Star Grant returns to Asheville in Buncombe County triple homicide case

Star Grant returned to Asheville on May 13 after waiving extradition in Tennessee, moving the Buncombe County triple-homicide case from a multistate search into the local court system. The 16-year-old, who is charged as an adult, arrived at about 12:25 p.m. and is now expected to be placed in a juvenile detention facility in Alexander County while the case proceeds in Buncombe County court.

Grant faces three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her mother, Kimberly Michelle Grant, 42; her father, Travis Eugene Grant, 41; and her grandmother, Sharon Harwood Grant, 66. Court warrants have now been filed in Buncombe County accusing Grant of unlawfully and feloniously killing the three victims and conspiring with 28-year-old Devan Loving to do so. North Carolina first-degree murder is a Class A felony punishable by death or life without parole.

The case began after deputies were called to 18 Ashworth Drive in Fairview around 7:15 p.m. on May 7 for a welfare check and found all three victims dead from gunshot wounds. Investigators said the killings were alleged to have occurred on May 1. Authorities said Travis and Kimberly Grant were married and that Sharon Grant was Travis Grant’s mother. Grant lived at the Ashworth Drive home and was initially reported missing and unaccounted for.

Grant and Loving were found the next morning in a hotel room in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, after a search that involved the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Gatlinburg Police Department. Loving remains in Tennessee and is expected to be extradited later. Prosecutors have said both suspects allegedly shot and stabbed the three victims inside the family home, took wallets and a firearm, and fled the state. They also said both later spoke with investigators and admitted involvement.

The case will now turn to the Buncombe County court calendar, where the next steps are likely to include Grant’s legal representation, bond-related questions in related filings, and the continued prosecution of Loving. Grant appeared in court on May 14, when family members attended, and Loving was held without bond after his May 15 court appearance. His probable-cause hearing is scheduled for June 4, a date Buncombe County residents following the case will be watching closely as prosecutors continue to build one of the county’s most serious criminal cases of the year.