It was an emotional day in the courtroom for the family of Bianca Devins Monday morning.
Brandon Clark, the man accused of murdering Devins in Utica back in July and posting pictures of her body online appeared for a Huntley Hearing, a pretrial hearing that reviews how law enforcement received information from the defendant.
During the hearing, body cam footage and a 911 call were presented to the court.
This included video from the crime scene, the reading of Clark's Miranda rights and the 911 call he placed the morning of the crime.
In the call, Clark allegedly said he was reporting a murder-suicide. When the operator attempted to keep him on the line, he can be heard saying ‘you’re going to f--- up my suicide.”
Police said when they responded to the scene, which was not far from the Utica Boilermaker that morning, Clark had a knife to his throat. After verbal commands to drop the weapon, there was a brief struggle to get the knife away from him.
An officer who was present at the hospital with Clark said when he woke up, he asked “is she dead?”
Clark asked again on video when he was being presented his Miranda rights.
"What we saw today was some things that were very very difficult to hear and very difficult to see,” said Devins’ grandfather Frank Williams. “The thing I was most impressed with today was the professionalism, and the dedication of the men and women of the Utica Police Department."
A ruling on whether the statements will be used at trial is expected next month.
Clark is due back in court for the beginning of a trial on February 24.