's 18th birthday | CityView NC April 24 |