D4VD Case: Texas Court Orders Burke Family to Testify — The Silence Is Breaking
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The investigation into the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez took a significant legal turn this week when a Texas appeals court denied habeas corpus petitions filed by D4VD's parents and brother, ordering them to comply with California grand jury subpoenas. Dawud, Colleen, and Caleb Burke had argued that redacted affidavits prevented them from understanding why they were deemed material witnesses. The court disagreed, though a February 24 rehearing keeps the door open.
The Burke family ruling is the latest escalation in what has become a defining feature of this case: widespread noncooperation from D4VD's inner circle. Neo Langston, a close friend and streamer, was arrested in Montana after failing to appear and testified for roughly 40 minutes — a duration retired FBI Special Agent Jennifer Coffindaffer believes signals repeated Fifth Amendment invocations. An unidentified female witness failed to appear, prompting prosecutors to seek a body attachment. Manager Robert Morgenroth testified for three days but was reportedly overheard discussing prosecutorial pressure over his failure to contact police.
A footnote in the Texas ruling references "The People of the State of California v. David Burke," which analysts say strongly suggests sealed criminal proceedings are already underway. D4VD has not been charged. Sources say he is no longer cooperating with investigators.
This episode covers the Texas ruling, the full pattern of witness resistance, and what February 24 could mean for the trajectory of this case. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:03.2 | Here now, Tony Brewski. |
| 0:07.0 | Five months, that's how long it's now been since the remains of a 14-year-old girl |
| 0:13.6 | described in reports as partially dismembered. |
| 0:24.2 | Or found inside a black bag in the trunk of a Tesla. |
| 0:30.5 | Registered to the singer known as David D4VD. |
| 0:36.6 | Five months since the towyard worker in the Hollywood Hill smelled something no one should ever have to smell. |
| 0:46.2 | Five months since Celestri of M. Hernandez was identified, found one day after what would have |
| 0:52.4 | been her 15th birthday weighing just 71 pounds. And as of right now, |
| 0:58.1 | the singer's own mother, father and brother are spending their time and their money in a Texas |
| 1:03.7 | courtroom, fighting not to answer a single question about any of it. |
| 1:12.0 | Not pleading the fifth, not showing up and respectfully declining to answer, filing habeas |
| 1:16.6 | corpus petitions, three of them. |
| 1:19.0 | And the Texas First District Court of Appeals trying to block the Los Angeles County grand jury |
| 1:24.0 | subpoenas from ever reaching them. |
| 1:27.2 | Dwan Burke, Caleb Burke, all residents of Texas, all subpoenaed to testify |
| 1:33.7 | in California, all saying, nope. |
| 1:37.7 | Their argument, according to legal documents obtained by TMZ, is a procedural one. |
| 1:42.9 | The family claims the affidavits used to support the Texas court order compelling their |
| 1:47.9 | testimony were heavily redacted. |
| 1:51.9 | Because of those redactions, their attorneys argued that Berks had no way of knowing |
| 1:57.1 | why prosecutors consider them material witnesses and therefore no meaningful opportunity |
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