NC NC - Blake Deven & London Deven, missing dates and ages are uncertain, FBI involved, Fayetteville

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Around 2001London's (~4) biological mother said she hasn't seen or heard from London since around 2001WRAL video April 9
Around 2007Most recent available photo of London (~12) (according to the FBI)CBS 17 April 6
2007Deven Academy homeschool is established at the Deven family's Eichelberger Dr homeWRAL April 10
2011Avantae 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 2011Avantae Deved filed petition to adopt January 2011 and was granted 2 months laterWRAL April 9
2011London's (~14) biological mother says she received a photo of London in 2011WRAL video April 9
February 2011Madison County Department of Social Services received Blake Julian Trenton Deven (~4) into its custody.WRAL April 4
March 2011Avantae Deven's petition to adopt London (~14) was approved. WRAL April 19
May 2011Blake 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 2011Miranda Miller, the sister of Blake's biological father Trevor Shuler, last saw BlakeFayetteville Observer April 12
2012Avantae 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
2012Most recent available photo of Blake (~5)CBS 17 April 6
2013Avantae 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
2013According to WRAL, documents show another child (not Blake or London) was adopted in 2013WRAL April 10
April 2013Avantae Deven filed petition to adopt Blake (~6)WRAL April 9
2013Blake's biological mother, Felicia Chandler, says she last saw Blake in 2013. WRAL April 19
July 2013Blake (~6) was adopted by his foster family (according to Madison County Department of Social Services)WRAL April 4
2013Two additional students enrolled in Deven AcademyWRAL April 10
2014Avantae 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
2015Avantae 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
2015Deven family moves to FayettevilleCBS 17 April 6
2016Avantae 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 2016Avantae Deven registered Nelson & Johnson LLC in New Mexico under a Sedona, AZ address in 2016. That LLC owns her Berriedale Dr. homeCityView NC April 24
November 2016Deven family moves to home on Eichelberger Dr, where they live until June 2019. WRAL April 19
November 29 2016Avantae Deven's LLC, Nelson & Johnson, purchases the home on Eichelberger Dr.Cumberland County Tax Administration
December 19 2018Warrant advised for ALL OTHER - COMMUNICATING THREATS at Eichelberger Dr house. Case number: 2018033465. UCR code 13C (intimidation).Fayetteville NC OpenData
2019Last time the Deven family saw London (~22), she was not reported missing (according to police)CBS 17 April 6
Five years agoBlake'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 2019Avantae Deven's LLC, Nelson & Johnson, purchases the home on Berriedale Dr. where the Deven family resides. Cumberland County Tax Administration
June 6 2019According to CityView NC, an incident report says London Deven has not been seen since this date.CityView NC April 24
June 2019Police say Deven family lived in their Eichelberger Dr home until this timeWRAL April 10
June 2019Deven family moved to Berriedale Dr home, where they continue to live as of 2024. WRAL April 19
Christmastime about 6 years agoNeighbor 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 agoNeighbor 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
2022Last 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 2022Date 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 2022An 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 2022CityView 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 2022An 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 2022In 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 2023Warrant 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 2023Fayetteville PD arrest of White male for assault - simple. Case number: 2023026406Fayetteville NC OpenData
October 20 2023Fayetteville 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 2023Leonie 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 CenterCityView NC April 24
January 19 2024An 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 2024Avantae 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 2024Blake Deven's biological mother (who had no custody of Blake) says she was informed by Fayetteville police that Blake was missing in FebruaryWRAL April 4
March 27 2024Police conducted interviews in a separate investigation and family members mentioned not having seen Blake in years. WRAL March 28
March 27 2024Fayetteville 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 2024A 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 2024London's biological mother says she learned London was missing last ThursdayWRAL video April 9
April 5 2024Fayetteville PD field contact at 1433 Berriedale Dr. Category: HVFayetteville NC OpenData
April 5 2024Fayetteville PD and FBI execute search warrant at a Fayetteville home where the Deven family previously resided.Police press conference April 5
April 8 2024Fayetteville PD and FBI search the Deven home at Berriedale Drive.Police press release April 12
April 10 2024A woman who says she is London's bio mom says the FBI came and swabbed her DNACBS 17 April 13
April 10 2024DSS 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 2024Fayetteville 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 2024Blake Deven's 18th birthdayCityView NC April 24

My callouts:
  • There is a lot more information available on Robert Adams and the Infinity Institute, but it's unclear at this point what could be relevant.
  • CityView NC reports that an incident report for London says she has not been seen since June 6 2019, which is the day after the Berriedale home was purchased.
  • Public databases for Fayetteville and Cumberland County give information on incidents/contact with the homes associated with the Deven family, but I found nothing in November 2023, when Leonie sustained an injury.
  • I have no idea what to make of some of these codes, especially "Category: MCEM"
 
The request for an emergency order of protection was filed by the Cumberland County Department of Social Services on behalf of 95-year-old Leonie Maxwell.

In its request, DSS states that Maxwell is unable to advocate for herself because she is on a ventilator in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center after sustaining an anoxic brain injury in November.

The April 10 filing alleges that her daughter and caretaker, Avantae Deven, 61, had not responded since March 27 to calls from hospital staff concerning "necessary medical decisions" for Maxwell and that on March 30 when a welfare check was conducted at Deven's home, no one answered the door.
www.fayobserver.com

Mom of missing Fayetteville siblings Blake and London Deven accused of neglecting ailing mother

Cumberland County Department of Social Services asked for an emergency order to freeze asset and take over medical care decisions for the 95-year-old.
www.fayobserver.com
 
Here's what I don't get about London's lack of recent pictures:

It would be one thing if it was not her being on social media or keeping it private from the family. While social media is huge with our generation, it's also common for people to be starting to cut back on our social media presence around our mid-late 20s due to professional reasons, lack of time, more privacy, etc. (I'm a couple years older than her if she is alive). But... you'd think there would be a driver's license/state ID pic floating around somewhere? In the US, it would be difficult to engage in society without one of these things, which means she would have had contact with the DMV within the past few years. And IIRC, most states can release DMV photos of missing adults since it's in the government database.
 
In addition to the adoption record, Buncombe County records also show that Avantae Deven was granted a divorce in 2006 after living separately from her husband for five years. It states the couple was married in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1996 and they shared no property or had children in common. The record shows that Deven was unsuccessful in locating her estranged husband to serve him with the papers, even going so far as to run notices in a Montana newspaper. The North Carolina court granted the divorce because the couple had been separated for at least 12 months, the record states.

Cumberland County property records show that Nelson & Johnson LLC owned and then sold the Eichelberger Drive home the family previously lived in June 2019. That same month, Nelson & Johnson LLC purchased the Berriedale Drive home Avantae Deven currently lives in.

The business, Nelson & Johnson LLC, does not appear to be registered in North Carolina, but New Mexico records list Avantae Deven as a member of Nelson & Johnson LLC, established in New Mexico in 2016. The business purpose is listed as: "Gatherings for various artist showings and book sharing/readings. No selling entailed."
www.fayobserver.com

Mom of missing Fayetteville siblings Blake and London Deven accused of exploiting ailing mother

Cumberland County Department of Social Services asked for an emergency order to freeze asset and take over medical care decisions for the 95-year-old.
www.fayobserver.com
 
imstilla.grandma said:
In addition to the adoption record, Buncombe County records also show that Avantae Deven was granted a divorce in 2006 after living separately from her husband for five years. It states the couple was married in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1996 and they shared no property or had children in common. The record shows that Deven was unsuccessful in locating her estranged husband to serve him with the papers, even going so far as to run notices in a Montana newspaper. The North Carolina court granted the divorce because the couple had been separated for at least 12 months, the record states.

Cumberland County property records show that Nelson & Johnson LLC owned and then sold the Eichelberger Drive home the family previously lived in June 2019. That same month, Nelson & Johnson LLC purchased the Berriedale Drive home Avantae Deven currently lives in.

The business, Nelson & Johnson LLC, does not appear to be registered in North Carolina, but New Mexico records list Avantae Deven as a member of Nelson & Johnson LLC, established in New Mexico in 2016. The business purpose is listed as: "Gatherings for various artist showings and book sharing/readings. No selling entailed."
www.fayobserver.com

Mom of missing Fayetteville siblings Blake and London Deven accused of exploiting ailing mother

Cumberland County Department of Social Services asked for an emergency order to freeze asset and take over medical care decisions for the 95-year-old.
www.fayobserver.com
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What is an LLC please. I am in the UK?
 
jackal67 said:
What is an LLC please. I am in the UK?
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A limited liability company (LLC) is a business structure in the U.S. that protects the assets of its owners from lawsuits and creditors concerned with the company's business debts
www.investopedia.com

What Is an LLC? Limited Liability Company Structure and Benefits Defined

A limited liability company (LLC) limits the potential for its members to be personally liable for the LLC's business debts. It features pass-through taxation.
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So Ava got a wild hair on January 19th to call 911 and report her son missing when according to her he was last seen over a year prior but doesn't recall what he was wearing when she last saw him or the number he last called her from to tell her he was going to Buddhist retreat.

seem legit :rolleyes:

Still want to know what prompted that phone call from Ava. why that day and not anyone of the hundreds prior to it?
 
tlcya said:
I don't like this case at all. Gives me Erica Parsons vibes. Why do I feel so strongly Blake never made it to his teen years at all??
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I have the same gut feeling especially because Blake hasn't been seen by neighbours and relatives for an extended period. I saw something about Blake being placed in foster care, I wonder if there is any documentation to support this? There has to be a paper trail somewhere if he was fostered/adopted by someone. I also wonder if the school has documents about his last school year and his attendance before being removed entirely. I am glad NCMEC is involved in this case and the FBI. Hopefully, Blake is safe with his adopted family and the system works the way it's supposed to.
 
leighaking98 said:
I have the same gut feeling especially because Blake hasn't been seen by neighbours and relatives for an extended period. I saw something about Blake being placed in foster care, I wonder if there is any documentation to support this? There has to be a paper trail somewhere if he was fostered/adopted by someone. I also wonder if the school has documents about his last school year and his attendance before being removed entirely. I am glad NCMEC is involved in this case and the FBI. Hopefully, Blake is safe with his adopted family and the system works the way it's supposed to.
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Blake was adopted into the home where he was last known to be. It seems he was not safe there at all.
 
NervousNellie said:
As others have said, it is a very convoluted story and it seems that is by design. I have an idea there are victims we don't even know about.
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It wouldn't surprise me if more victims were identified throughout this investigation. I hate that the system works against not for children a lot of the time.
 
imstilla.grandma said:
In addition to the adoption record, Buncombe County records also show that Avantae Deven was granted a divorce in 2006 after living separately from her husband for five years. It states the couple was married in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1996 and they shared no property or had children in common. The record shows that Deven was unsuccessful in locating her estranged husband to serve him with the papers, even going so far as to run notices in a Montana newspaper. The North Carolina court granted the divorce because the couple had been separated for at least 12 months, the record states.

Cumberland County property records show that Nelson & Johnson LLC owned and then sold the Eichelberger Drive home the family previously lived in June 2019. That same month, Nelson & Johnson LLC purchased the Berriedale Drive home Avantae Deven currently lives in.

The business, Nelson & Johnson LLC, does not appear to be registered in North Carolina, but New Mexico records list Avantae Deven as a member of Nelson & Johnson LLC, established in New Mexico in 2016. The business purpose is listed as: "Gatherings for various artist showings and book sharing/readings. No selling entailed."
www.fayobserver.com

Mom of missing Fayetteville siblings Blake and London Deven accused of exploiting ailing mother

Cumberland County Department of Social Services asked for an emergency order to freeze asset and take over medical care decisions for the 95-year-old.
www.fayobserver.com
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Wow, so is there possibly a missing husband, too? She was “unsuccessful in locating her estranged husband” so a divorce was granted. She also seems unsuccessful in locating her son and her daughter…
 
Kudzu said:
Wow, so is there possibly a missing husband, too? She was “unsuccessful in locating her estranged husband” so a divorce was granted. She also seems unsuccessful in locating her son and her daughter…
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Missing husband AND other missing kids, maybe? We can't be the only ones noticing that a lot of people in her life have disappeared. Didn't Blake's family think AD had adopted Blake's birth siblings also? They at least mentioned in an interview that she was "homeschooling them" and it wasn't clear who that meant, but I got the idea it was about his birth siblings. I'll have to find that. Though I'm not sure I've ever seen how many siblings he had, only that there were siblings mentioned that I assumed were birth siblings and not adopted siblings.

Edited to add the comments about Blake's siblings that is unclear....
From the fabulous timeline by Mack the Knife here: NC - NC - Blake Deven, poss 5-6, not seen by family in several years, last photo is from 2012, FBI involved, Fayetteville, unk missing date

[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.
 
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