FAIRVIEW, N.C. (828newsNOW) — What began as a series of unanswered phone calls and welfare checks in a quiet Fairview area has evolved into one of Buncombe County’s most shocking homicide investigations in recent memory.
Over the course of just days, authorities discovered three family members dead inside their home, tracked two suspects across state lines to Tennessee, and brought both back to North Carolina to face murder charges. Since then, emotional courtroom appearances, new details from investigators and grieving relatives have continued to draw intense public attention.
Here is a timeline of the investigation into the deaths of Travis, Kimberly and Sharon Grant and the charges against 16-year-old Star Grant and 28-year-old Devan Loving.
Timeline of the Fairview killings
Early May 2026
- Family members and friends reportedly became concerned after they could not reach the Grant family at their home on Ashworth Drive in Fairview, near Asheville.
Monday, May 4
- Deputies with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office conducted an initial welfare check at the home.
- Investigators later said deputies did not have sufficient legal grounds to force entry into the residence.
Wednesday, May 6
- A second welfare check was conducted at the home.
- Again, deputies said there was not enough evidence of an emergency to enter the residence.
Thursday evening, May 7
- Around 7:15 p.m., deputies returned to the home after another welfare-check request from relatives.
- Authorities entered the residence and discovered: Travis Eugene Grant, 41; Kimberly Michelle Grant, 42; Sharon Harwood Grant, 66, dead inside the home from gunshot wounds.
- Shortly after discovery of the bodies, investigators determined that 16-year-old Star Grant, daughter of Travis and Kimberly Grant and granddaughter of Sharon Grant, was missing from the home.
Friday, May 8
- Authorities located a vehicle associated with Star Grant outside a hotel in Gatlinburg around 4 a.m.
- Around 8:30 a.m., officers with the Gatlinburg Police Department and agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation entered the hotel room.
- Star Grant and 28-year-old Devan Loving were taken into custody without incident.
Later Friday, May 8
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office announced that Star Grant and Devan Loving were each charged with:
- Three counts of first-degree murder
- One count of felony conspiracy to commit murder
- Loving was also charged with child abduction because Grant is a juvenile.
Monday, May 11
- Devan Loving appeared in Sevier County court in Tennessee. A judge appointed him a public defender and ordered him held without bond.
Tuesday, May 12
- Authorities confirmed Loving and Star Grant had waived extradition proceedings in Tennessee, allowing them to be returned to Buncombe County.
Thursday, May 14
- Devan Loving was extradited to Buncombe County and booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility.
- Authorities said he arrived around 2:50 p.m. and was served warrants charging him with: Three counts of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and child abduction. He was ordered held without bond.
- Star Grant made her first appearance in Buncombe County court after being transported from a juvenile facility in Alexander County. The hearing lasted less than 15 minutes. She was appointed as public defender.
- Prosecutors saidd the victims had been both shot and stabbed.
- The court scheduled Grant’s probable cause hearing for June 4.
Friday, May 15
- Devan Loving appeared in Buncombe County court for his first appearance hearing.
- Prosecutors described a violent attack in which the victims were allegedly shot, stabbed and robbed.
- A judge ordered Loving held without bond.
- The court also scheduled Loving’s probable cause hearing for June 4.
