An Instagram star was almost decapitated by her boyfriend who then posted grisly pictures of her corpse online, according to police.

"E-girl" Bianca Devins, 17, was found dead after social media users began sharing photos of her body.

Bianca's 21-year-old boyfriend, low-level Instagram influencer Brandon Andrew Clark, allegedly slit her throat and posted an image of her body along with a message reading "I'm sorry Bianca" before he stabbed himself in the neck.

Instagram, which is owned by Facebook , is now facing criticism after a report claimed the gruesome image stayed up for nearly a day and was put behind a blurred-out sensitive content filter.

Before the killing he had posted a photo from the film Fight Club with the message: “Here comes Hell. It’s redemption, right?”

He has now been charged with murder by police in Utica, New York.

The couple met on Instagram about two months ago, and their relationship had developed into a "personally intimate one", the force added.

They argued after attending a concert in New York City on Saturday night, and Clark then used a large knife to kill the teen in the early hours of Sunday morning after driving back to Utica, it is claimed.

Clark's social media followers raised the alarm after he allegedly wrote that he had killed someone and posted a photo of Bianca's corpse.

Images were posted on Instagram, the imageboard 4chan and the gaming app Discord, according to police.

The Instagram photo remained on that platform for almost 24 hours, BuzzFeed News reported.

It had been blurred with a sensitive content filter after someone reported it as offensive, but users could still view it by tapping the screen.

Clark's Instagram account wasn't disabled until Monday morning.

A Facebook spokesperson said: "Our thoughts go out to those affected by this tragic event. We are taking every measure to remove this content from our platforms.

"Our goal is to take action as soon as possible – there is always room for improvement. We don’t want people seeing content that violates our policies."

In the Discord post, Clark allegedly wrote “Sorry f***ers, you’re gonna have to find someone else to orbit”, and shared Bianca's real name and address.

Orbiting is used to describe social media users who lurk on women's pages in hopes of sleeping with them.

Bianca had about 6,000 Instagram followers when she was killed, and she was known as an "e-girl" for posts about anime, video games, and emo-adjacent fashion on that platform and others including TikTok.

Police say they found Clark with Bianca's body, next to his vehicle, in the early hours of Sunday after he called 911 himself to say what he had done.

He began stabbing himself in the neck with a knife as a lone officer approached him.

Clark then lay on top of a green tarpaulin, telling the officer that Bianca's body was under it, and began taking selfies on top of her covered body as blood poured from his wounds.

After he was disarmed and arrested, Clark was taken to hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery for severe injuries.

He was expected to survive, said police.

Bianca's family have described her as a "talented artist" and "wonderful young girl" who was "taken from us all too soon".

She had graduated from high school just last month and was due to attend a community college this autumn.

Her family added: "Bianca's smile brightened our lives. She will always be remembered as our princess."

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