A young man killed an influential 17-year-old and posted body photos on Instagram

Bianca Devins, an influential 17-year-old with a relatively high number of followers (about 35,000), was murdered Sunday in Utica, New York. What makes this case unique – beyond the sadness of his death – lies in the impact of crime on social networks.

The main suspect in the murder, 21-year-old Brandon Clark, has posted footage of Bianca's lifeless body on his Instagram account. The material was also distributed on the forums, the chat and the messaging service for Discord players.

Discord users were the first to warn the police.

Without control

Instagram tried to delete the photos from his platform. The images in the Clark account have been deleted and the account has been closed. However, before this happens, many users have created their own copies.

Many of them have left messages encouraging followers of the alleged killer (the evidence is very solid) to consult the information contained in their accounts.

Instagram said that he was working with the police to delete all the accounts that are trying to broadcast the images. For this, he uses a combination of technology and user reports.

It is important to note that many users have chosen to respect the memory of the victim. They even launched a campaign with photos of the young woman depicting life and pictures of flowers or animals using the name of the victim as a tag. In this way, they hope to stifle the diffusion of images of their lifeless bodies.

This incident also recalls what happened during the attacks in New Zealand. Recall that Instagram is a Facebook company.

Unhappy meeting

According to Utica police, Bianca and Brandon met via Instagram a few months ago, they went to a concert together and discussed it later.