Blake Julian Trenton Deven

• Missing Since 08/01/2022
• Missing From Fayetteville, North Carolina
• Classification Endangered Missing
• Sex Male
• Race White
• Date of Birth 05/10/2006 (17)
• Age 16 years old
• Height and Weight 5'3, 120 pounds
• Medical Conditions Blake has been diagnosed with static encephalopathy, a form of brain damage associated with prenatal exposure to alcohol.
• Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian male. Blond hair, blue eyes. Blake's birth name was Trenton Dewayne Shuler.

Details of Disappearance

Blake was reportedly last seen when he called his mother from a Walmart on either Ramsey Street or Pamalee Drive in Fayetteville, North Carolina in August 1, 2022. He was not reported missing until 2024, however, and the most recent photographs police could find had been taken several years prior to 2022.

Blake's adoptive mother, Avantae Emerald Deven, called 911 to report him missing at 1:17 p.m. on January 19, 2024. She stated during the call that Blake was religious and had gone to a Buddhist retreat, a place he had visited before and come home from, but this time he never came home. She said he was "really independent, strong and brave and bossy" and that his disappearance was not out of character.

While investigating Blake's disappearance authorities learned that his sister, London, is also missing: she was reportedly last seen in Fayetteville in 2019. A photo of London is posted with this case summary; it was taken around 2011. There are no more recent photos. She would be 27 years old as of 2024. London's birth name was Moriah Elizabeth Foster. She was removed from her home due to allegations of abuse; her biological mother hasn't seen or heard from her since 2001.

Avantae had adopted London in 2011. That same year, Blake was placed in her home as a foster child. He had been removed from his mother's home in February due to allegations of abuse. Avantae adopted Blake in July 2013. The family had moved to Fayetteville in 2015, and in November 2016 they settled at a home in the 1800 block of Eichelberger Drive. In June 2019 they moved to another residence, in the 1400 block of Berridale Drive.

On April 12, 2024, authorities stated they'd found human skeletal remains while searching for the siblings and were trying to identify them. They didn't say where they'd located the bones but said it wasn't at the family's Berridale Drive home.

The circumstances of Blake and London's disappearances are unclear.