Star Grant and Devan Loving are two alleged killers from North Carolina who have been charged with the murders of three members of Star Grant’s family
According to police reports officers would respond to a call at a home in Fairview North Carolina where they would discover the bodies of 41-year-old Travis Eugene Grant, 42-year-old Kimberly Michelle Grant and 66-year-old Sharon Harwood Grant. Star Grant would not be at the residence
Police in Tennessee would later find sixteen year old Star Grant and twenty eight year old Devan Loving at a motel in Tennessee. Both would be arrested. Police are still trying to determine how long the pair had been in Tennessee and what the relationship between the two is.
Star Grant and Devan Loving have been charged with three counts of murder an one count of conspiracy to commit murder
Star Grant And Devan Loving News
Three people were found dead inside a home, and the 16-year-old daughter of two of the victims and another man are being charged with murder, according to authorities in North Carolina.
Devan Oneal Loving, 28, and Star Grant, 16, are both facing three counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Star Grant is being charged as an adult, according to the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded Thursday for a welfare check on Ashworth Drive in Fairview. It was the third welfare check at the home since Monday, authorities said.
Law enforcement arrived and found three people dead with gunshot wounds at the home. Police believe the three had been deceased for several days before they were found.
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims as 41-year-old Travis Eugene Grant, 42-year-old Kimberly Michelle Grant and 66-year-old Sharon Harwood Grant.
Officials said Travis Grant and Kimberly Grant were married and that Sharon Grant is Travis Grant’s mother.
Detectives determined during the investigation that Star Grant, the 16-year-old daughter of Travis and Kimberly Grant who lives at the home, was missing.
The teen was located Friday morning in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, accompanied by Devan Loving, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies believe the two may have been in the state for several days.
Gatlinburg police said the pair were taken into custody at an Ownby Street hotel and questioned about the Buncombe County deaths.
Buncombe County deputies traveled to Gatlinburg to interview the suspects, which led to them being charged with murder, according to officials.
Devan Loving and Star Grant will face an extradition hearing in Tennessee before being brought to Buncombe County, where they could face the death penalty, officials said.
The investigation is still ongoing. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Gatlinburg Police Department are assisting.
Neighbors shocked
Saylor Tagner grew up next door to 16-year-old Star Grant and her parents, Travis and Kimberly Grant.
“They treated me like I was their own, and it felt awesome,” Tagner said.
She said she met Star Grant in their neighborhood when they were both in elementary school, and the two quickly became friends.
“She would take care of me at school. If someone was bullying me or something, she would stand up for me. It’s so weird to expect my neighbor to do all that and it’s the one I grew up with. I was at their house constantly,” Tagner said. “Her family was great to me. They treated me well. She was an amazing person to me.”
Saylor’s father said Star Grant was a familiar face around the neighborhood.
“Everybody that would drive by would wave to Star because they just knew her,” he said. “I didn’t believe it because if you knew Star, she was a good kid. She’d come over here. She always had a dog with her.”
Tagner and her father said they never witnessed tension within the family and are still trying to process what happened, describing Star Grant and her parents as good people.
“I didn’t know how to feel, so I just felt kind of scared, honestly,” Tagner said.
Teen girl, 28-year-old man charged in deaths of her parents and another family member
Star Grant And Devan Loving More News
Three people were found dead Thursday evening after deputies responded to a welfare check at a home in Fairview. Two suspects – including the 16-year-old daughter of two of the deceased victims – have been charged with murder, authorities said
“They’re charged with a Class A Felony, that has potential in the state of North Carolina, either the death penalty or life imprisonment,” Major John Ledford with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office said during a press conference Friday, May 8.
Patrol deputies with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office were called to 18 Ashworth Drive around 7:15 p.m. Thursday, May 7. When they entered the home, they found three people deceased, the sheriff’s office said. Authorities confirmed the three victims were found with gunshot wounds.
The victims were identified as 41-year-old Travis Eugene Grant, 42-year-old Kimberly Michelle Grant and 66-year-old Sharon Harwood Grant. Authorities said Travis and Kimberly Grant were married, and that Sharon Grant was Travis’ mother.
Detectives later determined that 16-year-old Star Grant, who lives at the Ashworth Drive residence, was missing and unaccounted for. On Friday morning, May 8, authorities said the teenage girl was located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, accompanied by an adult male, Devan Loving.
Star Grant and 28-year-old Devan Loving, the man authorities said she was found with in Gatlinburg, were identified as the suspects. They are both charged with three counts of first-degree murder, as well as one count each of felony conspiracy to commit murder, Buncombe County authorities confirmed during a press conference on Friday, May 8.
Star Grant is the daughter of Travis and Kimberly Grant, law enforcement officials confirmed.
“Information we have received, she is the daughter of the couple and the granddaughter of the deceased, older deceased person,” Ledford said.
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office released a mugshot of Loving late Friday. The Tennessee sheriff’s office said it had no information or mugshot for Grant, citing that she is a juvenile and would be in custody at the Sevier County Juvenile Detention Center.
Despite her age, Star will be charged as an adult. Additionally, the nature of her relationship with Loving is not known at this time.
According to court records, Devan Loving has a prior history with law enforcement. In March 2018, he was charged with simple assault; however, the charges were dropped by the district attorney.
Court records say Star Grant was adopted by the 41-year-old victim, Travis Grant, in 2019. Previous court records also state that Travis was married twice before, once to one of the other victims, Kimberly Grant, for whom records say they divorced in 2004.
Star Grant and Devan Loving will face an extradition hearing in Tennessee before being brought to Buncombe County, local authorities confirmed.
Thursday’s disturbing discovery came after two other welfare check calls earlier this week, the sheriff’s office said.
“The deputies responded out there, went to the residence. Through their time there and investigation, they did not develop enough information to force entry into the residence. We have to be able to articulate exigency there and the information at that time just did not exist,” BCSO Captain Dustan Auldredge said during Friday’s press conference.
So far, it’s not clear what the suspects were doing in Tennessee.
“That’s what the investigation will determine, why they were in Gatlinburg. The two defendants who are charged are both Buncombe County residents,” Major Ledford said.
As for how long the suspects were in Tennessee, Auldredge said it is believed they were there “more than a few days,” but the total length of time is still under investigation.
3 found dead in North Carolina home; teen daughter, man charged with murder
