Three bodies were discovered in a North Carolina home; a 16-year-old daughter and an adult man is charged with murder
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9:03 am (5/9/2026)
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
