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 |
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 |
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 | Most recent available photo of Blake (~5) | CBS 17 April 6 |
April 2013 | Avantae Deven filed petition to adopt Blake (~6) | WRAL April 9 |
July 2013 | Blake (~6) was adopted by his foster family (according to Madison County Department of Social Services) | WRAL April 4 |
2015 | Deven family moves to Fayetteville | CBS 17 April 6 |
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 | 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. | WRAL April 9 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
April 4 2024 | London's biological mother says she learned London was missing last Thursday | WRAL video April 9 |
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 |