Jan. 26, 2026
Singer D4vd Friend Arrested, Charged With A Felony
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RSS Feed This weekend, D4vd friend and streamer, 24-year-old Neo Langston was arrested and charged with failure to appear as a witness before a grand jury. Langston has been linked publicly with D4vd and media outlets are reporting he has been called to testify in front of the grand jury investigating the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. D4vd is a suspect in her death, but so far has not faced any charges despite the fact her decomposing, decapitated body was found in his Tesla last September.
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00:00:02
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Monday, January twenty sixth, and an arrest has been made high to the death of a fourteen year old girl who was found in the trunk of singer David's car. But David is not the one under arrest, and the person under arrest isn't under arrest for murder. Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJS. We tried to explain road. We have been waiting since last September for some kind of words, some kind of arrest, some movement, even the naming of a suspect in this case. But we got an arrest.
00:00:37
Speaker 2: But this takes some explaining, Yes, it certainly does.
00:00:39
Speaker 3: So we of course, are talking about Celeste Rives Hernandez, the fourteen year old girl who had been missing for about a year and a half, who was found in the front trunk of a tesla. She her body had been badly decomposed, it had been dismembered, and the tesla was registered to singer David. So yes, David's friend now who we know has appeared in videos and photos online and publicly with David over the years. His name is Neo Langston, twenty three year old social media streamer.
00:01:16
Speaker 2: He has been arrested.
00:01:18
Speaker 3: Authorities found him in Montana after he failed to appear as a witness before a grand jury. That is the charge he is facing. That is actually a felony, and he was extradited from Montana to Los Angeles.
00:01:33
Speaker 2: So a lot of.
00:01:35
Speaker 3: Dots are being or connections are being made between the fact that David's good friend who has been seen out with him multiple times, has now been taken into custody and handed over to California officials because he has refused to appear as a witness before a grand jury. Now most people are connecting the dots and saying there is a grand jury that is going on that's been going on since November as prosecutors are trying to put together their case. Most people believe that charges are coming at some point for singer David. But it's been four months and there's been nothing. There's been no word, there's been no information coming from the LAPD period.
00:02:22
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess they're getting their ducks in a row and this. We still don't have a lot of information on this. We just know this guy has been hauled in. I have a general idea of what it was, but still not getting a lot of specifics on what his connection necessarily is to any case having to do with David.
00:02:37
Speaker 2: Yes, so we know that this is what they have confirmed.
00:02:41
Speaker 3: Helena Police out in Montana confirmed that they did assist detectives from the LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division. So that's where a lot of people are saying, Hey, that is the exact division that is handling the Celesti Reves Hernandez case, the exact division that is investigating David as a suspect in her death. So those two things are very connected. Now, they did release a mug shot. Did you get a chance to look at it? What did you think?
00:03:08
Speaker 1: Oh, so like a young kid taking a Yeah, I didn't think much of it, to be honest with you. A lot for some reason.
00:03:14
Speaker 3: Yeah, he was smiling, yeah, a lot of Yeah, A lot of folks pointed out just how bizarre it was that it was almost like he was posing for his selfie in his own mugshot. He was bizarrely smiling a big, wide smile. He's twenty three years old, David's twenty, so they're around the same while they're in the same age bracket. But yes, so he was booked into the Detention Center in Montana, held without bond there, then transferred to Los Angeles Police custody and he was booked into La custody just around midnight this weekend Friday into Saturday morning, and then by the next day he was released. He posted bail, according to court officials, and that bond was set at six stee thousand dollars, so not a small fee for him to get out of jail at least awaiting the next hearing facing that felony charge that he is now facing.
00:04:10
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, no word on when he's going to be in court again, so we don't know where this is going to go.
00:04:15
Speaker 2: Uh yeah.
00:04:15
Speaker 3: So this is and look, people are desperate for our answers. We even did a podcast a couple weeks ago with the first of the year, trying to just bring back this story to remember and to remind listeners that this is I mean, this is about as explosive of a case as you can imagine for this burgeoning singer, this twenty year old David who was on a upwards trajectory, a meteoric rise, actually going out on tour, going out on his first international tour, when this young girl's body is found in his tesla, and yet to date we still have heard nothing from him and nothing from his camp at all.
00:04:54
Speaker 1: No, I guess that's what they tell you do in a case like this, right, You're supposed to sit down, shut up, and be quiet. And yeah, we haven't even gotten good word lately about where even he might be. So yeah, he has gone dark for literally months now.
00:05:08
Speaker 3: Yes, so his name, by the way, officially is David Anthony Burke. And even though yes, we did get word officially in November from law enforcement that he is a suspect, obviously, he has still not been charged. And you may remember his tour eventually was canceled, but he continued out on tour even when this body was found. It wasn't until the.
00:05:30
Speaker 2: Body was named.
00:05:31
Speaker 3: And I hate to even put it that way, but this young woman's name was revealed, So le'srievas Hernandez. When her name was revealed, that was the day. That was the evening that he finally did cancel one of his concert and then it was a domino. In fact, he ended up canceling the next couple of shows and then ultimately his entire tour that was supposed to take him into Europe, and we have not heard from him since. And while his camp initially said he was cooperating with police, by midfall, late fall we heard from police that he was officially no longer cooperating. It seems remarkable given the circumstances of the case.
00:06:08
Speaker 1: Which part is remarkable, just.
00:06:09
Speaker 3: The fact that we've heard nothing from him. We've heard nothing from his camp. There's been and look, I get that lawyers tell their clients don't speak, and yet still when you're accused of something this heinous.
00:06:20
Speaker 2: If there's so.
00:06:21
Speaker 3: Much going on online, I mean, this has gone bananas online because there's been such an emptiness, there's been such a vacuum of information.
00:06:29
Speaker 2: People are filling it in.
00:06:32
Speaker 1: Oh, yes, that is what people do. But now at this point, I mean, he's never even said I Mahart goes out to our family, just the most basic of things. It's not an admission of guilt or innocence. It's just it's just what a human being does. When a human being, you know, dies, you would say something. And so that, yes, but doesn't mean he's guilty of anything.
00:06:54
Speaker 2: It certainly doesn't.
00:06:55
Speaker 3: But this latest twist, now knowing that, look, the idea that one of his good friends has now been arrested, has now been charged with a felony, and is now I don't know what the next steps are if you, I mean, if you can compel someone to testify in front of the grand jury, you force them to show up. Can you take the fifth when you're testifying in front of the grand jury if you know something that might somehow.
00:07:21
Speaker 2: Make you guilty of some crime.
00:07:23
Speaker 3: I'm not sure what the rules are and how they can force this twenty three year old to sit in front of a grand jury.
00:07:29
Speaker 2: Not exactly.
00:07:30
Speaker 1: Yes, this has happened plenty of times. They will put you in jail if you don't testify. So he has to see what that's worth them.
00:07:36
Speaker 2: Yeah, and so that remains to be seen. Well, I'm sure.
00:07:39
Speaker 3: Look, the entire country has been just spinning, and certainly those folks in Montana, along with so many people in the country dealing with this weather and so courts have been off. We're actually following a number of trials right now that are on hold right now because of the weather.
00:07:52
Speaker 2: So we're going to follow this one.
00:07:53
Speaker 3: But when we come back, we're going to tell you about what authorities have said about this. David investigation that it does remain active and that multiple people may have been involved in a part of the disposal of miss Hernandez's body, and the welcome back everyone to this episode of Amy and TJ, where we are following a new development. There haven't been many in singer David in the investigation into whether or not he played a role in that young fourteen year old girl's body that was found in the front trunk of his tesla so many months ago. Her body was discovered on September eighth, It was a day after her fifteenth birthday. She had been reported missing for a year and a half and police have acknowledged that there was a relationship between the two, between Celeste and between David. They've acknowledged that he is a suspect, but they have shout to this case out now pretty much to any public scrutiny. In terms of any leaks, there have been none. The medical examiner has even publicly come out and said that he cannot release cause of death. There is a court order that basically is putting everything under lock and key to make sure no details get out before prosecutors are ready for them to do so. They have run a tight ship including and look, we know granduriy proceedings are secret, but they have said nothing about this that has been reportedly going on since November.
00:09:33
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, what?
00:09:34
Speaker 2: Oh yeah?
00:09:34
Speaker 1: So look, I mean there's a bunch of high profile cases. We can't believe it's gone this long, and with one like this where it's such a clearer, it seems so clear who your suspects would possibly be, and seems so clear that you have a homicide. Look, this is LA though, They've used to scrutiny and high profile cases, so I'm not surprised they might want to get their.
00:09:55
Speaker 2: Ducks in a row.
00:09:55
Speaker 3: They're keeping this quiet. But of course, now having to go after this friend who didn't show up for testimony certainly has caused a lot of headlines, a lot of renewed interest in a case that never really went away. But certainly people are chomping at the bit to find out what police may know, what direction their investigation is heading, because this grand jury reportedly has been convened, like I said, I believe since November, and or it is that they say it may continue through February, but there have been plenty of reports saying that in the coming weeks there should be charges at some point, but man, we've been waiting those waiting for those potential charges to be released for months now, and there's no rush at this point. Police can take their time. They don't have to rush to judgment. And many times the grand jury route is the best route because they hand down indictments after reviewing testimony. The defense doesn't get to present their case. But certainly this is the way prosecutors vet out a case. Do we have enough evidence? And as we watch enough trials, that certainly is very important before you take it to a jury.
00:10:58
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see in this one, but yeah, very curious to see what they come back with. Is a trial and something we literally follow every day.
00:11:04
Speaker 3: Yeah, so we of course will keep our ear to the ground and let you all know anytime, at any point we hear anything about this developing story. But we always appreciate you listening to us. I'm Amy Roebuck alongside my partner TJ.
00:11:17
Speaker 2: Holmes. We will talk to you soon.
Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Monday, January twenty sixth, and an arrest has been made high to the death of a fourteen year old girl who was found in the trunk of singer David's car. But David is not the one under arrest, and the person under arrest isn't under arrest for murder. Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJS. We tried to explain road. We have been waiting since last September for some kind of words, some kind of arrest, some movement, even the naming of a suspect in this case. But we got an arrest.
00:00:37
Speaker 2: But this takes some explaining, Yes, it certainly does.
00:00:39
Speaker 3: So we of course, are talking about Celeste Rives Hernandez, the fourteen year old girl who had been missing for about a year and a half, who was found in the front trunk of a tesla. She her body had been badly decomposed, it had been dismembered, and the tesla was registered to singer David. So yes, David's friend now who we know has appeared in videos and photos online and publicly with David over the years. His name is Neo Langston, twenty three year old social media streamer.
00:01:16
Speaker 2: He has been arrested.
00:01:18
Speaker 3: Authorities found him in Montana after he failed to appear as a witness before a grand jury. That is the charge he is facing. That is actually a felony, and he was extradited from Montana to Los Angeles.
00:01:33
Speaker 2: So a lot of.
00:01:35
Speaker 3: Dots are being or connections are being made between the fact that David's good friend who has been seen out with him multiple times, has now been taken into custody and handed over to California officials because he has refused to appear as a witness before a grand jury. Now most people are connecting the dots and saying there is a grand jury that is going on that's been going on since November as prosecutors are trying to put together their case. Most people believe that charges are coming at some point for singer David. But it's been four months and there's been nothing. There's been no word, there's been no information coming from the LAPD period.
00:02:22
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess they're getting their ducks in a row and this. We still don't have a lot of information on this. We just know this guy has been hauled in. I have a general idea of what it was, but still not getting a lot of specifics on what his connection necessarily is to any case having to do with David.
00:02:37
Speaker 2: Yes, so we know that this is what they have confirmed.
00:02:41
Speaker 3: Helena Police out in Montana confirmed that they did assist detectives from the LAPD's Robbery Homicide Division. So that's where a lot of people are saying, Hey, that is the exact division that is handling the Celesti Reves Hernandez case, the exact division that is investigating David as a suspect in her death. So those two things are very connected. Now, they did release a mug shot. Did you get a chance to look at it? What did you think?
00:03:08
Speaker 1: Oh, so like a young kid taking a Yeah, I didn't think much of it, to be honest with you. A lot for some reason.
00:03:14
Speaker 3: Yeah, he was smiling, yeah, a lot of Yeah, A lot of folks pointed out just how bizarre it was that it was almost like he was posing for his selfie in his own mugshot. He was bizarrely smiling a big, wide smile. He's twenty three years old, David's twenty, so they're around the same while they're in the same age bracket. But yes, so he was booked into the Detention Center in Montana, held without bond there, then transferred to Los Angeles Police custody and he was booked into La custody just around midnight this weekend Friday into Saturday morning, and then by the next day he was released. He posted bail, according to court officials, and that bond was set at six stee thousand dollars, so not a small fee for him to get out of jail at least awaiting the next hearing facing that felony charge that he is now facing.
00:04:10
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, no word on when he's going to be in court again, so we don't know where this is going to go.
00:04:15
Speaker 2: Uh yeah.
00:04:15
Speaker 3: So this is and look, people are desperate for our answers. We even did a podcast a couple weeks ago with the first of the year, trying to just bring back this story to remember and to remind listeners that this is I mean, this is about as explosive of a case as you can imagine for this burgeoning singer, this twenty year old David who was on a upwards trajectory, a meteoric rise, actually going out on tour, going out on his first international tour, when this young girl's body is found in his tesla, and yet to date we still have heard nothing from him and nothing from his camp at all.
00:04:54
Speaker 1: No, I guess that's what they tell you do in a case like this, right, You're supposed to sit down, shut up, and be quiet. And yeah, we haven't even gotten good word lately about where even he might be. So yeah, he has gone dark for literally months now.
00:05:08
Speaker 3: Yes, so his name, by the way, officially is David Anthony Burke. And even though yes, we did get word officially in November from law enforcement that he is a suspect, obviously, he has still not been charged. And you may remember his tour eventually was canceled, but he continued out on tour even when this body was found. It wasn't until the.
00:05:30
Speaker 2: Body was named.
00:05:31
Speaker 3: And I hate to even put it that way, but this young woman's name was revealed, So le'srievas Hernandez. When her name was revealed, that was the day. That was the evening that he finally did cancel one of his concert and then it was a domino. In fact, he ended up canceling the next couple of shows and then ultimately his entire tour that was supposed to take him into Europe, and we have not heard from him since. And while his camp initially said he was cooperating with police, by midfall, late fall we heard from police that he was officially no longer cooperating. It seems remarkable given the circumstances of the case.
00:06:08
Speaker 1: Which part is remarkable, just.
00:06:09
Speaker 3: The fact that we've heard nothing from him. We've heard nothing from his camp. There's been and look, I get that lawyers tell their clients don't speak, and yet still when you're accused of something this heinous.
00:06:20
Speaker 2: If there's so.
00:06:21
Speaker 3: Much going on online, I mean, this has gone bananas online because there's been such an emptiness, there's been such a vacuum of information.
00:06:29
Speaker 2: People are filling it in.
00:06:32
Speaker 1: Oh, yes, that is what people do. But now at this point, I mean, he's never even said I Mahart goes out to our family, just the most basic of things. It's not an admission of guilt or innocence. It's just it's just what a human being does. When a human being, you know, dies, you would say something. And so that, yes, but doesn't mean he's guilty of anything.
00:06:54
Speaker 2: It certainly doesn't.
00:06:55
Speaker 3: But this latest twist, now knowing that, look, the idea that one of his good friends has now been arrested, has now been charged with a felony, and is now I don't know what the next steps are if you, I mean, if you can compel someone to testify in front of the grand jury, you force them to show up. Can you take the fifth when you're testifying in front of the grand jury if you know something that might somehow.
00:07:21
Speaker 2: Make you guilty of some crime.
00:07:23
Speaker 3: I'm not sure what the rules are and how they can force this twenty three year old to sit in front of a grand jury.
00:07:29
Speaker 2: Not exactly.
00:07:30
Speaker 1: Yes, this has happened plenty of times. They will put you in jail if you don't testify. So he has to see what that's worth them.
00:07:36
Speaker 2: Yeah, and so that remains to be seen. Well, I'm sure.
00:07:39
Speaker 3: Look, the entire country has been just spinning, and certainly those folks in Montana, along with so many people in the country dealing with this weather and so courts have been off. We're actually following a number of trials right now that are on hold right now because of the weather.
00:07:52
Speaker 2: So we're going to follow this one.
00:07:53
Speaker 3: But when we come back, we're going to tell you about what authorities have said about this. David investigation that it does remain active and that multiple people may have been involved in a part of the disposal of miss Hernandez's body, and the welcome back everyone to this episode of Amy and TJ, where we are following a new development. There haven't been many in singer David in the investigation into whether or not he played a role in that young fourteen year old girl's body that was found in the front trunk of his tesla so many months ago. Her body was discovered on September eighth, It was a day after her fifteenth birthday. She had been reported missing for a year and a half and police have acknowledged that there was a relationship between the two, between Celeste and between David. They've acknowledged that he is a suspect, but they have shout to this case out now pretty much to any public scrutiny. In terms of any leaks, there have been none. The medical examiner has even publicly come out and said that he cannot release cause of death. There is a court order that basically is putting everything under lock and key to make sure no details get out before prosecutors are ready for them to do so. They have run a tight ship including and look, we know granduriy proceedings are secret, but they have said nothing about this that has been reportedly going on since November.
00:09:33
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, what?
00:09:34
Speaker 2: Oh yeah?
00:09:34
Speaker 1: So look, I mean there's a bunch of high profile cases. We can't believe it's gone this long, and with one like this where it's such a clearer, it seems so clear who your suspects would possibly be, and seems so clear that you have a homicide. Look, this is LA though, They've used to scrutiny and high profile cases, so I'm not surprised they might want to get their.
00:09:55
Speaker 2: Ducks in a row.
00:09:55
Speaker 3: They're keeping this quiet. But of course, now having to go after this friend who didn't show up for testimony certainly has caused a lot of headlines, a lot of renewed interest in a case that never really went away. But certainly people are chomping at the bit to find out what police may know, what direction their investigation is heading, because this grand jury reportedly has been convened, like I said, I believe since November, and or it is that they say it may continue through February, but there have been plenty of reports saying that in the coming weeks there should be charges at some point, but man, we've been waiting those waiting for those potential charges to be released for months now, and there's no rush at this point. Police can take their time. They don't have to rush to judgment. And many times the grand jury route is the best route because they hand down indictments after reviewing testimony. The defense doesn't get to present their case. But certainly this is the way prosecutors vet out a case. Do we have enough evidence? And as we watch enough trials, that certainly is very important before you take it to a jury.
00:10:58
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see in this one, but yeah, very curious to see what they come back with. Is a trial and something we literally follow every day.
00:11:04
Speaker 3: Yeah, so we of course will keep our ear to the ground and let you all know anytime, at any point we hear anything about this developing story. But we always appreciate you listening to us. I'm Amy Roebuck alongside my partner TJ.
00:11:17
Speaker 2: Holmes. We will talk to you soon.