Little did she know that in less than a year, her brother would also join the team.
"I knew about him all my life," DeVault said of her brother Anthony Grothaus — a brother she had never met. "But he never knew I existed."
While having a conversation about estranged siblings, she got the idea to search Facebook for her brother.
"I knew his first name, but all of my dad's records had him listed with my dad's last name," DeVault said, noting she couldn't find anyone by that name.
It was her mother who suggested searching under her brother's mother's last name instead.
"As soon as I started to type it into Facebook, he popped up and I knew it was him," DeVault said.
So, as Facebook goes, she sent Grothaus a friend request, but then noticed he was active on Twitter as well.
"I made an (Twitter) account and still, to this day, have not used it again," she said. But creating that account served its purpose.
"I was shocked, confused, and didn't know how to take it," Grothaus said of when DeVault reached out to him. "All I ever knew was my mom and my grandmom. I knew of my dad, but never met him."
He said having DeVault find him that way was "kind of awe-inspiring."
Once the two started talking, it was as if they hadn't missed 35 years of each others' lives.
"We're only 10 months apart, and I swear he is the male version of me," DeVault said.
Anthony agreed.
"Everything she is interested in in life, like values, music and even the paranormal," he said. "Me and her are like twins of each other."
The long-lost siblings finally met face to face — and mind to mind — on Father's Day, and seemed to gain more than just a new family member.
"I get feelings about things," DeVault said, explaining her sensitivity. "Like with my husband; I'm so in tune with him and he doesn't even realize it."
She explained she will get a "knotty, nervous pressure" in her stomach which means something is about "to go down."
"I don't know what will happen, but I know it won't be good," she said.
That has happened her entire life, but when she was reunited with her brother, both of them experienced a boost in their abilities.
"Mine is very intermittent," Grothaus said of his gift. "It's unpredictable, but when it occurs, it's spot on, scary accurate."
Grothaus said he can mentally "see" things and he can also receive feelings about certain people.
"I may see a memory or a notion of an event," he said. "I can see something that has occurred — the sight of an image or event — then I'll find out that it really did happen."
He also has always had this ability.
But when DeVault and Grothaus got together, their connection proved to strengthen not only their family, but their psychic powers.
"I've always had it, but it's never been this strong, since I've been around her," Grothaus said. "It's stronger and more accurate."
DeVault and Grothaus both joke about being "twins" because they are so much alike, but could their connection have something to do with the closeness of their birth dates?
"My mom got pregnant with me, and my dad ran," DeVault explained. "He found Anthony's mom at the old Crescendo Lounge in Pennsville and married her. She got pregnant with Anthony and dad ran again, but back to my mom. He missed both of our births."
DeVault was born on Jan. 14, 1978, and Grothaus was born just 10 months later on Nov. 6, 1978.
Grothaus said his parents were only married for about four months. His father left before he was born.
"I could always feel he existed," DeVault said. "I knew it from just about the same time I knew ghosts existed; about 8 or 9 years old. I could feel him."
So, as the newly reconnected siblings grow closer, DeVault and Grothaus hope to learn how to use their psychic abilities.
"The only issue is control," Grothaus said. "I don't understand it, and I need to understand it to control it. But the frequency and accuracy has definitely increased."
DeVault said she still feels like there's something missing.
"Learning to control it could be that third and final piece," Grothaus said.
In the meantime, the pair will continue to investigate with JUMPS and hone their skills, while being, above everything else, happy to have found each other.
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