USA: 16yo Daughter And 28yo Boyfriend Shot Her Dad, Mom And Grandma To Death in North Carolina. Family Had Been Missing For 2 Weeks After They Wanted To Take Out A Restraining Order On Him.

WLOS News 13 published May 8, 2026: 3 family members shot to death in North Carolina; teen daughter and adult man charged. 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.

WLOS News 13 published May 13, 2026: Family, friends react to North Carolina triple homicide investigation. As investigators work to piece together what happened in a Fairview home where three family members were killed, a relative of the victims is sharing what she says she knows about the situation.

WLOS News 13 published June 26, 2026: 911 call before 3 bodies found in WNC home. Buncombe County has released a 911 call from a family member, alerting that multiple people living in a Fairview home were unaccounted for. "The sheriff’s office did make a drive-by to see if anyone was at home, but no one came to the door and there were two cars parked outside, but all of their phones are off and you can’t get ahold of anyone," the family member who called 911 said. The 911 caller said three of their family members had been missing for two weeks.

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ABC11 News,

Teen, man charged with killing 3 family members in Buncombe County, deputies say

written by Staff

Sunday May 10, 2026

FAIRVIEW, N.C. (WTVD) -- A teenager is facing first-degree murder charges after three members of her family were found dead inside a Western North Carolina home, according to authorities.

On Thursday, the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office was called to a home on Ashworth Drive in Fairview for a welfare check after relatives reported they had not heard from the family. Deputies entered the home and found 41-year-old Travis Eugene Grant, 42-year-old Kimberly Michelle Grant, and 66-year-old Sharon Harwood Grant shot to death.

ABC affiliate WLOS reported that authorities said the victims were the parents and grandmother of a 16-year-old girl who lived at the home. Investigators later determined the teen -- identified as Star Grant -- was missing.

Officials said deputies had conducted earlier welfare checks at the home in the days leading up to the discovery but did not have grounds to enter until Thursday.

Authorities said Star Grant may have been in the Gatlinburg, Tennessee, area with Devan Loving, 28.

With assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Gatlinburg Police Department, investigators tracked the pair to a Gatlinburg hotel, where they were taken into custody Friday morning.

Star Grant and Loving are each charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony conspiracy to commit murder. Grant will be charged as an adult, the sheriff's office confirmed.

Authorities have not released a possible motive in the case.

They will face an extradition hearing in Tennessee before being returned to Buncombe County.

In a statement, Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller said: "We would like to express our condolences to the family of these victims. We would also like to share our gratitude for our team of Patrol Deputies, Detectives, Crime Scene Investigators, and those leading these teams. Most of them have not slept because they have focused on nothing but arriving at this outcome that will hopefully bring closure to those impacted by this tragedy."